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For more books on this era visit the GOAT of military history books Osprey Publishing - https://ospreypublishing.com Napoleon's cavalry should have crushed the British - but in Spain during the Peninsular war, a smaller British force kept humiliating them. Why? That's what we are exploring today. Sign up for my newsletter and get a free eBook: https://redcoathistory.com/newsletter/ Join my Patreon page:   / redcoathistory   - you will get early access to videos and extra content.

Modern Egyptian art was not simply an institutional byproduct of the 20th century, but rather a profound ontological shift in how the nature of the art object was fundamentally understood. Moving beyond traditional nationalist timelines, this transformation was deeply intertwined with the physical dismantling of historic Cairo, where stripped architectural fragments were repurposed into autonomous art objects for a new elite. Today, reclaiming these narratives serves as an urgent resistance against the regional erasure and invisibility often felt in the global cultural landscape.   00:00 Introduction: Defining the Autonomous Art Object 02:28 Challenging the "East Meets West" Trope 05:28 The Ontological Shift 10:20 The Nahda Influence 13:31 Memories of Gaza and the Weight of Regional Crisis 18:03 The Urgency of Representation and Invisibility 22:22 Huda Sha'arawi: Feminist Icon and Anti-Colonial Art Patron 25:32 Disrupting Colonial Markets 30:14 Mahmoud Mukhtar & Publicly Funded Neoperonism 34:02 The Rise of Surrealist Criticism 37:06 Connectivity Across Lebanon, Syria, and the Cairo Salon 41:44 The National Salon vs. the European Cairo Salon 46:13 Confronting Pseudomorphism 51:39 Scholarly Recommendations for Re-centering Arab Art History 54:03 The Art and Liberty Group's Interruption of Futurism 56:11 Marxism, Feminism, and the Social Unconscious   Clare Davies is an associate curator at the The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. She has contributed to a wide range of research, programming, and archival projects related to art and photography in the Middle East since serving as associate curator of the Townhouse Gallery in Cairo between 2004 and 2006. She completed her doctoral dissertation at New York University Institute of Fine Arts and was subsequently awarded the inaugural Irmgard Coninx Prize Fellowship at the Forum Transregionale Studien, Berlin. She is the coauthor of "Robert Morris: Object Sculpture, 1960–65" and has published regularly on contemporary art from the Arab world.   Connect with Clare Davies

En los últimos veinte años se ha perdido el 22 por ciento de las lagunas temporales que formaban parte del paisaje de nuestro país, según un trabajo coliderado por la estación Biológica de Doñana, del CSIC. Su importancia es fundamental como hábitat de muchas especies y recarga de acuíferos, entre otras muchas funciones ecológicas. En "Más cerca" (Radio 5) hemos hablado con Margarita Florencio, coautora de este estudio. Escuchar audio

En los últimos veinte años se ha perdido el 22 por ciento de las lagunas temporales que formaban parte del paisaje de nuestro país, según un trabajo coliderado por la estación Biológica de Doñana, del CSIC. Su importancia es fundamental como hábitat de muchas especies y recarga de acuíferos, entre otras muchas funciones ecológicas. En "Más cerca" (Radio 5) hemos hablado con Margarita Florencio, coautora de este estudio. Escuchar audio

Send me a messageChris Green is The History Chap; telling stories that brings the past to life.Flogging was the principle punishment in the British Army for nearly 200 years.Even the Duke of Wellington was a supporter.So how harsh was it? And, why (and when) did it end?Listen to my episode about the Officer Purchase System.Ways You Can Support My Channel:Become A PatronMake A DonationFor nearly 200 years, flogging was the disciplinary backbone of the British Army. From the passage of the Mutiny Act in 1689 to its abolition in 1881, corporal punishment shaped the experience of every soldier who wore the redcoat. The men who fought at Blenheim under Marlborough, who held the line at Waterloo under the Duke of Wellington, who endured the Peninsular and Crimean Wars, who fought in the American Revolutionary War — all were products of a system in which the lash was the primary instrument of military discipline.Fans of Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe's Rifles will know this world. Richard Sharpe was sentenced to 2,000 lashes; Sergeant Harper bore the scars of sixty he didn't deserve. Cornwell wasn't exaggerating. During the Napoleonic Wars, British Army courts martial routinely handed down sentences of 500 lashes — and a thousand was not unheard of. Offences ranged from desertion and mutiny to the breathtakingly trivial: being deficient of a razor earned 200 lashes; improper use of barrack bedding, 400.In this video, I trace the full story of flogging in the British Army. It begins with a legal rabbit hole — the Mutiny Act of 1689, passed after the Royal Scots mutinied at Ipswich and the government discovered it had no legal power to punish them. From there, I explore the brutal mechanics of the punishment itself: the cat o' nine tails, the regimental ceremony, the drummers and farriers who delivered the lashes, and the men who endured them.I cover the key turning points — the scandal of Private Frederick White's death at Hounslow in 1846, the Duke of Wellington's response as Commander-in-Chief, and the long parliamentary campaign that finally ended with abolition under the Childers Reforms of 1881. Despite Private Hook being warned in the film "Zulu" that stealing Dr Witt's brandy was a flogging offence, by the time of Rorke's Drift the practice was already dying. But the story doesn't end in 1881. Corporal punishment continued in military prisons until 1907, and the replacement — Field Punishment Number One, which soldiers called "crucifixion" — wasn't abolished until 1923.Support the show

En este nuevo programa de La Rueda del Misterio nos adentramos en enigmas cercanos, inquietantes y poco conocidos de nuestra geografía más próxima. Para ello contamos con la presencia del investigador burgalés Juanjo López, que nos guía por una serie de sucesos extraños, testimonios desconcertantes y hechos sin explicación clara vinculados al Ayuntamiento de Burgos, un edificio cargado de historia donde el pasado parece dejar huellas que aún hoy se perciben. Pero el misterio no se detiene ahí. Viajamos también hasta Valladolid para analizar los enigmas que rodean a un conocido museo, escenario de fenómenos anómalos, experiencias inexplicables y relatos que desafían la lógica. Psicofonías, presencias, sensaciones extrañas y episodios que han sido silenciados o minimizados salen a la luz en una conversación apasionante. Un programa donde la investigación rigurosa se mezcla con la historia, el testimonio directo y el misterio más cercano, demostrando que lo inexplicable no siempre ocurre en lugares lejanos… a veces está mucho más cerca de lo que imaginamos. laruedadelmisterio2010@gmail.com ®© La Rueda del Misterio

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The discussion covers the evolving role of debt as an instrument of empire, the emergence of sovereign wealth funds, and the ways financial instruments and flows of money subtly shape political realities and people's lives in the region. Professor Elyachar discusses her latest book "On the Semicivilized: Coloniality, Finance, and Embodied Sovereignty in Cairo" and how she challenges the notion that global finance originated solely in the West. The conversation delves into the history of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and their role in economic development, particularly in "pushing debt as a form of development". A Professor of Anthropology at Princeton University whose work examines the intersection of finance, political economy, and the Arab world, Elyachar also shares her family's history as sarrafs (bankers/brokers) in Ottoman Palestine, and how this tradition sparked her interest in finance and economics. She also explains the historical legal category of the "semicivilized," a term used in international law to describe the Ottoman Empire and other non-European powers who were recognized as legitimate sovereigns. 01:13 Introduction 03:31 A Family History of Finance in Ottoman Palestine06:52 Fieldwork in Cairo: Informal Economy and Debt10:15 The Problem of NGOs and "NGOification"15:53 Debt As an Instrument of Empire23:28 Defining "Semicivilized"37:57 The Central Question: Finance and Violence50:12 The Rise of Sovereign Wealth Funds56:11 Turning Debt Into Assets Julia Elyachar is an anthropologist, political economist, and award winning author. She was trained in anthropology, economics, history of political and economic thought, political economy, social theory, Middle Eastern Studies, and Arabic language. She is an associate professor of anthropology at Princeton University, and associate professor at the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies. She is a Faculty Researcher with the Dignity and Debt network and serves on the Executive Boards of the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, and the Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies. She has published the books "Markets of Dispossession: NGOs, Economic Development, and the State in Cairo" and "On the Semicivilized: Coloniality, Finance, and Embodied Sovereignty in Cairo" (2025).Connect with Julia Elyachar

