Stanton Stephens
Middle East native Hebah Fisher was frustrated with the misconceptions about the region. So last October, she started Kerning Cultures, a podcast about the Middle East, with journalist Razan Alzayani. Fisher, who recently relocated to Seattle from Dubai, says the podcast’s mission is starting to be realized. “I think one of our listeners summed it up perfectly, saying: ‘Everything I knew about the Middle East was ISIS and hummus. After listening to Kerning Cultures episodes back to back, I just bought a plane ticket to visit the Middle East for the first time.'”