# The afikra Podcast

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Official site: https://afikra.simplecast.com
Author: afikra
Episodes: 485

## Resource

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. ‎

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## Episodes
- [Tobacco, Soap, Beer & Cars: 100 Years of Egyptian Print Advertising | Professor Bahia Shehab](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-afikra-podcast-1800518/tobacco-soap-beer-cars-100-years-of-egyptian-print-advertising-professor-bahia-shehab) — 2026-06-01T08:00:00+00:00
- [Memory & the Systematic Mending of Heritage | Dima Srouji](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-afikra-podcast-1800518/memory-the-systematic-mending-of-heritage-dima-srouji) — 2026-05-25T08:00:00+00:00
- [The Weirdest Items in the Library of Congress | Muhannad Salhi](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-afikra-podcast-1800518/the-weirdest-items-in-the-library-of-congress-muhannad-salhi) — 2026-05-18T08:00:00+00:00
- [Invention of the Maghreb: Beyond the Native Colonial Gaze | Majid Hannoum](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-afikra-podcast-1800518/invention-of-the-maghreb-beyond-the-native-colonial-gaze-majid-hannoum) — 2026-05-11T08:00:00+00:00
- [Modern Egyptian Art & Post-Colonial Cultural Politics | Clare Davies](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-afikra-podcast-1800518/modern-egyptian-art-post-colonial-cultural-politics-clare-davies) — 2026-05-04T08:00:00+00:00
- [Shar & the Forgotten Genocide of Libya | Ali Abdullatif Ahmida](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-afikra-podcast-1800518/shar-the-forgotten-genocide-of-libya-ali-abdullatif-ahmida) — 2026-04-27T08:00:00+00:00
- [A Love Letter to Tunisian Artisans | Kenza Fourati](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-afikra-podcast-1800518/a-love-letter-to-tunisian-artisans-kenza-fourati) — 2026-04-20T08:00:00+00:00
- [Domicide in Homs & Beyond | Architect Ammar Azzouz](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-afikra-podcast-1800518/domicide-in-homs-beyond-architect-ammar-azzouz) — 2026-04-13T08:00:00+00:00
- [The Secrets of Ancient Egypt: Dynasties, Pyramids & Pharaohs | Egyptologist Aidan Dodson](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-afikra-podcast-1800518/the-secrets-of-ancient-egypt-dynasties-pyramids-pharaohs-egyptologist-aidan-dodson) — 2026-04-06T08:00:00+00:00
- [Inheriting a Legacy and a Platform | Najla Said](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-afikra-podcast-1800518/inheriting-a-legacy-and-a-platform-najla-said) — 2026-03-30T08:00:00+00:00
- [The Maghreb Generation: Militant Artists & Pan-African Postcolonial Future | Paraska Tolan-Szkilnik](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-afikra-podcast-1800518/the-maghreb-generation-militant-artists-pan-african-postcolonial-future-paraska-tolan-szkilnik) — 2026-03-16T09:00:00+00:00
- [Deep History of the Fertile Crescent to the Tigris & Euphrates Under the Ottomans | Faisal Husain](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-afikra-podcast-1800518/deep-history-of-the-fertile-crescent-to-the-tigris-euphrates-under-the-ottomans-faisal-husain) — 2026-02-23T09:00:00+00:00
- [Graphic Design & the Arab Creative Inflection Point | Ruba Abu-Nimah](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-afikra-podcast-1800518/graphic-design-the-arab-creative-inflection-point-ruba-abu-nimah) — 2026-02-16T09:00:00+00:00
- [The Science of Teaching: Addressing the Global Education Crisis | ⁠Dr Asyia Kazmi](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-afikra-podcast-1800518/the-science-of-teaching-addressing-the-global-education-crisis-dr-asyia-kazmi) — 2026-02-09T09:00:00+00:00
- [⁠Innovation Rooted in Culture: On Deep Tech, Brain Drain & Impact | ⁠Rama Chakaki](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-afikra-podcast-1800518/innovation-rooted-in-culture-on-deep-tech-brain-drain-impact-rama-chakaki) — 2026-02-04T09:00:00+00:00
- [Founder of Mille World Sofia Guellaty | Fashion, Soft Power & the New Arab Identity](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-afikra-podcast-1800518/founder-of-mille-world-sofia-guellaty-fashion-soft-power-the-new-arab-identity) — 2026-01-19T09:00:00+00:00
- [A History of Algeria & the Worlds of Islam | Professor James McDougall](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-afikra-podcast-1800518/a-history-of-algeria-the-worlds-of-islam-professor-james-mcdougall) — 2026-01-12T09:00:00+00:00
- [Textile Workers & the Syrian-American Working Class | Stacy D. Fahrenthold](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-afikra-podcast-1800518/textile-workers-the-syrian-american-working-class-stacy-d-fahrenthold) — 2025-12-22T09:00:00+00:00
- [Julia Elyachar | On the Semicivilized: Coloniality, Finance & Embodied Sovereignty in Cairo](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-afikra-podcast-1800518/julia-elyachar-on-the-semicivilized-coloniality-finance-embodied-sovereignty-in-cairo) — 2025-12-15T09:00:00+00:00
- [Iraq: Eras of Rupture & the Illusions of Nostalgia | Zainab Saleh](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-afikra-podcast-1800518/iraq-eras-of-rupture-the-illusions-of-nostalgia-zainab-saleh) — 2025-12-08T09:00:00+00:00
- [Art Doesn't Lie | Basel Dalloul on Archiving Arab Art & Decolonizing the Art Market](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-afikra-podcast-1800518/art-doesn-t-lie-basel-dalloul-on-archiving-arab-art-decolonizing-the-art-market) — 2025-12-01T09:00:00+00:00
- [Curator Hiba Abid | Niyū Yūrk at the New York Public Library](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-afikra-podcast-1800518/curator-hiba-abid-niy-y-rk-at-the-new-york-public-library) — 2025-11-24T11:00:00+00:00
- [Bernard Khoury | On Karantina, Solidere & Practicing Architecture in Lebanon](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-afikra-podcast-1800518/bernard-khoury-on-karantina-solidere-practicing-architecture-in-lebanon) — 2025-11-17T09:00:00+00:00
- [Nurturing Authentic Voices in Filmmaking in the Arab World | Rana Kazkaz](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-afikra-podcast-1800518/nurturing-authentic-voices-in-filmmaking-in-the-arab-world-rana-kazkaz) — 2025-11-10T09:00:00+00:00
- ["The Future is Not a Grave" With the NYU Institutes | Masha Kirasirova & Tishani Doshi](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-afikra-podcast-1800518/the-future-is-not-a-grave-with-the-nyu-institutes-masha-kirasirova-tishani-doshi) — 2025-11-04T09:00:00+00:00

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