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I tell stories about the East and the West that I think help both understand each other, seriously. These stories almost always connect history, culture, international relations, current affairs, and often the influences on and the interests of people who shape these stories.
I wrote two books: “Egypt on the Brink” (Yale, 2010), which luckily turned out to be an international bestseller as it was published three months before Egypt’s 2011 uprising. The book tells the story of Egypt from the fall of liberalism in the country in the early 1950s to the end of the first decade of the 21st century when it became clear to me that the then prevailing political structure will crumble.
The second book, “Islamism: A History of Political Islam” (Yale, 2017) tells the stories of the different strands of political Islam from the fall of the Ottoman Empire until now - and how and why these stories continue to have major influences on North Africa, the Middle East, the Gulf, and beyond.
I wrote and presented several BBC documentary series, including “The Making of the Modern Arab World” (2014), the BBC’s biggest series on the history of the region; “Islam Divided: Sunni-Shii”; “Sands of Time: A History of Saudi Arabia”; “Stirring a Revolution: Coffee Culture in the Arab World”; and the episode on the British military intelligence officer Gertrude Stein in the series “Minds at War”.
I wrote and presented a programme for CNN Arabic focusing on understanding current Arab and Middle Eastern affairs through presenting the past that has shaped the present.
I write regularly for Foreign Affairs magazine in New York and for al-Ahram newspaper in Cairo. My most recent series for al-Ahram Weekly /Online was on the persons, trends, and ideas that have shaped modern Egyptian culture.
I write other stories as well – ones that I think are important and merit attention. For example, reviews of books, and stories about cultures, especially when they intersect and engage with each other, harmoniously or otherwise.
My ongoing series “Know” delves into different ways of understanding ourselves and what we tend to call the Divine.
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Know - 9 - Our participatory Universe
Season 1 · Episode 46
lundi 1 avril 2024 • Duration 05:19
#QuantumPhysics, #Universe, #TarekOsman, #Know, #Bohr
Part 9 of the series: Know .. this episode on: Our participatory Universe.
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Egypt — four key questions
Season 1 · Episode 45
samedi 27 janvier 2024 • Duration 15:05
Egypt — four key questions : on national security, politics and economics, on identity, and on the psychological mood of the 20-million people the society has added in the past 15-years.
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Food in exile - a woman’s journey
Season 1 · Episode 36
vendredi 20 octobre 2023 • Duration 05:43
Food in exile - a woman’s journey
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Edward Said - Out of place and time
Season 1 · Episode 35
vendredi 20 octobre 2023 • Duration 10:26
Reflections on the thought and legacy of Edward Said, and why they remain relevant and valuable two decades after his death.
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ادوارد سعيد - خارج المكان و الزمان
Season 1 · Episode 34
samedi 30 septembre 2023 • Duration 22:29
حلقة عن المفكر الفلسطيني الأمريكي #ادوارد_سعيد في الذكرى العشرين لوفاته … و الحديث عن فكر الرجل و إرثه .. و عن لماذا يبقى هذا الإرث الفكري ذا أهمية كبيرة بعد كل هذه السنوات.
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إعادة كتابة شكسبير
Season 1 · Episode 33
vendredi 29 septembre 2023 • Duration 10:00
الحلقة عن مشروع لدار نشر بريطانية اعادت من خلاله نشر عدد من مسرحيات وليام شكسبير- لكن برؤى جديدة و بسياقات اكبر من تلك التي كانت في مسرحيات #شكسبير الاصلية - و المشروع ، في رأيي ، غير ان فيه جمال ، له أهمية.
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Know - 4 - God: Concept vs Idea
Season 1 · Episode 32
dimanche 24 septembre 2023 • Duration 12:39
Part 4 of the #Know series - on #God, the concept versus the Idea.
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Rewriting Shakespeare
Season 1 · Episode 31
dimanche 24 septembre 2023 • Duration 11:40
This episode is about a project in which a publishing house commissioned prominent writers to, more or less, rewrite some of #Shakespeares’ most famous plays. The results varied. But the project raises several interesting questions, about Shakespeare’s work, how we interpret it today, and how we look at works that have traditionally been highly venerated. This question is particularly important in cultures that lack serious #education and that discourages critical #thinking.
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Review. Thomas Jefferson. Most blessed of the patriarchs
Season 1 · Episode 30
dimanche 24 septembre 2023 • Duration 15:44
A review of Annette #Gordon-Reed’s and Peter Onuf’s book: Most Blessed of the Patriarchs .. which provides a nuanced, insightful view of the life and thought of #Thomas_Jefferson, one of the most intriguing #Founding_Fathers.
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Know - 3 - Entering the cave, seeing the dragon
Season 1 · Episode 29
dimanche 24 septembre 2023 • Duration 12:54
Part 3 of the series: #Know.
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