WHO ARE WE?

من نحن؟

IMAGE: PALESTINIAN BROADCASTING SERVICE, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
IMAGE: PALESTINIAN BROADCASTING SERVICE, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Immersive Podcasts for the Curious Listener

Founded in 2015, Kerning Cultures Network is an independent podcast company, raising the bar for audio storytelling and journalism in the Middle East and North Africa. We are pioneers: we were the first to raise a venture round, the first to option a series to TV, and our podcasts rank in the top 1% industry-wide. We also happen to be female-led. We make 16+ award-winning, chart-topping Arabic and English podcasts. At Kerning Cultures, we tell the kinds of stories in which we can actually see ourselves. Because we love stories – really good stories, and there are so many from our region just waiting to be told.

تجربة صوتية متكاملة نقدمها لكل مستمع فضولي

شبكة كرنينج كلتشرز هي شركة رائدة ومستقلة في برامج البودكاست، تأسست عام 2015 وترتقي بمستوى الحكىّ الصوتي والصحافة في الشرق الأوسط. نحن رواد، تقود الشركة نساء رائدات ونعتبر أول شركة بودكاست ممولة من الشرق الأوسط. تحتل برامجنا المرتبة الأولى على مستوى صناعة البودكاست وحازت انتاجاتنا التي تتعدى ال16 بودكاست على العديد من الجوائز وتتصدر اللوائح في برامج البودكاست الانجليزية والعربية. نحكي في كرنينج كلتشرز القصص التي نراها بأنفسنا. نحب القصص الشيقة ومازال لدينا العديد من القصص في المنطقة تنتظر أن تُروى.

“A new generation of Arab storytelling.”

— CNBC

“The jewel in the UAE podcasting crown.”

— What’s On Dubai

“​​Gold, Silver, and Listeners’ Choice 2022.”

— Signal Awards

OUR TEAM

فريقنا

HEBAH FISHER

CO-FOUNDER AND CEO

MAHER ALI

CHIEF OF STAFF

HEBA AFIFY

Arabic Managing Editor

ALEX ATACK

English Managing Producer

RAND KHDAIR

Arabic Deputy Managing Editor

MOHAMAD KHREIZAT

AUDIO LEAD

BELLA IBRAHIM

MARKETING DIRECTOR

BATOUL KHALIFEH

OPERATIONS MANAGER

BAN BARKAWI

SUPERVISORY PRODUCER

DANA BALLOUT

Founding Producer, Audio Editor

SALLY LEWIS

PARTNERSHIPS LEAD

SHAHD BANI ODEH

SENIOR EDITOR

ALMA INTABLI

PRODUCER AND EDITOR

PAUL ALOUF

Senior Sound Designer

NADEEN SHAKER

PRODUCER AND EDITOR

AHMED FETEHA

PRODUCER AND EDITOR

DEENA SABRY

RESEARCHER

ZEINA DOWIDAR

PRODUCER

DINA SALEM

PRODUCER

NIMA SALHA

PRODUCER

AHMED ASHOUR

PRODUCER

AL SHAIBANI

PRODUCER

HEBA EL-SHERIF

EDITOR

LOBNA MONIEB

PRODUCER

SOUMAYA BOUABDELLAH

CONTENT MARKETING STRATEGIST

AHMAD SALHAB

GRAPHIC DESIGNER

MONZER EL-HACHEM

SOUND DESIGNER

YOUSSEF DOUAZOU

SOUND DESIGNER

AHMED MITRY

ASSOCIATE SOUND DESIGNER

FINBAR ANDERSON

PRODUCER

SARAH RISHEQ

EDITOR

TALA TOUCKLEY

VIDEO EDITOR

AMANY ADEL

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER

OUR ADVISORS

مستشاراتنا

RAZAN ALZAYANI

CO-FOUNDER

ISMAT ABIDI

LEGAL ADVISOR

What does “kerning” mean?

ماذا تعني كلمة “كيرنينج”؟

“Kerning” is a process in typography: the sizing of spaces between letters in a font, so that the font can be easily read and aesthetically pleasing. We love the metaphor of cultures kerning through our stories. Poetic, no?

كلمة “كرنينج” بالإنجليزية تعني طريقة طباعة الخط والسماح لمسافة بين الحروف لتسهيل قراءتها وتحسين مظهرها. نحن نحب تشبيه الثقافات التي تتسرب بين المسافات من خلال القصص التي نحكيها.