Bulaq: trailer

‏What has changed in the last twenty years in Arabic literature, publishing and translation? What has not? The sponsor of this episode, the Sheikh Zayed Book Award, was founded in 2006. It was followed by a number of other shifts: the globalization of regional book fairs, the fou ...  Show more

‏Marcia is publishing the first English translation of early 20th century woman of letters and feminist icon May Ziadhe; Ursula has been working on a review of the award-winning Lebanese novelist Rabih Alameddine. We also talk about a devastating book based on interviews with Gaz ...  Show more

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Putting fieldwork at the heart of the conversation, 3ala el Maydan invites researchers, journalists, and art practitioners from the Middle East and North Africa region and beyond, to talk about their experiences, discoveries, challenges, and surprises when carrying out ...

‏A deep dive Thidreeza 💬 with Managing Producer at Kerning Cultures Alex Atack we discuss:- Everything Podcasts- Growing up in Dubai- Photo Journalism - Telling Stories from and about the middle east- UK's real colonial history- His Creative Process- History of Tattooingاسمع لبو ...  Show more

‏In this episode we talk to WSJ journalist Ahmed Al-Omran and uber new media geek Lou Kay. We talk about journalism in the Middle East and Saudi, the future of newspapers in Saudi, news consumption, the ‘filter bubble,’ WhatsApp journalism, and many other new media topics. Oh and ...  Show more