Rana Fayez's guest appearances

Rana Fayez

Artblog Radio

The Queer Arabs

Matthew Green

Anne Ishii

John Kelly

Roberto Lugo

Shawn Theodore

Grant Cox

Jeffrey Wright

Amze Emmons

Conrad Benner

Glenn Holsten

Ingrid Schaffner

Matthew Hopkins

Stacey Lee

Yolanda Wisher

Andrew Simonet

OwlTail

In this episode, we caught up with Rana Fayez, an Arab, non-binary, arts producer, musician/sound artist, DJ, archivist, and founder of YallaPunk. Rana told us how they started YallaPunk in 2016 in response to political attacks on the SWANA community and how the organization has evolved since then, including the festivals, language practice groups, pandemic-era community kitchen, residencies, and pop-up events. They also talked about the mental health tolls of being in a quasi-community-organizer role, the unrealistic expectations placed on individuals with a moderately-sized public platform, and how they’ve learned to set boundaries around their time, energy, and social media…

Episode 202 [in English]:  Rana Fayez

Founded in 2017, YallaPunk is an intersectional, trans-affirming performance festival and conference which celebrates the creative achievements of Middle Eastern and North African people in Philly and beyond. Here Imani Roach chats with YallaPunk’s founder, DJ and journalist Rana Fayez, about what to expect from this year’s festival (August 31 - September 2).

Let’s go! YallaPunk’s Rana Fayez on building community and thriving in 2018