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About Tugrul Mende

Tugrul Mende holds an M.A in Arabic Studies. He is based in Berlin as a project coordinator and independent researcher.


Tugrul Mende holds an M.A in Arabic Studies. He is based in Berlin as a project coordinator and independent researcher.


NBN Episodes hosted by Tugrul:

Middle Eastern Studies November 20, 2023

Humor and Power in Algeria, 1920 to 2021

Elizabeth M. Perego

Hosted by Tugrul Mende
In times of peace as well as conflict, humor has served Algerians as a tool of both unification and division. Humor has also assisted Algerians of various backgrounds and ideological …
Middle Eastern Studies October 18, 2023

The Worlding of Arabic Literature

Language, Affect, and the Ethics of Translatability

Anna Ziajka Stanton

Hosted by Tugrul Mende
Critics have long viewed translating Arabic literature into English as an ethically fraught process of mediating between two wholly incommensurable languages, cultures, and literary traditions. Today, Arabic literature is no …
Literature October 11, 2023

Suleiman's Ring

A Novel

Sherif M. Meleka

Hosted by Tugrul Mende
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Today I talked to Sherif Meleka about his novel Suleiman’s Ring (Hoopoe, 2023) An enchanted ring brings good fortune to an Egyptian oud player in this compelling novel combining elements …
Middle Eastern Studies October 11, 2023

Maghreb Noir

The Militant-Artists of North Africa and the Struggle for a Pan-African, Postcolonial Future

Paraska Tolan-Szkilnik

Hosted by Tugrul Mende
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Upon their independence, Moroccan, Algerian, and Tunisian governments turned to the Global South and offered military and financial aid to Black liberation struggles. Tangier and Algiers attracted Black American and …