The afikra Podcast

The afikra Podcast

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Maha El Akoum | Obesity Epidemic & Health Policy in the Arab Gulf

In this episode of the afikra podcast, we chat with Maha El Akoum, the Manager of Content and Policy at WISH, to try to explore the causes of childhood obesity – especially in the Arab world and particularly in the Gulf – and to understand the complexities of dealing with it. Bas ...  Afficher plus

Narcy at Habibi Festival 2024 With Appearances by Hamed Sinno, Nadine El Roubi, Omar Offendum & Niko | Quartertones Live at Joe's Pub

Habibi Festival is back for another year at Joe's Pub, bringing Arabs, comrades, and lovers of music together in New York in these difficult times that our nations continue to endure. And for another year, afikra was on stage to speak to the musicians and bring their conversation ...  Afficher plus

Beirut Southern Suburbs & Hezbollah: History & Truth | Mona Harb

In this special episode of This Is Not a Watermelon podcast, we speak to Professor Mona Harb, co-founder of the Beirut Urban Lab at the American University of Beirut, to help us delve into the intricate socio-political dynamics and historical narratives of Beirut's southern subur ...  Afficher plus

Manufacturing Consent and Fake News | Marc Owen Jones

In this episode, produced in collaboration with the Qatar Foundation, Marc Owen Jones — assistant professor in Middle East Studies and Digital Humanities at Hamad bin Khalifa University in Doha — talks to us about this age of disinformation and how it manifests in the context of ...  Afficher plus

Tracy Chahwan | Beirut Bloody Beirut

Tracy Chahwan's bold and vibrant posters have become a common fixture of Beirut's walls, and her colorful illustrations are known and loved by people across the Arab world and beyond. For this episode of the afikra podcast, she joined us in our Beirut-studio to reminisce on the e ...  Afficher plus