Interview With Said Jiryes, Co‑Founder of Jordanian Vegans
We had the chance to interview Said Jiryes, co‑founder of Jordanian Vegans, about the journey of building Jordan’s first dedicated vegan activist community. Alongside Dana Sawalha and Dalia Odeh, Said helped establish Jordanian Vegans in 2021, creating a platform for documentary screenings, protests, street outreach, and social media campaigns. Since then, their activism has expanded to initiatives such as Vegans for Palestine, participation in the Amman Vegan Festival 2024, and solidarity projects like the Flavours of Freedom e‑book fundraiser.
Illuminating Hearts: An Interview with Noor Al-Nabatiya
There are moments when purpose doesn’t shout — it pulses quietly beneath the surface, waiting for someone to feel it. Noor Al-Nabatiya doesn’t push her message outward with force; she releases it gently, guided by a belief that truth, when rooted in love, will find its way. A visual artist by training and a seeker by heart, Noor’s journey toward veganism began not in theory but in visceral recognition — a moment of witnessing, of connection. Since then, she has devoted her voice to those denied one, using her Arabic-language YouTube channel as a sanctuary of awakening. Her videos speak not only of animal suffering, but of our own capacity to unlearn and remember: to live not from habit, but from reverence.