The afikra Podcast

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The afikra Podcast is our flagship series featuring experts from academia, art, media, urban planning and beyond, who are helping document and shape the histories and cultures of the Arab world through their ‎work. Our hope is that by having the guest share their expertise and story, the community walks away with a new‎found curiosity, and recommendations about new nerdy rabbit holes to dive into head first. ‎

Episode Date
Data-Driven Storytelling & Anti-Authoritarian Journalism | Mona Chalabi
May 26, 2025
The Evolution and Impact of Saudi Art | Mohammed Hafiz of ATHR
May 19, 2025
Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and The Birth of History | Dr Moudhy Al-Rashid
May 12, 2025
The Future of Energy After Oil in the GCC | Dr. Adnan Shihab-Eldin
May 05, 2025
The Moriscos & the Purging of Muslim Spain (1492-1614) | Matthew Carr
Apr 28, 2025
Desert Geography: The Entangled Fates of Arizona and the Arabian Peninsula | Natalie Koch
Apr 21, 2025
Let's Diagnose Global Health Today | Dr Slim Slama
Apr 17, 2025
Camera Obscura and Photography's Roots in Tehran | Behzad Khosravi Noori at Quoz Arts Fest
Mar 24, 2025
Using Urban Fabrics Literally To Explore Layers That Shape Our World | Zé Tepedino at Quoz Arts Fest
Mar 17, 2025
On Lifting the Hijab Ban in Basketball, Growing Up Sudanese in Britain & Finding Home in Poetry | Asma Elbadawi at Quoz Arts Fest
Mar 10, 2025
Inside the Islamic Arts Biennale | HE Rakan Altouq & Dr Julian Raby
Mar 03, 2025
Crude Capitalism: Oil, Corporate Power, and the Making of the World Market | Prof Adam Hanieh
Feb 20, 2025
Exploring the Future of Art | Haytham Nawar on Diriyah Art Futures
Feb 11, 2025
Curating Art Shows at Jaou Tunis & Navigating Artistic & Cultural Politics | Taous Dahmani
Feb 03, 2025
Nadia Maftouni on the Legacy of Ibn al-Haytham in Camera Obscura | With Fujifilm & Gulf Photo Plus
Jan 20, 2025
Dr Sohaira Siddiqui | Al-Mujadilah: Center & Mosque for Women
Dec 02, 2024
Maha El Akoum | Obesity Epidemic & Health Policy in the Arab Gulf
Nov 12, 2024
Narcy at Habibi Festival 2024 With Appearances by Hamed Sinno, Nadine El Roubi, Omar Offendum & Niko | Quartertones Live at Joe's Pub
Nov 06, 2024
Beirut Southern Suburbs & Hezbollah: History & Truth | Mona Harb
Oct 18, 2024
Manufacturing Consent and Fake News | Marc Owen Jones
Sep 02, 2024
Tracy Chahwan | Beirut Bloody Beirut
Aug 26, 2024
Personal Narratives in Collective History, Consumer Culture & Mass Production | Raed Yassin
Aug 12, 2024
Lessons in Decolonization From North Africa's Global Thinkers | Idriss Jebari
Aug 05, 2024
My Mother’s Extraordinary Life in Beirut of the Late 50s & Early 60s | Venetia Porter
Jul 22, 2024
Imperial Narratives vs Palestine’s Reality | Lorenzo Kamel
Jul 08, 2024
Philanthropy in the Arab World | Maysa Jalbout
Jun 24, 2024
Amazigh History of North Africa | Brahim El Guabli
Jun 10, 2024
What We Can Learn From Political Defeat in Egypt | Atef Said
May 27, 2024
Kuwait's Architectural Awakening | Roberto Fabbri
May 13, 2024
Cholera Changed Mecca Forever | Michael Christopher Low
May 07, 2024
Eyeliner: A Cultural History | Zahra Hankir
Apr 30, 2024
History of Slavery in North Africa | M'hamed Oualdi
Apr 29, 2024
Hijacked City: Urban Planning for a Better Beirut | Mona Fawaz
Apr 22, 2024
Architectural Future of the Gulf: Out With the New In With the Old | Civil Architecture
Apr 15, 2024
Sole DXB: Bringing Street Culture to Dubai | Rajat Malhotra
Apr 08, 2024
Sharia Law, the State & Modernity’s Moral Predicament | Wael Hallaq
Apr 01, 2024
Unapologetically Palestinian: Arab Comedians in America | Maysoon Zayid
Mar 25, 2024
Platforming Regional Design Excellence Design Doha | Fahad Al Obaidly
Mar 19, 2024
Where Media in the Arab World Stands Today | Marwan Kraidy
Mar 18, 2024
The History & Impact of Paper in the Islamic World | Jonathon Bloom
Mar 11, 2024
Building with a Future Vernacular | Wael Al Awar
Mar 06, 2024
Demystifying Sufism | Waleed Ziad
Feb 26, 2024
Why is Islam So Misunderstood? | John Esposito
Feb 19, 2024
What Exactly Is Islamic Art? | Wendy Shaw
Feb 13, 2024
Decolonizing & Decentering Theater in the Arab World | Laila Soliman
Feb 08, 2024
ERIC CALDERWOOD | Rethinking Al-Andalus | The afikra عفكرة podcast
Feb 05, 2024
MEHDI BENCHAABANE | AI in Education: The Challenges & Opportunities for Schools | The afikra عفكرة podcast
Feb 01, 2024
Nesrine & Bab L' Bluz at Habibi Festival 2023 | Quartertones Live at Joe's Pub
Jan 31, 2024
