February 2020

Founding an association

In order to broaden our activities and to reach a longterm funding of our project, we founded our own association Nahostcast e. V. on the 20th of February 2020.

February 2020

February 2020

We win the FAIRWandler Award of the Karl-Kübel foundation!

After a successful nomination within the category FAIRMitteln (wordplay of fair and convey) we win the award of the Karl-Kübel foundation in Frankfurt. The award highlights unique engagement in the field of development policy.

February 2020

December 2019

2. Strategy Workshop

Shortly before Christmas we meet up altogether at a cozy place in the middle of the Black Forest. A lot has happened in the past half year and the new year awaits us with a whole new topics and podcast episodes.

December 2019

November 2019

Talk at the Deutsch-Arabische Freundschaftsgesellschaft e. V., Berlin

The DAFG invited us to our first public presentation and discussion about our podcast. Thank you to all attendees and the amazing feedback we received!

November 2019

September 2019

Civil Academy

Nahostcast is granted a one-year sponsorship by the Civil Academy to attend seminars on topics like financing and positioning of social projects.

September 2019

August 2019

Strategy-Workshop

After 6 months of podcasting we take a step back to reflect on our poduction processes, team work and PR strategy. Our goal? To professionalize the podcast and reach more people with our message.

August 2019

February 2019

Podcast Launch

We launch our first podcast episodes talking about Syrian refugees in Lebanon and journalist mediators in Egypt.

February 2019

December – January 2019

Preporatory phase

concept development & technical implementation of our project, and we need a catchy name!

December – January 2019

October 2018

An idea comes alive…

7 Middle East passionates, many university discussions, and a medium was needed to put this dynamic in a format that could reach people – our podcast idea was borne!

October 2018