The afikra Podcast

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

Episodes

Total: 422

P-Thugg, one half of music duo Chromeo, shares the secrets to a successful and long-term musical col

Did “Arabness” die in 1973? How meaningful is the word Arab now anyway? And what role does the inter

What is Syria’s business model? How will the current political constriction, brain and human drain,

Studying Yemen, al-Shawkani, Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030, and football. In this fascinating conversat

DJ Nooriyah’s iconic Boiler room set with her Baba on the oud, growing up between Saudi, Japan and L

What was it like curating the biggest exhibition of Arab art happening right now? Why is “Kawkaba: H

What impact did the 2011 Arab Uprisings have on our use of technology? How should we approach, regul

Writing Between Two Moons: An Arab-American coming of age story set in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn during th

Co-founding DAM | Suhel Nafar

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The early days of Palestinian hip-hop group DAM, growing up in Lydda, and working with artists acros

Being a director, winning the Angénieux Encouragement Award at Cannes, navigating the film industry,

What was it like curating the 1st Diriyah Islamic Arts Biennale? And how do you capture the essence

Dearborn, capturing the diverse voices of Dearborn’s residents, and doing justice to the myriad Arab

In this episode of Matbakh, we’re joined by Viven Sansour, founder of the Palestine Heirloom Seed Li

What does it mean to work across textile and digital mediums? Nour Hage, award-winning British-Leban

Michelle Keserwany joined us on Movie Night to talk about her and her sister Noel’s short film Les C

Akher Zapheer’s front-man and longest standing member, Basem Sayej, talks to us about Amman as his m

In this episode of Matbakh, The VoiceNote Chef tells us about about transforming childhood memories

We’ve all heard of the Arab League, but we wanted to know more about its history, intended purpose a

In this episode of Quartertones, Thanks Joey takes us on a journey through hip hop, Brooklyn music,

In this episode, two-time Pulitzer-prize winning photojournalist, Nariman El-Mofty, sits down with M