Hazel Kahan http://hazelkahan.com Sun, 16 Jun 2013 02:11:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Copyright © Hazel Kahan 2012 hkahan@optonline.net (Hazel Kahan) hkahan@optonline.net (Hazel Kahan) 1440 http://hazelkahan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Tidings.jpg Hazel Kahan http://hazelkahan.com 144 144 http://feeds.feedburner.com/tidingsfromhazel Tidings from Hazel Kahan Interviews, commentaries, reflections, insights from around the world. Interviews, commentaries, reflections, insights, from, around, the, world. Hazel Kahan Hazel Kahan hkahan@optonline.net no no Nancy Stout: One Day in December–Celia Sánchez and the Cuban Revolution http://hazelkahan.com/nancy-stout-one-day-in-december-celia-sanchez-and-the-cuban-revolution/ http://hazelkahan.com/nancy-stout-one-day-in-december-celia-sanchez-and-the-cuban-revolution/#comments Tue, 11 Jun 2013 01:28:47 +0000 Hazel http://hazelkahan.com/?p=2126 View full post →]]> Nancy Stout, author of One Day in December: Celia Sanchez and the Cuban Revolution, a biography of Celia Sánchez, a leading architect of Cuba’s revolution, published by Monthly Review Press with a foreword by Alice Walker.

Celia is a fascinating, complex woman who is not well known in this country.  In Cuba though she is a heroine, credited with being Fidel’s second-in-command, if not his equal. In this interview, Stout tells us about the history of women in Cuba’s wars and provides insight into the mysteries of the Celia-Fidel relationship.

Photo courtesy of the Oficina de Asuntos Históricos, Cuba.

Photo courtesy of the Oficina de Asuntos Históricos, Cuba.

 

]]> http://hazelkahan.com/nancy-stout-one-day-in-december-celia-sanchez-and-the-cuban-revolution/feed/ 0 0:29:30 Nancy Stout, author of One Day in December: Celia Sanchez and the Cuban Revolution, a biography of Celia Sánchez, a leading architect of Cuba’s revolution, published by Monthly Review Press with a foreword by Alice Walker. Celia is a fascinati[...] Nancy Stout, author of One Day in December: Celia Sanchez and the Cuban Revolution, a biography of Celia Sánchez, a leading architect of Cuba’s revolution, published by Monthly Review Press with a foreword by Alice Walker. Celia is a fascinating, complex woman who is not well known in this country.  In Cuba though she is a heroine, credited with being Fidel’s second-in-command, if not his equal. In this interview, Stout tells us about the history of women in Cuba’s wars and provides insight into the mysteries of the Celia-Fidel relationship. Photo courtesy of the Oficina de Asuntos Históricos, Cuba.   Radio Hazel Kahan no no Gary English, artistic director The Freedom Theatre, Jenin http://hazelkahan.com/gary-english-artistic-director-the-freedom-theatre-jenin/ http://hazelkahan.com/gary-english-artistic-director-the-freedom-theatre-jenin/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 00:06:28 +0000 Hazel http://hazelkahan.com/?p=2101 View full post →]]> Gary English, Founding Artistic Director of Connecticut Repertory Theatre and Distinguished Professor in Dramatic Arts at the University of Connecticut. More recently, he has been working as artistic director of The Freedom Theatre in Jenin Refugee Camp in Palestine’s occupied West Bank.  Gary describes the development of The Freedom Theatre in the context of the region’s history and geography and explains the therapeutic role theater plays in helping a traumatized people to understand their individual, communal and national selves. He also talks about what is meant by “art as resistance.”

]]> http://hazelkahan.com/gary-english-artistic-director-the-freedom-theatre-jenin/feed/ 3 0:00:01 Gary English, Founding Artistic Director of Connecticut Repertory Theatre and Distinguished Professor in Dramatic Arts at the University of Connecticut. More recently, he has been working as artistic director of The Freedom Theatre in Jenin Refugee [...] Gary English, Founding Artistic Director of Connecticut Repertory Theatre and Distinguished Professor in Dramatic Arts at the University of Connecticut. More recently, he has been working as artistic director of The Freedom Theatre in Jenin Refugee Camp in Palestine’s occupied West Bank.  Gary describes the development of The Freedom Theatre in the context of the region’s history and geography and explains the therapeutic role theater plays in helping a traumatized people to understand their individual, communal and national selves. He also talks about what is meant by “art as resistance.” Radio Hazel Kahan no no Hydr Ibrahim: founder, Resettling the Indus http://hazelkahan.com/hydr-ibrahim-founder-resettling-the-indus-2/ http://hazelkahan.com/hydr-ibrahim-founder-resettling-the-indus-2/#comments Tue, 09 Apr 2013 17:29:16 +0000 Hazel http://hazelkahan.com/?p=2054 View full post →]]> Recorded in Lahore in March 2013, Hydr Ibrahim, Pakistani architect and co-founder of Resettling the Indus, talks about the grass roots social movement that is rebuilding flood- and war-ravaged villages in the Punjab, Sindh and South Waziristan regions of the Indus valley.

