يوم التأسيس 1727م

‏حلقة جديدة من #بودكاست_1949 عن الشعر الغنائي السعودي، وأهم مراحله التي مر بها، وأبرز رواد كل مرحلة من المراحل، و خصائص الشعر الغنائي عن غيره من أنواع الشعر، وأبرز تحديات وتطلعات الأغنية السعودية. 

‏حلقة جديدة من #بودكاست_1949 تأخذنا في رحلة عبر الزمن، لنستنشق عبق الذكريات ونعيش التفاصيل التي صنعت جمال شهر رمضان في قلوب السعوديين. وجعلت منه لوحة مرسومة بالعادات والتقاليد التي تختلف من مكان إلى مكان في أرجاء المملكة، كيف كان الناس يستعدون للشهر الفضيل؟ وما سر لحظة سماع مدفع ... Show More

‏حلقة جديدة من #بودكاست_1949 نتحدث فيها عن الانتماء الوطني الذي يتجذر في أصالة الماضي وتراثه العريق، ويتألق في تعزيز الهوية الوطنية التي تمزج بين عبق التاريخ ورؤية الحداثة بمستقبل واعد، وعن التحديات والواجبات لحفظ الهوية، والرسالة العالمية التي يحملها المواطن السعودي. 

Dr. Ghadah W. Alharthi is an international Cultural Adviser based in London, as well as an Associate Professor and Director specializing in Culture and Innovation at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London. With a PhD in International Management, she is passionate ab ... Show More

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

Heidi is the first American to study psychology in Arabic at King Saud University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. She started learning Arabic through Saudi TV shows and after living in the kingdom for only 3 years she had mastered the language. On this episode, Heidi talks about how she ... Show More

In this episode, we talked to architectural historian and director of The Barakat Trust Seif El Rashidi about heritage projects, community engagement, and cultural preservation in the Islamic world.Created & Hosted by Mikey Muhanna, afikra Edited by: Ramzi RammanTheme music: The ... Show More

How did the discovery of oil transform Saudi Arabia's cities and its architecture? How can art and architecture come together to capture the spirit of modernism in a nation known more for tradition?  Join this conversation with Abdulrahman and Turki Gazzaz, two architect bro ... Show More

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson sits down with the headmistress of the Michaela Community School, Katharine Birbalsingh. They discuss the importance of K-12 education, why it matters more than the universities in regard to the formation of thinking minds, how children can pursue both exce ... Show More

A special edition of the show marking its partnership with Abu Dhabi’s Department of Culture and Tourism. Robert Bound is joined by the chairman of the department, who explains his conviction that culture is at the heart of any progressive society. At this moment of reckoning in ... Show More

Architect, researcher, and associate professor at Zayed University, Roberto Fabbri, joined us on the afikra podcast to talk about Kuwait’s architectural transformation between 1949 and 1989 which he co-wrote a book about (with Sara Saragoça Soares and Ricardo Camacho) titled “Mod ... Show More

In this episode Abdaljawad (Abboud) Omar returns to the show.  This is the lightly edited audio from a livestream we recorded on March 24th  Abdaljawad Omar is a writer, analyst, and lecturer based in Ramallah, Palestine. He currently lectures in the Department of Philosophy and ... Show More