Mudawanat

Review by Benjamin Lutz

The Short 

The Lebanon-based Al Mawred Al Thaqafy (Culture Resource), in partnership with the British Council, announced the launch of the Mudawanat podcast, an archive of contributions that document the contemporary culture scene in the Arab region. 

The Long 

The first series of Mudawanat is titled “Myths” and it consists of eight episodes that will be published weekly. The episodes will be covering different topics related to cultural production in the Arab world. "These episodes were produced by contributors with mentorship by Mudawanat and Sowt teams," the Culture Resource's press release states. Mudawanat podcast will also consist of an “Alternatives” series which is "the outcome of the Mudawanat pilot project authored by contributors from Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Algeria, Egypt and Palestine who took part in a training workshop in Tunisia in January 2020," the press release adds.

Follow Mudawanat on the Culture Resource’s podcast on SoundCloud.

To listen or not to listen? 

Definitely listen. It is entirely in Arabic and their Spotify channel is full of great music as well. Hearing perspectives of the region from the region in Arabic is so useful and engaging.