Journalist Imani Bashir Unpacks the Politics of Travel
Imani Bashir is a world-traveling storyteller, mother, and advocate who's lived in five countries across four continents, including Egypt, Poland, and Malaysia. Her work focuses on culturally immersive social media content highlighting various atrocities and initiatives to support marginalized communities worldwide. Get ready to be immersed in this important topic: how do we travel in a way that is generative (to use the term on everyone’s minds right now), and not destructive?
Imani has worked with The New York Times, Cosmo, The Washington Post, Travel + Leisure, and many others. She just took on a new role as the director of communications at BEAM, which stands for Black Emotional And Mental Health collective.
00:40 The story of a Black digital nomad
05:44 How living abroad shaped Imani’s global citizenship
08:43 Traveling with kids & mom culture in the US and abroad
14:10 Travel as a way to gain empathy for immigrants
19:23 Travel media industry’s handling of Gaza
28:00 The ethics of press trips
33:43 The history of Black Islam in America
38:05 Misconceptions about Islam
48:27 Did anything change since the murder of George Floyd?
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Learn more about Imani on her website: https://sheisimanib.com/
Read Imani's story, Life As a Black “Digital Nomad” Isn’t the Same: https://www.thecut.com/article/life-a...
Read Imani's story, A Reflection on What It Means to Be a Black American Muslim: https://thegrio.com/2022/05/01/last-d...
Check out the work of BEAM: https://beam.community/
Sign the Travel Industry For Palestine initiative: https://travelindustryforpalestine.org/
Listen to the Upstream Podcast: https://www.upstreampodcast.org/
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