Dr. Subha Dayal recently joined the New Books Network to discuss her new work Between Household and State: The Mughal Frontier and the Politics of Circulation in Peninsular India (U California Press, 2024). Her book makes a crucial intervention by moving beyond conventional dynastic narratives of the Mughal past to emphasize the role of elite household and family networks in peninsular India. Her approach defines the Mughal Frontier as a mobile entity. The empire was continuously remade and transformed through its interactions with ordinary itinerant subjects, such as scribes, soldiers, and labourers, who served under elite households and participated in imperial institutions like the army or bureaucracy. Dayal employs a bottom-up, granular portrait of this dynamism, returning to the tradition of social history to understand what the empire meant to ordinary people. The central organizational concept of the book is Ghar, defined as a continuum of relations that is neither restricted to sociological kin nor strictly bound to territory or space. While Ghar traditionally means "home" or "household," it also refers to a "slot or a single cell or receptacle," signifying an entity that functions as part of a larger unit. Dayal posits that the question of belonging can never be separated from the question of inequality. Belonging within the vertical hierarchy of a Ghar was inherently a form of privilege. The concept is fundamentally tied to the process of caste (jati) formation in pre-colonial India. Ghar was evoked by thousands of ordinary soldiers performing service (naukari) under a lord to signify affinity to a city, descent, or region. The internal politics of a Ghar often compelled household heads to forge alliances (sometimes across religious or kin divides) while simultaneously forcing them to enforce boundaries of status and caste to secure their grip over offices.  Dayal chose the term Mughal frontier over "borderlands" to highlight the politics of circulation across the peninsula. This frontier is defined as a complex set of processes through which social formations, personnel, and resources came to overlap and be shared across northern and southern India. Circulation itself is defined not as a unidirectional mobility (like invasion), but as the back-and-forth movement of pre-modern actors between sites, including courts, battlefields, and port cities. This constant exchange caused these sites to develop overlaps and codependencies. Focusing on circulation helps Dayal collapse the spatial boundaries between northern and southern India. The household both anchors this circulation and is, in turn, reconfigured by it, creating new forms of affinity, belonging, and social exclusion. Dayal's research bridges two distinct scholarly lines of inquiry: the Persian ecumene (which focuses on court and cultural history) and Indian Ocean studies (which often relies on European-language materials). She utilizes a massive documentary deposit of low-level Persian administrative materials from the moving Mughal frontier, reading them alongside vernacular narrative poems and the correspondence of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) along the coast. The VOC records, she notes, often use the term "huijshouden/huijsheid" to identify independent households and gauge their autonomy from imperial capitals. By working across these genres, Dayal affirms the radical equality of literary and non-literary sources for the study of pre-modern India. Dr. Dayal's next project involves writing the Islamic port city into global history. This comparative study of the bureaucratic and scribal cultures of three port cities—Bandar Abbas, Surat, and Masulipatnam—moves from the sea to the land. This work utilizes bilingual documents in Persian and Dutch to trace how indigenous templates and scribal cultures shaped the terrain on which transnational companies operated, creating a kind of prehistory of orientalism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Dr. Subha Dayal recently joined the New Books Network to discuss her new work Between Household and State: The Mughal Frontier and the Politics of Circulation in Peninsular India (U California Press, 2024). Her book makes a crucial intervention by moving beyond conventional dynastic narratives of the Mughal past to emphasize the role of elite household and family networks in peninsular India. Her approach defines the Mughal Frontier as a mobile entity. The empire was continuously remade and transformed through its interactions with ordinary itinerant subjects, such as scribes, soldiers, and labourers, who served under elite households and participated in imperial institutions like the army or bureaucracy. Dayal employs a bottom-up, granular portrait of this dynamism, returning to the tradition of social history to understand what the empire meant to ordinary people. The central organizational concept of the book is Ghar, defined as a continuum of relations that is neither restricted to sociological kin nor strictly bound to territory or space. While Ghar traditionally means "home" or "household," it also refers to a "slot or a single cell or receptacle," signifying an entity that functions as part of a larger unit. Dayal posits that the question of belonging can never be separated from the question of inequality. Belonging within the vertical hierarchy of a Ghar was inherently a form of privilege. The concept is fundamentally tied to the process of caste (jati) formation in pre-colonial India. Ghar was evoked by thousands of ordinary soldiers performing service (naukari) under a lord to signify affinity to a city, descent, or region. The internal politics of a Ghar often compelled household heads to forge alliances (sometimes across religious or kin divides) while simultaneously forcing them to enforce boundaries of status and caste to secure their grip over offices.  Dayal chose the term Mughal frontier over "borderlands" to highlight the politics of circulation across the peninsula. This frontier is defined as a complex set of processes through which social formations, personnel, and resources came to overlap and be shared across northern and southern India. Circulation itself is defined not as a unidirectional mobility (like invasion), but as the back-and-forth movement of pre-modern actors between sites, including courts, battlefields, and port cities. This constant exchange caused these sites to develop overlaps and codependencies. Focusing on circulation helps Dayal collapse the spatial boundaries between northern and southern India. The household both anchors this circulation and is, in turn, reconfigured by it, creating new forms of affinity, belonging, and social exclusion. Dayal's research bridges two distinct scholarly lines of inquiry: the Persian ecumene (which focuses on court and cultural history) and Indian Ocean studies (which often relies on European-language materials). She utilizes a massive documentary deposit of low-level Persian administrative materials from the moving Mughal frontier, reading them alongside vernacular narrative poems and the correspondence of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) along the coast. The VOC records, she notes, often use the term "huijshouden/huijsheid" to identify independent households and gauge their autonomy from imperial capitals. By working across these genres, Dayal affirms the radical equality of literary and non-literary sources for the study of pre-modern India. Dr. Dayal's next project involves writing the Islamic port city into global history. This comparative study of the bureaucratic and scribal cultures of three port cities—Bandar Abbas, Surat, and Masulipatnam—moves from the sea to the land. This work utilizes bilingual documents in Persian and Dutch to trace how indigenous templates and scribal cultures shaped the terrain on which transnational companies operated, creating a kind of prehistory of orientalism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Subha Dayal recently joined the New Books Network to discuss her new work Between Household and State: The Mughal Frontier and the Politics of Circulation in Peninsular India (U California Press, 2024). Her book makes a crucial intervention by moving beyond conventional dynastic narratives of the Mughal past to emphasize the role of elite household and family networks in peninsular India. Her approach defines the Mughal Frontier as a mobile entity. The empire was continuously remade and transformed through its interactions with ordinary itinerant subjects, such as scribes, soldiers, and labourers, who served under elite households and participated in imperial institutions like the army or bureaucracy. Dayal employs a bottom-up, granular portrait of this dynamism, returning to the tradition of social history to understand what the empire meant to ordinary people. The central organizational concept of the book is Ghar, defined as a continuum of relations that is neither restricted to sociological kin nor strictly bound to territory or space. While Ghar traditionally means "home" or "household," it also refers to a "slot or a single cell or receptacle," signifying an entity that functions as part of a larger unit. Dayal posits that the question of belonging can never be separated from the question of inequality. Belonging within the vertical hierarchy of a Ghar was inherently a form of privilege. The concept is fundamentally tied to the process of caste (jati) formation in pre-colonial India. Ghar was evoked by thousands of ordinary soldiers performing service (naukari) under a lord to signify affinity to a city, descent, or region. The internal politics of a Ghar often compelled household heads to forge alliances (sometimes across religious or kin divides) while simultaneously forcing them to enforce boundaries of status and caste to secure their grip over offices.  Dayal chose the term Mughal frontier over "borderlands" to highlight the politics of circulation across the peninsula. This frontier is defined as a complex set of processes through which social formations, personnel, and resources came to overlap and be shared across northern and southern India. Circulation itself is defined not as a unidirectional mobility (like invasion), but as the back-and-forth movement of pre-modern actors between sites, including courts, battlefields, and port cities. This constant exchange caused these sites to develop overlaps and codependencies. Focusing on circulation helps Dayal collapse the spatial boundaries between northern and southern India. The household both anchors this circulation and is, in turn, reconfigured by it, creating new forms of affinity, belonging, and social exclusion. Dayal's research bridges two distinct scholarly lines of inquiry: the Persian ecumene (which focuses on court and cultural history) and Indian Ocean studies (which often relies on European-language materials). She utilizes a massive documentary deposit of low-level Persian administrative materials from the moving Mughal frontier, reading them alongside vernacular narrative poems and the correspondence of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) along the coast. The VOC records, she notes, often use the term "huijshouden/huijsheid" to identify independent households and gauge their autonomy from imperial capitals. By working across these genres, Dayal affirms the radical equality of literary and non-literary sources for the study of pre-modern India. Dr. Dayal's next project involves writing the Islamic port city into global history. This comparative study of the bureaucratic and scribal cultures of three port cities—Bandar Abbas, Surat, and Masulipatnam—moves from the sea to the land. This work utilizes bilingual documents in Persian and Dutch to trace how indigenous templates and scribal cultures shaped the terrain on which transnational companies operated, creating a kind of prehistory of orientalism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/south-asian-studies

