Uncovering Roots
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Palestinians in Paraguay: Part 4 - The Present
Sobre este podcast
Uncovering Roots is not just a podcast; it's a journey into the lesser-known narratives that deserve to be heard. Each episode is crafted to immerse listeners in a creative and personal storytelling experience, fostering a connection between the audience and the featured stories.
Uncovering Roots will feature a number of stories which will concentrate on the SWANA (South West Asia and North Africa) region and indigenous people across the globe. The podcast aims to appeal to a broad audience by covering a wide range of themes.
Episódios
- Palestinians in Paraguay: Part 4 - The Present · 30 min · Temporada 3 Episódio 4The Paraguay Scheme culminated with a shooting in 1970. But the story didn't end there. It took 34 years for the truth to break out, and it came from an unexpected source. In the…
- Palestinians in Paraguay: Part 3 - The Trial · 29 min · Temporada 3 Episódio 3In June 1970, Talal al-Dimassi took the stand in a courtroom in authoritarian Paraguay. Far away from home, he was being tried for opening fire in the Israeli embassy in…
- Palestinians in Paraguay: Part 2 - The Shooting · 26 min · Temporada 3 Episódio 2After the 1967 war, Talal al-Dimassi was trying to build a life in Gaza, Palestine. He opened a repair shop and had a plan for his future. But that was all cut short when he was…
- Palestinians in Paraguay: Part 1 - The Scheme · 26 min · Temporada 3 Episódio 1In 2005, researcher Hadeel Assali flew to Jordon to meet her great uncle. He told her a story she couldn't quite believe: that decades earlier, Israeli agents had tricked him…
- Coming Soon: Palestinians in Paraguay · 2 min · Temporada 3The Palestinians in Paraguay story is a four-part investigative documentary podcast uncovering one of the most extraordinary, and until now, largely buried, chapters in…
- There Was There Was Not: The Women of Artsakh · 32 min · Temporada 2 Episódio 4Linum e, chi linum. There Was There Was Not. This is how Armenians begin their myths and stories, the same saying as "Once Upon a Time." Filmmaker Emily Mkrtichian spent several…
- Flags for the Stateless · 32 min · Temporada 2 Episódio 3When Leo Torosian started studying old photographs of Armenian revolutionaries, he noticed something strange: almost every fighter posed with a flag. But these weren't the neat…
- Pasolini in Beirut · 40 min · Temporada 2 Episódio 2In 1974, three revolutionary elements came together in Beirut: a city at the centre of political and cultural change, a filmmaker who challenged ideas of queerness and power, and…
- The Baron Hotel · 30 min · Temporada 2 Episódio 1Uncovering Roots returns with the first episode of its new season, beginning in Aleppo, at the doors of one of the most iconic hotels in the Middle East. The Baron Hotel once…
- Uncovering Roots Returns: New Season Coming Soon! · 1 min · Temporada 2Happy New Year from Uncovering Roots! We’re so excited to share that our first full season is launching soon. It’s been a bit of a journey getting here, and we truly appreciate…
- The Lost Voice - Aurora Mardiganian: Part 2 · 36 min · Temporada 1 Episódio 2After a harrowing two years under Ottoman occupation, Aurora Mardiganian finally manages to escape to America. But her story doesn’t stop there… Aurora is suddenly thrown into…
- The Lost Voice - Aurora Mardiganian: Part 3 · 35 min · Temporada 1 Episódio 3After Aurora Mardiganian fainted in 1920, she not only disappeared from public life, but the film disappeared and is now officially considered a lost film. It took 70 years to…
- The Lost Voice - Aurora Mardiganian: Part 1 · 41 min · Temporada 1 Episódio 1Uncovering Roots presents its first ever episode in this three-part mini series. Arshaluys Mardigian, also known as Aurora Mardiganian, was just 14 years old when she lost…
- Welcome to Uncovering Roots! · 1 minWelcome to Uncovering Roots! My name is Maxim Saakyan, and I’m really excited to kick off this storytelling journey with you. Uncovering Roots is a new storytelling podcast that…