ALIA AL-SENUSSI | Why We Should Pay Attention to Cultural Patronage & the Creative Economy in the Arab Region | afikra عفكرة Podcast #390
Jan 29, 2024
Bab L' Bluz, Tarek Yamani & Yacine Boulares at Habibi Fest 2023 | Quartertones Live at Joe's Pub
Jan 24, 2024
Goodbye Julia: A Beautifully Nuanced Film About Sudanese Society | Mohamed Kordofani
Jan 22, 2024
Amal Murkus & Firas Zreik at Habibi Fest 2023 | Quartertones Live at Joe's Pub
Jan 17, 2024
Apartheid, BDS & Palestinian-South African Transnational Solidarity | Andy Clarno
Jan 15, 2024
Omar Offendum & Hadi Eldebek at Habibi Fest 2023 | Quartertones Live at Joe's Pub
Jan 11, 2024
RERUN Rashid Khalidi | 100 Years War on Palestine
Dec 28, 2023
Unpacking the Phrase “From the River to the Sea, Palestine Will Be Free” | Maha Nassar
Dec 18, 2023
Navigating Sudan's Crisis: Insight on State, Society & Solidarity | Kholood Khair
Dec 12, 2023
IBRAHIM ABUSHARIF | Unlearning Western Bias in Journalism | afikra عفكرة Podcast #383
Dec 04, 2023
The Nakba on Netflix: Through the Eyes of a 14-year old Palestinian Girl | Darin Sallam
Nov 27, 2023
BENJAMIN BROWER | France’s Colonial Violence in the Algerian Sahara | Conversations
Nov 20, 2023
Reporting the Truth About Palestine & the Failure of Western Journalism | Dima Khatib
Nov 16, 2023
Violence, Nonviolence & the Palestinian National Movement | Wendy Pearlman
Nov 13, 2023
A Collective Responsibility Towards the Children of Palestine | Steve Sosebee
Nov 09, 2023
The Architecture of Occupation | Nadi Abusaada
Nov 06, 2023
German Guilt or Structural Racism Towards Palestinians | Sarah El Bulbeisi
Nov 02, 2023
غزة: التاريخ الاجتماعي تحت الاستعمار البريطاني | أباهر السقا
Oct 31, 2023
Centuries of Social History in Palestine | Professor Beshara Doumani
Oct 26, 2023
Justice & Transnational Solidarity | Brendan Ciaran Browne
Oct 24, 2023
Humanitarian Catastrophe in Gaza #Palestine | Mara Kronenfeld | UNRWA-USA
Oct 20, 2023
Slavs and Tatars | Eurasian Narratives & the Linguistic History of the Muslim World
Oct 16, 2023
BASMA HAMDY | Ethics, AI & Art in the Arab World | Conversations
Oct 04, 2023
HICHAM SAFIEDDINE | Banking on the State: Lebanon's Economic Rise & Fall
Oct 02, 2023
Producing for Arab Pop Stars: Metrics & Mental Health | Sleiman Damien
Sep 25, 2023
Abu Dhabi's Performing Arts: Present & Future | Bill Bragin
Sep 14, 2023
FADI BARDAWIL | Arab Marxism, the New Left & Political Realities | Conversations
Sep 11, 2023
Chromeo: From Beirut to Planet Funk | P-Thugg
Sep 05, 2023
OMAR KHOLEIF | Downloading Arab Identity | Conversations
Aug 28, 2023
BASSAM HADDAD | Syria's Business Model | Conversations
Aug 21, 2023
BERNARD HAYKEL | Saudi Arabia in Transition | Conversations
Aug 14, 2023
DJing in the Middle of Nowhere | Nooriyah Qais
Aug 09, 2023
SULTAN AL-QASSEMI & DR RIDHA MOUMNI | A Historic Exhibition of Arab Art at Christie's London | Conversations
Aug 07, 2023
LAILA SHEREEN SAKR | Digital Activism in the Arab World | Conversations
Aug 02, 2023
AISHA ABDEL GAWAD | An Arab-American Coming of Age Story in Bay Ridge | Book Club
Jul 31, 2023
Co-founding DAM | Suhel Nafar
Jul 26, 2023
Egyptian Director Haya Khairat on Her Special Encouragement Award From the Cannes Film Festival
Jul 24, 2023
SUMAYYA VALLY | Curating the 1st Islamic Arts Biennale | Conversations
Jul 19, 2023
GHASSAN ZEINNEDINE | Dearborn & The Post 9/11 Arab American Experience | Conversations
Jul 17, 2023
Palestine & The Politics of Seed Preservation | Vivien Sansour
Jul 12, 2023
Fashion, Textiles, NFTs & the Evil Eye | Nour Hage
Jul 10, 2023
Les Chenilles: Lebanese Silk and Exploitation | Michelle Keserwany
Jul 03, 2023
Jordanian Grunge | Akher Zapheer
Jun 28, 2023
The Voicenote Chef | Homesick Cooking & a Love Affair With Tabbouleh
Jun 26, 2023
HESHAM YOUSSEF | Geopolitics & Cooperation in the Arab World | Conversations
Jun 21, 2023
Hip Hop, the Lahme Song & Making Beats From Old Syrian Vinyls | Thanks Joey
Jun 19, 2023
NARIMAN EL-MOFTY | Intentional Photojournalism | Conversations
Jun 14, 2023
Philippe Aractingi | Filmmaking & Identity
Jun 12, 2023
KHALED FAHMY | Mehmed Ali Part 2 | Conversations
Jun 09, 2023
KHALED FAHMY | Mehmed Ali Part 1 | Conversations
Jun 07, 2023
KIRSTEN SCHEID | Fantasmic Objects | Conversations
Jun 05, 2023
UMAYYAH CABLE | Film, Activism & Palestine | Conversations
May 31, 2023
MALAKA GHARIB | Belonging, Divorce, & Summer in Egypt | Book Club
May 29, 2023
JOHN BAKHOS | Progressive Metal | Quartertones
May 24, 2023
Arak-Making & the History of Vineyards in Lebanon | Ramzi Ghosn
