Intergalactic Tarboush
Intergalactic Tarboush
Iyad El-Baghdadi and Ahmed Gatnash
012 - Does language affect how we think?
22 minutes Posted Apr 4, 2022 at 4:00 pm.
Does language affect thought?03:30 - Arabic & translating vs. rewriting05:50 - The decline of the Arabic-language public sphere07:45 - An Arabic-language Kawaakibi Foundation podcast?08:20 - How Iyad's son navigates being quadrilingual11:30 - Is Hisham Matar an "Arabic writer"?16:00 - Strange blobs in the Earth's mantle20:30 - The Quran on the moon "splitting"
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Iyad and Ahmed delve into the relationship between language and thought, discuss ideas about a potential Arabic-language podcast, and even pivot to modern discoveries about the Earth's mantle; in true Intergalactic Tarboush form.Episode Timetags:00:00 - Does language affect thought?03:30 - Arabic & translating vs. rewriting05:50 - The decline of the Arabic-language public sphere07:45 - An Arabic-language Kawaakibi Foundation podcast?08:20 - How Iyad's son navigates being quadrilingual11:30 - Is Hisham Matar an "Arabic writer"?16:00 - Strange blobs in the Earth's mantle20:30 - The Quran on the moon "splitting"