Zara Noruzi's guest appearances

Zara Noruzi

Waterpeople Podcast

The Overview Effect with James Perrin

Zenith Virago

Dave Rastovich

Geoff Lawton

Damon Gameau

Liz Hawkins

Richard Jones

David Holmgren

Tim Silverwood

Easkey Britton

Cyrus Sutton

Scott Jordan

James Bartle

Bob Brown

Julian Mitchell

Jack McCoy

OwlTail

Resilience

Today, women across the country are marching for the #March4Justice campaign, demanding an end to gendered violence, investigations into past allegations of assault, and the funding and implementation of gender equality legislation and parliamentary practices. I am so grateful to have the opportunity to share this conversation with Zara Noruzi, author and activist, about her experience advocating for women's rights in her native country of Iran. This conversation was recorded live, at Brunswick Heads, as the second of five live interviews as part of the ‘Resilience &amp; Regeneration Roadshow’, in collaboration with Renew Fest and Resilient Byron This is where we are holding community forums in villages around the Byron Shire bringing people together to discuss and action how we can create resilient communities. It has been an absolute pleasure to be involved in these forums and the community involvement and enthusiasm has been just awesome. I really can’t wait to bring you the rest of these live conversations with some other incredible Byron Shire locals, which I will be releasing in between my regular fortnightly long-form episode schedule. So to my guest today… Zara Noruzi is an Iranian born woman, activist, and author of the book 'My Life as a Traitor', where she details her experience advocating for her beliefs in her native country of Iran. As a university student she started standing up for women’s rights by writing articles, organising peaceful protests, and asking questions of the regime as to why women were denied basic rights. All perfectly reasonable and fair things to do… or so she thought. At 19 years old, she was arrested. She was held in prison, questioned, tortured, and starved. Just for what she believed in. Zara tells her story with such deep reflection. She goes into detail the impact it had on her youthful optimism, and she recounts the very limited human connection she had through that experience, and how important that was for her. She then goes on to describe how truly impactful our beliefs and actions can be, and says that our ideas are a superpower, that can have an enormous impact on those around us. But we need accountability. And this is the thing; we all say we want connected neighbourhoods and villages. We all want renewable energy. We all want resilient communities. But Zara asks: What are we willing to contribute? What are we willing to give up? Is it some of our time, instead of watching Netflix? Is it opening our doors to someone facing rental challenges? Is it paying more for the things that we know are better? Is it giving up watermelons in the middle of winter? It’s not enough to say ‘this is what we want’ and expect someone else to deliver it to us. We have to take action, and we have to bring to life the ideas and beliefs that we express. Zara’s story and her way of speaking is so real, and she truly set the tone for the rest of the forum. I had people coming up to me after our conversation saying ‘Wow, that put things into perspective for me’… so I hope it does for you. Please enjoy this conversation, live, from the Resilience &amp; Regeneration roadshow in Brunswick Heads, with Zara NoruziSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today, women across the country are marching for the #March4Justice campaign, demanding an end to gendered violence, investigations into past allegations of assault, and the funding and implementation of gender equality legislation and parliamentary practices. I am so grateful to have the opportunity to share this conversation with Zara Noruzi, author and activist, about her experience advocating for women's rights in her native country of Iran. This conversation was recorded live, at Brunswick Heads, as the second of five live interviews as part of the ‘<a href="https://www.renewfest.org.au/roadshow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Resilience &amp; Regeneration Roadshow</a>’, in collaboration with Renew Fest and Resilient Byron This is where we are holding community forums in villages around the Byron Shire bringing people together to discuss and action how we can create resilient communities. It has been an absolute pleasure to be involved in these forums and the community involvement and enthusiasm has been just awesome. I really can’t wait to bring you the rest of these live conversations with some other incredible Byron Shire locals, which I will be releasing in between my regular fortnightly long-form episode schedule. So to my guest today… Zara Noruzi is an Iranian born woman, activist, and author of the book 'My Life as a Traitor', where she details her experience advocating for her beliefs in her native country of Iran. As a university student she started standing up for women’s rights by writing articles, organising peaceful protests, and asking questions of the regime as to why women were denied basic rights. All perfectly reasonable and fair things to do… or so she thought. At 19 years old, she was arrested. She was held in prison, questioned, tortured, and starved. Just for what she believed in. Zara tells her story with such deep reflection. She goes into detail the impact it had on her youthful optimism, and she recounts the very limited human connection she had through that experience, and how important that was for her. She then goes on to describe how truly impactful our beliefs and actions can be, and says that our ideas are a superpower, that can have an enormous impact on those around us. But we need accountability. And this is the thing; we all say we want connected neighbourhoods and villages. We all want renewable energy. We all want resilient communities. But Zara asks: What are we willing to contribute? What are we willing to give up? Is it some of our time, instead of watching Netflix? Is it opening our doors to someone facing rental challenges? Is it paying more for the things that we know are better? Is it giving up watermelons in the middle of winter? It’s not enough to say ‘this is what we want’ and expect someone else to deliver it to us. We have to take action, and we have to bring to life the ideas and beliefs that we express. Zara’s story and her way of speaking is so real, and she truly set the tone for the rest of the forum. I had people coming up to me after our conversation saying ‘Wow, that put things into perspective for me’… so I hope it does for you. Please enjoy this conversation, live, from the Resilience &amp; Regeneration roadshow in Brunswick Heads, with Zara NoruziSee <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Zara Noruzi live @ the Resilience & Regeneration Roadshow