May 22, 2023
RANA HUSSEINI | The History of Honor Killings in Jordan | Conversations
May 17, 2023
ELI REZKALLAH | Plastik Magazine | Conversations
May 15, 2023
Unraveling the Etymology of Arabic Words & Expressions With Fadi Boukaram aka @cedrusk
May 10, 2023
AIDA ABBASHAR | Context for What is Happening in Sudan | Conversations
May 08, 2023
TAHIR SHAH | Finding the Caliph's House | Book Club
May 03, 2023
J. E. PETERSON | Centuries of Omani History | Conversations
May 01, 2023
GEORGE KHOURY (JAD) | The History of Arab Comics | Conversations
Apr 26, 2023
MAI AL-NAKIB | Kuwait and "An Unlasting Home" | Book Club
Apr 24, 2023
KAREN BARKEY | Cultural Diversity in the Ottoman Empire | Conversations
Apr 19, 2023
Blu Fiefer | Independent Hip Hop from Lebanon to the World
Apr 17, 2023
FAWZI MESMAR | Video Game Design in the Arab World | Conversations
Apr 12, 2023
Tunisian Classics Reimagined Through Jazz | Omar El Ouaer
Apr 10, 2023
Arab History & Narratives: Reconnecting With the Past Through Art | Mary Ann Peters
Apr 07, 2023
The Palestinian Home Cooking Community | Haya Bishouty
Apr 05, 2023
DAIZY GEDEON | The Lebanese Diaspora's Role | Conversations
Apr 03, 2023
CLIVE HOLES | History of Standard Arabic | Conversations
Mar 31, 2023
Spoken Word in Abu Dhabi | Rooftop Rythms at the NYUAD Arts Center
Mar 29, 2023
Zeid Hamdan | Indie Music in Lebanon & Beyond
Mar 27, 2023
RAMI KHOURI | Politics, Journalism & The State of Media Today | Conversations
Mar 24, 2023
Nadir Nahdi | Telling Global Stories Through Local Flavors
Mar 22, 2023
Maysoon Pachachi | Everyday Stories from 2006 Baghdad
Mar 20, 2023
المطبخ النوبي بين الذاكرة والإبداع | محمد كمال
Mar 17, 2023
From Morocco to the World: the Art of Making Borderless Music | Malika Zarra
Mar 15, 2023
RULA ALAMI | The Power & History of Tatreez | Conversations
Mar 13, 2023
Egyptian Flavors, French Pastries | Farah Elcharkawy
Mar 10, 2023
SLIMAN MANSOUR | Palestine, Art, and Resistance | Conversations
Mar 08, 2023
Beirut Street Culture on Film | Amin Dora
Mar 06, 2023
INTRODUCING SEASON 2 OF KHATT CHRONICLES | Conversations
Mar 03, 2023
TERESA CHAHINE | Social Entrepreneurship | Conversations
Mar 01, 2023
Bringing Iraqi Food to the Mainstream | Philip Juma
Feb 27, 2023
DINA RIZK KHOURY | Iraq: 1500 to Now | Conversations
Feb 24, 2023
JOUMANA HADDAD | A Century of Stories of Armenian Life & Family | Book Club
Feb 22, 2023
WALID SITI | Migration, Art & Kurdistan, Iraq | Conversations
Feb 20, 2023
KHALED BARAKEH | Global Network of Syrian Art & Artists | Conversations
Feb 17, 2023
Expanding the Contemporary Nubian Songbook | Nesma Herky
Feb 15, 2023
JUSTIN K. STEARNS | Contagion & Plague in Al-Andalus | Conversations
Feb 13, 2023
JOANA HADJITHOMAS & KHALIL JOREIGE | Potency of our Dreams & Latency of our Memories | Conversations
Feb 10, 2023
Food, Community & Social Justice | Reem Assil
Feb 08, 2023
Processing Life & Death Through Performance | Amir Nizar Zuabi & Samar Haddad King
Feb 06, 2023
MANAL AL DOWAYAN | Contemporary Art in the GCC & Saudi Arabia | Conversations
Feb 03, 2023
The Music of Jewish Women in North Africa | Vanessa Paloma Elbaz
Feb 01, 2023
AMAL GHANDOUR | Collective Failure to Improve Our Region | Book Club
Jan 30, 2023
Horror in Arab Film | Rami Yasin
Jan 27, 2023
ASHRAF FAGIH | What is Arab Science Fiction? | Conversations
Jan 25, 2023
GEORGE SALIBA | Golden Age of Islamic Science | Conversations
Jan 23, 2023
Life with HIV in Egypt | Amr Salama
Jan 20, 2023
LENA MERHEJ | Coping with Arab Comics | Conversations
Jan 18, 2023
Future, Not Fusion, in Lebanese Food | Karim Haidar
Jan 16, 2023
JOSELIA NEVES | D'reesha Performing Arts Festival | Special Episode
Jan 11, 2023
Zeid Hamdan & Lynn Adib at Habibi Festival 2022 | Quartertones Live at Joe's Pub
Dec 28, 2022
Hatim Belyamani & Mehdi WMD at Habibi Festival 2022 | Quartertones Live at Joe's Pub
Dec 26, 2022
Firas Zreik at Habibi Festival 2022 | Quartertones Live at Joe's Pub
Dec 23, 2022
Zahra AlZubaidi at Habibi Festival 2022 | Quartertones Live at Joe's Pub
Dec 23, 2022
Noura Mint Seymali & Matthew Tinari at Habibi Festival 2022 | Quartertones Live at Joe's Pub
Dec 23, 2022
MARCIA INHORN | Medicine Talk | Conversations
Dec 19, 2022
Tea & Palestinian Embroidery | Preserving Heritage With Wafa Ghnaim From the Tatreez Institute
Dec 15, 2022
RASHID AL RAHMANI | Arab Animation: From Japan to the Arab World | Conversations
Dec 11, 2022
GANZEER | Graphic Novels, making art during Arab Spring and more | Conversations
Dec 08, 2022
