BAYN ‘بين’ - ‘Between’ In Arabic
By Bayn
Categories: Society & Culture, Personal Journals, Documentary
BAYN (“between” in Arabic) is an Anglo-Arab storytelling podcast from an Egyptian‑American woman raised in Dubai who has spent her life moving between cultures, continents, and identities. Now she reflects on decades of global living, a 25‑year marriage, three kids in different life stages, and one opinionated beagle. Through honest authentic stories, BAYN explores what it means to belong everywhere and nowhere, to have all the answers and none at all, to grow through every chapter, and learn to embrace the beautiful imperfect space in between. bayn1977.substack.com
6 episodes indexed on PodSearch.
Recent episodes
- Bayn | بين — Official Podcast Trailer
Some stories don’t fit neatly into one place, one identity, or one answer.Bayn | بين is a personal exploration of identity, belonging, and everything that exists in between.Through stories, reflections, and honest conversations, we explore the questions that shape who we are.Welcome to Bayn. A…
- BAYN - Chapter Five - My Two Moms & A Bowl Of Beleela…
She sat me on the balcony of our childhood home in Alexandria, distracting me by watching the passing cars in our narrow cobbled street, as the sea breeze lifted strands of hair from my sun-soaked face. She patiently scooped warm beleela (a sweet wheat and milk concoction) into my mouth. I hated…
- BAYN - Chapter Four - Dubai Wasn’t Always This Way…
She wasn’t fasting. She was menstruating, and women are exempt from the fast then.It was Ramadan in Dubai in the early ’80s. My mother was driving me back home from school, and she was eating an apple.A local man saw her through the car window, cut us off, and asked us to follow him to the police…
- BAYN - Chapter Three - The $10,000 Question!
Every morning, I shake his bowl, and my beagle comes running. He knows the sound of breakfast.That Friday, I shook the bowl, and he came crawling.—————Hello, and welcome to Bayn, which means “between” in Arabic. I’m Dalida, an Egyptian-American raised in Dubai and now living between cultures with…
- BAYN - Chapter Two - So Where Are You From?
I will never forget how tough my first year in Egypt was. I had moved there for college and started at the American University in Cairo, where I stuck out like a sore thumb. I didn’t know the inside jokes from Egyptian movies and tamseleyat, which are the popular TV series there, because I was too…
- BAYN - Chapter One - Between Is Where I’ve Always Been.
My late mother used to say that if she weren’t paid to do the work she loved, she would pay for the chance to do it. —She taught me that early on. Doing something for a living that you aren't passionate about is a nightmare: you’ll be dragging your feet into work every day, feeling trapped and…
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