The afikra Podcast

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

Episodes

Total: 431

The history of North Africa is infinitely complex and barbed with post-colonial tensions. In this co

Life as a human rights attorney in Egypt. Tahrir Square in 2011. How protests transforms into revolu

Architect, researcher, and associate professor at Zayed University, Roberto Fabbri, joined us on the

In this episode of the afikra podcast, Professor Michael Christoper Low – director of the Middle Eas

In this Ehkili episode with Zahra Hankir we discuss her book "Eyeliner: A Cultural History", the cul

M'hamed Oualdi – professor of history at Paris' Sciences Po University – joins us on the afikra podc

In this episode of the afikra podcast, we tackle the alternative histories of Beirut, planning citie

Read about Bahrain's Dilmun Mounds 👉 https://www.afikra.com/daftarjournal/dilmun-moundsCivil Archit

Rajat Malhotra — partner at Sole DXB: Dubai's annual footwear, music, art and lifestyle festival — c

Renowned professor of ethics, law and political thought and leading scholar of Islamic Legal Studies

Maysoon Zayid, Palestinian comedian, actress, graphic novel author and co-creator of the NY Arab-Ame

The first of three live Design Doha podcast recordings features an interview with the Biennial's dep

Marwan Kraidy, CEO and Dean of Northwestern Qatar and leading scholar of global communication and me

Art historian, educator and author Jonathan Bloom joins us on the afikra podcast to talk about paper

Wael Al Awar is an architect and founder of waiwai alongside Kazuma Yamao — an architectural, landsc

Waleed Ziad is an associate professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the aut

John Esposito is a Professor of Religion and International Affairs and Islamic Studies at Georgetown

Wendy Shaw is an art historian and professor of the Art History of Islamic Cultures at the Freie Uni

Laila Soliman is an independent Egyptian theater director and playwright who lives and works in Cair

We reflect on why it's difficult to put an exact date on when al-Andalus actually "ended", the broth