Below, find some of the podcast mini-series that Fares Center staff members and working groups have produced. We hope you enjoy listening!
Umbrellas in the Desert
Food & Conflict
Panel 1: The Art of Culinary Diplomacy | The Fletcher Approach
Sam Chapple-Sokol (F12), Culinary Diplomacy Expert (Twitter @culinarydiplo)
Moderators: Nadim Shehadi & Molly Haragan
Recording here.
Panel 2: Politics of Hunger | Starvation and Famine in Syria
Emma Beals, Award Winning Investigative Journalist
José Ciro Martinez, Junior Research Fellow, University of Cambridge
Moderator: Bridget Conley, Tufts University
Recording here.
Panel 3: Neither Bread Nor Freedom | What Drives Revolts?
Ellen Messer, Affiliated Faculty, The Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy, Tufts University
Robert Paarlberg, Adjunct Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Moderator: Dean Steven Block
Recording here.
Panel 4: Food, Peacebuilding, and Integration
Ihsan Karayazi, Chair of Kars Urban and Culture Research Association; Producer – Freelance Food Researcher
Armine Avetisyan, Arts and Peacebuilding Practitioner; Graduate Student in Conflict Resolution and Coexistence, Brandeis University
Gonca Sönmez-Poole (F99), Documentarian/Founder of Turkish-Armenian Women’s Alliance)
Anna Ackerman (F17), Co-founder of World to Table
Alex Galimberti, Senior Advocacy & Collaborations Advisor, Oxfam America
Moderator: Houchang Chehabi
Recording here.
Panel 5: Food, Cities, and Cultural Identity
Lynne Anderson, Director, English Language Learning, Boston College
John Carafoli, Author, Food Writer and International Food Stylist
Raad Al-Mumayiz, Co-founder of Sheherezad Food Truck
Suhair Al-Mosully, Co-founder of Sheherezad Food Truck
Nancy Harmon Jenkins, Food Writer and Mediterranean Cuisine Expert
Nawal Nasrallah, Food Writer and Author, historical Iraqi food culture
Moderator: Ibrahim Warde
Recording here.