logo
episode-header-image
Dec 2021
12m 28s

FWD: "The Mauritania Railway: Backbone o...

AFIKRA
About this episode

In this afikra FWD, Hazem forwards a documentary Miguel de Olaso on National Geographic. The film and Hazem tell on one of the longest and heaviest trains in the world, the 1.8-mile beast runs from the mining center of Zouerat to the port city of Nouadhibou on Africa’s Atlantic coast.
Note: Hazem is not an expert on this subject but is sharing information in the hopes of spurring interest in the subject.

Hosted by: Mikey Muhanna, afikra 

Edited by: Ramzi Ramman

Theme music by The Brooklyn Nomads https://www.instagram.com/thebrooklynnomads/

About the afikra Community Presentations:

A community member delivers an in-depth presentation on a ‎topic related to the Arab world’s history and culture during a one-hour online event. The presentation is the ‎culmination of a month-long afikra coaching process to help identify a topic, find research, and develop the ‎presentation. The goal is to showcase the presenter’s curiosity, research, and share some knowledge. Each ‎presentation is followed by a moderated Q&A with questions coming from the live virtual audience on Zoom.  ‎Join the live audience: https://www.afikra.com/rsvp 

Follow 

Youtube - Instagram (@afikra_) - Facebook - Twitter 

Support

www.afikra.com/support

About afikra:‎

afikra is a movement to convert passive interest in the Arab world to active intellectual curiosity. We aim to collectively reframe the dominant narrative of the region by exploring the histories and cultures of the region- past, present, and future - through conversations driven by curiosity.
Read more about us on afikra.com

Up next
Jul 2024
Who Were the First Photographers of Aleppo? | Jad Moussalli
This episode was recorded on March 26th, 2023Hosted by:Mysa Khalil-Hussein 👉 https://www.instagram.com/my_sa/Yasmin Khawaja 👉 https://www.instagram.com/millennialvillager/Theme music: The Brooklyn Nomads | Sidi Mansour 🔊 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYHJvCx1_KQFOLLOW & RATE ... Show More
57m 52s
Jun 2024
Who are the Circassians and How Did They End Up in the Middle East? | Alia Azouqa
This podcast was recorded on May 1st 2023.All community presentations are prepared and presented by non-experts on the subject. They are sharing information in the hopes of spurring interest in that subject. Discover more and browse the resources we mention here 👉 https://www.af ... Show More
41m 54s
Jun 2024
Who was L.A Attorney George Shibley? | Farrah Berrou
This episode was recorded on May 21st 2023 and was based on a presentation that Farrah gave at a afikra presentation in Los Angeles.All community presentations are prepared and presented by non-experts on the subject. They are sharing information in the hopes of spurring interest ... Show More
42m 7s
Recommended Episodes
Nov 2020
Empowering Women Through Community Organizing From Egypt to New York | Rana Abdelhamid
We talked to Rana Abdelhamid, a social entrepreneur and community organizer, about the organizations she founded like MALIKAH and Little Egypt.Connect with Rana: https://www.instagram.com/ranaabdelhamid/Created & Hosted by: Mikey Muhanna, afikraEdited by: Ramzi RammanTheme music ... Show More
49m 48s
Jun 2024
Amazigh History of North Africa | Brahim El Guabli
The history of North Africa is infinitely complex and barbed with post-colonial tensions. In this conversation, Professor Brahim El Guabli helps to shed light on this region's history through an Amazigh lens. He tells us about the violence of the word "Berber", Morocco's Years of ... Show More
1h 3m
Mar 2024
Where Media in the Arab World Stands Today | Marwan Kraidy
Marwan Kraidy, CEO and Dean of Northwestern Qatar and leading scholar of global communication and media, joins us on the afikra podcast to discuss media, truth, and journalism in the Arab world.This episode dives into the impact of mobile phones, reflects on whether social media ... Show More
54m 5s
Aug 2022
Ancient Egyptian Food | Mennat-Allah El Dorry
In this Matbakh event, we talked to Mennat-Allah El Dorry about her career in archaeobotanical analysis. Much of her research has revolved around food and trying to reconstruct how people in the past cooked and ate.Created by Mikey Muhanna, afikra Hosted by Salma SerryEdited by: ... Show More
28m 37s
Mar 2024
Building Successful Modern Arab Cities | Yasser Elsheshtawy
Yasser Elsheshtawy – adjunct professor of architecture at Columbia’s GSAPP and non-resident fellow at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington – joins us on the Tasmeem Doha podcast to talk about his keynote speech from the conference “(Re)Constructing Urban Spaces: Unearthin ... Show More
59m 53s
Nov 2021
TANYA HABJOUQA & TASNEEM ALSULTAN | Photographers | Double Exposure
In this Double Exposure event, we talked to Tanya Habjouqa and Tasneem Alsultan about their work, motivations, stories behind their photos, and catalogues.Created & Hosted by Mikey Muhanna, afikra Edited by: Ramzi RammanTheme music by: Tarek Yamani https://www.instagram.com/tarek ... Show More
28m 50s
Feb 2024
Decolonizing & Decentering Theater in the Arab World | Laila Soliman
A captivating conversation with theater director and playwright Laila Soliman about theater, cultural discourse and decolonization across the Arab world. Using three of her major works – Zigzag, La Grande Maison and her first opera Woman at Point Zero – as reference, we discuss w ... Show More
59m 39s
Mar 2023
Introducing Season 2 of Khatt Chronicles: Stories on Design From the Arab World
This episode is the official launch of Season 2 of the Khatt Chronicles podcast. In this episode  Afikra host, Mikey Mhanna, introduces the Khatt Chronicles hosts, Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès (Founding director of the Khatt Foundation), Yasmine Nachabe Taan (professor at the Leban ... Show More
58m 6s
Nov 2019
Khatt Chronicles in Conversation With Lina Ghaibeh
Khatt interviews Lina Ghaibeh, illustrator, animator, and comics artist about her practice and the potential of graphic narratives in giving voice to unheard and unexpected narratives from the Arab world. Ghaibeh believes in the power of visual storytelling and of expressing thro ... Show More
35m 55s
Nov 2020
Interview: Egyptian Heritage, with Heba abd el Gawad
Heba Abd el Gawad is an exhibition curator, public outreach specialist and researcher in Egyptian heritage within museum contexts. She is the postdoctoral researcher for the project ‘Egypt’s Dispersed Heritage: Views from Egypt’ at the Institute of Archaeology, University College ... Show More
51m 20s