Federico comenta la última hora del temporal que azota al este peninsular y aborda el problema de la inmigración ilegal.

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Professor Yasir Suleiman-Malley speaks about the complexities of Arabic tracing his personal journey with the language, from early struggles with grammar to a deep appreciation for its richness. We explore the historical and pedagogical challenges of teaching Arabic, especially given its sacred status connected to the Quranic text and the socio-cultural resistance to modernizing its grammatical teaching methods. The conversation also delves into the dual nature of Arabic, the spoken and the written forms, their impact on education, everyday use, and the broader implications of Arabic as a cultural and identity-defining symbol in the Arab world.  00:00 Introduction 00:05 Professor Suleiman-Malley's Early Relationship with Arabic01:24 Challenges in Teaching Arabic Grammar05:34 Cultural and Historical Context of Arabic Pedagogy11:30 Arabic as a Symbol of Identity and Conflict15:43 The Health of the Arabic Language23:50 Decolonization and Language29:45 Reviving and Managing Languages38:26 The Role of Language in Identity39:19 Language as a Membership Card41:04 Diversity and Unity in the Arab World42:50 Cultural Arabness vs Racial Arabness45:39 Historical Perspectives on Arab Identity54:01 The Concept of Diglossia01:03:08 Challenges of Written vs Spoken Arabic01:07:11 The Future of Arabic Language and Identity01:13:30 Final Thoughts Professor Yasir Suleiman-Malley is Chair of the Panel of Judges, British-Kuwaiti Friendship Society Book Prize in Middle Eastern Studies. He serves as Trustee on the Boards of Arab-British Chamber Charitable Foundation, International Prize for Arab Fiction (in association with the Man-Booker Prize), Banipal Trust for Arab Literature and is trustee of the Gulf Research Centre-Cambridge. He is also Chair of the Advisory Board of the Centre for the Advanced Study of the Arab World, Chair of the Centre for the Study of the International Relations of the Middle East and North Africa (CIRMENA), Board Member of the Islamic Manuscript Association, Member of the Advisory Board of the Centre for Evaluation and Research in Muslim Education, Institute of Education, Member of the Advisory Board of The Doha Institute, Qatar and Member of the Advisory Board of Our Shared Future. He is a member of the editorial boards of a number of journals and book series. He is also Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, formerly Head of the Department of Middle Eastern Studies, and Founding Director of the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centre of Islamic Studies. Hosted by Mikey MuhannaConnect directly with Mikey Muhanna

Previously Editor-in-Chief for GQ Middle East and currently for Dazed MENA, Ahmed Swaid has had an extensive career in media. He joins us to talk about his multicultural upbringing, from the UK, Syria and Lebanon, to Sierra Leone, and explores how his diverse background helps shape his unique vantage points in the media landscape. We discuss the challenges and insights of working in different media settings, the importance of representing various voices in the region, and Swaid's personal journey in creative industries. With engaging anecdotes and thoughtful reflections, this episode dives into the intricacies of cultural perspectives, identity, and the evolving content game in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). 00:00 Introduction00:33 Swaid's Multicultural Background03:58 Early Influences and Pop Culture09:08 Career Beginnings and Media Journey12:02 Content Creation in Different Regions16:53 Challenges in Media and Storytelling24:11 Creativity in the Age of Chaos31:43 Exploring the Meaning of "Dazed" 32:26 Cultural Significance and Global Reach36:10 Casting and Featuring Diverse Talent39:00 Challenges and Strategies in Media Representation45:12 Pop Culture in the Arab World52:56 Rapid Fire QuestionsAhmad Swaid is the founding Editor-in-Chief of Dazed MENA and previously EIC of GQ Middle East. He has led content for Dazed, AnOther Magazine, and Nowness, championing underrepresented voices and regional talent. Raised across London, Beirut, Freetown, and Aleppo, he brings a global perspective to his work, focusing on authentic storytelling from the Middle East and North Africa. He co-founded Creatives for Lebanon to support artists after the 2020 Beirut explosion and mentors young designers through the QASIMI RISING Talent Incubator. Connect with Swaid

In this episode of The afikra Podcast, we're joined by renowned journalist Mona Chalabi who discusses her latest animated series "#1 Happy Family USA" with comedian Ramy Youssef, her unique data-driven and illustrated approach to journalism, and the use of humor as an effective communication tool. The conversation delves into Chalabi's upbringing, her views on authority and respect in journalism, the importance of lived experiences in storytelling, and the ethical complexities of representing marginalized voices. We also explore the challenges of the journalism industry, the impact of social media, and the significance of platforming diverse perspectives in media.00:00 Introduction 03:18 Childhood Interests and Ambitions04:53 No to Fan Culture 07:47 Data Journalism and Human Stories12:15 Challenges in Journalism and Representation16:39 Economic Crisis in Journalism21:27 Growing Up During the Iraq Invasion23:12 The Role of Journalists in Shaping Consent24:35 The Challenges and Resilience of Protest Movements26:41 The Importance of Local Reporting29:12 Journalistic Integrity and Future Reflections33:16 Balancing Activism and Media Consumption34:33 The Process of Creating and Revising Work39:23 The Debate on Platforming Opposing Views44:46 Final ThoughtsMona Chalabi's work has earned her a Pulitzer Prize, a fellowship at the British Science Association, and an Emmy nomination and recognition from the Royal Statistical Society. In recent years, her art has been exhibited at the Tate, the Brooklyn Museum, the Design Museum, and the House of Illustration. She studied international relations in Paris and Arabic in Jordan. Mona works beside windows, sometimes in her hometown of London but usually in Brooklyn where she is writing a book about the ways we talk about money. It has been optioned by A24 as a documentary series. She is also the executive producer and creative director of an upcoming animated TV show with Ramy Youssef, A24 and Amazon Studios. Her writing and illustrations have been featured in The New York Times, The New Yorker and The Guardian where she is currently the data editor. Her video, audio, and production work has been featured on Netflix, NPR, the BBC, and National Geographic.Connect with Chalabi

