Alyssa Al-Dookhi

Alyssa Al-Dookhi will be working in collaboration with YallaPunk to create and develop Sabah il-Khara. Sabah il-Khara (which is a play on "good morning," in Arabic, that translates to "shitty morning,") will be a morning talk show for a Queer, Southwest Asian and North African (SWANA) late night crowd. The talk show will reflect the faces and experiences of queer SWANA folks in the YallaPunk Community. With a rising tide of Islamaphobia and the spectre of white supremacy, the show will be a hub for SWANA content and collaboration, with guests featured hosting workshops following their program air dates. The workshops and show will be entirely digital, and guests will have the option to record virtually or in-person. 

YallaPunk SWANA. Queer. Immigrant. Punk. YallaPunk has been redefining the narrative since 2016 through programming and documenting artistic contributions and accomplishments including butnot limited to music, film, art, poetry, comedy, and much more. YallaPunk is community-centered and will always be. We’re currently working with our first cohort of fellows who are focusing on our community archives, community kitchen, and streaming arts programming.

What is SWANA? It’s the decolonized and more inclusive version of a region often described as “the Middle East and North Africa”. We feel like it better describes our community.