Fadi Kattan is a Palestinian Chef from Bethlehem, owner of two restaurants: Akub in London and Fawda in Bethlehem.

He has also recently launched his first cookbook - Bethlehem: A Celebration of Palestinian Food.

I had the pleasure of sitting across the table from Fadi in his restaurant.
We talked about resilience, community, deep roots and the importance of preserving and celebrating the ancient culture of the Palestinian people.

We also finish the episode with him sampling a bowl of red bean soup made from my grandfather's slow cooker. An exchange of stories and cultures passed down through generations - in the form of a comforting bowl of soup.

Details on his cookbook here:https://www.akub-restaurant.com/shop/p/fadi-kattan-bethlehem-a-celebration-of-palestinian-food

Akub restaurant in London here: https://www.akub-restaurant.com/

The Cook for Palestine Supper Club here: https://www.akub-restaurant.com/event-tickets

About Fadi Kattan here: https://www.fadikattan.com/

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Elaine Lin Hering is a facilitator, speaker and writer who has recently launched her national bestseller book UNLEARNING SILENCE.

It's a book about the pervasive influence of silence.
How we've learned to be silent, how we've benefited from silence, how we've silenced others -and how we might choose another way.

Join us for an honest and reflective conversation about her book and how we might use our voices to be heart, to create spaces in which other people can be heard, and understading how power, identity, privilege and learned patters lead us to silence.

Find out more here:
https://elainelinhering.com/book/

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Sathnam Sanghera is a British journalist and the Sunday Times bestselling author of Empireland: How Modern Britain is Shaped by its Imperial Past.

He has recently launched the highly-anticipated, acclaimed sequel to Empireland, Empireworld: How British Imperialism Has Shaped the Globe.

In our conversation, we chat through the paradoxical legacies raised in his book through the lens of someone (me!) who was born and raised in an ex-British Colony, Malaysia.

Book Empireland and Empireworld made me see how intricately woven my life (and life choices) have been with the complex (and often contradictory) legacies of the British Empire.

Sathnam is also author of the novel Marriage Material and the memoir The Boy With The Topknot, (a memoir that was heartbreaking, laugh out loud funny, and tender in equal parts)

Read all his books and find out more about him here:
https://www.sathnam.com/

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Dr. Anastasia Kārkliņa Gabriel is a cultural theorist, writer, social critic, and strategist specializing in inclusivity within marketing, media, and tech.
She has recently published her first book - Cultural Intelligence for Marketers: Building an Inclusive Marketing Strategy.
In this conversation, we discuss her early years, the formative power of education, critical social conciousness, knowing our red lines and the importance of inclusive marketing.

Find out more here: https://www.anastasiakgabriel.com/

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Dr Poornima Luthra is a recognized author, keynote speaker, business consultant, and leading practitioner-academic in the field of talent management and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI).

She is the author of Leading Through Bias (Palgrave-Macmillan, January 2024), The Art of Active Allyship (November 2022), and Diversifying Diversity (May 2021) and is a contributor to Harvard Business Review on topics related to DEI.

An Associate Professor at the Copenhagen Business School and the founder and CEO of TalentED Consultancy, she is a passionate purpose-driven educator who believes in the power of positive change and influence through education. Through her teaching and practitioner research, she actively works to shift mindsets in the area of talent management and leadership, with a focus on diversity and inclusion.

In this conversation, we talk about her Ikigai, raising feminist sons, the importance of unlearning, leading through conviction and more! Enjoy!

Find out more about her here:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-poornima-luthra-she-her-b09128100/
https://www.talented.dk/

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Nathalia is a Lebanese spoken word artist, living in London and exploring ideas of cultural identity and belonging through the power of spoken word.

We explore ideas around where 'home' is, the power of language and our 'mother tongue', reconnecting with our roots, our traditions, and the desire to connect through language and art.

It was a joy to launch into conversation with a total stranger, wandering down paths that were both exploratory and meaningful.

Find our more about Nathalia here:
https://linktr.ee/fractions_of_existence

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Paff Evara is a Writer, Creator and Futurist.
They are a Co-Founder of Take Up Space - a community led media company and platform for culture makers, experimenting with Blockchain and co-creation to help creators monetise their most authentic work.

In this conversation, we talk about their evolution journey, growing up as a mixed race, queer, and later diagnosed neurodivergent Australian - finding belonging in different communities, and holding spaces for others in their quest to create inclusive spaces.

I loved Paff's reference to how they're grappling with how we might create inclusive spaces on top of oppressive systems, and the importance of taking a step back to figure out how we might dismantle these systems.

Complex concepts without easy answers, but an important one to grapple with.
Enjoy our conversation!

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Rafia Zakaria is a Pakistani-American attorney, feminist, journalist and author of an eye opening book I’d recently read - ‘Against White Feminism.’

She believes in an expanded feminist conversation that involves retrieving stories around the world - widening our vocabulary of feminist strength across different cultures.

She says: “We need to excavate and retrieve stories that will lead to an expanded self understanding necessary for a universal feminist consciousness.”

“We need a project of retrieval, because we have an incomplete picture of feminism right now.”

Despite its provocative title, this book is not a scolding but an invitation.
An invitation to examine our own complicity within oppressive, capitalist structures, and to embark on our journey of 'unlearning' in order to rebuild a new and better world.

Find out more about here here: https://www.rafiazakaria.com/

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