The afikra Podcast

The afikra Podcast is our flagship series featuring experts from academia, art, media, urban plannin

Episodes

Total: 422

We talked to Krystel Khoury and Karim Kattan about their work at Mophradat. Krystel is Mophradat's g

In this conversation, we talked to Mona Kareem about her three poetry collections and her trilingual

We discussed Moustafa Bayoumi's book "How Does It Feel To Be a Problem? Being Young and Arab in Amer

In this conversation, we discussed susan abulhawa's multiple novels including 'Mornings in Jenin'. W

We talked to Charles Al-Hayek about his work on bringing Arab cultural heritage and history to socia

We talked to Waddah Faris about his work as a designer, artist, photographer, art critic, and former

We discussed Professor Mattawa's poetry, translation, and work as an academic at the University of M

In this conversation, we discussed Professor Makdisi's scholarship on Modern Arab History, snd Ottom

We talked to Ghazi Faisal Al-Mulaifi, Ph.D. in ethnomusicology, on his research interests that inclu

Khajag Apelian is a Lebanese graphic and type designer of Armenian descent. We talked to Khajag abou

We talked to Butheina Kazim about independent Cinema in the UAE and the region. Butheina is the Foun

We talked to Todd Reisz, architect and writer, on his recently published book, Showpiece City: How A

Philip Ciantar is a senior lecturer in music at the School of Performing Arts, University of Malta,

In this conversation, we talked to Professor Jonathan Shannon, Cultural Anthropologist & Associate D

We discussed Anny Gaul's work as a cultural historian of food and gender specializing in Egypt and M

We talked to Sherene Seikaly, a historian of capitalism, consumption, and development in the modern

In this conversation, we talked to Hala about her successful literary career and award-winning books

We talked to Amir ElSaffar and Arun Ramamurthy about Raga Maqam which is a 15-person ensemble featur

We talked to Isabella Hammad, the author of "The Parisian", on writing her first novel and her new n

We're talked to Ramsey Nasser on Computer Science, Education, & why he created Qalb "قلب", a functio