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Dr. Ramzi Salti's Arabology Podcast spotlights two events in the San Francisco Bay Area including Golden Thread's ReOrient Festival of Short Plays (Oct 13-Nov 4) and the Arab Film Festival.
Segment includes:
1. (1:59) Interview with Stanford Doctoral student/Golden Thread Dramaturg Marina Johnson who discusses this year's featured plays and playwrights Katrin Arefy, Adam Ashraf Elsayigh, Yussef El Guindi, Arti Ishak, Hamed Sinno, Judith Boyajian Strang-Waldau. Info and tickets at goldenthread.org
2. (15:30) Song excerpt: "Jowa Beiti" by The Synaptik X Maysa Daw
3. (16:06) Interview with Yasmina Tawil, Programming Director for the Arab Film Festival, who spotlights the Opening Night feature film 'Hajjan' by Abu Bakr Shawky and the other selected movies. For info and tickets, see arabfilmfestival.org
Segment was recorded in October 2023
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Interview with Arab Film Festival Programming Director Yasmina Tawil
"Jowa Beiti" by The Synaptik X Maysa Daw
Interview with Stanford Doctoral student/Golden Thread Dramaturg Marina Johnson