Apr 2023
Introducing Dynamite Doug
This week on People Like Us, we’re sharing a preview of Dynamite Doug, the latest investigative podcast from Project Brazen. Hosted by Ellen Wong (of Netflix’s GLOW and Scott Pilgrim), the 6-part series delves into the alleged crimes of Douglas Latchford, an art dealer who collab ... Show More
15m 39s
Feb 2023
A mystery begins at the US Embassy in Havana
This is a preview of Project Brazen's latest investigative podcast, The Sound: Mystery of Havana Syndrome. To listen to the rest of this episode, search for THE SOUND: Mystery of Havana Syndrome, wherever you get your podcasts.
In December 2016, a US official in Havana reported a ... Show More
16m 34s
Jan 2021
Beirut's Literary Landscape | Ghenwa Hayek
<p>We talked about Ghenwa Hayek's work on the entangled relationships between literary and cultural production, space and place, and identity formation in the modern Arab Middle East, with a specific focus on Lebanon. We also discussed her book "Beirut, Imagining the City: Space ... Show More
52m 30s
Mar 2021
Beirut's Literary Pulse | Rima Rantisi
<p>In this conversation, we are talking to Rima Rantisi on her writing and being the founding editor of Rusted Radishes: Beirut Literary and Art Journal, which publishes artists and writers from Lebanon, its diaspora, and the region and is currently in its eighth circulation.</p> ... Show More
57m 52s
Dec 2020
“Living in Arabic”, Invisible Black Moroccans, On Identity by Amin Maalouf, & The Story of Swatch! [afikra Mezze]
<p>Maria reads to us into Edward Said’s essay “Living in Arabic". Camilia explores how invisible black Moroccans can be made visible through the ideas and works of M’Barek Bouhchichi. Nadia Muijrers reviews "On Identity" by Amin Maalouf. Yasmine looks into the story of Swatch .</ ... Show More
53m 44s
Nov 2022
Reflections on Living Abroad
What do we gain—and leave behind—when we move abroad? Lale chats with Lebanese poet Zeina Hashem Beck, whose third poetry collection, 'O,' was released this summer, about moving away from her beloved Beirut and hopping between countries until arriving in her current home of Calif ... Show More
31m 2s
Jul 2023
GHASSAN ZEINNEDINE | Dearborn & The Post 9/11 Arab American Experience | Conversations
<p>Dearborn, capturing the diverse voices of Dearborn’s residents, and doing justice to the myriad Arab-American lived experiences post 9/11. We discuss the complexities of faithfully depicting a multi-layered community through short-stories, the history of Arab-American immigrat ... Show More
57m 36s
Apr 2025
#9 - The Levant Through War & Words: Mishka Mourani on Culture, Identity & Exile
In this episode of Tak on the Pod, Andrea sits down with Mishka Mourani, a writer, educator, and storyteller whose life has been deeply shaped by the history of the Levant. Born in Alexandria and rooted in Beirut, Mishka has lived through war, displacement, and resilience, using ... Show More
50m 38s
Can we understand a culture and a region when we don’t read its authors? And what nuances do we miss when we read them in translation? How are authors and poets from the Middle East reaching new audiences? I speak to poet Zeina Hashem Beck, from Lebanon, living in California, about being an Arab Anglophone poet, how the duality of language shapes her work an ... Show More
<p>This is a conversation with <a href="https://twitter.com/anajibakhti">Naji Bakhti</a>, author of the novel <a href="https://www.influxpress.com/between-beirut-and-the-moon" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank"><em>Between Beirut and the Moon</em></a> (2020), published by ... Show More
<p>Lina Mounzer talked about her career as a writer and translator. Lina’s work has appeared in the<i> New York Times</i>, the <i>Paris Review</i>, <i>1843</i>, <i>Literary Hub</i>, and <i>Bidoun</i>, as well as in the anthologies <i>Hikayat: An Anthology of Lebanese Women’s Writ ... Show More
