Category Archives: Kerning Cultures Season 3

The Secret Somali Tapes

It’s 1988, and Somalis are fleeing the city of Hargeisa. People are trying to get...

Sheikh Imam: Voice of Dissent

A blind oud player from humble beginnings, Sheikh Imam’s destiny changed drastically when he met...

The Intifada Tapes

Stuck in his Palestinian hometown of Jenin during lockdown, Mo’min Swaitat walked into an old...

Saving Mesopotamia’s Marshes

Azzam Alwash remembers the marshlands of southern Iraq as a magical place, where he would...

The Sleeping Children

 In 2012, a Yazidi family fled to Sweden in the hope of a better...

The Rise and Fall of #MeToo in Egypt: Part 2

A warning: This episode contains descriptions of sexual violence and assault. As Egyptian women celebrated...

The Rise and Fall of #MeToo in Egypt: Part 1

A warning: This episode contains descriptions of sexual violence and assault. In the summer of...

The Burning Library

In 1962 the library at the University of Algiers was burned to the ground, turning...

A note to listeners

We’re holding off on releasing this week’s Kerning Cultures episode. Instead, we’re sharing resources on...

Hi Jolly

This week, we’re following the trail of an elusive camel herder called Hadj Ali (or,...