S4E4 Saudi Modern with Abdulrahman and Turki ...

This month’s podcast takes us to the far south-west of the Islamic world, to the Inner Nigel Delta in Mali where stands the Great Mosque of Djenné in all its magnificence. Join Michelle Apotsos as she discusses the story of this vibrant place of worship built solely out of mud an ...  Show more

This month’s podcast episode takes us through Uzbekistan along the route that The Barakat Trust took on our trip to the country in November 2025. We begin in Tashkent before moving to Samarkand and finishing in Bukhara, exploring a number of architectural sites, crafts and tradit ...  Show more

How does the idea of a "Nation" come through in architectural language? Is there such a thing as a Nigerian architecture, for example? Are there national identifications visible in architectural makeup? On the other hand, how does architecture transcend borders? What is the statu ...  Show more

Mohamed Elshahed talked about Cairo Modern. The exhibition showcases works by Egyptian modernists from the 1920s to the 1970s, half a century of rich architectural production that complicate our present understanding of global modernism. The exhibition introduces audiences to ...

‏تحدّثنا في هذه الحلقة من بودكاست 1949 مع د. نايف القنور عن علاقة الإنسان القديم والحديث بالرسومات الصخرية، وبداية ظهور المكتشفات الصخرية، والطريقة التي يعرف بها العلماء أعمار الرسومات الصخريّة، وكيف نقرأ من خلالها التاريخ، ومركز المملكة العربية السعودية في هذا الفن على مستوى الع ...  Show more

Today we are joined with Ayad Rahmani who teaches architecture at Washington State University. Rahmani's love for literature and architecture leads us to today's conversation about Moby Dick and architecture.