Ali A. Alhajji | World Literature & Culture
Reading the World | قراءة العالم is a bilingual podcast (English and Arabic) that explores world literature, culture, and higher education—as interconnected ways of understanding how meaning is produced, circulated, and contested across societies—through the …
Critical reading and higher education demand reckoning with how we measure what students actually understand. Russell Van Brocklen exposes a fundamental flaw: standardized tests capture decoding speed, not the textual complexity and interpretive depth that dyslexic readers often excel at. When institutions design assessment systems that privilege one cognitive route, they don't just misdiagnose struggling readers—they erase entire ways of …
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Critical reading and higher education demand reckoning with how we measure what students actually understand. Russell Van Brocklen exposes a fundamental flaw: standardized tests capture decoding speed, not the textual complexity and interpretive depth that …
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Explore the transformative power of science diplomacy and cross-cultural communication in this compelling episode of Reading the World. Dr. Zafra Lerman, a renowned chemist and peacebuilder, shares how the Malta Conferences forge critical connections between …
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Explore how Susan Gooch's novels use small-town secrets to reveal complex social dynamics, offering rich insights into world literature and literary theory. This episode highlights the significance of critical reading in understanding how family, reputation, …
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In this episode of Reading the World—an academic podcast dedicated to critical reading, world literature, and global humanities—Ali Alhajji converses with economist Dr. Doug Cardell to explore how economic ideas are constructed as language, story, …
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In this solo episode of Reading the World, Ali Alhajji explores the syllabus as a critical lens through which we can understand world literature, knowledge production, and the structure of higher education. Far from being …
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