The afikra Podcast is our flagship series featuring experts from academia, art, media, urban plannin
We talked to Omar Al – Qattan about his work as a director and film producer, and about his experien
Omar explores how Orientalist depictions in music have contributed to the development and understand
George Junne is a scholar and an associate professor in the Africana studies department at the Unive
Tasneem Alsultan is an acclaimed Saudi photographer whose work explores gender & social issues acros
Antonio talks to us about what Clay Pot Yogurt is and about Kitchen Pottery in the Arab World.Hosted
Maria reads to us into Edward Said’s essay “Living in Arabic". Camilia explores how invisible black
Natasha is a Ph.D. candidate in modern Middle Eastern history at Columbia University. She studies th
We talked with Mohammed Zakaria about his work as a photographer, as well as his career building the
Laila explores the work of Karimeh Abbud: (كريمة عبّود) who was a Palestinian professional photogra
Greg Burris is a film maker, cultural theorist, and professor at the American University of Beirut w
Ahmad Damen realized that World Music research is based on a comparative study with Western Music Th
Malika Bilal is the host of The Take podcast by Al Jazeera and former co-host of The Stream, a socia
Nihal looked for the ways Abu Abdullah Muhammad Al-Idrisi contributed to cartography while Ahmed res
We talked to the creative powerhouse & scholar, Maytha Alhassen about her academic scholarship, her
We talked to Rana Abdelhamid, a social entrepreneur and community organizer, about the organization
We had a conversation with Antonia Carver,the director of Art Jameel, about the organization's work
We spoke to the director of the Arab American Museum Diana Abouali to learn more about the history o
Listen to what Alexandra has been researching on Khaleeji Swing. The presentation features an overvi
We talked to Dalal about her work as a journalist and video producer. We also talked about her work
Journalist and writer Zahra Hankir talks about her work and publishing the fantastic collection "Our