We talk to Mohammed Hafiz, the founder of ATHR Gallery and Foundation, about his journey in the art world, the evolution of Saudi contemporary art, and the founding of ATHR Gallery and the Saudi Art Council. Hafiz shares personal stories from his first experiences with art, the creation of ATHR, and the "Edge of Arabia" exhibition. He discusses the development of the Saudi art scene, its impact on the global stage, and the role of major initiatives like the Islamic Biennale and certain art weeks across the Middle East. Hafiz also provides insights into the challenges and opportunities within the art industry, highlighting the importance of being agile and responsive to dynamic cultural developments.00:00 Introducing Mohammed Hafiz and His Unique Approach to Art02:30 Hafiz's Early Encounters with Art05:19 The Birth of ATHR Gallery08:55 Challenges and Successes in the Art World17:42 The Evolution of the Saudi Art Scene21:30 The Role of Jeddah and the Saudi Art Council28:10 The Life of an Artist: Challenges and Realities32:29 The Struggles of Becoming a Full-Time Artist33:28 Contemporary Art Trends and Public Interest34:46 Building Saudi Arabia's Art Ecosystem37:39 Global Art Competitions and Collaborations41:14 Economic Impact of Creative Industries46:49 The Future Vision for Saudi Art57:19 Exploring Art in the Arab WorldMohammed Hafiz (b. 1975, Jeddah) is a prominent advocate for Saudi art, known for transforming the perception of contemporary Saudi art locally and internationally. He supported Edge of Arabia's touring exhibitions (2008–2014) and curated its first major Jeddah show in 2012. In 2009, he co-founded ATHR with Hamza Serafi—now one of the Kingdom's leading contemporary art spaces, with a strong educational mission. In 2014, he helped establish the Saudi Art Council and served as Vice Chairman, launching the annual 21,39 Jeddah Arts exhibitions (2014–2022), showcasing Saudi modern and contemporary art. Hafiz was CEO of Al Sawani Group (2005–2020) and currently sits on the boards of Madina Art Center, Misk Art Institute, and Dar Al Fikr Schools. Explore ATHR

Senior visiting research fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, Dr Shihab-Eldin joins us on The afikra Podcast to discuss his extensive career in nuclear and solar energy research, particularly his work in Kuwait on pioneering solar energy projects. We explore the challenges and potential of transitioning away from fossil fuels, the energy trilemma of affordability, security, and sustainability, and the role of decarbonization technologies. Dr Shihab-Eldin also reflects on the historical and future perspectives of energy supply and demand, the impact of carbon emissions, and the viability of nuclear power. We conclude with a discussion on climate change impacts in the Arab world and the necessity of international cooperation for future energy solutions.00:00 Introduction 01:12 Early Career and Solar Energy Initiatives04:10 Challenges and Opposition to Solar Energy05:37 Energy Reserves and Future Predictions09:19 The Energy Trilemma11:57 Environmental Impact and Efficiency23:40 Global Emissions and Climate Change29:51 Global Race and Industrialization31:04 Direct Air Capture Technology33:33 Scaling and Cost Challenges34:33 Political Will and Global Cooperation40:35 Renewable Energy and Solar Power43:59 Global Warming and Climate Change in the Arab World54:11 Nuclear Energy: Past, Present and Future59:24 Final ThoughtsAdnan Shihab-Eldin is a senior visiting research fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies and a board member of the Kearney Energy Transition Institute. A former research physicist at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, he has held academic and visiting positions at institutions such as Kuwait University, UC Berkeley, Harvard, and CERN. He previously served as director general and board member of the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences, and held senior roles at organizations including the IAEA, UNESCO, and OPEC. A long-standing member of the World Federation of Scientists' Energy Permanent Monitoring Panel, he also co-chairs its Management of Catastrophic Risks panel. Shihab-Eldin has received numerous honors, including the IAEE's 2023 award for Outstanding Contributions, the 2022 Spirit of Salam Award, and UC Berkeley's 2017 Elise and Walter A. Haas International Award.Hosted by:Mikey Muhanna

Christchurch Mayor Phil Mauger speaks with Lisa Owen after a state of emergency was declared in the city.

The author of "Blood and Faith: The Purging of Muslim Spain, 1492 to 1614," delves into the complex history of Muslim Spain, starting from the arrival of Muslims in Spain in 711 under a North African general, the formation of al-Andalus, and its eventual decline. Matthew Carr explains how the Spanish Christians perceived the conquest of Granada in 1492 as a divine and final victory, leading to the expulsion of Jews and Muslims. The discussion highlights the forced conversions, the life of the Moriscos (converted Muslims) under Christian rule, and the extreme measures taken by the Spanish Inquisition to ensure religious uniformity. Carr also reflects on the modern parallels of ethnic cleansing in Palestine and societal intolerance, linking historical events to contemporary issues.00:00 Introduction: The Concept of Blood and Faith01:10 Historical Context: Muslim Arrival in Spain02:24 The Fall of Granada and Its Aftermath03:37 Carr's Inspiration for Writing the Book03:59 The Moriscos: A Forgotten History05:20 The Expulsion of the Moriscos from Spain18:49 The Concept of Purity of Blood22:54 The Fall of Granada: A Religious and Political Triumph31:07 The Aftermath of 1492: Forced Conversions and Rebellions34:15 Forced Conversions in Spain34:50 Muslim Workers in Valencia37:48 Christian Intolerance and Inquisition40:38 Cultural Resistance and Rebellion45:27 The Expulsion of the Moriscos54:32 Historical Reflections and Modern ParallelsMatthew Carr is a writer, journalist, and author of several books of nonfiction, including Blood and Faith :The Purging of Muslim Spain. He has written for a variety of publications, including The New York Times, The Observer, The Guardian and others.Hosted by:Mikey Muhanna

In this episode of The afikra Podcast, Professor Natalie Koch – the author of "Arid Empire: The Entangled Fates of Arizona and Arabia" – helps us dive into the unexpected connections between the deserts of Arizona and the Arabian Peninsula, beginning with the story of Hi Jolly and the camel experiments of the mid-19th century. The discussion explores how these arid spaces serve as political and imperial tools, the role of white experts in influencing desert landscapes, and the intricate history of agricultural projects that link these seemingly distant regions. Chapters include the origins of Koch's interest in the subject, detailed histories of desert colonization, and the broader implications of these transnational connections.00:00 Introduction to Desert Politics01:20 The Unlikely Connection: Arizona and Saudi Arabia02:53 The Story of Hi Jolly and the Camel Experiment11:40 Geography and Its Modern Implications14:45 The Political Significance of Deserts18:38 Colonial and Imperial Narratives22:14 The Role of White Experts in the Arabian Peninsula24:17 Arizona's Colonial History27:46 The Influence of Old World Desert Knowledge30:49 Recruiting White Settlers to Arizona31:41 The Role of Railroads and Pamphlets32:56 Western Mythology and Camels in Films34:41 California's Date Industry and Arabian Influence36:43 The Short-Lived Camel Experiment37:40 Global Connections of Deserts43:42 Transnational Agricultural Projects51:23 Controversies and Misappropriations52:50 Recommended Readings and ResourcesNatalie Koch is a political geographer working on the topics of geopolitics, nationalism, energy and environmental politics, science and technology studies, and sports geography. Empirically, her research focuses on the Arabian Peninsula, where she studies the many transnational ties that bind the Gulf countries, actors, and ideas to other parts of the world. She has published extensively in journals such as Political Geography, Geopolitics, and Society and Natural Resources, and she is the author of "Arid Empire: The Entangled Fates of Arizona and Arabia," "The geopolitics of spectacle: Space, synecdoche, and the new capitals of Asia" (Cornell University Press, 2018), and co-editor of the Handbook on the changing geographies of the state: New spaces of geopolitics (Edward Elgar 2020). She is currently a professor at Syracuse University in the Department of Geography and the Environment, Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs.Find Koch's books

El Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación (MAPA) ha cambiado la estrategia de lucha frente a la lengua azul que incluye, como principal medida, la adopción de la vacunación voluntaria en el territorio peninsular contra esta enfermedad que afecta al ganado ovino, bovino y caprino.Esta decisión se debe a la circulación simultánea de cuatro serotipos diferentes por primera vez en España (serotipos 1, 3, 4 y 8), unido a una situación climática excepcional que ha supuesto una mayor actividad vectorial y, por tanto, una distribución de los serotipos en amplias zonas del territorio peninsular.El Ministerio de Agricultura, en colaboración con la Agencia de Información y Control Alimentario (AICA) acaba de dar a conocer los datos provisionales del mes de febrero en los que refleja que nuestro país se aproxima a una producción de 1,45 millones de toneladas de aceite de oliva para esta campaña 2024/25.El Ministerio de Agricultura ha excluido a las provincias de Zaragoza y Teruel del paquete de ayudas directas para paliar los efectos derivados de la sequía en la producción del año 2024 de los frutos de cascara. Por ello ASAJA Aragón muestra su disconformidad y reclamará al MAPA la inclusión de estas comarcas aragonesas en el Real Decreto que ahora está en periodo de alegaciones.

