The Detour Podcast بودكاست تحويل‪ة‬ Razan Khatib

حديثي مع نبيل ترزي عن الرحلة التي غيرت حياته وعن السفر البديل والاستدامة.

My conversation with Nabil Tarazi about the trip that changed his life, about alternative travel and sustainability.

(Recorded in March, 2023)
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Nabil Tarazi

In April 2007, after 13 years of running a company in the technology sector in London, Nabil Tarazi packed up his suits and ties along with the rest of his life, bought a backpack, and went east. His journey through Australia and South East Asia became the foundation for what was to be EcoHotels, the company he established in 2009 with a vision to create unique experiences for travellers in natural areas, surrounded by local hospitality, and with a kick of adventure.

عن نبيل ترزي

في شهر أبريل من عام 2007، تخلى نبيل ترزي عن البدلات الرسمية وربطات العنق بعد أن أمضى 13 عاماً في إدارة شركة في قطاع التكنولوجيا في لندن ليشتري حقيبة ظَهر ويسافر نحو الشرق. وقد كانت رحلته عبر أستراليا وجنوب شرق آسيا أساس شركة الفنادق البيئية EcoHotels التي أنشأها عام 2009، بهدف تقديم تجارب فريدة للمسافرين في المناطق الطبيعية في ظل الضيافة المحلية وحس المغامرة.

حديثي مع شيرين التلهوني حول التحديات المجتمعيه لثقافة الرقص المعاصر وطريقها من هندسة العمارة الى تصميم الرقص

My conversation with Shireen Talhouni about the signs that lead to a huge detour, and about the dance between defiance and acceptance.


(Recorded in Dec, 2022)
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About Shireen Talhouni

Shireen Talhouni is a Jordanian Circassian architect turned contemporary dance choreographer and performance artist from Amman. She is founder of Contemporary Amman, a training and performance platform empowering young people to share their stories through movement.

حديثي مع كريم عرفات حول التحويلات المختلفة التي مر بها ودخوله عالم الخبز ليصبح مخبزه من اهم المخابز في عمّان

My conversation with Karim Arafat about the different detours he has taken until becoming a baker and running a popular bakery in Amman.

(Recorded in March, 2023)

About Karim Arafat

It's been about 10 years since Kareem left tech for bread. He started to bake bread at home for 3 years, and in 2017 opened Foron Rex, a small artisan bakery in Amman. Now, he works with a team of 37 people that produce and sell some of the most tasty bread and pastries in the city of Amman.

حديثي مع سلوى قعدان، قصتها في مواجهة الصعوبات بتبني المرونة والتأقلم، وكيف أن الانفتاح الحقيقي على الفرص يساعد على إيجاد جذور الشخص وربما شغفه في الحياة.

My conversation with Salua Qidan, her story of overcoming tough beginnings by embracing adaptability, and discovering how being truly open to opportunities helps find one's roots and maybe their passion in life.

(Recorded in Feb, 2023)
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Salua Qidan
Creative Director, Tiraz (tirazcenter.org)
Founder, Folkglory (folkglory.com)

Salua Qidan is a craft heritage researcher, curator and product designer, focused on the traditions of the Levant’s dressmaking and textiles.

Trained as an architect in Jordan in the mid 1990s, she started her career as cofounder of SYNTAX, a multidisciplinary design company in Amman, Jordan, where she specialized in book and exhibition design for art, culture and heritage projects.

Through her work with various cultural institutions she found herself drawn to the heritage of crafts in Palestine, Jordan and Syria. A pivotal moment for her was the start of her collaboration in 2012 with Widad Kawar, the leading collector and authority on the heritage of Palestinian and Arab dressmaking, designing Kawar’s seminal book Threads of Identity.

In 2015 Salua became a founding team member of Tiraz — The Widad Kawar Home for Arab Dress, where she continues to serve as Creative Director. At Tiraz, Salua immersed herself in the knowledge gained from experts and scholarly sources and her numerous encounters with embroiderer women and other craft makers who are keeping the Levant’s fast-eroding traditions and techniques alive.

In 2020 Salua founded Folkglory, a project inspired by her heritage journey. Through Folkglory Salua designs contemporary products for heritage education and traditional craft enthusiasts. Blending original research, curation, documentation and product development, Folkglory aims at spreading the indigenous knowledge and skills embedded in the Levant’s rich dressmaking traditions to a global audience. Folkglory’s first collection of embroidery kits was launched in 2021.

Born in Germany to a Palestinian father and German mother, she moved to Amman aged 15, experiencing both a culture shock as a teenager, but also the beginning of a journey of understanding the roots of the Arab Palestinian and Jordanian side of her heritage. She lives and works in Amman.

حديثي مع الدكتورة ماري قعوار حول استجابتها لنداء العمل من أجل تحقيق العيش الكريم لكل إنسان، و عن المثابرة والقدرة على التكيف مع التركيز على الهدف المنشود.

My conversation with Dr. Mary Kawar about following a calling to help create conditions that allow dignified human living, about persistence and adaptability while keeping an eye at the goal.


(Recorded in Jan, 2023)
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About Dr. Mary Kawar

Mary Kawar is currently the director of Tiraz: Widad Kawar Home for Arab Dress and serving on the Board of directors at the Jordan Central Bank. Formally she was the Jordanian Minister for Planning and International Cooperation. She also worked at the the International Labour Organisation for 20 years where she held senior positions in the ILO headquarters in Geneva, the Regional Office for Arab States in Beirut, and the subregional office for East Africa in Dar El Salaam. She is a social and economic policy expert and researcher in areas mostly related to labour, employment policies and social protection. She holds a PhD from the London School of Economics.

حديثي مع راندي عابدين عن بداية شغفها بالرقص والحركة ومسار حياتها مع كل التحويلات والاختيارات المختلفة

A my conversation with Randi Abdin about the beginning of her passion for dance and movement, the road with all the detours and the different choices she made.


(Recorded in Feb, 2023)
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About Randi Abdin

Randi is currently the Director General of Elia Nuqul Foundation; a family philanthropic foundation creating space for youth to thrive and develop their growth on an educational, professional, and personal level facilitating their entrance to the job market.

Having a passion for the performing arts and especially dance, she started dancing at the age of 22 and received a Professional Diploma in Dance Studies from the previously called Laban Center London (Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance) in 2001. Randi has more than 20 years of performing arts experience, specializing in the field of dance. Her experience consists of choreography, teaching dance, and performing.

An active leader and a fellow in the Middle East Leadership Academy (Mela), one of several sister leadership organizations spanning the Middle East, Central Eurasia, South East Asia and the United States of America.

An Associate Certified Coach from the International Coach Federation, in addition to being a graduate from the Landmark Forum and the Advanced Course from Landmark Worldwide.

Randi’s diverse academic, practical, cultural, and artistic experience allows her to capitalize on the resources at hand, create and innovate, develop, plan, achieve, evaluate with a clear vision, and more importantly lead her towards what she aspires for.

Randi is committed to serving others with the purpose of taking an active part in improving the well-being of individuals and groups through body movement genius and creativity. Currently, she is a dance movement therapist in training, studying Dance Movement Therapy (DMT) at the 92Y Harkness Dance Center in New York City. She is committed to start a DMT practice in Jordan.

As a consultant specializing in non-verbal communication for teams in corporate set-ups, Randi applies DMT approaches and methodologies in her programs to bring out the power within clients.

Randi is an endless learner who loves to travel and meet people from different cultures and walks of life. Her slogan in life is to live it fully and to be all in whatever she does. In addition, dance and music speak to her being.