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Stealing Power

Meter tampering means altering a meter to prevent it from fully recording how much electricity or gas is being used, or bypassing the meter completely to energy usage being recorded at all. It may seem like a great idea, but there are consequences. It’s dangerous and it is a crim ...  Afficher plus

The Club Nobody Wants to Join

There Is a club that no high school principal in the USA wants to join, but they are all incredibly grateful that its there. Because in the event of the worst possible scenario happening, they will need it The 'Principal Recovery Network' is made up of school leaders who have liv ...  Afficher plus

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From Morocco to the World: the Art of Making Borderless Music | Malika Zarra
The afikra Podcast

Malika Zarra takes us on a musical journey to discover Moroccan music. She tells about her newest album "RWA (The Essence)" and about who inspires her the most, from Moroccan Hajja Hamdaouia to Lebanese Farid Al-Atrash and Algerian Warda.

Malika is a singer and composer ...

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Lynn Adib | Exploring Arabic Music and Improvisation Through Jazz
The afikra Podcast

Lynn Adib performed three musical pieces: Youmma, Taht El Ward & Autruche followed by a discussion.

Born and raised in Damascus, Syria. Lynn Adib is a singer, composer who has been exploring Arabic music and improvisation through Jazz music that she discovered around the ...

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Arabic Musicology | Youmna Saba
The afikra Podcast

Youmna Saba performed three pieces: Al Sobh (الصبح), Madd W Jazr (مد وجزر) & Hubut (هبوط), followed by a discussion.

Youmna Saba (Beirut, 1984) is a musician and musicologist whose current research focuses on the musical dimension(s) of the Arabic langua ...

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Can Beirut's Haunted Buildings Help It Heal From Its Civil War? | Mayssa Jallad
Quartertones | Music from the Arab World

In this episode of Quartertones, musician, architect and urban researcher Mayssa Jallad joins us in the afikra studio in Beirut to talk about her latest, deeply researched work “Marjaa: Battle of the Hotels”. The album brings together her passion for music and her background i ...

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