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Mar 2023
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Introducing Season 2 of Khatt Chronicles...

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About this episode

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 Lebanese American University and Director of The Institute of Art in the Arab World), Yara Khoury Nammour )Graphic design Professor at the American University of Beirut), and Fawzi Rahal (Director of Flat6 Lab). He discuses with them the upcoming season's topics as well as the importance of publishing on design from the Arab World, and the impact podcasts on design education in the region.

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