Reading the World | قراءة العالم | World Literature, Critical Reading, & Culture

What Does It Mean to Read the World?

Ali A. Alhajji

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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.

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