Zara was kidnapped and imprisoned by the Iranian government for her activism. The ocean helped her find a path toward belonging after fleeing her homeland. Zara Noruzi was born an upper middle class girl with political subversion in her blood. She lived through the devastating war between Iraq and Iran. At university she wrote feminist articles and participated in student protests, begging for answers about why women were being denied basic human rights after the regime change.Zara detailed her experiences in her memoir My Life As a Traitor. In Episode 7 of The Waterpeople Podcast, she  picks up where her memoir left off -- with discovering surfing and how it has subsequently shaped her life. Zara's is a story of youthful idealism, no-apologies activism, and the power of surfing to bring us back to ourselves. It is a story about the pure and enduring power of the ocean to heal......Listen with Lauren L. Hill &amp; Dave Rastovich More about Zara  Sound Engineer: Shannon Sol Carroll  Join the conversation: Waterpeoplepodcast.com @Waterpeoplepodcast  Get monthly musings and behind the scenes content from the podcast by subscribing to our newsletter.  You'll get water-centric reading and listening recommendations, questions worth asking, and ways to take action for the wellbeing of Planet Ocean delivered straight to your inbox. 

Zara was kidnapped and imprisoned by the Iranian government for her activism. The ocean helped her find a path toward belonging after fleeing her homeland. Zara Noruzi was born an upper middle class girl with political subversion in her blood. She lived through the devastating war between Iraq and Iran. At university she wrote feminist articles and participated in student protests, begging for answers about why women were being denied basic human rights after the regime change. Zara detailed her experiences in her memoir <a href="https://www.amazon.com/My-Life-Traitor-Iranian-Memoir/dp/0374531641" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Life As a Traitor.</a> In Episode 7 of The Waterpeople Podcast, she  picks up where her memoir left off -- with discovering surfing and how it has subsequently shaped her life. Zara's is a story of youthful idealism, no-apologies activism, and the power of surfing to bring us back to ourselves. It is a story about the pure and enduring power of the ocean to heal. ..... Listen with Lauren L. Hill &amp; Dave Rastovich More about <a href="https://www.instagram.com/z__a__r__a____/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Zara</a> Sound Engineer: <a href="https://shannonsolcarroll.bandcamp.com/releases" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shannon Sol Carroll </a> Join the conversation: <a href="https://waterpeoplepodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Waterpeoplepodcast.com</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/waterpeoplepodcast/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@Waterpeoplepodcast</a> Get monthly musings and behind the scenes content from the podcast by<a href="https://waterpeoplepodcast.com/newsletter/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> subscribing to our newsletter. </a> You'll get water-centric reading and listening recommendations, questions worth asking, and ways to take action for the wellbeing of Planet Ocean delivered straight to your inbox.

Zara Noruzi: Surfing in Exile