Ranked #1
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
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31mins
Ranked #2
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
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33mins
Ranked #3
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
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34mins
Ranked #4
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
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46mins
Ranked #5
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
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35mins