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Updated 29 Mar

06/10/2022

The Clarinet in Arabic Music | Kinan Azmeh

Quartertones | Music from the Arab World

06/10/2022

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1h 1m
22/08/2022

Violin & Maqam | Layth Sidiq

Quartertones | Music from the Arab World

22/08/2022

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30 min
21 FEB

A Journey Through Arabic Percussion | Karim Nagi

In this episode of Quartertone, Karim Nagi takes us on a journey into the world of Arabic percussion and rhythm. He talks about his experience as a musician and how the arts – and percussion in particular – have helped him embrace and grow into his own Arab identity. He shares his advice for musicians who are just embarking on their own journeys, and his top recommendations for albums and musicians to listen to.

21 Feb

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50 min
5 FEB

ERIC CALDERWOOD | Rethinking Al-Andalus | The afikra عفكرة podcast

Al-Andalus exists in history, geography and the Western cultural imaginary. Professor Eric Calderwood talks to us about Al-Andalus, examining it as both a place and an idea which is productive in memory, culture and politics. He explains how this cultural imaginary has transcended its geographic bounds and has created fruitful debates around the identity not only of this place, but of Spain and Morocco as modern nations.

5 Feb

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1h 15m
29 APR

History of Slavery in North Africa | M'hamed Oualdi

M'hamed Oualdi – professor of history at Paris' Sciences Po University – joins us on the afikra podcast to delve into the often obscured and forgotten history of slavery in North Africa. Starting with his book "A Slave Between Empires: A Transimperial History of North Africa", he talks about why there's a pointed absence of awareness around the Arab world's own history of slavery, and details the history of slavery in Mamluk Tunisia and Egypt, the role of nationalism in erasing this period, and the position of anti-black racism in fueling the North African trade.

29 Apr

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1 hr
8 JUL

Imperial Narratives vs Palestine’s Reality | Lorenzo Kamel

In this episode of the afikra podcast, we're joined by professor Lorenzo Kamal who explains biblical orientalism, shares insights on how colonial powers understood Palestine, the role of international conferences after World War I, and past plans for the displacement of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip. We talk about how religious understanding of Palestine fed imperial imaginaries, the creation of Transjordan, and the origins of the term "Nakba". Prof Kamel gets to the heart of the history of the Gaza Strip, and focuses on Palestinians and Jews in Ottoman Palestine, while also discussing why the one-versus two-state solution discussion is moot. Finally, he touches on global history as a field of studies and the role of epistemic violence within it.

8 Jul

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1h 1m
11/01/2021

Professor Jess Ghannam [afikra Conversations]

The afikra Podcast

11/01/2021

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54 min
22 JUL

My Mother’s Extraordinary Life in Beirut of the Late 50s & Early 60s | Venetia Porter

An eclectic and vibrant conversation with Venetia Porter — former curator of Islamic and Contemporary Middle Eastern Art at the British Museum — about her iconic mother Thea Porter's life across Palestine, Syria and Beirut in the 50s, her own work at the British Museum, and the purpose of curation. Reflecting on an extraordinary moment in time when Thea Porter was a fixture of Beirut’s creative circles, Venetia shares what it was like to unearth her mother’s personal archive of photos, letters and memories from that era. Moving on to her own work at the British Museum, she sheds light on what she believes the role of curation and the curator should be, what it means to build a “universal” museum, and whether it’s possible to establish this kind of institution in the Arab world. Finally, Venetia offers insight on how museums are responding to the increasingly charged question of how they obtained the objects in their collections and how she navigated her position as a non-Muslim when curating an exhibition about the history of the Hajj.

22 Jul

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54 min
5 AUG

Lessons in Decolonization From North Africa's Global Thinkers | Idriss Jebari

What does it mean to decolonize our thinking? In this episode of the afikra podcast, we chat with Idriss Jebari, assistant professor at Trinity College Dublin, and discuss language, colonialism and 20th century North Africa. Tracking the transformation of North African countries through colonialism and independence, we learn about the ways that thinkers through the decades have approached decolonization.

5 Aug

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57 min
17/10/2023

Education Research In Arabic-Speaking Countries with Dr. Adnan el Amine

Inside the Arab Classroom | NYU Global Ties for Children | Powered by afikra

17/10/2023

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30 min

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The Clarinet in Arabic Music | Kinan Azmeh

Violin & Maqam | Layth Sidiq

A Journey Through Arabic Percussion | Karim Nagi

ERIC CALDERWOOD | Rethinking Al-Andalus | The afikra عفكرة podcast

History of Slavery in North Africa | M'hamed Oualdi

Imperial Narratives vs Palestine’s Reality | Lorenzo Kamel

Professor Jess Ghannam [afikra Conversations]

My Mother’s Extraordinary Life in Beirut of the Late 50s & Early 60s | Venetia Porter

Lessons in Decolonization From North Africa's Global Thinkers | Idriss Jebari

Education Research In Arabic-Speaking Countries with Dr. Adnan el Amine

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