In Season 3 of Sage Takes Thyme, Womena’s founders expand the table, bringing in more voices, more lived realities, and more difficult questions shaping the Arab world and its diaspora today.
In Season 3 of Sage Takes Thyme, Womena’s founders expand the table, bringing in more voices, more lived realities, and more difficult questions shaping the Arab world and its diaspora today.
We take a deeper dive into the forces influencing women’s lives across the region: power, labor, technology, identity, resistance, and the politics of visibility. We examine not only what is changing, but who is paying the price, and who is rewriting the rules.
What does progress actually look like? Who benefits from empowerment narratives? How do we balance tradition and transformation? And how do women build lives of meaning, agency, and belonging within systems that were not designed for them?
👉 First episode drops September 15. Follow and turn on notifications so you don’t miss it.
Hosted by Elissa Freiha (@freiha) and Amira Salah-Ahmed (@amiralx)
A big thank you to everyone who helped bring this season to life.
Team Behind the Scenes:
Director: Rythma Ekanayake (@rythmae)
Production Manager: Hadi Gaafar (@Hadi.gaafar)
Editorial Producer: Laila El Deib (@lailaeldeib)
Videographers and Editors: Aya El-Hussiney (@ayaelhussieny_) and Rowan Messelhy (@rowanmesselhy) and Farida Elebeidy (@alilgroovyy)
Social Media and Marketing: Shahd Salaheldin (@fullyshahd) and Mostafa El Gaaly (@mgaaly_)
Lighting Assistance by Ahmed and the Void team (@void_presents)
Title design: Magdee Hozeyn (@hozyenn_) and Nour Elzayat (@nstudio_____)
Graphic design: Farida Elebeidy (@alilgroovyy)
Art Director: Monica Abadir (@monicaabadir) with the help of Assistant Mariam Elhouchy (@mhoushy)
Furniture and decor pieces from:
Alive and well (@thisisaliveandwell)
Kangaroo (@stampedbykangaroo)
Samak Laban (@samaklabandaily)
Thank you to Access Art Space for collaborating with us and contributing pieces from artists:
Fatma Abodoma (@fatmabodoma)
Mariam Soliman (@mariam_solimana)
Hameem El Mahy (@hameemmahy)
Hanafy Mahmoud (@hanafy.mahmoud.1970)
Mahmoud Shabaan
Sameh Refaat
Aida Khalil (@aidak.halil)
& also a big thank you to independent artists:
Alia Habib (@habibss)
Farida Sultan (@faridaasultan)
Our Location Partners are Void Inc. (@void_presents) Thank you to their team:
Kareem ElKhadrawy (@kare.em__)
Amal Younis (@ayounis__)
Aya H Younis (@move.withaya)
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