All Episodes

Mini-episode: Rekiya and Z by Muti'ah Badruddeen (Nigeria)

Mini-ep: Un homme, ça ne pleure pas by Faïza Guène (France/Algeria)

Audio article: Ayesha Dean: The Istanbul Intrigue by Melati Lum (Australia/Turkey)

Audio article: Death is Hard Work by Khaled Khalifa (Syria)

How does getting up for Fajr help the Ummah? (Unofficial Mini-ep: Two Gods (US - documentary film)

Mini-ep. Can history ever really be erased? (Focus: China: Beijing Coma by Ma Jian)

Ep. 46: How do we Measure Motherhood? (Theme: Motherhood in Literature)

Ep 45: What Can We Learn From a Family Tree? (Theme: Reading Multigenerational Sagas)

Ep. 44: When the Reading gets Tough, Should the Tough Keep Reading? (Theme: Upsetting Reads)

Ep. 43: What Does Memory have to do with Justice? (Focus: Palestine: A Map of Absence ed. by Atef Alshaer)

Ep. 42: Do Light Reads Carry Any Weight? (Theme: Light Reads)

Mini-ep. Is this one mispronounced name too far?

Ep. 41. Are You What They Say You Are? (Focus: France/Algeria: Zahia Rahmani's trilogy)

Ep. 40: In We vs. Me, which side are you on? (Focus: Somalia: Links by Nuruddin Farah)

Mini-ep. So you think you're free? (Focus: Sudan: Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih))

Mini-ep. What if the Good Old Days were not all good? (Focus: Turkey: The Ottoman Empire by Halil İnalcık)

Mini-ep. Turkey: The Birds Have Also Gone by Yashar Kemal

Ep. 39. 2019 Book and Podcast Highlights

Ep. 38. Reading Children's Literature - Then and Now

Ep. 37. Egypt/Persia: The City of Brass by S. A. Chakraborty

Ep. 36. UK: Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

Ep. 35. Nigeria: Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Ep. 34. USA: The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

Ep. 33. USA: The Autobiography of Malcolm X as narrated to Alex Haley

Ep. 32. Reading Far Away Lands

Ep. 31. Sudan/UK: Elsewhere, Home by Leila Abouela

Ep. 30. Canada: Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin

Ep. 29. Malaysia: The Weight of Our Sky by Hanna Alkaf

Ep. 28. France/Brazil: Le Petit Prince + The Alchemist by Antoine de St-Exupéry + Paulo Coelho

Ep. 27. Algeria/UK: A Hen in the Wardrobe by Wendy Meddour

Ep. 26. Morocco/USA: The Moor's Account by Laila Lalami

Ep. 25. Japan: Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata (Japan)

Ep. 24. Algeria: Au Café by Mohammed Dib (Part 2/2) ft. Assia

Ep. 23. Algeria: Au Café by Mohammed Dib (Part 1/2) ft. Assia

Ep. 22. USA: Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom

Ep. 21. China: China in Ten Words by Hua Yu

Ep. 20. Reflections on Reading the World and Looking Forward

Ep. 19. Japan: Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata

Ep. 18. Sweden: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

Ep. 17. Colombia: Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras

Ep. 16. Mexico/USA: The House on Mango Street

Ep. 15. Mexico/USA: Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan

Ep. 14. New Zealand: The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera

Ep. 13. India: The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri

Ep. 12. Kazakhstan/Uzbekistan: The Dead Lake by Hamid Ismailov

Ep. 11. Pakistan: The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid

Ep. 10. Kyrgyzstan: Jamilia by Chingiz Aïtmatov

Ep. 9: USA/the Future: Story of Your Life and Others

Ep. 8: Africa + Gulf: Mid-Year Round-Up

Ep. 7: Yemen: Banipal 36: Literature in Yemen Today

Ep. 6: Saudi Arabia: Girls of Riyadh

Ep. 5 Kuwait: Notes on the Flesh and Banipal 47

Ep. 4. Greece + Bosnia: George Seferis and Izetbegovic

Ep. 3 Turkey: Three Daughters of Eve

Ep. 2 Algeria: The Bridges of Constantine

Ep. 1. Somalia: Black Mamba Boy