Uncover the hidden side of Arab and Islamic history with True Arabian Nights podcast. Hosted by Asmaa Amin, this captivating series delves into the ancient tales and secrets of Arab and Islamic civilizations. From mysterious legends to untold stories, discover a world of intrigue and wonder that will leave you spellbound. Tune in to True Arabian Nights for a journey through history like never before.
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A recorded live performance of The Orphan's Tales by Catherynne M. Valente, read by the author.
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The Adam Glass and John Patrick Owatari-Dorgan attempt the sisyphean task of watching every movie in the ever-growing Criterion Collection. Want to support us? We’ll love you for it: www.Patreon.com/LostInCriterion
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Poetry readings, interviews and reflections on four themes : love, Peace, Immigrant experience, and Utopia. Mohammad Bader author of The Traveler will highlight poems and poets focusing on said themes. Influenced by the dichotomy of William Blake and Gibran For every high, there is a low and for every laughter there is a tear. -Mohammad Baderمحمد بدر - المسافر العربي
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Welcome to Hidden Cowries a podcast where we bring you the stories that were never told… A journey back to our roots, retracing our TRUE ORIGIN.
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A podcast produced by the Mercantile Library in Cincinnati, OH. Most episodes contain spoilers, so please read the book before listening.
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Acclaimed librivox narrator David Clarke brings the classics to life in these serialised readings. Opera (Classic) Vox (Voice). Subscribe to ensure you do not miss out on each chapter of the current book. Recommendations for future works will be considered. Thanks for listening.
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Alex Arabian, a seasoned journalist, interviews entertainment industry members and explores the value of art for the sake of art through film, TV, music, and theater. Shattering Superstructure veers away from tabloidism, providing a space where guests can think as they wish and say what they think. It is more interested in unbridled freedom of artistic expression than it is the profit-driven aspect of the industry.
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Poetry is championed here, as Abdiel draws on themes in the Bible, Shakespeare, mythology, and the great epic poem, 'Paradise Lost'.
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Dark Softly Tales is a weekly podcast of horror, suspense and dark fantasy stories (mostly) written, produced and narrated by Mav Skye. The podcast will host dark fiction by guest authors and occasional interviews. Eventually, we will add additional weekly episode of true tales of the supernatural and fantastic.
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In the Great Khan’s Tent hosted by Saif Beg is a bi-weekly episodic narrative Podcast focusing on the History, Literature, and Folk Literature from the regions of the Middle East and North Africa, Central Asia including Mongolia and the Russian Far East, and South Asia.
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We're doing podcasts with awesome artists and creators from our neighbourhood before we open our new performance venue in 2018. If you have a story you think we should podcast, email us at [email protected]. If you enjoyed our podcasts, please support us at www.crowdfunder.co.uk/streatham-space-project-2018 and host the best theatre/music/comedy and more in South London. Thanks! The Space Project Team
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Formerly afikra’s Movie Night podcast, this series dives into the performing arts, from stage to the small and big screens. We zoom in on the work of some of the most noteworthy Arab actors, directors, scriptwriters, cinematographers, stage designers, producers, and crew who have worked on some of the best productions from the region – old and new. We ask questions about the industry, the writing and production processes, the behind the scenes, and genres behind some of the Arab world’s best ...
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Sarcastic spin on professional wrestling tackling 2 in-depth topics each episode (WWE, New Japan & others), 30 minutes max, no recaps, no crap.
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Wim Wenders had planned for years with German Neo-expressionist choreographer Pina Bausch to make a film of her work, but Wenders didn't know how he could do it justice. Then he saw U2 3D (2008) and knew that digital 3D was the technology he needed. Unfortunately, as technology caught up to Wenders' vision, Bausch passed away, and Pina (2011) morph…
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The Untold Stories of Palestine | Farah Nabulsi, Director of The Teacher & The Present
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1:13:47In this episode of Kawalis, we welcome Farah Nabulsi, the acclaimed director and writer behind films like "The Teacher" and the BAFTA-winning and Oscar-nominated "The Present." Nabulsi shares her powerful journey from her career in finance to filmmaking, highlighting her profound connection to Palestine and the human stories that inspire her work. …
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In this episode of Arabian Traveler Poetry, host Mohammad Bader speaks with Amanda Lameche, a French-born Swedish artist who transitioned from a successful music career to writing poetry. They discuss Amanda's journey, the creative process behind her poetry, and the themes of self-empowerment and love that permeate her work. Amanda shares insights …
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Spine 643: The Man Who Knew Too Much
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1:58:44In the first 140 Spines of the Criterion Collection there were five Alfred Hitchcock films, leading us to believe we'd be seeing a lot more from him over the years, but it turns out The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) is the first Hitchcock we've watched for the podcast in just shy of a decade. This is the original The Man Who Knew Too Much, one of Al…