This is episode 201. The sounds you're hearing are those of roadworks, because South Africa is upgrading. Quickly. The arrival of governor sir George Grey in 1854 heralded a new epoch. Previous governors had been Peninsular war Veterans, they'd fought against Napoleon. This one was the first who was the child of a veteran of the war against Napoleon, and a person who was schooled in liberal humanism. He was also a Victorian, steeped in the consciousness of evolution, principled and simultaneously, flaunting truth. A fibber who was in a delirium of post-renaissance spirituality, combining dialect and salvation. You heard about George Grey's time in New Zealand last episode, and here he was, the new Cape Governor. So without further ado, let's dive into episode 201. He was free from prejudice against black and coloured people, and all indigenes as such, firmly believing from his own insight into the Polynesians cultures, the Maori, that there was nothing to distinguish them in aptitude and intelligence from anyone else in mankind. The same applied to Aborigines and black South Africans he believed. At the same time, Grey wanted indigenous people to wean themselves from what he called barbarism and heathenism. By suppressing tribal laws and customs, and incorporating indigenes into the economic system through labour and industry. During his short stint in Australia, he had set the Aborigines to work building roads, and those who worked hardest, earned the most. At the same time, he ruthlessly suppressed any sort of push back from the Aborigines, then the Maoris, and now he brought this brand of colonialism to South Africa. Dangling the carrot of labour, then applying the stick of punishment. The Cape colony was his laboratory in the Victorian age of discovery. An intellectual exercise. There was quite a bit in it for him of course. An ideologue and highly learned, he had written the New Zealand articles of Representative Government, an act that led to him being knighted. Sir George. Utopia beckons those who are imbued with internal fire — it's only now and then that history provides a crack into which people with this sort of vision can plunge. A man or woman appears at a particular point in time, restructuring entire territories and societies by dint of their character, and their timing, their epoch. During this time, a powerful figure with a vision for change could restructure an entire land before his minders back in England could do anything about it. Correspondence with the antipodes, New Zealand and Australia, took nearly a year for an exchange of letters to take place. Six months one way, six months return. In the meantime, an industrious social engineer could get very busy indeed. South Africa was closer to the centres of power, the new steam driven ships could do the return journey in four months, but that was more than a financial quarter in modern jargon. A person with initiative could launch quite a few initiatives before the folks back in London put a stop to their initiating. The biggest problem at this moment for Grey was not the amaXhosa or AmaZulu or Basotho, nor the Khoe, or the Boers. IT was the British colonial office. They were in the throes of recession not expansion. Retrenchment and withdrawal. Grey pondered the solution. Five thousand white European immigrants should be brought in he wrote, the occupy British Kaffraria. There was a certain problem, and that was the amaNqika Xhosa lived there at a pretty squashed density of 83 people per square mile. To give you an idea of how squashed this was, the Cape colony population density of 1854 was 1.15 per square mile at the same time. The second conundrum was accessing cash to construct all these new schools and public buildings. Grey sent a letter to the Colonial office outlining his needs — this new plan would require 45 000 pounds a year.

Nous sommes le 6 décembre 1901, à Marseille. Arrivé de son Ardenne natale, un jeune homme de vingt-six ans, le regard franc, la moustache avenante, Lambert Molitor, s'apprête à embarquer sur le bateau vapeur Himalaya II de la « Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Cy ». Direction le golfe persique et la Perse. Lambert a encore le temps d'écrire quelques cartes postales et de distribuer ses derniers sous belges et français à des musiciens et à des acrobates de rues. Un mois plus tard, le 6 janvier 1902, notre intrépide ardennais arrive à Bouchir, l'un des ports les plus importants de la région. Officier de douanes, Lambert Molitor est l'un des deux cents belges choisis, au début du dix-neuvième siècle, pour travailler à la réorganisation du système douanier et de l'administration des Postes et des Finances persanes. L'aventure, qui l'amènera à lutter contre la contrebande, les affrontements armés, les tensions nationalistes et aussi contre les épidémies et la famine, va durer plus de vingt-cinq ans… Invité : Marc Molitor, journaliste. « De la Perse à l'Iran, l'aventure des Molitor » aux éditions Elytis. Merci pour votre écoute Un Jour dans l'Histoire, c'est également en direct tous les jours de la semaine de 13h15 à 14h30 sur www.rtbf.be/lapremiere Retrouvez tous les épisodes d'Un Jour dans l'Histoire sur notre plateforme Auvio.be :https://auvio.rtbf.be/emission/5936 Intéressés par l'histoire ? Vous pourriez également aimer nos autres podcasts : L'Histoire Continue: https://audmns.com/kSbpELwL'heure H : https://audmns.com/YagLLiKEt sa version à écouter en famille : La Mini Heure H https://audmns.com/YagLLiKAinsi que nos séries historiques :Chili, le Pays de mes Histoires : https://audmns.com/XHbnevhD-Day : https://audmns.com/JWRdPYIJoséphine Baker : https://audmns.com/wCfhoEwLa folle histoire de l'aviation : https://audmns.com/xAWjyWCLes Jeux Olympiques, l'étonnant miroir de notre Histoire : https://audmns.com/ZEIihzZMarguerite, la Voix d'une Résistante : https://audmns.com/zFDehnENapoléon, le crépuscule de l'Aigle : https://audmns.com/DcdnIUnUn Jour dans le Sport : https://audmns.com/xXlkHMHSous le sable des Pyramides : https://audmns.com/rXfVppvN'oubliez pas de vous y abonner pour ne rien manquer.Et si vous avez apprécié ce podcast, n'hésitez pas à nous donner des étoiles ou des commentaires, cela nous aide à le faire connaître plus largement.

¡Vótame en los Premios iVoox 2024! Después de tres semanas sin Fórmula 1 y dos sin Rallies, este fin de semana tendremos automovilismo hasta que nos cansemos. Y si no podemos esperar el fin de semana, tenemos un par de programas del Podcast Técnica Fórmula 1 hablándonos de estas dos pruebas. Sprint en el Circuito de las Américas. La carrera que da comienzo al triplete americano es el Gran Premio de Estados Unidos, en Austin. El COTA ha sido parcialmente reasfaltado y ahora tiene dos rectas más largas donde se puede usar el DRS, y na zona de gravilla falsa para asegurarse de que los pilotos respetan los límites de pista. Algo que también se ha probado en Zandvoort. Estos cambios harán que la única sesión de entrenamientos libres, el viernes, - recordemos que este fin de semana tiene carrera Sprint - sea especialmente importante. Y, como el Gran Premio tiene diferente formato al habitual y se celebra en América, tenemos que estar atentos a los horarios para no perdernos nada. El viernes tendremos la única sesión de libres a las 19:30h (horario de España Peninsular). También el viernes tendremos la Clasificación de la Sprint, a las 23:30h. El sábado tendremos la Carrera Sprint a las 20:00 y, ya metidos en el domingo, tendremos la Clasificación a las 0:00h. El domingo la Carrera dará comienzo a las 21:00h. Toyota en Haas. Aunque sea fin de semana de Gran Premio hay noticias que merecen ser comentadas. Eso es lo que pasa con la noticia que saltaba esta semana del acuerdo de Toyota con Haas para la Fórmula 1, que se comenta en este segundo episodio de la semana. Rally de Europa Central. Y la otra prueba del fin de semana, esta vez en horario europeo, es el Rally de Europa Central. ¿Saldrá Neuville con su primer Campeonato de esta prueba? Lo que está claro es que Toyota va a trabajar a fondo para no perder, también, el Campeonato de equipos. Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

