{"podcast":{"title":"The afikra Podcast","slug":"the-afikra-podcast-1800518","podcast_index_feed_id":1800518,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/mQeVlZL1","website_url":"https://afikra.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/1ce0a58c-3e05-4d4b-a2e7-f3ffb869b215/29decdd8-9ed2-413f-87ee-5362994ea4a1/3000x3000/the_afikra_podcast.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"afikra","episode_count":485,"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. ‎","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-afikra-podcast-1800518"},"episode":{"title":"Invention of the Maghreb: Beyond the Native Colonial Gaze | Majid Hannoum","slug":"invention-of-the-maghreb-beyond-the-native-colonial-gaze-majid-hannoum","published_at":"2026-05-11T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-afikra-podcast-1800518/invention-of-the-maghreb-beyond-the-native-colonial-gaze-majid-hannoum","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-afikra-podcast-1800518","url":"https://afikra.simplecast.com/episodes/majid-hannoum-VwZnHE24","audio_url":"https://afp-922695-injected.calisto.simplecastaudio.com/96f7a68b-b919-40fb-9d0c-366fc6f2d79c/episodes/03841d29-30f3-4539-bc54-85694d09806d/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=96f7a68b-b919-40fb-9d0c-366fc6f2d79c&awEpisodeId=03841d29-30f3-4539-bc54-85694d09806d&feed=mQeVlZL1","summary":"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. He explores how colonial legacies continue to shape identity, from the very term \"Maghreb\" – which he argues did not exist in pre-colonial Arabic historiography in its current sense – to the phenomenology of color that influences modern social hierarchies in Tangier.","meta_description":"Beyond the Orientalist myth of being seductive, mysterious, and dangerous, what is the reality of Tangier? Professor of anthropology Majid Hannoum deconst…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3552,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-afikra-podcast-1800518/episodes/invention-of-the-maghreb-beyond-the-native-colonial-gaze-majid-hannoum/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-afikra-podcast-1800518/invention-of-the-maghreb-beyond-the-native-colonial-gaze-majid-hannoum.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}