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The aflaj: who owns the water?
How did people divide scarce water with a fairness that actually held, before pumps and meters?
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Season One — Roots
The founding season explores the anthropological roots of Saudi society.
4 episodes in this season
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Sadu: when weaving becomes a language
We sit with a craftswoman from the badia to understand how the lines of sadu are read, and why every pattern has...
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Cultural identity in an age of rapid change
An in-depth discussion with Dr Majed Aldhiyabi on questions of identity amid the rapid social change the Kingdom has seen since 2016.
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Mud architecture and a way of life | with an architect of inheritance
In this episode we host the architect Reem Alghamdi to discuss how mud architecture in Najd shaped a complete way of living...
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