Episode 1 ‘Desert walls and keyhole knickers’.

Iconic feminist activist Mona Eltahawy and Ethiopian-American Booker shortlisted author Maaza Mengiste join host Soma Ghosh to talk about SOUAD, directed by Ayten Amin and You Will Die at Twenty, directed by Amjad Abu Alala.

The team bring to life the colour and passion of these new stories from African Arab cinema and talk about sex, repression, pleasure palaces and social media.