On Episode 2 of the Nobody’s Famous Podcast, I reached out to my colleague and friend Wafa Maz. Wafa has always been an interesting character and that has a lot to do with her growing up in England and in the UAE. It was intriguing to find out that she “forgot” how to be an Arab and had to relearn Arabic when she came back to Abu Dhabi. Aside from her childh ... Show More
Sep 2024
#55 - Hasan Jad Traboulsi - The Odyssey of Rakmajeh: A Story of Surf, Turf & Wonder
What an episode to end Season 4 with. Season 4 was a journey in its own right, but as Hasan Traboulsi puts it: his story is an Odyssey itself. A man filled with Wonder and Excitement, Hasan Traboulsi has never shied away from challenges and “calculated” risks. Always a natural ex ... Show More
1h 18m
Feb 2022
HEBA HAGE-FELDER | Arab Image Foundation | Conversations
<p>Heba Hage-Felder talked about her career in community development, writing, and visual storytelling. Arab Image Foundation aims to track down, collect, preserve and study photographs from the Middle East, North Africa and the Arab diaspora.</p><p>Created & hosted by<a href="ht ... Show More
26m 35s
Feb 2022
FIDA ADELY | Contemporary Arab Studies | Conversations
<p>In this conversation, we talked to Fida Adely about her research on education, labor, development, and gender in the Arab world. Her primary research site has been Jordan, although she teaches and writes about the Arab world more broadly.</p><p>Created & hosted by<a href="http ... Show More
33m 11s
Oct 2022
Ep 2 - Netflix, Boundaries and Film in the Arab world
In this episode I explore the world of film in the Arab world and talk to directors and producers who are pushing the boundaries. I speak to Jordan’s Tima Shomali, director of an Arabic language original Netflix series Al Rawabi School for Girls, a huge hit about teenage girls an ... Show More
46m 20s
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
Oct 2022
02 – A Movie at a Deserted Theater in Beirut | An English Lebanese Bedtime Story
Mira and her dad Alaa were having icecream in Hamra, Beirut, Lebanon, when they passed by the Piccadilly Theater, an old deserted theater, or so they thought. They went in, and a man welcomed them and lead them to their seats. They watched a movie projection of an old Lebanese tr ... Show More
7m 28s
Dec 2021
FWD: "Andrée Acouri, the World’s First Arab Model” - Vogue Arabia [Community Presentation]
In this afikra FWD, Caroline Schaefer forwards Vogue Arabia's article on the first Arab supermodel the Lebanese Andrée Acouri. Caroline explains Acouri's career and her life today years after walking Dior, Channel runaways around the world.
Note: Caroline is not an expert on this ... Show More
10m 36s