Do you love military history? Then this is the podcast for you. The Forlorn Hope. Brave lads who volunteered for near-suicidal missions, such as first into the breach of a siege. Their name is mainly synonymous with the Napoleonic Wars. But what is the history of the Forlorn Hope?  Who were they?  How did armies find enough volunteers for such suicidal missions? James Mace co-wrote this episode and he writes fantastic fiction books that can be found here - https://amzn.to/4cJZ8be and here - https://www.amazon.com/stores/James-Mace/author/B002BMES4O? If you are interested in the Zulu War, then please sign up for my mailing list to receive my free book on the subject: https://redcoathistory.com/newsletter/ Further Reading: Peter Snow - To War with Wellington - https://amzn.to/3yT8aF4 Richard Holmes - Redcoat - https://amzn.to/4e7g8Jr Private Wheeler - Letters from the Peninsular - https://amzn.to/3z3qFqg  

In this episode, produced in collaboration with the Qatar Foundation, Marc Owen Jones — Associate Professor of Media Analytics at Northwestern University Qatar — talks to us about this age of disinformation and how it manifests in the context of the Middle East. We discuss regulating social media platforms and try to understand what exactly disinformation is and where it came from. Touching on significant socio-political events such as the Arab uprisings of 2011, Professor Owen Jones reflects on the unique role that social media plays in the region. Referencing the dangers posed by monopolized social media platforms and data colonialism, we also talk about how the news industry is changing and what this means for historical records. Finally, the conversation moves to young people today and how they grapple with Ai, disinformation, false and new narratives, and orientalist perceptions of the Arab world.Marc Owen Jones is Associate Professor of Media Analytics at Northwestern University Qatar. He is the author of Digital Authoritarianism in the Middle East: Deception, Disinformation and Social Media.Connect with Marc

Tracy Chahwan's bold and vibrant posters have become a common fixture of Beirut's walls, and her colorful illustrations are known and loved by people across the Arab world and beyond. For this episode of the afikra podcast, she joined us in our Beirut-studio to reminisce on the early days of her career, and discuss key influences and what it means to remain authentic as an artist. Referencing her work for Beirut Groove Collective, Samandal, the Nib and ultimately publishing her own comic novel "Beirut Bloody Beirut", Tracy maps how her style has evolved over time. She talks about the difference between commissioned and personal work, what it takes to brand and market yourself as an artist, and how her relationship with Beirut has shifted and changed over the years. 0:00 Introduction & Relationship to Beirut 1:29 Does Beirut Need to Get Its S*** Together? 5:12 Starting Out & Key Inspirations9:12 Self-Censorship & Comic Journalism14:54 Guantanamo & Current Projects 18:36 How the Comics Landscape Has Changed 24:56 Personal vs Commissioned Work 33:10 Emerging Talent & Illustrators From the Arab World36:40 Beirut Bloody Beirut & How the City Has Changed 42:04 Resource Recommendations 44:38 The World of Comics Tracy Chahwan is a cartoonist and illustrator from Lebanon. She started her career in Beirut, producing street art and posters for local independent music venues like the Beirut Groove Collective, and working with the Samandal and Zeez comics collective publishing experimental comics and anthologies. In 2018, she published her first graphic novel "Beirut Bloody Beirut", a story of two girls lost in the Beiruti night. After the Lebanese revolution in October 2019, she turned to journalistic comics, contributing to books such as "Guantanamo Voices" and "Where to Marie? Stories of Feminisms in Lebanon".Connect with Tracy

This episode was recorded on June 7th 2024.Idriss Jebari is a lecturer in Middle East Studies at Trinity College Dublin. He is a historian of Arab thought and his upcoming book will address North African cultural and social history after its independence's from France, on the radical sixties and seventies, on collective memory in the Arab world. After completing his doctorate the history of production of critical thought in Morocco and Tunisia at the University of Oxford, he held a postdoctoral research fellowship at the American University of Beirut (Lebanon), and at Bowdoin College in Maine (USA).Connect with Idriss

Aunque a todos nos agradan los descansos y las vacaciones, lo cierto es que este año la Fórmula 1 nos tiene tan enganchados por su alto nivel de competitividad que se nos va a hacer muy largo el mes de agosto, sin carreras. Eso sí, se va de vacaciones por todo lo alto, tras el GP de Bélgica, una de las más deseadas del año, en Spa-Francorchamps. Todo lo necesario para prepararnos, además de la crónica del fabuloso Rally de Letonia y de la increíble carrera de la Indycar en Toronto, en el segundo episodio de la semana del Podcast Técnica Fórmula 1. De Budapest a Spa, un gran cambio. Spa-Francochamps es uno de los circuitos favoritos de los aficionados y de los más bonitos del mundo, donde se han vivido algunos de los mejores momentos de la historia de la Fórmula 1. Además, este año el trazado se ha renovado. Aún así, y dado que ya lo conocen de las 24Horas de Spa, Pirelli ha decidido montar el mismo tipo de compuestos que en años anteriores, la agama media (C2, C3 y C4). Lo que está claro es que la razón de que esta sea una de las carreras estrella de la temporada es la configuración del circuito, que hace que algunos equipos sean muy fuertes en los sectores 1 y 3 y más lentos en el segundo sector. Y otra razón es la meteorología… y a esos cambios estamos ya muy acostumbrados. De todos estos factores nos hablarán en este segundo programa de la semana del Podcast Técnica Fórmula 1. Y, además, nos contarán los horarios: sesiones de libres el viernes a las 13:30h y a las 17:00h. Sesión de libres el sábado a las 12:30h y clasificación a las 16:00h. E inicio de carrera el domingo (que sabemos que será impresionante, tal y como está el Campeonato) a las 15:00h; siempre hablando de horario de la España Peninsular. Indycar: espectáculo en Toronto. Para ser una carrera con un solo piloto liderando 81 de las 85 vueltas y ganando desde la pole mientras su compañero de equipo ayudaba a conseguir un 1-2 para su organización, la carrera de la Indycar en Toronto de este pasado fin de semana fue un espectáculo impresionante. A resaltar, el dominio de Colton Herta. Y el vuelo de Santino Ferrucci, que salió ileso y tranquilo del coche una vez que los comisarios lograron ponerlo de nuevo sobre las cuatro ruedas (había acabado cabeza abajo, colgado). Y, como no, también hay que hablar de Palou y de su impresionante trabajo, partiendo 18º y terminando 4º. Sólo tuvo que esperar a que los rivales se fueran descartando en los muros de la ciudad canadiense, hizo una gran estrategia de undercut a muchos, condujo con cabeza y ahora sale más reforzado en el Campeonato, tan líder como antes Ohio. Qué pilotazo y qué inteligencia. A falta tan sólo de 5 carreras en el calendario, tiene una ventaja de 48 puntos sobre el segundo clasificado (Will Power), casi una carrera completa. Rally de Letonia: monumental victoria de Rovanperä. Tremendo Rally de Letonia, precioso, con una monumental victoria de Kalle Rovanpera, aprovechando, claro, la limpieza de pista hecha por otros pero, aún así, otra pedazo de actuación del finlandés. Sin embargo, lo mejor de todo fue ver al piloto local, Martin Sesks, con un Rally 1 ya con parte híbrida ganando tramos. Incluso habría firmado el podio, que perdieron en el último tramo por un problema mecánico, en el diferencial del Puma. Impresionante actuación que mereció mucho más. Y esto merece mucha reflexión sobre el problema del WRC con las nuevas generaciones de pilotos, cuyo talento se está desperdiciando. Si hablamos de clasificaciones: Neuville y Tänak, con Hyundai, son los primeros en el Mundial, con Elfyn Evans en tercera posición. Hyundai, aunque sólo por un punto, es líder en el Campeonato de Constructores. Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