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While the first two films in Godfrey Reggio's Qatsi Trilogy were built on filming in particularly locations, in Naqoyqatsi, the image itself becomes the location as editor and "digital cinematographer" Jon Kane takes us into the simulation that is modern life. Unfortunately, like the early unused setpiece footage from Koyaanisqatsi, the tech here h…
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We continue through Godfrey Reggio's Qatsi Trilogy with 1988's Powaqqatsi. Reggio works with Phillip Glass again but they lost Ron Fricke for this one and his absence is felt, particularly in the editing. While the first film looked at what US industrialization has done to its own people, Powaqqatsi travels around the world to look at the effects o…
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A Line In The Sand with Miles Spencer- Special Release for Podcasthon
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27:31خط في الرمل Line In The Sand This is a special release for Podcasthon. Please donate for your favorite charity between 3/15-21, 2025 Miles Spencer is an American digital media entrepreneur, angel investor, and explorer. He is best known for his role as co-host and co-creator of MoneyHunt, a reality-based business advice show distributed to US PBS s…
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We start into Godfrey Reggio's Qatsi Trilogy this week with what many consider the strongest of the three films, mostly because Ron Fricke's cinematography and editing is masterful in it. Built from scenes of natural beauty and alienating industry with a phenomenal sountrack by Philip Glass, Koyaanisqatsi is a deeply effecting visual poem. Our dear…
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Christopher Nolan's first feature, Following (1998) is a neo-noir with an achronological story structure. The man loves a neo-noir with an achronological story structure. Nolan describes the film as the pinnacle of what he could achieve in a low budget and just working with his friends. which is damning if true because it's just not very interestin…
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René Clément's 1960 adaptation of the 1955 novel The Talented Mr. Ripley, Purple Noon is seems to find the director and screenwriter Paul Gégauff trying to drain the homoeroticism out of the source material. Fortunately, cinematographer Henri Decaë and star Alain Delon (in his breakout role) knew how to add it back in through both Delon's fantastic…
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After Micheal Cimino's The Deer Hunter won five Oscars, United Artists gave him carte blanche for his next film and he really went to town. As in he built and rebuilt at least one whole town, on stilts in a National Park so as not to damage the landscape. If only he'd waited 45 years he could have just bought Glacier National Park outright and real…
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Jean-Luc Godard's goodbye to cinema, at least for a time, Weekend (1967) is not just a condemnation of bourgeois values, but a stunning attack on automobile culture. Sure the messaging is scattershot at best, but there's little in the film that isn't memorable. And it's gotta be hands down the film with the largest salvaged car budget.…
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The Traveler (المسافر) was first story written in Arabic by Mohammad Bader in 1992 to start the book The Traveler. Originally called The Arabian Traveler.
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The last of Pasolini's Arabian Nights betrays a director who is steadily on his way to making Salò, and he would begin work on that magnum opus just after he finished Arabian Nights. Like the previous two films in this trilogy, Arabian Nights adapts a well known collection of stories with a heavy focus on the most erotic ones. Pat argues that unlik…
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Continuing through Pasolini's Trilogy of Life this week we have The Canterbury Tales (1972). Pasolini's adaptation of a a foundational English text includes many naked and British people, including Tom Baker. While the film's epilogue changes the book to make these tales "told only for the pleasure of telling", Pasolini's celebration of pre-consume…
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Spine 631 is a boxset of Pier Paolo Pasolini's "Trilogy of Life", a collection of adaptations of collections of stories. We kick it off this week with The Decamaron, based on Giovanni Boccaccio's 14th century collection of tragic and erotic stories. Pasolini adapts these as celebrations of pre-capitalist, pre-consumerist sex, language, and dentistr…
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Roman Polanski adapts Ira Levin's 1967 novel into this 1968 film, though adapts may not be the right word. Transcribes, maybe? The original cut was a very faithful transference of the source material into the film medium, perhaps more faithful than any novel to film adaptation has ever been. Then he let someone else edit it down to a reasonable mov…
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John Schlesinger's Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) is a deeply personal work, presaging New Hollywood while making something neither New Hollywood or the British New Wave would dare. We meet a middle-aged doctor, Daniel, and a 30 something divorced woman, Alex, who are both dating Bob, a young artist who makes them both feel alive even if he's a self-c…
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Joshua Marston's The Forgiveness of Blood (2011) takes a hard look at the effects of honor codes that get twisted into demanding blood penance. It's a fantastic familial drama, but also gives us a jumping off point to talk about (re)interpreting (para)religious texts to favor mercy and care, and also how both Sovietism and capitalism seek a hegemon…
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Holiday Special 2024: Powwow Highway (1989)
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1:57:27Jonathan Wacks' Powwow Highway (1989) takes a lot of trappings of a holiday road movie, but leaves them behind when needed as we explore the characters and relationship of two Cheyenne men struggling in to hold onto tradition in a world controlled by colonizers. This may be the first holiday film we've covered where the only person who says "Merry …
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