Stories from the Middle East and North Africa, and the spaces in between. Kerning Cultures is produced by Kerning Cultures Network. Support this podcast on https://www.patreon.com/kerningcultures for as little as $2 a month.
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30 / 03 / 2023
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Two stories about two streets, and the justices and injustices hidden in their names. Follow us to Tehran and Khartoum as we uncover two histories brought together by one common denominator.- |
00:35:19 |
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23 / 03 / 2023
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When Heba was very young, there was a knock at the door at her home in Lebanon. It was another family from the village, claiming that they knew her- from a past life. |
00:31:19 |
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16 / 03 / 2023
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You might remember Somali bananas from your childhood, lining the shelves at your local supermarket. During the late 80s and early 90s, Somalia made millions of dollars exporting its coveted bananas to Italy and the Middle East. But this thriving export business ground to a halt suddenly in 1991, when the country was thrown into the grip of a civil war. |
00:33:45 |
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09 / 03 / 2023
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-Yasir?- That-s too difficult. I-ll just call you Tony. |
00:27:52 |
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23 / 02 / 2023
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In 2014, the palaeontologist Nizar Ibrahim went public with an astonishing discovery he-d made while studying a set of dinosaur bones from the Moroccan Sahara. But almost immediately, it caused a rift amongst his colleagues - forcing them to question everything they-d ever known about their work. |
00:39:31 |
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16 / 02 / 2023
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Nagi Daifallah was a young farm worker from Yemen who moved to California in the early 1970s, when he was just 20 years old. He went on to become one of the organisers of the influential 1973 grape strikes in California, led by Cesar Chavez. |
00:33:08 |
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09 / 02 / 2023
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Aizen – Part 4: Do Good & Throw it in the Sea
After finally reaching Europe, Aizen was back in jail. He had calculated that the journey from Afghanistan to France would take three months. But more than two years later, he was somewhere completely different. Then, finally, his luck started to turn. |
00:48:18 |
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02 / 02 / 2023
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Aizen - Part 3: King of Serbia
Through smugglers, barbed wire fences and forests, Aizen arrives in Europe. But the sense of relief he feels at making it this far is short-lived: the physical and mental toll of travelling so far from home begins to weigh heavy. |
00:36:42 |
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26 / 01 / 2023
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-A game- is what smugglers and migrants call attempting to cross illegally from one country to another. As Aizen leaves his childhood behind in Afghanistan, his only way to get to Europe is to play the game, travelling through this dangerous network of human traffickers. |
00:40:57 |
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19 / 01 / 2023
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Aizen – Part 1: I Hate Wednesdays
-Aizen- says he-s the most unlucky person in the world. This football-obsessed teenager from Afghanistan grew up in the chaos of Kabul, and at 15, was imprisoned in one of the worst adult prisons in the world. All for a crime he didn-t commit. In this four part series, we-re following Aizen-s journey as he leaves his childhood in Afghanistan behind for what he hopes will be a better life in Europe. |
00:35:15 |
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Stories from the Middle East and North Africa, and the spaces in between. Kerning Cultures is produced by Kerning Cultures Network. Support this podcast on https://www.patreon.com/kerningcultures for as little as $2 a month.
![]()
30 / 03 / 2023
|
Two stories about two streets, and the justices and injustices hidden in their names. Follow us to Tehran and Khartoum as we uncover two histories brought together by one common denominator.- |
00:35:19 |
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23 / 03 / 2023
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When Heba was very young, there was a knock at the door at her home in Lebanon. It was another family from the village, claiming that they knew her- from a past life. |
00:31:19 |
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16 / 03 / 2023
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You might remember Somali bananas from your childhood, lining the shelves at your local supermarket. During the late 80s and early 90s, Somalia made millions of dollars exporting its coveted bananas to Italy and the Middle East. But this thriving export business ground to a halt suddenly in 1991, when the country was thrown into the grip of a civil war. |
00:33:45 |
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09 / 03 / 2023
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-Yasir?- That-s too difficult. I-ll just call you Tony. |
00:27:52 |
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23 / 02 / 2023
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In 2014, the palaeontologist Nizar Ibrahim went public with an astonishing discovery he-d made while studying a set of dinosaur bones from the Moroccan Sahara. But almost immediately, it caused a rift amongst his colleagues - forcing them to question everything they-d ever known about their work. |
00:39:31 |
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16 / 02 / 2023
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Nagi Daifallah was a young farm worker from Yemen who moved to California in the early 1970s, when he was just 20 years old. He went on to become one of the organisers of the influential 1973 grape strikes in California, led by Cesar Chavez. |
00:33:08 |
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09 / 02 / 2023
|
Aizen – Part 4: Do Good & Throw it in the Sea
After finally reaching Europe, Aizen was back in jail. He had calculated that the journey from Afghanistan to France would take three months. But more than two years later, he was somewhere completely different. Then, finally, his luck started to turn. |
00:48:18 |
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02 / 02 / 2023
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Aizen - Part 3: King of Serbia
Through smugglers, barbed wire fences and forests, Aizen arrives in Europe. But the sense of relief he feels at making it this far is short-lived: the physical and mental toll of travelling so far from home begins to weigh heavy. |
00:36:42 |
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26 / 01 / 2023
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-A game- is what smugglers and migrants call attempting to cross illegally from one country to another. As Aizen leaves his childhood behind in Afghanistan, his only way to get to Europe is to play the game, travelling through this dangerous network of human traffickers. |
00:40:57 |
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19 / 01 / 2023
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Aizen – Part 1: I Hate Wednesdays
-Aizen- says he-s the most unlucky person in the world. This football-obsessed teenager from Afghanistan grew up in the chaos of Kabul, and at 15, was imprisoned in one of the worst adult prisons in the world. All for a crime he didn-t commit. In this four part series, we-re following Aizen-s journey as he leaves his childhood in Afghanistan behind for what he hopes will be a better life in Europe. |
00:35:15 |
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