Recorded in Lahore last month, Hydr Ibrahim, Pakistani architect and founder of Resettling the Indus, talks about the grass roots social movement that is rebuilding flood- and war-ravaged villages in the Punjab, Sindh and South Waziristan regions of the Indus valley.

This is a surprising story to come from Pakistan, a country more often associated these days with the brutal side of humanity.  It is also a grand story of a new generation of citizen-builders, envisioning, resettling and bringing new life out of what was destroyed.

More about Resettling the Indus here.

Produced by Tony Ernst and broadcast on WPKN 89.5 on April 10, 2013
Recorded at Sanjannagar Audio Recording Studio, Lahore, Pakistan.

 

]]> http://hazelkahan.com/hydr-ibrahim-founder-resettling-the-indus-2/feed/ 10 0:00:01 Recorded in Lahore in March 2013, Hydr Ibrahim, Pakistani architect and co-founder of Resettling the Indus, talks about the grass roots social movement that is rebuilding flood- and war-ravaged villages in the Punjab, Sindh and South Waziristan regi[...] Recorded in Lahore in March 2013, Hydr Ibrahim, Pakistani architect and co-founder of Resettling the Indus, talks about the grass roots social movement that is rebuilding flood- and war-ravaged villages in the Punjab, Sindh and South Waziristan regions of the Indus valley. Recorded in Lahore last month, Hydr Ibrahim, Pakistani architect and founder of Resettling the Indus, talks about the grass roots social movement that is rebuilding flood- and war-ravaged villages in the Punjab, Sindh and South Waziristan regions of the Indus valley. This is a surprising story to come from Pakistan, a country more often associated these days with the brutal side of humanity.  It is also a grand story of a new generation of citizen-builders, envisioning, resettling and bringing new life out of what was destroyed. More about Resettling the Indus here. Produced by Tony Ernst and broadcast on WPKN 89.5 on April 10, 2013 Recorded at Sanjannagar Audio Recording Studio, Lahore, Pakistan.   Radio, Uncategorized Hazel Kahan no no Hightidings back home http://hazelkahan.com/hightidings-back-home/ http://hazelkahan.com/hightidings-back-home/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 15:48:19 +0000 Hazel http://hazelkahan.com/?p=1898 I’ve documented my month in Pakistan and invite you to read my blog posts about these travels.

Also, please listen to this Tidings interview with Shireen Pasha, the filmmaker who has produced a wonderful documentary, After the Floods, about our project.

]]> http://hazelkahan.com/hightidings-back-home/feed/ 0 Shireen Pasha, Pakistani documentary filmmaker http://hazelkahan.com/shireen-pasha-pakistani-documentary-filmmaker/ http://hazelkahan.com/shireen-pasha-pakistani-documentary-filmmaker/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:59:23 +0000 Hazel http://hazelkahan.com/?p=1892 View full post →]]> Shireen Pasha is a notable documentary film maker and head of the film department of Pakistan’s National College of Arts. We sat together in Lahore after coming back from South Punjab where we’d gone to document the rebuilding and resettling of villages after the devastating floods of 2010 and 2012 for our documentary After the Floods.  In our conversation, Shireen talks about her early life, about her deep interest in Lahore’s history and her passion for the town in which, incidentally, I was born and grew up.  She then shares with us the philosophy, politics and practice of how she makes documentary films.

The documentary will be available for private screenings in the US and Pakistan in April or May and in Berlin in the autumn.  Your interest is encouraged and welcomed.

Produced by Tony Ernst and broadcast on WPKN 89.5 on March 13, 2013
Recorded at Sanjannagar Audio Recording Studio, Lahore, Pakistan.
]]> http://hazelkahan.com/shireen-pasha-pakistani-documentary-filmmaker/feed/ 0 0:00:01 Shireen Pasha is a notable documentary film maker and head of the film department of Pakistan’s National College of Arts. We sat together in Lahore after coming back from South Punjab where we’d gone to document the rebuilding and resettling o[...] Shireen Pasha is a notable documentary film maker and head of the film department of Pakistan’s National College of Arts. We sat together in Lahore after coming back from South Punjab where we’d gone to document the rebuilding and resettling of villages after the devastating floods of 2010 and 2012 for our documentary After the Floods.  In our conversation, Shireen talks about her early life, about her deep interest in Lahore’s history and her passion for the town in which, incidentally, I was born and grew up.  She then shares with us the philosophy, politics and practice of how she makes documentary films. The documentary will be available for private screenings in the US and Pakistan in April or May and in Berlin in the autumn.  Your interest is encouraged and welcomed. Produced by Tony Ernst and broadcast on WPKN 89.5 on March 13, 2013 Recorded at Sanjannagar Audio Recording Studio, Lahore, Pakistan. Radio Hazel Kahan no no The end of the world–again? Interview with John Hill, Jungian analyst http://hazelkahan.com/the-end-of-the-world-again-interview-with-john-hill-jungian-analyst/ http://hazelkahan.com/the-end-of-the-world-again-interview-with-john-hill-jungian-analyst/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2013 14:56:47 +0000 Hazel http://hazelkahan.com/?p=1877 View full post →]]> John Hill, notable Jungian analyst, at the International School of Analytical Psychology  in Zurich, Switzerland, talks about apocalyptic psychology in the context of worldwide response to  the Mayan calendar’s “end of world” predictions. Despite the fact that these predictions have always proved false, John Hill tells us why they have always been with us and why they are likely to return again and again.

