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Middle East 2.0

Rebooting the Middle East, one episode at a time. Hosted by John Ghazvinian and "Brian the IT Guy". A production of the University of Pennsylvania Middle East Center.

Warning: This podcast has few episodes.

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Ranked #1

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Episode 5: Robots and Magic in the Medieval Middle East

Episode 5: Robots and Magic in the Medieval Middle East

Join us as Elly Truitt takes us into the weird and wonderful world of early Middle East tech -- from the world's first a... Read more

21 Apr 2022

31mins

Ranked #2

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Episode 4: The Arab Poetic Tradition

Episode 4: The Arab Poetic Tradition

Penn's leading scholar of Arabic literature, Huda Fakhreddine, shares her thoughts on poetry, translation, orientalism, ... Read more

15 Feb 2022

33mins

Ranked #3

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Episode 3: Meet Harun Küçük

Episode 3: Meet Harun Küçük

The Middle East Center's new director, Harun Küçük, joins us for a very special edition of the podcast.

28 Oct 2021

34mins

Ranked #4

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Episode 2: A Tale of Two Cities: Beirut-Dakar in the French Colonial Empire

Episode 2: A Tale of Two Cities: Beirut-Dakar in the French Colonial Empire

Penn Ph.D. candidate Dahlia El Zein explores the worlds of Senegalese soldiers and Syrian-Lebanese traders against the b... Read more

16 Sep 2021

46mins

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Ranked #5

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Episode 1: Muslims, Motorcycles, and Manuscripts

Episode 1: Muslims, Motorcycles, and Manuscripts

Penn’s own Professor Jamal Elias takes us on a wide-ranging journey through Islamic iconography, visual art, trucks and ... Read more

28 Jul 2021

35mins

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