Builders of the Broken Bazaar

Builders of the Broken Bazaar

di Dr. Tabish Zaman

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Ep:15 Christmas Special: Rugby isn't the only thing this Club wins at!

At Christmas, we are told stories about generosity and togetherness. But in many UK cities, the reality looks very different. Shrinking public services. Widening inequalities. Communities carrying more with less. In this Christmas Special of Builders of the Broken Bazaar, Dr Tabish Zaman returns to Hull — a city often reduced to statistics, but held together by people. Joined by Paul Hamnett, CEO of the Hull KR Foundation, and Vikki Tate, Employability and Skills Manager, this episode explores how a rugby league club has become a form of social infrastructure. This is not a story about sport. It is a story about belonging, dignity, and civic repair — and what happens when community organisations step in where systems fall short. Together, they explore: • How sport becomes a vehicle for trust and connection • Why community organisations now fill gaps left by shrinking public services • How youth employment, mental health, education, and inclusion intersect • Why prevention is undervalued — and crisis is always more expensive • What real inclusion looks like beyond slogans 🎙 “When a sporting institution becomes social infrastructure, it’s worth asking why it had to.” This episode reframes rugby not as entertainment, but as care. A conversation about leadership rooted in service. About communities holding the social fabric together. And about what Christmas really means in places rarely associated with hope.

Ep 14: Integrating Into A New Country Is A Two-Way Street

Integration is often treated as a checklist. Learn the language. Follow the rules. Fit in quietly. But real integration doesn’t work that way. In this episode of Builders of the Broken Bazaar, Dr Tabish Zaman speaks with Montasir Mohamed — entrepreneur, business leader, and refugee-turned-citizen in Finland — about what integration actually looks like when it moves beyond policy and into everyday life. This is not a conversation about charity. It is not about compliance. It is about agency, responsibility, trust, and belonging — on both sides. Together, they explore: • Why integration fails when only one side carries the burden • How language becomes dignity rather than assimilation • Why waiting for stability keeps people stuck • How fear — not culture — blocks belonging • Why refugees are framed as dependents instead of contributors • How entrepreneurship becomes survival, not ambition • What Finland gets right — and where it still struggles • Why policies can open doors, but people must walk through them 🎙 “Integration isn’t something that happens to you. It’s something you build.” This episode challenges the idea that inclusion can be delivered by systems alone. Because belonging is not granted. It is built — together.

Ep 13: Your Are Being Played by Big Tech

You Are Being Played by Big Tech In this episode of Builders of the Broken Bazaar, Dr Tabish Zaman speaks with Mona Fowzy — CEO of JaneTech and a software engineer with over 25 years across EA, AOL, Yahoo, CBS, and global scientific labs — about why we don’t need more technology at all. We need less hype, less manipulation, and far more courage to question the systems shaping our lives. Together, they explore: • Why most new technology fixes nothing but extracts everything • How AI, crypto, and surveillance tools manufacture fear, urgency, and dependency • How everyday people are turned into test subjects for corporate agendas • Why engineers have become foot soldiers for political and military power • How Big Tech’s greed has erased usability, access, and trust • Why the most “advanced” products are often the most exploitative • Why real progress won’t come from Silicon Valley, but from ignored communities • And how Palestine reveals exactly who technology was designed to privilege — and who it was built to erase 🎙 “The real risk isn’t being left behind — it’s being led blindly.” 👉 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@buildersofthebrokenbazaar

Ep 12: Silicon Valley is Lying to You

In this episode of Builders of the Broken Bazaar, Dr Tabish Zaman speaks with Paul Biggar — founder of CircleCI and DarkLang, and co-founder of Tech for Palestine — a leading voice challenging the myth of “neutral” technology. From inside Silicon Valley’s inner circle to the frontlines of digital justice, Paul unpacks the uncomfortable truths about the industry that claims to build the future. Together, they explore: • Why “tech is neutral” was always a lie • How Silicon Valley’s gatekeepers shape inequality and global politics • Why founders are rewarded for silence — and punished for moral clarity • What Israel’s genocide revealed about the tech industry’s complicity • How Tech for Palestine is helping engineers reclaim their voice 🎙 “Technology isn’t broken — it’s behaving exactly as it was designed. The question is who gets to redesign it.” 👉 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@buildersofthebrokenbazaar

Ep: 11: We Don't Need More Start-Ups. We Need Belonging

We Don’t Need More Start-Ups. We Need Belonging! In this episode of Builders of the Broken Bazaar, Dr Tabish Zaman speaks with Dr Alexandra David — sociologist at the Institute of Work and Technology in Germany and one of Europe’s leading voices on migration, innovation, and inclusion. Together, they explore: How refugee and migrant entrepreneurs turn displacement into innovation. Why “deprived areas” are often the most creative spaces in Europe. The real meaning of embeddedness, connectedness, and belongingness. Why inclusion begins with trust, not policy. 🎙 “Entrepreneurship isn’t just economic — it’s emotional. It’s how people rebuild belonging.” 👉 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@buildersofthebrokenbazaar

Ep: 10: They Call It the Third Sector. But...It’s the First to Show Up.