RAGHAD ODEH | Arab Animation: From Japan to the Arab World | Conversations
Dec 07, 2022
Palestine on a Plate | Joudie Kalla
Dec 06, 2022
NAILA FAROUKY | Arab Foundations Forum | Conversations
Dec 01, 2022
DALIA KHAMISSY | Photography | Double Exposure
Nov 29, 2022
CHRISTOPHER SILVER | Jews, Muslims & Music | Conversations
Nov 19, 2022
LINA ABIRAFEH | The Arab Institute for Women | Conversations
Nov 17, 2022
Route 10: a Thriller Set in the Saudi Arabian Desert | Omar Naim
Nov 12, 2022
KIM GHATTAS | Journalism and covering the Middle East | Conversations
Nov 10, 2022
KEVIN JONES | The Dangers of Poetry | Conversations
Nov 08, 2022
دينا محمد | شبيك لبيك | رؤوس أقلام
Nov 05, 2022
Sami Zubaida | Ethnicity of Arab Food
Nov 03, 2022
SUAD AMIRY | Mother of Strangers | Book Club
Nov 01, 2022
MENNA AGHA | Nubian Architecture | Conversations
Oct 30, 2022
What The Day Owes To The Night | Hervé Koubi at the NYUAD Arts Center
Oct 26, 2022
GHADA ALMUHANNA | Archival Photography | Double Exposure
Oct 25, 2022
A Visual Exploration of Borders and Identity | Nadia Kaabi-Linke
Oct 23, 2022
Reem Almenhali and Joanna Settle | Al Raheel at the NYUAD Arts Center
Oct 20, 2022
Jordanian Cinema: Creating The Alleys & Theeb | Bassel Ghandour
Oct 20, 2022
Nadine El Roubi | Sudanese Rap
Oct 18, 2022
SAHAR MUSTAFAH | The Beauty of Your Face | Book Club
Oct 12, 2022
Halal Food | Febe Armanios
Oct 12, 2022
The Clarinet in Arabic Music | Kinan Azmeh
Oct 06, 2022
DANYEL REICHE | FIFA World Cup 2022 | Conversations
Oct 06, 2022
From Blog to Media Powerhouse: The Story of Egyptian Streets | Mohamed Khairat
Oct 03, 2022
MEKLIT HADERO | Movement Live | Conversations
Sep 30, 2022
Oud With Two-time Grammy-nominated Iraqi Virtuoso | Rahim AlHaj
Sep 27, 2022
SHAWKAT TOORAWA | Arabic Literature | Conversations
Sep 27, 2022
ريم العدل | تصميم الأزياء | محادثات
Sep 22, 2022
SABRINA MAHFOUZ | These Bodies of Water | Book Club
Sep 21, 2022
Mediterranean Perception in Cookbooks | Claudia Roden
Sep 18, 2022
Making Sanctity | Ahd Kamel
Sep 15, 2022
GILBERT ACHCAR | Anti-war Activism | Conversations
Sep 14, 2022
Building a Music Empire on Social Media | Ibrahim Abu-Ali aka DJ Habibeats
Sep 09, 2022
MOSTAFA MINAWI | Imperialism | Conversations
Sep 07, 2022
Producing Arabic Series & Music | Firas Abou Fakher
Sep 05, 2022
1982 | Oualid Mouaness
Sep 02, 2022
The Migrant Kitchen | Nasser Jaber
Aug 30, 2022
HEBA GOWAYED | Refuge | Conversations
Jun 28, 2022
SHAHD ALSHAMMARI | Disability Studies | Conversations
Jun 23, 2022
Art, Satire, and the Middle East Media Initiative | Hisham Fageeh
Jun 22, 2022
Lynn Adib | Exploring Arabic Music and Improvisation Through Jazz
Jun 18, 2022
JAMES ZOGBY | Arab American Institute | Conversations
Jun 17, 2022
RAPHAEL CORMACK | Midnight in Cairo | Book Club
Jun 12, 2022
New Lines Magazine's Faisal Al Yafai on Creating a New Voice in Middle East Journalism
Jun 10, 2022
Mama Ghannouj | Dima Adra
Jun 08, 2022
The Sounds of Saudi Hip Hop | Big Hass
Jun 03, 2022
Bahraini Cuisine | Tala Bashmi
Jun 02, 2022
Situating Heritage & Cultural Protection Fund in Lebanon | CATAPULT | British Council Lebanon
Jun 01, 2022
AN OUTLOOK ON CHANGE | EP03 of Cultures in Conversation: Preludes & Postscripts [Alserkal]
May 31, 2022
LAILA LALAMI | The Other American & The Moor's Account | Conversations
May 25, 2022
BURNING ISSUES | EP02 of Cultures in Conversation: Preludes & Postscripts [Alserkal]
May 25, 2022
Eat Like a Sultan: Medieval Arab Cooking | Daniel Newman
May 20, 2022
A Movable (Arabesque) Feast | Reem Kassis
May 19, 2022
Costa Brava, Lebanon | Mounia Akl
May 14, 2022
Warsha | Dania Bdeir
May 13, 2022
NAOMI SHIHAB NYE | The Turtle of Oman & Michigan | Book Club
May 11, 2022
Arabic Musicology | Youmna Saba
May 06, 2022
Tallahassee | Darine Hotait
May 05, 2022
BARBARA PORTER | Heritage Preservation in Jordan | Conversations
May 04, 2022
MYRNA ATALLA | Social Entrepreneurship | Tijara
May 03, 2022
MICHEL MOUSHABECK | Interlink Publishing | Conversations
Apr 29, 2022
The Evolution of Moroccan Cuisine | Nargisse Benkabbou
Apr 27, 2022
Media of the Masses: Cassette Culture in Modern Egypt | Andrew Simon
Apr 24, 2022
NADA SHABOUT | Contemporary Arab Art | Conversations
Apr 21, 2022
FAROUK EL-BAZ | Space Science | Tijara
Apr 21, 2022
OMAR BERRADA | Moroccan Film | Conversations
Apr 15, 2022
AHMED AL-REFAIE | Illustration | Conversations
Apr 14, 2022
KHALED BEYDOUN | Islamophobia & Law | Conversations
Apr 14, 2022
NADIA BSEISO & FARAH FOUDEH | Photography | Double Exposure
Apr 14, 2022