 

]]> http://hazelkahan.com/the-end-of-the-world-again-interview-with-john-hill-jungian-analyst/feed/ 0 0:29:30 John Hill, notable Jungian analyst, at the International School of Analytical Psychology  in Zurich, Switzerland, talks about apocalyptic psychology in the context of worldwide response to  the Mayan calendar’s “end of world” predi[...] John Hill, notable Jungian analyst, at the International School of Analytical Psychology  in Zurich, Switzerland, talks about apocalyptic psychology in the context of worldwide response to  the Mayan calendar’s “end of world” predictions. Despite the fact that these predictions have always proved false, John Hill tells us why they have always been with us and why they are likely to return again and again.   Radio Hazel Kahan no no Hightidings is back! http://hazelkahan.com/hightidings-is-back/ http://hazelkahan.com/hightidings-is-back/#comments Sat, 19 Jan 2013 03:47:59 +0000 Hazel http://hazelkahan.com/?p=1797 Please visit my blog and subscribe if you’d like to follow my upcoming time in Pakistan.

]]> http://hazelkahan.com/hightidings-is-back/feed/ 1 There’s no such place as home http://hazelkahan.com/theres-no-such-place-as-home-3/ http://hazelkahan.com/theres-no-such-place-as-home-3/#comments Sun, 13 Jan 2013 20:57:31 +0000 Hazel http://hazelkahan.com/?p=1780 View full post →]]> A personal story in which my two school friends, Midge and Pat, talk about being Third Culture Kids and our life growing up in India and Pakistan and at Woodstock School in Mussoorie.  RIP Midge, we love you and miss you.

Here’s the blog post from February, 2010.

 

]]> http://hazelkahan.com/theres-no-such-place-as-home-3/feed/ 0 0:29:20 A personal story in which my two school friends, Midge and Pat, talk about being Third Culture Kids and our life growing up in India and Pakistan and at Woodstock School in Mussoorie.  RIP Midge, we love you and miss you. Here’s the blog post [...] A personal story in which my two school friends, Midge and Pat, talk about being Third Culture Kids and our life growing up in India and Pakistan and at Woodstock School in Mussoorie.  RIP Midge, we love you and miss you. Here’s the blog post from February, 2010.   Radio Hazel Kahan no no Rob Hopkins: Transition Towns Movement http://hazelkahan.com/rob-hopkins-transition-towns-movement/ http://hazelkahan.com/rob-hopkins-transition-towns-movement/#comments Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:56:12 +0000 Hazel http://hazelkahan.com/?p=1751 View full post →]]> Rob Hopkins, founder of the Transition Network, talks about an international movement of community-led response to climate change, resource depletion and fossil fuels.  Embraced by communities in  34 countries, including 130 (so far) in the US, the Transition model provides a sustainable  blueprint for communities learning to grow their own food, generate their own power, build their own homes with local materials and develop their own local economy through resilience to a changing habitat.  Rob spoke to Tidings via Skype from his home in Totnes, Devon, the very first Transition town.  Learn how your community can become part of the transition! (Tidings is produced by Tony Ernst and heard on WPKN on the second Wednesday of each month.)

P.S.  Rob just posted an end-of-year round-up of happenings at Transition towns all over the world  I really liked this video from Rumania and their take on Black Friday.

]]> http://hazelkahan.com/rob-hopkins-transition-towns-movement/feed/ 1 0:29:29 Rob Hopkins, founder of the Transition Network, talks about an international movement of community-led response to climate change, resource depletion and fossil fuels.  Embraced by communities in  34 countries, including 130 (so far) in the US, the [...] Rob Hopkins, founder of the Transition Network, talks about an international movement of community-led response to climate change, resource depletion and fossil fuels.  Embraced by communities in  34 countries, including 130 (so far) in the US, the Transition model provides a sustainable  blueprint for communities learning to grow their own food, generate their own power, build their own homes with local materials and develop their own local economy through resilience to a changing habitat.  Rob spoke to Tidings via Skype from his home in Totnes, Devon, the very first Transition town.  Learn how your community can become part of the transition! (Tidings is produced by Tony Ernst and heard on WPKN on the second Wednesday of each month.) P.S.  Rob just posted an end-of-year round-up of happenings at Transition towns all over the world  I really liked this video from Rumania and their take on Black Friday. Radio Hazel Kahan no no Tidings blog archive http://hazelkahan.com/tidings-blog-archive-2/ http://hazelkahan.com/tidings-blog-archive-2/#comments Mon, 31 Dec 2012 23:26:39 +0000 Hazel http://hazelkahan.com/?p=1738 Please visit the archive here.

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