Middle East 2.0 Middle East Center
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Rebooting the Middle East, one episode at a time. Hosted by John Ghazvinian and "Brian the IT Guy". A production of the University of Pennsylvania Middle East Center.
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Episode 7: From Basra to Brooklyn via Tunis
From the marshes of southern Iraq, to a limestone quarry in Tunisia, to a small Sicilian village to Ditmars Park in Brooklyn and the building of the New York City Subway and the Statue of Liberty…. anthropologist Bridget Guarasci somehow connects it all.
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Episode 6: The Politics of Middle Eastern Art
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi, founder of the renowned Barjeel Art Foundation in the United Arab Emirates, takes us on a journey through the fascinating, high-voltage landscape of Middle Eastern art in a very special summer edition of Middle East 2.0. Al-Qassemi will discuss his beginnings in the world of art, new artistic directions, and the importance of highlighting women artists in the region.
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Episode 5: Robots and Magic in the Medieval Middle East
Join us as Elly Truitt takes us into the weird and wonderful world of early Middle East tech -- from the world's first analog computer, to a mechanical wine servant, to a royal throne that could whiz up to the ceiling on command.
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Episode 4: The Arab Poetic Tradition
Penn's leading scholar of Arabic literature, Huda Fakhreddine, shares her thoughts on poetry, translation, orientalism, and the meaning of her father's poetic legacy.
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Episode 3: Meet Harun Küçük
The Middle East Center's new director, Harun Küçük, joins us for a very special edition of the podcast.
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Episode 2: A Tale of Two Cities: Beirut-Dakar in the French Colonial Empire
Penn Ph.D. candidate Dahlia El Zein explores the worlds of Senegalese soldiers and Syrian-Lebanese traders against the backdrop of French imperialism from 1920 to 1946.