The afikra Podcast is our flagship series featuring experts from academia, art, media, urban plannin
Wissam Shawkat is an Iraqi Artist, Designer, Calligrapher, & Type Designer. In this conversation, we
In this conversation, we are talking to Dr. Lisa Urkevich, a Specialist in the Heritage and Music of
Mai Masri is a Palestinian filmmaker, director, and producer. We interviewed her about her career in
We talked to Ahmad Badr about his work with the United Nations, Narratio - the global platform for y
We talked to Musician, Educator, and Entrepreneur, Hadi Eldebek, on his musical career as well as th
In this conversation, we are talking to Rima Rantisi on her writing and being the founding editor of
We discussed Yacine Boulares' label Shames Records, and the Habibi festival he founded in New York.
Mariam C. Said serves as the Vice-President of the Barenboim-Said Foundation (USA) and is a driving
Alex Dika Seggerman is an Assistant Professor of Islamic Art History at Rutgers University-Newark. H
We enjoyed discussing with Alya her bestselling non-fiction book The Greater Freedom: Life as a Midd
Salwa Mikdadi is an Associate Professor in the Practice of Art History specializing in the history o
Alsarah is a singer, songwriter, and bandleader of Alasarah & the Nubatones. We talked to Alsarah ab
We talked to Taoufik Ben Amor about Arabic language and linguistics, language and identity, Arab mus
Our conversation with Professor Nasser was all about his expertise in the field of architecture, dir
We interviewed Karl on his various publications and works as an architect, satirist, blogger, and co
We talked to the writer behind the award-winning books from the award-winning novels, “In the Countr
We will be discussing Thomas Simsarian Dolan's research about Middle Eastern diaspora and race. We w
We will be discussing Kristyan Sarkis' work as a graphic and type designer. We will talk about the t
We discussed Anneka Lenssen's expertise in modern painting and contemporary visual practices. We als
Laila talks about Oud and its tradition from its definition, to its types, and its traditional and e
