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Yalla! Let's Talk

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Co-Founders: Hani Al-Dajane & Mays Alwash

Website: https://yallaletstalk.com/ (external link)  

Purpose-driven media company and a platform amplifying the voices of Arab-Identifying Millennials and Gen Z around the world. 

Many young Arabs are struggling with having a set of mixed values that often makes them feel alone. They feel stigma about aspects of their lives from all communities. Worse yet, they are often dealing with these issues by themselves, and do not have an inclusive community that validates what they’re feeling and gives them the safe space to express themselves. It’s not that those diverse narratives don’t exist, it’s we yet to see them in mainstream spaces or media. 

The passion project organically evolved. It started with Hani Al-Dajane’s frustration that no one talks about anything stigmatized in our community and believed the solution was a Youtube channel to address these issues in a safe space. Through his journey with Co-Founder, Mays Alwash, they realized, it’s not just that no one wants to talk about these issues, is that there is no inclusive space that makes people feel comfortable to address those issues on a meaningful level. They also realized that their own narratives is not as unique as they thought – it’s simply that their narratives are rarely ever provided a platform. 

We are creating an inclusive space for Arab-identifying millennials and Gen Z. A space where they can stay curious, connect, think critically, and of course, talk. We are creating dialogue and fostering inclusivity within our own cultural community, as well as amplifying narratives and stories that would otherwise go unheard. 

We are changing the narrative.