In this powerful and deeply human episode, host Eva Dalak welcomes Magda Zenon, a Greek Cypriot peace activist, feminist, and storyteller.
Together, they explore the complexities of peacebuilding across divided communities — highlighting the importance of challenging normalized narratives and reclaiming spaces for truth-telling and human dignity.This episode moves fluidly between themes of trauma-informed dialogue, gendered experiences of war, and the institutional failures that hinder progress in peace efforts.
Magda and Eva do not shy away from difficult truths, but offer hope through the creation of safe and brave spaces for authentic expression:
᯽ Cyprus: A Divided Island, A Shared History – Personal reflections on legacy and longing
᯽ Challenging the Status Quo – Breaking free from normalized conflict narratives
᯽ Feminism Beyond Inclusion – Reimagining peace beyond binary frameworks
᯽ Storytelling as Medicine – Healing through empathy and lived truth
᯽ Where Identity Meets Conflict – Navigating gender, nationalism, and belonging
᯽ The Hidden Labor of Peace – Honoring the emotional work of women changemakers
᯽ When Peace Efforts Fall Short – Lessons from the Israeli-Palestinian frontline
᯽ Trauma-Informed Dialogue – Holding space for truth across divides
᯽ Presence as Resistance – Vulnerability and the power of being seen
᯽ Women Against Patriarchy – Voices rising to rewrite peace itself
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᯽ Email: connect@peaceactivation.org
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