Jun 1, 2026 · not_requested
Tobacco, Soap, Beer & Cars: 100 Years of Egyptian Print Advertising | Professor Bahia Shehab
- Duration seconds
- 3627
Podcast
The afikra Podcast
- Author
- afikra
- Feed episode count
- 485
- Official site
- https://afikra.simplecast.com
Summary
The afikra Podcast is our flagship series featuring experts from academia, art, media, urban planning and beyond, who are helping document and shape the histories and cultures of the Arab world through their work. Our hope is that by having the guest share their expertise and story, the community walks away with a newfound curiosity, and recommendations about new nerdy rabbit holes to dive into head first.
Episodes
May 25, 2026 · not_requested
Memory & the Systematic Mending of Heritage | Dima Srouji
- Duration seconds
- 3510
May 18, 2026 · not_requested
The Weirdest Items in the Library of Congress | Muhannad Salhi
- Duration seconds
- 4149
May 11, 2026 · not_requested
Invention of the Maghreb: Beyond the Native Colonial Gaze | Majid Hannoum
- Duration seconds
- 3552
May 4, 2026 · not_requested
Modern Egyptian Art & Post-Colonial Cultural Politics | Clare Davies
- Duration seconds
- 3481
Apr 27, 2026 · not_requested
Shar & the Forgotten Genocide of Libya | Ali Abdullatif Ahmida
- Duration seconds
- 3594
Apr 20, 2026 · not_requested
A Love Letter to Tunisian Artisans | Kenza Fourati
- Duration seconds
- 3285
Apr 13, 2026 · not_requested
Domicide in Homs & Beyond | Architect Ammar Azzouz
- Duration seconds
- 2970
Apr 6, 2026 · not_requested
The Secrets of Ancient Egypt: Dynasties, Pyramids & Pharaohs | Egyptologist Aidan Dodson
- Duration seconds
- 3987
Mar 30, 2026 · not_requested
Inheriting a Legacy and a Platform | Najla Said
- Duration seconds
- 3704
Mar 16, 2026 · not_requested
The Maghreb Generation: Militant Artists & Pan-African Postcolonial Future | Paraska Tolan-Szkilnik
- Duration seconds
- 3455
Feb 23, 2026 · not_requested
Deep History of the Fertile Crescent to the Tigris & Euphrates Under the Ottomans | Faisal Husain
- Duration seconds
- 3657
Feb 16, 2026 · not_requested
Graphic Design & the Arab Creative Inflection Point | Ruba Abu-Nimah
- Duration seconds
- 3500
Feb 9, 2026 · not_requested
The Science of Teaching: Addressing the Global Education Crisis | Dr Asyia Kazmi
- Duration seconds
- 2911
Feb 4, 2026 · not_requested
Innovation Rooted in Culture: On Deep Tech, Brain Drain & Impact | Rama Chakaki
- Duration seconds
- 3438
Jan 19, 2026 · not_requested
Founder of Mille World Sofia Guellaty | Fashion, Soft Power & the New Arab Identity
- Duration seconds
- 3908
Jan 12, 2026 · not_requested
A History of Algeria & the Worlds of Islam | Professor James McDougall
- Duration seconds
- 3978
Dec 22, 2025 · not_requested
Textile Workers & the Syrian-American Working Class | Stacy D. Fahrenthold
- Duration seconds
- 3090
Dec 15, 2025 · not_requested
Julia Elyachar | On the Semicivilized: Coloniality, Finance & Embodied Sovereignty in Cairo
- Duration seconds
- 3567
Dec 8, 2025 · not_requested
Iraq: Eras of Rupture & the Illusions of Nostalgia | Zainab Saleh
- Duration seconds
- 3680
Dec 1, 2025 · not_requested
Art Doesn't Lie | Basel Dalloul on Archiving Arab Art & Decolonizing the Art Market
- Duration seconds
- 2581
Nov 24, 2025 · not_requested
Curator Hiba Abid | Niyū Yūrk at the New York Public Library
- Duration seconds
- 3146
Nov 17, 2025 · not_requested
Bernard Khoury | On Karantina, Solidere & Practicing Architecture in Lebanon
- Duration seconds
- 2724
Nov 10, 2025 · not_requested
Nurturing Authentic Voices in Filmmaking in the Arab World | Rana Kazkaz
- Duration seconds
- 2652
Nov 4, 2025 · not_requested
"The Future is Not a Grave" With the NYU Institutes | Masha Kirasirova & Tishani Doshi
- Duration seconds
- 3209