afikra Mujalasa | مجالسة عفكرة

Helene Sader talked about the history of Phoenicia; the alphabet, culture, and important figures.Helene Sader has been a Professor of Archaeology at AUB since 2001. She received her PhD from the University of Tuebingen 1984. Sader specializes in the archaeology of the Levant, mainly the Iron Age, and in northwest Semitic epigraphy. She acts as co-director of the Beirut 020, Tell el-Burak and Tell Kubba projects.Created by Mikey Muhanna In Partnership with Heritage & RootsHosted by Charles Al Hayek Edited by: Ramzi RammanTheme music by: Firas Zreik; "Refractions" Performed Live on afikra Quartertones.About Mujalasa:Mujalasa is a platform for exchanging ideas, debating academia, and building intellectual curiosity for the purpose of enlightenment. An Arabic podcast series exploring the histories of the region, hosted by Charles Al Hayek from Heritage & Roots and powered by afikra. Following the interview, there is a moderated town-hall-style Q&A with questions coming from the live virtual audience ‎on Zoom.‎ Join the live audience: https://www.afikra.com/rsvp   FollowYoutube - Instagram (@afikra_) - Facebook - Twitter Support www.afikra.com/supportAbout afikra:‎afikra is a movement to convert passive interest in the Arab world to active intellectual curiosity. We aim to collectively reframe the dominant narrative of the region by exploring the histories and cultures of the region- past, present, and future - through conversations driven by curiosity. Read more about us on  afikra.com 

Tariq Tell talked about Middle Eastern geopolitics; war, geography, and political history of the region. Tariq Tell is a Jordanian scholar and activist. He is the author of "Guns, Gold, and Grain: War and Food Supply in the Making of Modern Jordan" and co-editor (with Eugene Rogan) of "Village, Steppe, and State: The Social Origins of Modern Jordan." His manuscript, entitled The Social and Economic Origins of Monarchy in Jordan, is due for release in January 2013Created by Mikey Muhanna In Partnership with Heritage & RootsHosted by Charles Al Hayek Edited by: Ramzi RammanTheme music by: Firas Zreik; "Refractions" Performed Live on afikra Quartertones.About Mujalasa:Mujalasa is a platform for exchanging ideas, debating academia, and building intellectual curiosity for the purpose of enlightenment. An Arabic podcast series exploring the histories of the region, hosted by Charles Al Hayek from Heritage & Roots and powered by afikra. Following the interview, there is a moderated town-hall-style Q&A with questions coming from the live virtual audience ‎on Zoom.‎ Join the live audience: https://www.afikra.com/rsvp   FollowYoutube - Instagram (@afikra_) - Facebook - Twitter Support www.afikra.com/supportAbout afikra:‎afikra is a movement to convert passive interest in the Arab world to active intellectual curiosity. We aim to collectively reframe the dominant narrative of the region by exploring the histories and cultures of the region- past, present, and future - through conversations driven by curiosity. Read more about us on  afikra.com 

