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The Weirdest Items in the Library of Congress | Muhannad Salhi

Rare artifacts within the vast archives of the Library of Congress (LOC) represent a shift in how our region's history is fundamentally understood. Moving beyond traditional nationalist timelines, Arab World specialist in the African and Middle East division at the LOC, Dr. Muhan ...  عرض المزيد

Invention of the Maghreb: Beyond the Native Colonial Gaze | Majid Hannoum

Beyond the Orientalist myth of being seductive, mysterious, and dangerous, what is the reality of Tangier? Professor of anthropology Majid Hannoum deconstructs the invention of the Maghreb and delves into the complex socioeconomic and racial fabric of contemporary Moroccan cities ...  عرض المزيد

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Building Successful Modern Arab Cities | Yasser Elsheshtawy
Tasmeem Doha Podcast | Powered by afikra

Yasser Elsheshtawy – adjunct professor of architecture at Columbia’s GSAPP and non-resident fellow at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington – joins us on the Tasmeem Doha podcast to talk about his keynote speech from the conference “(Re)Constructing Urban Spaces: Unearthin ...  عرض المزيد

Introducing Season 2 of Khatt Chronicles: Stories on Design From the Arab World
Khatt Chronicles: Stories on Design from the Arab World

This episode is the official launch of Season 2 of the Khatt Chronicles podcast. In this episode Afikra host, Mikey Mhanna, introduces the Khatt Chronicles hosts, Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès (Founding director of the Khatt Foundation), Yasmine Nachabe Taan (professor at the Lebane ...  عرض المزيد

Coming of Age in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn | Aisha Abdel Gawad
Ehkili | Books & Literature from the Arab World

Writing Between Two Moons: An Arab-American coming of age story set in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn during the “War on Terror”. Author Aisha Abdel Gawad sheds light on her experience writing the novel while balancing her work as a high-school teacher, capturing Bay Ridge’s unique communit ...  عرض المزيد

Khatt Chronicles in Conversation With Foundland Collective
Khatt Chronicles: Stories on Design from the Arab World

Ghalia Elsrakbi is a design professional, researcher, and design educator. After obtaining her a Master's degree in Design at the Sandberg Institute, Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam, she joined the post-academic interdisciplinary program " Design Negation" at Jan van Eyck A ...  عرض المزيد