When systems crumble, who still shows up? In this episode of Builders of the Broken Bazaar, Dr Tabish Zaman speaks with Debra Allcock Tyler, CEO of the Directory of Social Change — one of the UK’s most fearless voices on charity leadership, advocacy, and justice. From shrinking council budgets to silenced community voices, Debra unpacks what it means to lead when compassion itself is under attack. Together, they explore: Why charities are not a luxury, but the last line of defence for millions. How leadership, truth-telling, and advocacy can survive political hostility. Why the voluntary sector holds the moral fabric of a democracy fraying at its edges. And what happens when those who care are told to “stay out of politics.” 🎙 “Charities don’t exist to fill gaps — they exist to stop people falling through them.” 👉 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@buildersofthebrokenbazaar

Ep 9: Future of Healthcare is Human not Digital

Leadership isn’t forged in comfort—it’s shaped in crisis. In this episode of Builders of the Broken Bazaar, Dr Tabish Zaman sits down with Dominic Morgan, CEO of Rethink Crisis and Founder of the Authentic Leaders Institute, whose journey from army jail to NHS commissioner reshaped how we understand leadership, integrity, and reform. From war zones to hospital corridors, Morgan has led through pressure few can imagine. Together they ask: Why the NHS doesn’t just face a service crisis—but a leadership one. How emotion, integrity, and vulnerability can be strengths, not weaknesses, in high-pressure systems. Why every crisis—whether in healthcare or humanity—is also a melting pot for innovation. And what it means to build organisations that put quality and people before performance and profit. 🎙 “Leadership isn’t about performance—it’s about presence.” 👉 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@buildersofthebrokenbazaar

Ep 8: Entrepreneurship Is Not a Gift From the West!

Displacement isn’t just about borders or bombs - it’s about the systems that strip people of dignity and the ways they resist. In this episode of Builders of the Broken Bazaar, Dr. Tabish Zaman speaks with Professor Theodore Khoury, one of the world’s leading voices on entrepreneurship in fragile and conflict-affected contexts. From refugee camps in Jordan to the shadow economies of Lebanon, Khoury’s work reveals how survival-driven enterprise challenges the polished models of business schools. Together we explore: Why informal economies are not failures but lifelines - and why policymakers get them wrong. How masculinities and social norms shape entrepreneurship in war zones, often in unexpected ways. Why the “mask is off” for institutions that preach international law yet ignore it in places like Palestine. 🎙 “Entrepreneurship is not always opportunity. Sometimes, it is survival itself.” 👉 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@buildersofthebrokenbazaar

Ep 7: Crisis Creates Entrepreneurs

When war collapses every system, who keeps communities alive? In this episode of Builders of the Broken Bazaar, Dr. Tabish Zaman speaks with Alaa Albakour, director of Localized Action, about how Syrians rebuilt from nothing but trust and necessity. From food committees and youth volunteer networks to women-led initiatives that turned leftover aid into dignity, Alaa shows how resilience emerges not from capital, but from care. 🎙 “Real enterprise doesn’t begin with money — it begins with community.” 👉 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@buildersofthebrokenbazaar

Ep 6: Humanitarianism uncovered: How Every Refugee Camp is a story of broken Promises!!

Displacement is too often called a crisis. But what if it’s actually a system — one built to manage people, not empower them? In this episode of Builders of the Broken Bazaar, Dr. Tabish Zaman speaks with Dr. Philip Proudfoot, political anthropologist and author of Rebel Populism, about how exile has become permanent, how aid budgets follow politics more than need, and why dignity in displacement is fought for in everyday acts of resistance. From Lebanon’s construction sites to Gaza’s blockade, Proudfoot shows how survival itself becomes deeply political — and why accountability in humanitarianism must mean more than feedback forms. 🎙 “Displacement is not about movement — it’s about rights.” 👉 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@buildersofthebrokenbazaar

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