Hana Baba

- Username: hannoya
- Host/Reporter/Producer
- Role: Host: Station-Based
Recent Pieces from Hana Baba

The fight to bring back Geography education
(09:00)
From: KALW
Americans are often stereotyped as not knowing much about the rest of the world. But, according to the numbers, it’s more than a mere stereotype. In the latest national ...

Bay Area Beats: Zena
(06:21)
From: KALW
Zena, from Oakland, is a singer songwriter, visual artist, storyteller – and one of the few women masters of the kora – a West African harp – taught directly by Malian kora ...
The Spiritual Edge: Celebrating the commonalities at Oakland’s ‘Sushi’ Mosque
(07:52)
From: KALW
Mosques here are generally identified by sect, you have, say, the Sunni Mosque, the Shia Mosque, the Sufi Mosque. But the Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California (or ...
Preserving ancient Coptic heritage in the East Bay
(10:39)
From: KALW
The majority of Coptic churches in the country are in California. One of the oldest - St Antonius Coptic Church - is nestled in the Hayward hills. Egyptian Coptic immigrants ...

Local Muslims look to the sky - and their smartphones - to know when to fast
(08:06)
From: KALW
About 20 Muslim families are gathered on a hilltop outside the Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley, just after sunset. A water fountain bubbles, women and men chat, kids run ...

Interview: Jimmy Carter's call to action
(28:02)
From: KALW
KALW’s Hana Baba met up with the former president during his recent stop in San Francisco to talk with him about his book, and the issues facing women around the world.

Barbecue of the Body: Sudanese women bring ritual to Bay Area
(14:52)
From: KALW
In Sudan, where my family is from, there is an ancient beauty ritual that married women perform called dukhan. It’s like a sauna, but with smoke. At least every week, ...
Golestan Kids: bringing Iran to west Berkeley
(07:01)
From: KALW
The Bay Area’s cultural diversity is translated in so many different ways; you can hear it in how many languages are spoken here. For parents wanting their children to be ...