CHRISTINA RIGGS | Ancient Egyptian History | Conversations
Apr 09, 2022
Beekeeping in Yemen: a 360 VR Experience | Mariam Al-Dhubhani
Apr 07, 2022
HUDA FAKHREDDINE | Arabic Prose Poems | Conversations
Apr 07, 2022
JILL JARVIS | Aesthetics and Politics of North Africa | Conversations
Apr 01, 2022
YOUSSEF RAKHA | Post-Muslim Perspectives | Conversations
Apr 01, 2022
ZEYN JOUKHADAR | The Thirty Names of Night | Book Club
Mar 30, 2022
JOHN KARAM | Arab Cultural Studies in Brazil | Conversations
Mar 25, 2022
REEM AL THANI & ABDULLATIF AL-JASMI | Repurposing Heritage Buildings | afikra x Liwan
Mar 25, 2022
BASMA, DIANE, DENIELLE & MAYSAA | Radical Futures | Tasmeem
Mar 21, 2022
MOHAMED ELSHAHED & RAMI ABOU-KHALIL | Cairo Modern | Conversations
Mar 18, 2022
TootArd | West Asian Disco
Mar 17, 2022
EVE TROUTT POWELL | History of Colonialism in Egypt | Conversations
Mar 16, 2022
LINA MOUNZER | Writing about Lebanon | Conversations
Mar 12, 2022
KAREEM ABU-ZEID | Confessions & Exhausted on the Cross | Book Club
Mar 10, 2022
JAMES BARR | A Line in the Sand | Book Club
Mar 09, 2022
Saxophone & Arabic Rhythms | Basel Rajoub
Mar 04, 2022
Andalusian Form Muwashah & the Traditional Arabic Music of the 19th & 20th Century | Rima Khcheich
Mar 03, 2022
DANIEL T. POTTS | Near Eastern Archaeology | Conversations
Mar 02, 2022
Social Dynamics Through Art With Brief Histories' Fawz Kabra
Mar 01, 2022
Marketing Egyptian Cuisine | Moustafa Elrefaey
Feb 25, 2022
HANNAH FELDMAN | Art History | Conversations
Feb 18, 2022
HOWAYDA AL-HARITHY | Urban Design | Conversations
Feb 17, 2022
FUTURE OF ARCHIVING | Liwan x Tasmeem - afikra Talks
Feb 14, 2022
HEBA HAGE-FELDER | Arab Image Foundation | Conversations
Feb 11, 2022
Sudan Retold Through Artistic Narratives | Larissa-Diana Fuhrmann
Feb 10, 2022
Arab Culture: From Its Renaissance to the Digital Age | Tarek El-Ariss
Feb 09, 2022
EUGENE ROGAN | Modern Middle Eastern History | Mujalasa
Feb 09, 2022
CHARLES AL HAYEK | Introducing Mujalasa
Feb 05, 2022
BILAL ORFALI & ENAM AL-WER | Future of the Arabic Language | Tasmeem
Feb 05, 2022
Ancient Egyptian Food | Mennat-Allah El Dorry
Feb 03, 2022
FIDA ADELY | Contemporary Arab Studies | Conversations
Feb 02, 2022
Egyptian Cinema: Theorizing, Curating & Making Films | Viola Shafik
Jan 28, 2022
PETER ADAMSON | Ancient and Medieval Philosophy | Conversations
Jan 27, 2022
ISSAM KOURBAJ | Contemporary Art | Conversations
Jan 26, 2022
Le Trio Joubran & Oud-making | Adnan Joubran
Jan 25, 2022
NAOMI SHIHAB NYE | Author & Poet | Conversations
Jan 21, 2022
Medieval Arab Cookery | Charles Perry
Jan 20, 2022
ISA ALJALAHMA, SAMER YAMANI & ASMA DEROUICHE | Reviving Craft | afikra x Liwan
Jan 19, 2022
ROGER ALLEN | Translator | Conversations
Jan 14, 2022
YARA KHOURY & LARA CAPTAN | Future of the Arab Script | Tasmeem Doha 2022: Radical Futures
Jan 13, 2022
Playing the Qanun | Firas Zreik
Jan 12, 2022
ZEINA MAASRI | Visual and Cultural Politics | Conversations
Jan 11, 2022
SAFIA ELHILLO | Home is not a country | Book Club
Jan 10, 2022
BASMA HAMDY, ZAINAB ALSHIBANI & HADEEL ELTAYEB | Exploring Archiving: Kutub Zaman | afikra x Liwan
Jan 07, 2022
Yacine Boulares, Meera Dugal, Kinan Azmeh & Alex Knowlton at Habibi Fest 2021 | Live at Joe's Pub
Jan 05, 2022
Esraa Warda at Habibi Festival 2021 | Quartertones Live at Joe's Pub
Dec 30, 2021
Innov Gnawa at Habibi Festival 2021 | Quartertones Live at Joe's Pub
Dec 30, 2021
Alsarah & Haig Papazian at Habibi Festival 2021 | Quartertones Live at Joe's Pub
Dec 30, 2021
RUBA KATRIB | Curator | Conversations
Dec 30, 2021
AISHA AL SOWAIDI | Building Liwan | afikra x Liwan
Dec 30, 2021
HAYTHAM NAWAR & DANAH ABDULLA | Future of Education | Tasmeem Doha 2022: Radical Futures
Dec 30, 2021
The Palestinian Chef Behind Ottolenghi | Sami Tamimi
Dec 30, 2021
HUMANISING CITIES | Episode 01 of Cultures in Conversation programmed by Alserkal: Preludes & Postscripts
Dec 24, 2021
DESIGNEARTH & FOUNDLAND COLLECTIVE | Future of Design | Tasmeem Doha 2022: Radical Futures
Dec 21, 2021
Anghami Co-founder Eddy Maroun | Al Burda Podcast
Dec 17, 2021
Composer and Singer Faraj Abyad | Al Burda Podcast
Dec 15, 2021
CHYNO | Hip Hop | Quartertones
Dec 14, 2021
HE Minister Noura Al Kaabi | Al Burda Podcast
Dec 13, 2021
Egyptian Food on Social Media | Wesam Masoud
Dec 13, 2021
NARCY | Hip Hop | Quartertones
Dec 08, 2021
Architecture & Identity in the Syrian Diaspora | Mohamad Hafez
Dec 06, 2021
HAZEM HARB & SAMA ALSHAIBI | Artists | Double Exposure
Dec 03, 2021
KAREEM SAKKA | Raseef22 | Conversations
Dec 02, 2021