Georges Corm talked about the concept of the Orient and its relation to Europe.تحدث جورج قرم عن مفهوم المشرق وعلاقته بالدول الأوروبية.Georges Corm is a Lebanese economist. He served as Minister of Finance in the government of Salim El Hoss from 1998 to 2000. He studied at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (1958-1961) where he graduated in Public Finance and has also a PhD from Paris University in Constitutional Law (1969). His books have been translated into several languages. In 2018, he was the recipient of the French Academy Prize for his book La Nouvelle Question d'Orient (The new Eastern Question) published in Paris in 2017 by Editions La Découverte. جورج قرم اقتصادي لبناني. عمل وزيرًا للمالية في حكومة الرئيس سليم الحص من 1998 حتى 2000. درس في معهد الدراسات السياسية في باريس حيث نال على شهادة في المالية العامة وفي جامعة باريس حبث نال على شهادة الدكتوراه في القانون الدستوري. تمت ترجمة كتبه إلى لغات عدة. في عام 2018، حاز على جائزة الأكاديمية الفرنسية.Hosted by Charles Al Hayek Edited by: Ramzi RammanTheme music by: Firas Zreik; "Refractions" Performed Live on afikra Quartertones.About Mujalasa:Mujalasa is a platform for exchanging ideas, debating academia, and building intellectual curiosity for the purpose of enlightenment. An Arabic podcast series exploring the histories of the region, hosted by Charles Al Hayek from Heritage & Roots and powered by afikra. Following the interview, there is a moderated town-hall-style Q&A with questions coming from the live virtual audience ‎on Zoom.‎ Join the live audience: https://www.afikra.com/rsvp   FollowYoutube - Instagram (@afikra_) - Facebook - Twitter Support www.afikra.com/supportAbout afikra:‎afikra is a movement to convert passive interest in the Arab world to active intellectual curiosity. We aim to collectively reframe the dominant narrative of the region by exploring the histories and cultures of the region- past, present, and future - through conversations driven by curiosity. Read more about us on  afikra.com 

In this Mujalasa interview, we talked to Eugene Rogan his research on modern middle eastern history. Rogan is the author of The Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East, 1914-1920 (2015) and The Arabs: A History (2009, 2018) which has been translated to 18 languages.في هذه المقابلة، تحدثنا مع يوجين روغان عن أبحاثه حول تاريخ الشرق الأوسط الحديث. روغان مؤلف "سقوط العثمانيين: الحرب الكبرى في الشرق الأوسط" و"العرب: تاريخ" الذي قد ترجم الى 18 لغة.Created & Hosted by Mikey Muhanna & Charles Al Hayek Edited by: Ramzi RammanTheme music by: Firas Zreik; "Refractions" Performed Live on afikra Quartertones.About Mujalasa:Mujalasa is a platform for exchanging ideas, debating academia, and building intellectual curiosity for the purpose of enlightenment. An Arabic podcast series exploring the histories of the region, hosted by Charles Al Hayek from Heritage & Roots and powered by afikra. Following the interview, there is a moderated town-hall-style Q&A with questions coming from the live virtual audience ‎on Zoom.‎ Join the live audience: https://www.afikra.com/rsvp   FollowYoutube - Instagram (@afikra_) - Facebook - Twitter Support www.afikra.com/supportAbout afikra:‎afikra is a movement to convert passive interest in the Arab world to active intellectual curiosity. We aim to collectively reframe the dominant narrative of the region by exploring the histories and cultures of the region- past, present, and future - through conversations driven by curiosity. Read more about us on  afikra.com 

In this interview, we talked to Charles Al Hayek about our new podcast series, Mujalasa, in collaboration with Heritage and Roots.في هذه المقابلة، تحدثنا مع شارل الحايك عن إطلاق بودكاست مجالسة الجديد بالتعاون مع تراث وجذور. Created & Hosted by Mikey Muhanna & Charles Al Hayek Edited by: Ramzi RammanTheme music by: Tarek Yamani https://www.instagram.com/tarek_yamani/About Mujalasa:Mujalasa is a platform for exchanging ideas, debating academia, and building intellectual curiosity for the purpose of enlightenment. An Arabic podcast series exploring the histories of the region, hosted by Charles Al Hayek from Heritage & Roots and powered by afikra. Following the interview, there is a moderated town-hall-style Q&A with questions coming from the live virtual audience ‎on Zoom.‎ Join the live audience: https://www.afikra.com/rsvp   FollowYoutube - Instagram (@afikra_) - Facebook - Twitter Support www.afikra.com/supportAbout afikra:‎afikra is a movement to convert passive interest in the Arab world to active intellectual curiosity. We aim to collectively reframe the dominant narrative of the region by exploring the histories and cultures of the region- past, present, and future - through conversations driven by curiosity. Read more about us on  afikra.com