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May 14
Sound & Stone from Palestine to the World | Elias & Yousef Anastas
We talk with architects Elias and Yousef Anastas, partners at studio AAU Anastas about their deeply researched practice, their dedication to using stone in innovative and ethical ways, and the many social, political, and cultural considerations around building in Palestine, and b ... Show More
1h 8m
Mar 2026
Our Own Stories in Our Own Voices | Yara Hawari, Co-Director of Al-Shabaka
We talk about Palestinian storytelling from oral histories that transmit our stories across generations, to policy analysis that explains what is happening to us today in our own voices. In this conversation with Yara Hawari, the co-director of the Palestinian policy network Al-S ... Show More
1 h
Jan 2026
Director of Oscar-Shortlisted "All That's Left of You" Cherien Dabis | "Our Humanity Is Also Resistance"
Actress, director, producer, and screenwriter Cherien Dabis discusses her career, from directing shows like Ramy, Mo, and Only Murders in the Building to writing, directing and acting in her monumental new Palestinian film, All That's Left of You. She reflects on the profound imp ... Show More
1h 4m
Nov 2023
The Architecture of Occupation | Nadi Abusaada
<p>This conversation is about the spatiality and architecture of occupation. Abusaada talks to us about our very understanding of the land of Palestine, how maps invent geography and not the other way around, and why colonialism should be studied while it’s happening and not when ... Show More
56m 22s
Nov 2023
German Guilt or Structural Racism Towards Palestinians | Sarah El Bulbeisi
<p>A raw and honest conversation about Palestine, Germany and Palestinians in Germany. Sarah El Bulbeisi discusses the history of the Palestinian diasporic experience in Germany, the erasure, tabooization and criminalization of this very experience and the structural hostility, r ... Show More
24m 22s
Jun 2021
Visualizing Palestine | Creating Narrative Interventions
<p>Visualizing Palestine creates data-driven tools to advance a factual, rights-based narrative of the Palestinian-Israeli issue. We talked to the Visualizing Palestine team on their work telling factual, data-driven & rights-based narratives about Palestine & the occupation.</p ... Show More
54 m
Jan 2021
Palestine's Artistic Heritage & Legacy | Nisa Ari
50m 26s
May 2021
Rashid Khalidi | A History of Settler Colonialism & Resistance 1917-2017
<p>We discussed Rashid Khalidi's work as an editor of the Journal of Palestine Studies, as the President of the Middle East Studies Association, and as an advisor to the Palestinian delegation to the Madrid and Washington Arab-Israeli peace negotiations.</p><p>Created & Hosted by ... Show More
58m 10s
May 2021
Exile and the Franco-Arab Literary Landscape | Suja Sawafta
53m 38s
Dec 2023
IBRAHIM ABUSHARIF | Unlearning Western Bias in Journalism | afikra عفكرة Podcast #383
<p>As journalists on the ground in Gaza are targeted, the “truth” weaponized, and an information war for the ages unravels, we sat down with Professor Ibrahim Abusharif to discuss the construction of narratives, framing terminologies, and the ethics of journalism. Delving into qu ... Show More
43m 50s
Jan 2022
ZEINA MAASRI | Visual and Cultural Politics | Conversations
<p>In this conversation, we talked to Zeina Maasri about her investigation focused on post-1945 anti-colonial struggles, transnational anti-imperialist solidarities and violent conflicts, as complicated by a global Cold War order.</p><p>Created & hosted by<a href="https://www.ins ... Show More
26m 37s
Apr 2024
Architectural Future of the Gulf: Out With the New In With the Old | Civil Architecture
1h 10m
Oct 2023
Centuries of Social History in Palestine | Professor Beshara Doumani
<p>In conversation with Professor Beshara Doumani, the inaugural Mahmoud Darwish Professor of Palestinian Studies at Brown University. Professor Doumani gives us critical historical context for what's happening now in Palestine. Explaining why and how pre-colonial Palestinian his ... Show More
58m 41s
This conversation is about the spatiality and architecture of occupation. Abusaada talks to us about our very understanding of the land of Palestine, how maps invent geography and not the other way around, and why colonialism should be studied while it’s happening and not when it’s over and done with. We examine the way that humans interact with space – spec ... Show More
<p>We discussed Nisa's research which explores the relationships between cultural politics and the development of art institutions, specifically in Palestine and in Turkey. </p><p>Created & Hosted by: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mikey_mu/" target="_blank">Mikey Muhanna</a> ... Show More
<p>We talked to Suja Sawafta about exile and ecocriticism at the Franco-Arab intersection. </p><p>Created & Hosted by<a href="https://www.instagram.com/mikey_mu/%E2%80%8E"> Mikey Muhanna</a>, afikra </p><p>Edited by: Ramzi Ramman</p><p>Theme music by: Tarek Yamani https://www.in ... Show More
<p>Read about Bahrain's Dilmun Mounds 👉 https://www.afikra.com/daftarjournal/dilmun-mounds</p><p><a href="https://civilarchitecture.org/" target="_blank">Civil Architecture</a> is a cultural practice pre-occupied with the making of buildings and books about them. Civil's work as ... Show More