Celeriac Shawarma & Other Lebanese Roots at Noma, Copenhagen | Tarek Alameddine
Nov 29, 2021
RANIA MATAR | Photography | Conversations
Nov 24, 2021
CLARISSA BITAR | Oud | Quartertones
Nov 22, 2021
MAJID ALYOUSEF | Calligraphy | Conversations
Nov 19, 2021
MOHAMED SOMJI & FARAH FAYED | Future of the Arab Image | Tasmeem Doha 2022: Radical Futures
Nov 19, 2021
Bethany Kehdy | Lebanese Cuisine From Baskinta to the World
Nov 15, 2021
Poetry & Belonging | In the Time of the Apricots By Carol Sansour
Nov 12, 2021
A Feminist Reinterpretation of Arab Literary History | Hoda Elsadda
Nov 10, 2021
TANYA HABJOUQA & TASNEEM ALSULTAN | Photographers | Double Exposure
Nov 09, 2021
Souk El Tayeb | Kamal Mouzawak
Nov 05, 2021
Lamia Joreige's Artistic Journey | Navigating Uncertain Times Through Memory & Archives
Nov 03, 2021
TAREK EL-ARISS | Al Nahda | Conversations
Nov 02, 2021
Anissa Helou | Feast: Food of the Islamic World & Other Cookbooks
Oct 29, 2021
Violin & Maqam | Layth Sidiq
Oct 27, 2021
Shaping the Future of Higher Education in the Arab World | John Waterbury
Oct 25, 2021
Beirut RiverLESS Forest Project Transforming Beirut's Urban Decay into Lush Green Spaces | Adib Dada
Oct 22, 2021
Sumac & Cooking in Bethlahem | Fadi Kattan
Oct 20, 2021
Little Syria, Big Stories | Linda K Jacobs
Oct 18, 2021
TANYA TRABOULSI & TAMARA ABDUL HADI | Photography | Double Exposure
Oct 15, 2021
Jameed and Other Jordanian Delicacies | Omar Sartawi
Oct 13, 2021
The Sun That Stood Still | Lara Atallah Unraveling Memories and Landscapes
Oct 12, 2021
MOHAMED ELSHAHED & HEBA Y. AMIN | Future of Decolonization | Tasmeem Doha 2022 Radical Futures
Oct 08, 2021
Eleven Reflections on September: Themes of War & Identity on Stage | Andrea Assaf
Oct 06, 2021
Habibi Funk | Preserving & Exposing Lesser-Known Music From the Arab World
Oct 03, 2021
Citizen Researcher: Empowering Communities Through Science | Nouf Al Hamly & Rawdha Al Mansoori
Oct 01, 2021
Voices of War and Peace: Reporting Truth in Times of Conflict | Nora Boustany
Sep 30, 2021
PHILIP RASHID | Filmmaking | Conversations
Sep 27, 2021
Generational Encounters in Arab Cinema [afikra Roundtable series]
Jun 25, 2021
Policy-Making & Shaping the Future of the Middle East Through Dialogue & Research | Paul Salem
Jun 22, 2021
The Syrian Revolution: Between the Politics of Life and the Geopolitics of Death | Yasser Munif
Jun 16, 2021
Clarity in Contemporary Poetry, Storytelling for Children, and the Arab Experience | Hayan Charara
Jun 14, 2021
Decade of Transformation: Celebrating Contemporary Arab Culture at Shubbak Festival
Jun 13, 2021
Lebanon's Crossroads: Warlords, Merchants & Modernity | Kamal Dib
Jun 09, 2021
Visualizing Palestine | Creating Narrative Interventions
Jun 08, 2021
Arabic Graphic Design & a Visual Memoir of the Egyptian Revolution | Bahia Shehab
Jun 02, 2021
The Poetry of Exile and Identity | Zeina Hashem Beck
May 31, 2021
Arabic Typography & Its Intersection With Other Cultures | Huda AbiFarès
May 26, 2021
Exile and the Franco-Arab Literary Landscape | Suja Sawafta
May 20, 2021
Rashid Khalidi | A History of Settler Colonialism & Resistance 1917-2017
May 20, 2021
Uncovering Voices of the Past: Society in the Pre-Modern Eastern Mediterranean | Dana Sajdi
May 18, 2021
Digital Humanities Are Reshaping Our Understanding of Histories & Cultures | David Wrisley
May 12, 2021
Women's History & the Lebanese Diaspora | Akram Fouad Khater
May 10, 2021
Fostering Artistic & Cultural Innovation in the Arab World | Krystel Khoury & Karim Kattan
May 05, 2021
Femme Ghosts, Bidoon Statelessness & Translating to Arabic | Mona Kareem
May 03, 2021
Rewriting Arab & Muslim Perception in America Through Humor | Moustafa Bayoumi
Apr 28, 2021
Writing Mornings in Jenin & Uplifting Palestinian Children | Susan Abulhawa
Apr 28, 2021
Historian & Educator Charles Al-Hayek [afikra Conversations]
Apr 21, 2021
Waddah Faris Capturing the Arab World's Key Cultural Periods on Film
Apr 19, 2021
Poetry, Translation and Libyan Art | Khaled Mattawa
Apr 16, 2021
Sectarianism in the Post-Ottoman Era & the Quest for Coexistence | Ussama Makdisi
Apr 14, 2021
Bahri Music & Kuwait's Pearl Diving Musical Heritage | Ghazi Al Mulaifi
Apr 12, 2021
Bridging the Gap Between Traditional and Modern Typefaces | Khajag Apelian
Apr 09, 2021
Cinema Akil: A Platform For Independent Cinema in the Arab World | Butheina Kazim
Apr 07, 2021
Transforming Dubai Into a Global Architectural Icon | Todd Reisz
Apr 07, 2021
Malta's Musical Bridge to Libya & the Arab World | Philip Ciantar
