Feet In 2 Worlds

FI2W Podcast:Young Muslim Turkish Women Attend School in U.S. to Evade Headscarf Ban

For many years Turkey has banned female students from wearing the headscarf - or hijab - in school.  To get around the ban, some Muslim girls and young women have left Turkey to attend high school and college in the U.S. and other countries where they are permitted to cover their heads in the classroom. Turkish television journalist Necla Demirci tells the story of two sisters, Sumeyye and Safiye Sideli, who came to New York as teenagers to complete their education.   In her conversation with Fi2W Executive Producer John Rudolph, Demirci also speaks with Mucahit Bilici, assistant professor of sociology at John Jay College, who studies Islam in America.

FI2W Podcast: DREAM Act Advocates - Young, Undocumented and on Facebook

Feet In Two Worlds journalists Aswini Anburajan and Valeria Fernandez describe how young proponents of the DREAM Act are publicly revealing their undocumented status and using social media for political organizing. FI2W's Executive Producer John Rudolph is the host.

FI2W Podcast: Budget Tug-of-War at Immigrant School

FI2W Executive Producer John Rudolph speaks with education reporting fellow, Ramaa Reddy Raghavan about budget pressures affecting mental health services for immigrant students at the Manhattan International High School.

FI2W Podcast: Controversy over Secure Communities

FI2W Executive Producer John Rudolph speaks to Catalina Jaramillo, a reporter with the Spanish-language daily El Diario, and the paper's editorial page editor, Maibe Ponet, about Gov. Andrew Cuomo's decision to pull NY out of the controversial immigration enforcement program, Secure Communities. What does New York's decision mean for the Obama administration's immigration policies?

FI2W Podcast: DOMA and its Impact on Same-Sex Bi-National Couples.

FI2W reporter Von Diaz on the Defense of Marriage Act and how it affects same sex bi-national couples, where one partner is a US citizen, and the other is an immigrant facing deportation. FI2W executive producer John Rudolph hosts.

FI2W Podcast: The Impact of Asian Immigrants on Organized Labor

Feet In Two Worlds reporter Cristina DC Pastor discusses the role of Asian immigrants in labor unions. FI2W executive producer John Rudolph hosts.

FI2W Podcast: Bin Laden's Death Means Unique Challenges for Pakistani Immigrants

The new Fi2W podcast makes its debut with an examination of the hopes and fears of Pakistani immigrants following the death of Osama bin Laden and rising tensions between the U.S. and Pakistan.