Venetia Porter is an Honorary Research Fellow at the British Museum. Formerly Curator of Islamic and Contemporary Middle Eastern Art at the British Museum, her published titles include "Reflections: Contemporary Art of the Middle East and North Africa", "The Islamic World: A History in Objects", "Hajj: Journey to the Heart of Islam" and "Word Into Art: Artists of the Modern Middle East". Her mother, Thea Porter, known as the queen of 1960s Bohemian Chic, fused a love for Central Asian textiles with her personal experiences in Beirut working between Fashion & Interior Design. Her illustrious tapestry kaftans, Iraqi "Samawa" carpet coats, and antique chiffons saturated the pages of the era's British Vogue. During the key decades of British boho-revival, beloved Porter designs were worn by the likes of Anita Pallenberg, Faye Dunaway, Lauren Hutton, the Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd.Connect with Venetia 

This episode of the afikra podcast was recorded on April 10th at 1pm Palestine TimeLorenzo Kamel teaches Global History and History of the Middle East and North Africa at the University of Turin. He has held teaching and research positions at Harvard University, the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, ‘Ain Shams University in Cairo, and a number of other universities in Europe and the Middle East. His most recent books are 'History Below the Global' (Routledge 2024) and 'The Middle from Empire to Sealed Identities' (Edinburgh UP 2020).Connect with Lorenzo

A special thanks to today's sponsor - Osprey Publishing - The destination for military history books. Here is the link to their website - https://bit.ly/redcoatosprey Britain and Portugal...It's the longest continuing alliance in global history… and Winston Churchill said it was an alliance “without parallel in world history”. In today's Podcast we will explore some forgotten conflicts like that of 1762 . . .then we'll take a look at how the two armies fought side by side in the Peninsular war and take a deep look at the Battle of Bussacco - the battle that forged the Portuguese army. We'll then examine the role of the "Pork and beans" as they were known on the western front in the First World War. It's fascinating stuff. Stay tuned till the end to find out how The Portuguese also played a part in Britain's Falklands campaign in 1982. If you are interested in the Zulu War, then please sign up for my mailing list to receive my free book on the subject: https://redcoathistory.com/newsletter/ If you are very generous, you can also buy me a coffee and help support the channel via https://ko-fi.com/redcoathistory or sign up for my Patreon page via www.patreon.com/redcoathistory   

This episode was recorded on May 3rd 2024.Maysa Jalbout is a global education advocate, philanthropyexecutive and impact advisor. She is an industry veteran and led the establishment of Al Ghurair Foundation, the Queen Rania Foundation and many other private and corporate foundations. A recognized leader in international development and philanthropy, Maysa has over 25 years of experience in building effective organizations, initiatives and innovative partnerships in Canada, the Middle East, and other territories.Connect with Maysa

Brahim El Guabli is the Chair and Associate Professor of Arabic Studies. He is interested in topics of Maghrebi and Middle Eastern literature, including trauma and memory, Saharan imaginations, Jews in Arabic literature and film, transitional justice processes, translation, current events, Marxist Leninist Movements, Afro-Arab solidarities, and decolonization movements. He is the co-founder and co-editor of Tamazgha Studies Journal.Connect with Brahim

Atef Said is an associate professor at the University of Illinois Chicago, and a sociologist who's passionate about politics, revolutions and social change. His scholarship engages with the fields of sociological theory, political sociology, historical sociology, sociology of the Middle East, and global sociology. His book "Revolution Squared: Tahrir, Political Possibilities & Counterrevolution in Egypt" examines the 2011 Egyptian Revolution to trace the expansive range of liberatory possibilities and containment at the heart of every revolution.Connect with Atef

Roberto Fabbri is an architect, researcher, and associate professor at Zayed University, College of Arts and Creative Enterprises (UAE). His research interest engages with the notion of narrative spaces, reading the role of heritage and architecture in the definition of processes such as modernization, identity-making, knowledge exchange and establishment of traditions. With an emphasis on the Middle East and the Gulf, Roberto's research embraces 20th-century architecture and its potential reuse as well as cultural spaces (museums and exhibitions) in the Global South. He co-authored the double-volume “Modern Architecture Kuwait 1949 - 1989” with Sara Saragoça Soares and Ricardo Camacho.Connect with Roberto

Michael Christopher Low received his PhD from Columbia University in 2015. He is the director of the University of Utah's Middle East Center and his primary research and teaching interests include the Ottoman Empire, the Arabian Peninsula, the Indian Ocean world, and environmental history. He is the author of Imperial Mecca: Ottoman Arabia and the Indian Ocean Hajj (Columbia University Press, 2020) which in 2021 won the Middle East Studies Association's Albert Hourani Book Award.Connect with Michael

This episode was recorded on March 27th, 2024.Zahra Hankir is a Lebanese-British journalist, editor and author. She was awarded a Jack R. Howard Fellowship to attend the Columbia Journalism School and holds degrees in politics and Middle Eastern studies. Her first book "Our Women on the Ground" was a bestseller and won the Susan Koppelman award for best anthology in feminist studies. This second book "Eyeliner: A Cultural History" was a New York Times Book Review Editors' pick and had starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Library Journal.Connect with Zahra

M'hamed Oualdi is full professor of history at Sciences Po-Paris. He is a historian of Early Modern and Modern North Africa trained in Arabic at Inalco-Paris and in history at the Sorbonne University (Paris 1-Panthéon Sorbonne) from which he obtained his PhD in 2008. Prior to joining the faculty at Sciences Po, he was associate professor at Princeton University (2013-2019) and maître de conferences at Inalco-Paris (2010-2013). His research has centered on two main topics: slavery and its social impacts on Ottoman Tunisia and the many effects of transitioning from the Ottoman rule to a French colonial domination in North African societies.Connect with M'hamed

In this episode of the afikra podcast, we tackle the alternative histories of Beirut, planning cities that put communities first, and rethinking public spaces. Mona Fawaz — co-founder of Beirut Urban Lab and professor of Urban Studies and Planning at the American University of Beirut (AUB) — tells us about her research into Lebanon's temporary settlements, unearthing alternative histories of Beirut, and why the city still goes by its masterplan from the 50s which puts cars first. She explains the intricacies of urban studies, what "planning" as a profession actually means, and why she considers Beirut to be a "hijacked city". Finally, Mona tells us about the fascinating work and research that Beirut Urban Lab is doing and the visions she has for the future of this city.Mona Fawaz is a Professor in Urban Studies and Planning at the American University of Beirut (AUB). She is also the co-founder of the Beirut Urban Lab at AUB, and serves as the director of the Social Justice and the City research program at the Issam Fares Institute of Public Policy (also at AUB). Mona was a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Studies at Harvard University during the 2014/15 academic year and in Summer 2017.Connect with Mona

This afikra podcast episode with Hamed Bukhamseen and Ali Ismail Karimi of Civil Architecture delves into the architectural, geographic, cultural, and historic fabric of "the Gulf". We ask what and where is the Gulf? Is it a concrete geography or an abstract entity? Ali and Hamed reflect on what it means to be of and from this region and how this has evolved over time.Through an economic and political lens, they talk about the branding of the Gulf, the intellectual project behind it, and the impact of neoliberal policies on its present and future. Finally, we ask them both to compare and contrast their home cities of Kuwait (for Hamed) and Bahrain (for Ali) — and explain why some people consider highways to be public spaces.Civil Architecture is a cultural practice pre-occupied with the making of buildings and books about them. Civil's work asks what it means to produce architecture in a decidedly un-civil time, presenting a new civic character for a global condition. Since its founding by Hamed Bukhamseen and Ali Ismail Karimi, the practice has attracted a strong following for its provocative works and its offer of an alternate future for a nascent Middle East.Connect with Civil Architecture

Rajat Malhotra — partner at Sole DXB: Dubai's annual footwear, music, art and lifestyle festival — comes on the afikra podcast to talk about bringing street culture to his home city. He shares what it was like starting the festival alongside his co-founders, reflects on his favorite acts from over the years, and what it's really like to curate an event of this scale. Rajat also reflects on Dubai's unique nature as a city that people of mixed heritage can easily make home, what Saudi Arabia's immense cultural investment might mean for Dubai's cultural eco-system, and whether political hip-hop can thrive in the Gulf.Rajat Malhotra is a partner of Sole DXB alongside Hussain Moloohbhoy and Joshua Cox.Connect with Rajat

