{"id":31424,"date":"2024-02-04T11:24:45","date_gmt":"2024-02-04T09:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/?p=31424"},"modified":"2024-02-06T10:09:42","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T08:09:42","slug":"hashem-sarah-on-their-intimate-podcast-bath-ya-hashem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/hashem-sarah-on-their-intimate-podcast-bath-ya-hashem\/","title":{"rendered":"Hashem & Sara on Their Intimate Podcast, \u201cBath Ya Hashem\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
A popular podcast for the SWANA region, Bath ya Hashem <\/em>is hosted and produced by Sara Eldayekh from Berlin and Hashem in Amman. The podcast\u2019s title is a play on words since \u2018th\u2019 in bath <\/em>\u2014 a difficult sound in Egyptian dialect \u2014 comes out as bas<\/em>, which means broadcast or stop.<\/h5>\n

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Mohammad Rabie<\/h4>\n

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Many years ago, I was part of a secret social media group \u2014which I\u2019ll call \u201cASM\u201d \u2014 I don\u2019t recall how I got into the group, although it was most likely through a friend. I spent the early days mainly exploring what the group had published, until I gradually began to share snippets of news and publications with the group. My online relationship with the group members grew from strength to strength and we finally ended up meeting in person. There were never any limits to what we said or published there. The online group, and our meetings outside of it, in the real world, were an example of the absence of restrictions and subscribed to complete freedom. We participated in loud, rowdy gatherings that were far removed from the gloomy atmosphere overhanging Cairo at the time, and yet we also made sure to support our fellow members when they were going through health crises or the loss of one of their relatives. In the process, we got to know each other intimately. I personally recall one couple tied the knot, while another couple entered into a serious relationship. Others opted for fleeting relationships whereby I was not privy to the details.<\/p>\n

It was there that I met Hashem, and began to follow his visual and musical works. I was struck by the work\u2019s peculiarity and how it differed vastly from the works prevalent at the time. It wasn\u2019t until later that I developed a true admiration for their originality and distinctiveness. I remember that every encounter with Hashem was a joy. Then I met Sara Eldayekh during one of my visits to \u201cBeit Hashem\u201d (House of Hashem), and so it was that over the years our friendship blossomed.<\/p>\n

Hashem and Sara have a podcast called \u201cBath Ya Hashem\u201d that they record from Amman and Berlin. I admire their boldness in addressing topics related to relationships between people, which now seem more complex than ever before. I like the structure of the podcast, how smoothly the dialogue between the two of them runs, how the episode is interspersed with ditties related to the topic at hand, and the general humor and intimacy the two project that I don’t find in any other Arabic podcast that I listen to.<\/p>\n

I asked Hashem and Sara to introduce themselves to the readers of TMR, and because they both prefer radio talk to writing long essays, they each sent a voice message expressing their vision for the podcast. The following lines are a transcription of each message.<\/p>\n