Al Jisr – The Bridge – is a collaboration among students and faculty from four public universities in Yemen and faculty and students at The University of Arizona. Students from University of Aden, Hadramout University, Taiz University, University of Saba Region and the UA are participating in this nine-month cultural exchange project that includes talking about media practices in Yemen and the U.S. Some student work is presented under the Al Jisr collective name for the security and safety of those contributors.
Al Jisr |The Bridge is a collaboration among students and faculty from four public universities in Yemen and faculty and students at The University of Arizona. Students from University of Aden, Hadramout University, Taiz University, University of Saba Region and the UA are participating in this nine-month cultural exchange project that includes talking about media practices in Yemen and the U.S.
Photos without credits are from students and professors in Yemen who are part of this project. Their work is under the Al Jisr collective name for their security and safety.
By Al Jisr | The Bridge | 01/27/2023 12:38pm
We traveled around the city of Aden and talked to residents from different generations and backgrounds about how leisure time is spent in the city. They shared some of their stories, and allowed us to document a few moments through a lens, while they are spending leisure time.
By Al Jisr | The Bridge | 01/27/2023 12:00pm
Alejandro, from Al Jisr Podcast, talks with Reem, a media professional from Yemen, about her road to working in media, including her upbringing, travels, and every difficulty she had to encounter in order to develop news in her home country of Yemen. Reem, a mother of three, has been working in media for over 10 years. In these years she had to struggle with barriers due to her gender, her worldliness, but most importantly, having to develop news in a place where its current political climate makes it difficult to report without putting her in harm's way.
By Al Jisr | The Bridge | 01/20/2023 10:01am
The Bridge is a collaboration among students from the University of Arizona and four public universities in Yemen: University of Aden, Hadramout University, Taiz University, and University of Saba Region. In this nine-month cultural exchange project, students engage regularly, share experiences, and work together on journalistic projects, including multimedia stories, a group podcast series, and this photo gallery. Some student work is presented under the Al Jisr Collective name for the security and safety of those contributors.
By Al Jisr | The Bridge | 01/16/2023 11:10am
This episode of Al jisr Podcast brings together different perspectives of the 2022 World Cup and how special it was. The highs and the lows of The Cup are what make this sport unique. Students from universities in both Yemen and the U.S. talk about The World Cup.
By Al Jisr | The Bridge | 01/09/2023 5:06pm
Alli and Abdullah from Al Jisr Podcast discuss ways in which they both study for finals and exams. They also dive into researched study methods to increase student efficiency. They then turn to other students in the Al Jisr project podcast to talk about ways in which they like to study. From listening to music to feeling punished for studying in the morning, they find that there is no right way to study, just the way that works best for individual students.
By Al Jisr | The Bridge | 01/09/2023 5:00pm
In this episode of Al-Jisr podcast, our students from Yemen and Arizona universities discuss challenges they may face and future dreams. Join us for this episode!
By Al Jisr | The Bridge | 01/09/2023 4:57pm
Childhood memories are often related to childhood games. In this episode of Al-Jisr podcast we tried to remember the games we used to play together with our friends, the songs and the social activities. We also asked some of our university students in Yemen and the U.S. about their childhood games. Listen to this episode, and discover with us the similarities between childhood games in different countries!.
By Al Jisr | The Bridge | 12/29/2022 12:38pm
This episode of Al-Jisr podcast talks about the struggles of women in Yemen and the United States. According to university students' experiences and opinions in both Yemen and the U.S., women's challenges can be similar across the world. Women's initiatives are needed in both countries to move closer toward gender equity. Listen to this episode to learn more.
By Al Jisr | The Bridge | 12/08/2022 1:13pm
This episode of Al-Jisr podcast comes with multiple perspectives on migration and immigration in the USA and Yemen. Together, we will listen to the challenges of migrants and immigrants in both countries, the difficulties they are facing, and the dreams they want to achieve. Students from universities in Yemen and the U.S. talk about migration and immigration in both countries.
By Al Jisr | The Bridge | 11/14/2022 2:01pm
The Bridge is a collaboration among students from the University of Arizona and four public universities in Yemen: University of Aden, Hadramout University, Taiz University, and University of Saba Region. In this nine-month cultural exchange project, students engage regularly, share experiences, and work together on journalistic projects, including multimedia stories, a group podcast series, and this photo gallery. Some student work is presented under the Al Jisr Collective name for the security and safety of those contributors.
By Al Jisr | The Bridge | 12/08/2022 1:11pm
Electricity is a big part of everybody's life, and particularly students' lives in both Yemen and the U.S. In this episode of Al Jisr (The Bridge) Podcast, we talk about how electricity (or lack thereof) affects the academic and personal lives of students. Abdullah, a Yemen resident, and Heishly, a Puerto Rican student who now attends the University of Arizona, express their challenges with power outages. What do you do when you have no electricity? How do you think your experience will be on a day with no electricity? We asked these questions and more to our students and friends. Listen to this episode to know more!
By Al Jisr | The Bridge | 09/02/2022 12:56pm
In Yemen students are facing a warm summer. The heat together with the lack of electricity and air-conditioning make studying and focusing a challenge. In this video, we interviewed students at Yemeni universities and asked them about this challenge, and how they are dealing with it.
By Al Jisr | The Bridge | 08/30/2022 10:16am
In this episode of Al Jisr (The Bridge) Podcast, we talk about the most popular music among students in Yemen. We interview many of them and ask them about their favorite music.
By Al Jisr | The Bridge | 08/27/2022 1:10pm
Social media is a big part of student life both in Yemen and the U.S. In this episode of Al Jisr (The Bridge) Podcast, we talk about how social media has given students the ability to instantly connect with one another and share their lives.
By Al Jisr | The Bridge | 08/13/2022 9:24am
According to a study conducted by Yemen's Ministry of Education in 2020, among students who finished high school, only 48 percent joined a college or university in Yemen. The rest did not because of economic conditions, poverty and the inability to pay tuition.
By Al Jisr | The Bridge | 08/13/2022 9:18am
ADEN, Yemen – Every July, temperatures increase dramatically in most of Yemen. In the city of Aden in the southern coastal area of the country, temperatures reach 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit), with humidity reaching up to 75 percent. Here, we learn about how to stay cool in the summer in Aden.
By Al Jisr | The Bridge | 08/13/2022 9:33am
In this interesting episode of Al-Jisr Podcast, we talked about sports and students' exercise routines in Yemen and the U.S. We also interviewed several Yemeni students about their favorite sports and talked about how female Yemeni students are playing sports.
By Al Jisr | The Bridge | 08/13/2022 9:38am
In this episode of The Bridge (Al Jisr) podcast, university students from Arizona and Yemen are talking street food in both countries. Street food is absolutely affordable and very nice to eat, but is it healthy? What kind of concerns do our guests have about it?
By Al Jisr | The Bridge | 07/27/2022 1:06pm
Hajar, a 21-year-old woman, is studying to be a medical assistant in Yemen. She belongs to "The Marginalized," a community of Yemeni citizens known in Arabic as the "Muhamasheen."
By Al Jisr | The Bridge | 08/13/2022 9:38am
Al Jisr Podcast is one part of a nine-month cultural exchange program between the University of Arizona School of Journalism, University of Aden, Hadramout University, Taiz University and University of Saba Region. This episode focuses on student work life balance.