Apr 02, 2021
Music & Modernity in Contemporary Syria & Nostalgia Across the Mediterranean | Jonathan Shannon
Mar 31, 2021
Food and Gender in Egypt and Morocco | Anny Gaul
Mar 29, 2021
Editor & Associate Professor of History Sherene Seikaly [afikra Conversation]
Mar 26, 2021
A Journey Through Literature and Psychology With the Author of Salt Houses | Hala Alyan
Mar 24, 2021
Iraqi Maqam and Indian Raga | Amir ElSaffar and Arun Ramamurthy
Mar 22, 2021
Nablus As a Literary Character | Isabella Hammad
Mar 19, 2021
Coding in Arabic | Ramsey Nasser
Mar 17, 2021
Mastering (& Mentoring) Arabic Calligraphy | Wissam Shawkat
Mar 15, 2021
Professor of Musicology and Ethnomusicology Lisa Urkevich [afikra Conversation]
Mar 12, 2021
Mai Masri Filmmaker, Director, & Producer [Conversations]
Mar 10, 2021
Art, Poetry & Storytelling To Connect Displaced Communities | Ahmed Badr
Mar 08, 2021
Cultural Entrepreneurship & Visions For Arabic Music | Hadi Eldebek
Mar 05, 2021
Beirut's Literary Pulse | Rima Rantisi
Mar 03, 2021
Tunisian Music & Jazz Fusion | Yacine Boulares
Mar 01, 2021
Mariam C. Said Vice-President of the Barenboim-Said Foundation (USA) [afikra Conversation]
Feb 26, 2021
Islam & Modernism in Egyptian Art | Alex Dika Seggerman
Feb 24, 2021
Middle Eastern Woman Outside the Stereotypes | Alya Mooro
Feb 22, 2021
Studying Arab Art | Salwa Mikdadi
Feb 19, 2021
East African Retro Pop | Alsarah
Feb 17, 2021
Arabic Music and Linguistics | Taoufik Ben Amor
Feb 15, 2021
Islamic Architecture and Urban Culture | Nasser Rabbat
Feb 12, 2021
Karl reMarks: Architecture and Wit in the Middle East | Karl Sharro
Feb 10, 2021
Hisham Matar & Some of the Best Arab Literary Works
Feb 08, 2021
The Middle Eastern Diaspora | Thomas Simsarian Dolan
Feb 06, 2021
The Future of Arabic Type Design | Kristyan Sarkis
Feb 05, 2021
Artists Who Painted the Modern Syrian Narrative | Anneka Lenson
Feb 03, 2021
Why Do We Burn Oud and How Much Does It Cost? [afikra Community Presentation from Laila Al Omran]
Feb 01, 2021
Beirut's Literary Landscape | Ghenwa Hayek
Jan 30, 2021
Revolutionizing Arabic Type Design | Pascal Zoghbi
Jan 29, 2021
Bridging Cultures Through the Art of Calligraffiti | eL Seed
Jan 27, 2021
Palestine's Artistic Heritage & Legacy | Nisa Ari
Jan 25, 2021
Preserving Tunisia's History & Culture | 2019 Wikimedian of the Year Emna Mizouni
Jan 22, 2021
"On Architecture for the Poor, Italian Renaissance & Baghdad, B&W Egyptian Movies, and the Berlin-Baghdad Railway" [afikra Mezze]
Jan 20, 2021
The Enduring Influence of the Moroccan Writers of the 60s on Readers & Scholars | Khalid Lyamlahy
Jan 18, 2021
Amplifying Muslim Voices in America and Enriching the Cultural Discourse | Arij Mikati
Jan 15, 2021
Architect & Visual Artist Yazan Khalili [afikra Conversations]
Jan 13, 2021
Professor Jess Ghannam [afikra Conversations]
Jan 11, 2021
Modern Turkish Identity & the Ottoman Legacy | Prof Resat Kasaba
Jan 08, 2021
What Happened to the Stone Reliefs of Tell Halaf in Northeastern Syria? | Rayyane Tabet
Jan 06, 2021
Ancient Mesopotamia & Its Enduring Legacies | Zainab Bahrani
Jan 04, 2021
Gender Identities & Dynamics in Muslim America | Eman Abdelhadi
Dec 30, 2020
Abandoned Fairgrounds, Ancient Egyptians Diets, Skateboarding in Yemen & Lebanese Architecture [afikra Mezze]
Dec 28, 2020
Slow Factory & Fashion Activism | Celine Semaan
Dec 25, 2020
Abstraction, Identity and Curation in Arab Art | Suheyla Takesh
Dec 23, 2020
A Literary Dialogue of Arab-American Identities | Randa Jarrar & Zaina Arafat
Dec 21, 2020
"How is the Tradition of Oral Storytelling being Preserved?" [afikra Community ‎Presentation from Julia Kassem]
Dec 18, 2020
Author & Founder of Riwaq Suad Amiry [afikra Conversations]
Dec 16, 2020
Crafting Narratives of Resistance & Contemporary Arab Culture | Omar Al-Qattan
Dec 14, 2020
"What Motivates Orientalism in Opera" [afikra Community ‎Presentation from Omar Abboud]
Dec 11, 2020
Power and Mystery of the Ottoman Empire's Black Eunuchs | Dr George Junne
Dec 09, 2020
Capturing Saudi Arabia's Social Evolution | Tasneem Alsultan
Dec 07, 2020
What is Clay Pot Yogurt? [afikra Community Presentation from Antonio Tahhan]
Dec 04, 2020
“Living in Arabic”, Invisible Black Moroccans, On Identity by Amin Maalouf, & The Story of Swatch! [afikra Mezze]‎
Dec 02, 2020
Unearthing the Flow of Power: How Oil Pipelines Shape the Middle East | Natasha Pesaran
Nov 30, 2020
Skateboarding in Amman | Mohammed Zakaria
Nov 27, 2020
“Who is Karimeh Abbud?” [afikra Community ‎Presentation from Laila K.]
