What Does It Mean to Read the World?

What does it mean to read the world—not only texts, but the cultural narratives, assumptions, and systems that shape how meaning is produced? In this episode, we explore reading as a critical practice that extends beyond literature to translation, education, and public discourse. The episode introduces the idea of “reading the world” as a way of understanding how texts travel across languages and cultures, why meaning is always mediated, and why careful reading remains a civic skill in contemporary global conversations.

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Reading the World | قراءة العالم
A bilingual podcast (English and Arabic) exploring world literature, culture, and higher education as ways of understanding how meaning is produced, circulated, and contested.

Each episode takes one question at a time—carefully, clearly, and without oversimplification.

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