Positive Solace with Attika Choudhary
In March 2020, the UK went into lockdown as did most of the world. As people reached out to Attika, about feeling anxious and confused, she wanted to do something helpful and the “Positive Solace” podcasts were born. Mental health has been her concern for some years and this led to the creation of a team which would make it happen.
Hosted by BBC’s Attika Choudhary, Positive Solace is a podcast that will empower your mind, spread positivity and wisdom. The guests are from different backgrounds, cultures, experience and learning. In their own, unique way they are doing what they can to help their community overcome the challenges and lead people to a better place. The conversations are not scripted: they are raw and show vulnerability and create a place where these voices can empower us all. So come join us as we laugh, get emotional and travel the world!
Positive Solace with Attika Choudhary
Never Just A Number with Zainab Basheer
Positive Solace with Attika Choudhary returns with its second season – “Women of Vision”.
In this opening episode, 'Never Just A Number', Attika talks to Zainab Basheer, a student and a writer who lives in the Gaza Strip, which has been under blockade from Israeli and Egyptian military forces since 2007.
Zainab writes for “We Are Not Numbers” – an organisation that allows young Palestinians to tell the stories behind the numbers that are often reported in the world’s media.
Despite the latest violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Attika was able to interview Zainab, a young Arab student in the centre of the crisis. They converse about Zainab’s day-to-day life, and how she deals with tough emotions like stress and grief in such an environment. Zainab bewails the bombing of her favourite bookshop and asks, "what have books ever done to be destroyed like this?"
They also discuss what impact the ongoing fighting has had on Zainab’s education and Palestine’s vaccination programme in the COVID-19 crisis.
Find out more about We Are Not Numbers: https://wearenotnumbers.org/
If you'd like to donate towards the rebuilding of the bookshop, here is the link: https://uk.gofundme.com/f/rebuild-gazas-samir-mansour-book-store
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