Nov 25, 2020
Bridging Black Radical Thought and Palestinian Cinema | Greg Burris
Nov 23, 2020
“How to Listen to World Music from a Middle Eastern Perspective?” [afikra Community ‎Presentation from Ahmad Damen]
Nov 16, 2020
From a Childhood Storyteller to a Global News Voice With Al Jazeera | Malika Bilal
Nov 13, 2020
Abu Abdullah Muhammad Al-Idrisi, University of Mosul's Central Library, “Animals Lawsuit Against Humanity”, & Doria Shafik! [afikra Mezze]‎
Nov 11, 2020
Uniting Voices & Histories For Healing in a Global Dialogue | Dr Maytha Alhassen
Nov 09, 2020
Empowering Women Through Community Organizing From Egypt to New York | Rana Abdelhamid
Nov 06, 2020
Art Jameel: Helping Shape the Future of Middle Eastern Art & Culture | Antonia Carver
Nov 04, 2020
A National Museum That's Preserving Arab American Stories | Diana Abouali
Oct 30, 2020
"What makes Khaleeji rhythms swing?" [afikra Community Presentation from Alexandra Ivanova]
Oct 28, 2020
Whispers of Change: Advocacy Through Journalism | Dalal Mawad
Oct 27, 2020
The Untold Stories of Arab Women Journalists Redefining War Reporting | Zahra Hankir
Oct 26, 2020
‎“What is Khufu's Solar Barge?” [afikra Community ‎Presentation from Farrah Berrou]
Oct 21, 2020
Transforming Public Spaces: From Street Art to Global Murals | Yazan Halwani
Oct 19, 2020
“What’s So Special About Arabian Horses?” [afikra Community Presentation from Bader Alsaad]
Oct 16, 2020
Reimagining Arab Nostalgia | Rana Salam & The Confused Arab
Oct 14, 2020
“How Do You Write a Middle Eastern Sci-Fi Epic?” [afikra ‎Community Presentation from Mazen Jomaa]‎
Oct 12, 2020
From Oxford to Hollywood (and the Theatrical Landscape in Egypt) | Rosaline Elbay
Oct 09, 2020
‎“What is Napoleon's Scientific Expedition?” [afikra Community ‎Presentation from Julia Cincinatis]‎
Oct 07, 2020
Shaping Visual Narratives: The Art of Design and Storytelling | Maya Moumne & Hatem Imam
Oct 05, 2020
On Lady Liberty, Al- Khalil ibn Ahmad al-‎Farahidi, Advent of the telegraph in Colonial Algeria, & Antar and Abla! [afikra Mezze]‎
Sep 30, 2020
Architect to Rapper: A Journey of Art, Identity & Activism | Omar Offendum
Sep 28, 2020
‎“Who Were the Moors?” [afikra Community Presentation ‎from Mahdi Blaine]‎
Sep 25, 2020
“What’s the History of Sericulture and the Silk Industry in ‎Lebanon?” [afikra Community Presentation from Denise ‎Maroney]‎
Sep 23, 2020
Art Beyond Borders: From Political Cartoons to Global Activism | Khalid Albaih
Sep 21, 2020
‎“Who is Mohamad Al Maghout?” [afikra Community ‎Presentation from Nisrine Shehade]‎
Sep 18, 2020
Letters Reimagined: Exploring the Art of Arabic Typography | Wael Morcos
Sep 16, 2020
‎“Is Rai Algeria’s Rebel Music?” [afikra Community ‎Presentation from Tarik Chelali]‎
Sep 14, 2020
Rebuilding Heritage: Sursock Museum's Resilience in the Wake of Beirut's Devastation | Zeina Arida
Sep 12, 2020
Reviving Arab Arts & Culture Amidst Crisis | Rima Mismar
Sep 10, 2020
Beyond the Headlines: A Deep Dive Into Journalism | Afeef Nessouli & Ahmed Shihab Eldin
Sep 06, 2020
Mixing Jazz and Arabic Music | Tarek Yamani
Sep 03, 2020
Revolutionizing STEM Education and Empowering Global Innovators | Ayah Bdeir
Aug 31, 2020
Sultan Al-Qassemi | Bridging Cultures Through Arab Art and Architecture
Aug 27, 2020