Renowned professor of ethics, law and political thought and leading scholar of Islamic Legal Studies, Dr Wael Hallaq, joins us on this episode of the afikra podcast to discuss Sharia law, the modern state, Legal Orientalism, and the idea of a "stateless" yet still orderly world.Dr Hallaq deals with reductionist understandings of Sharia law, critiques modernism and the modern state, and breaks down the successes and shortcomings of Edward Said's Orientalism. We discuss the concept of Legal Orientalism, delve into the advanced complexities of Sharia law, and talk about his book "The Impossible State: Islam, Politics, and Modernity's Moral Predicament". Finally, Dr Hallaq talks passionately about what he calls the "bankrupt realities" we're facing in the modern era and calls the very states and systems that make up our world into question.Wael B. Hallaq is the Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University, where he has been teaching ethics, law, and political thought since 2009. He is considered a leading scholar of Islamic Legal Studies and Islamic Law. He has written several books including "The Impossible State: Islam, Politics, and Modernity's Moral Predicament" and "Restating Orientalism: A Critique of Modern Knowledge".Connect with Wael

Maysoon Zayid, Palestinian comedian, actress, graphic novel author and co-creator of the NY Arab-American Comedy Festival, joins us on the afikra podcast to talk all things comedy, Palestine, Arab-America, and advocating for the disabled community.Maysoon talks about how she grew up to be the confident, unapologetic, publicly Palestinian comedian we know and love today. She gives us an insight into the world of comedy: from testing new material, getting bored of making fun of Donald Trump, and being vilified as an Arab comedian in the United States. Finally, she tells us about her upcoming graphic novel "Shiny Misfits".Maysoon Zayid is a Palestinian comedian, actress, writer and disability advocate who was born and raised in New Jersey. She is the co-founder and co-executive producer of the New York Arab American Comedy Festival and The Muslim Funny Fest.Connect with Maysoon

The first of three live Design Doha podcast recordings features an interview with the Biennial's deputy director Fahad Al Obaidly. He takes us behind the scenes of Design Doha, breaks down what "Celebrating Regional Design Excellence" means in practice, and how the Biennial roots itself in locality. Fahad tells us about the strength of the design industry in the Arab World as well as his personal highlights from the Biennial.Fahad Al Obaidly is the Deputy Director of Design Doha, as well as a fashion designer, artist and filmmaker.Connect with Fahad

Marwan Kraidy, CEO and Dean of Northwestern Qatar and leading scholar of global communication and media, joins us on the afikra podcast to discuss media, truth, and journalism in the Arab world.This episode dives into the impact of mobile phones, reflects on whether social media is a force for good or not, and explores the notion of “socio-political maturity”. We discuss how the center of gravity for media in the Arab world has shifted to the Gulf and why the old adage “Cairo writes, Beirut publishes and Baghdad reads” no longer holds true. Finally, we talk about the business model for media in the Arab world right now and why Turkish TV series have seen such major success. Marwan M. Kraidy is dean and CEO of Northwestern in Qatar. He founded the Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South, which hosts multidisciplinary teams of faculty and students dedicated to evidence-based storytelling on the diverse histories, cultures, societies and media of the Global south. He is a scholar of global communication and an authority on Arab media, culture and politics. Connect with Marwan

This is episode 162. First, some housekeeping. A huge thank you to all my supporters, the podcast just passed 1.3 million listens, so there's a large number of folks out there who've found this series useful. I'm so delighted that our crazy tale here on the southern tip of Africa has resonated with so many people. The response has utterly stunned me, thinking when I started that being so battered by headwinds as we are at the moment, cynicism would sink the show. But it's the opposite. To all the hundreds of listeners sending emails over the last 24 months, your personal stories and responses are all noted and stored. There's a treasure trove of stuff which I'm going to try and use where appropriate. If you'd like to contact me please send a mail to desmondlatham@gmail.com Or head off to my site desmondlatham.blog there's a contact form there and a newsletter sign-up. And now back to the mid-1840s. When we left off, Moshoeshoe and Adam Kok had signed a Treaty with the Cape Governor which gave them formal power over their territory. And as you know if you listened to episode 161, the definition of exactly what was their territory was somewhat hazy. By now the BaTlokwa, the Koranna and the Voortrekkers amongst others, had taken issue with this treaty, saying Moshoeshoe and Kok had no control over their people. There was a flourishing trade across the Orange, tying Cape Towns like Beaufort West, Graaff-Reinet and Grahamstown were directly linked to the settlements to the north by these trade routes. The Griqua received their gunpowder from these towns and sold their cattle and ivory there for example. The Orange River was a significant challenge, at this stage there was no bridge or ferry and when it flooded, weeks could pass before wagons could cross. The British presence was concentrated in Colesberg where the civil commissioner with the wonderfully memorable name of Fleetwood Rawstone served for 21 years. He was subordinate to the Lieutenant Governor of the eastern Province held through the crucial years of the 1840s by Lieutenant Colonel Hare who lived in Grahamstown. After the return of Jan Mocke, Jan Kock and the Modder River Boers from Natal, life became more difficult for the British commissioner. The Treaty signed between the Griqua and the Cape Colony in 1843 was supposed to bring permanent peace to the Transorangia region but was predicated on the fact that the Griqua were supposed to pacify the Boers. The Boers totally rejected that premise. In November 1844, the Boers had enough and a commando was assembled under Jan Kock which rode to Philippolis, where a Griqua commando had been also been assembled and awaited their arrival. A Mexican standoff developed. It's defined as a confrontation where no strategy exists that allows either party to achieve victory. Just as an aside, the cliché of a Mexican standoff is best known in Westerns, and probably the most memorable would be Sergio Leone's 1966 Classic The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Governor Maitland was deep in thought back in the Cape. He'd quickly assessed the rising tension across the Orange, as well as in the eastern Cape. He was another Peninsular war vet, commanding a Brigade at the Battle of Waterloo. Maitland had been part of the army that defeated Napoleon and his bravery during that Battle had brought him a formal vote of thanks from the British House of Commons.

Art historian, educator and author Jonathon Bloom joins us on the afikra podcast to talk about paper, print and the Islamic world. He talks us through changing understandings of "Islamic" art and architecture through the decades, explains the premise of his book "Paper Before Print: The History and Impact of Paper in the Islamic World" and whether it's worth using the term "Islamic Art" in the first place. We touch on the fascinating architectural history of the Minaret, the cultural impact of paper, and what it's like to co-write and work alongside his wife Sheila Blair.Jonathon M Bloom is an art historian, author and educator. He retired in 2018 as the Norma Jean Calderwood University Professor of Islamic and Asian Art at Boston College and in 2019 as the Hamad Bin Khalifa Endowed Chair of Islamic Art at Virginia Commonwealth University, positions that he shared with his wife and co-author Sheila Blair.Connect with Jonathon

The chief curator of the UAE's National Pavillion for the 17th Architecture Bienalle di Venezia (2020 and 2021) – and recipient of the Golden Lion Award – architect Wael Al Awar joins us on the afikra podcast for fascinating conversation about the problem with modern and globalized architecture, and building with the future in mind. Waiwai's founding partner and principle architect takes a deep dive into cement as a material and discusses the disconnect between standardized architecture and cultural and geographical contexts. Wael also explains why architecture as a profession has become intertwined with ego, and answers whether we're truly stuck with skyscrapers.Wael Al Awar is an architect and founder of waiwai alongside Kazuma Yamao — an architectural, landscape, urban, interior and graphic design studio with offices in Dubai and Tokyo. Waiwai takes a highly contextual approach to address social, environmental and technological questions through design. Wael was the chief Curator of the National Pavilion of the UAE for the Bienalle di Venezia 2020 and 2021, and recipient of the Golden Lion Award.Connect with Wael