Alia Taqieddin
News ProducerAlia is a Seattle-raised, Oakland-based cultural worker, DJ, and community archivist, inspired by and belonging to a lineage of Palestinian and Arab women storytellers. She is interested in documenting the histories and contributions of West Asian and North African immigrant communities in the Bay Area. Alia's past audio work can be found in the Arab American National Museum, which houses her multimedia oral history archive of Dearborn, Michigan. In her free time, Alia enjoys hosting her monthly online radio show, Kan Ya Makan, on Moonglow Radio, and DJing various SWANA (Southwest Asian/North African) dance parties in the Bay Area.
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CrosscurrentsMidcentury Richmond had a renowned Blues scene. Today it’s almost underground, but dedicated locals are determined to keep the Blues in town. -
75 years ago, armed Zionist militias violently expelled more than 80 percent of Palestinians from their homes and established the state of Israel. In the Bay Area, Palestinian survivors, their children, and their grandchildren still fight to return home. -
On this week's episode of "Sights & Sounds," photographer and visual artist Lara Aburamadan gives her arts and culture suggestions happening in the Bay Area. -
Santa Clara County will begin providing naloxone, commonly known as Narcan, in all county library branches in an effort to make opioid-reversing treatments more widely available. -
Last Friday, Palestine solidarity activists gathered in front of the Israeli consulate to protest rising Israeli attacks on Palestinian civilians across the West Bank. -
The devastating earthquake that rocked Syria and Turkey earlier this week has impacted thousands in the Middle East, in addition to their loved ones in the Bay Area. Now, community members are working to raise funds. -
In Oakland, everyone has their go-to corner store. Reporter Alia Taqieddin sure does. But she found out her local corner store owner is grappling with a question she also faces: about where to find home. Alia brings us this latest story in our “At Work” series. -
Looking ahead to 2023, the Richmond Art Center is looking for new funding strategies to stay open. -
On Tuesday, the San Francisco Department of Public Health announced that a guaranteed income program for pregnant African American parents will expand its care by five million dollars. KALW’s Alia Taqieddin has more. -
Contra Costa County Health officials say the Martinez Refining Company didn't notify them of a possibly harmful chemical release that started on Thanksgiving night.
