Digital Doha Podcast

Welcome to the Digital Doha Podcast, our brand new series focused on bringing listeners informative conversations with local experts exploring the cutting-edge of emerging media happening in the dynamic international capital that is Doha. Hosted by Spencer Striker, Digital Media prof at Northwestern Qatar, and co-hosted by Natasha Das, Media Info & Tech student at NU-Q.

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Ep 4: “Chaos Antidote” feat. Hadeer Omar

Welcome to the Digital Doha Podcast, our brand new series focused on bringing listeners topical segments and informative conversations with local experts exploring the cutting-edge of emerging media happening in the dynamic international capital that is Doha. Hosted by Spencer Striker, Digital Media prof at Northwestern Qatar, and co-hosted by Natasha Das, Media Info & Tech student at NU-Q.

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Welcome back to the Digital Doha Podcast, our new series bringing you informative conversations with local experts exploring the cutting-edge of emerging media happening in the dynamic international capital of Doha. Hosted by Spencer Striker, PhD Digital Media prof at Northwestern Qatar, and co-hosted by Shaikha Alkubaisi, Media Info & Tech student at NU-Q.

Presenting our amazing fourth guest of the season, Hadeer Omar—an Egyptian time-based media artist, designer, and educator. Omar holds an MFA in Design and BFA in Graphic Design. Her work explores cultural identity and memories, the self, and narratives artfully through immersive XR media and technologies, graphics, photography, and video art installations. She currently serves as an Assistant Professor at VCUarts in Qatar, and an artist in residence at Doha Fire Station program in Qatar.

Her work has been showcased in Egypt, Qatar, San Francisco, Austria, Bulgaria, Dubai, and Berlin. “3arabizi keyboard” project was given an honorary mention at the STARTS Prize – Grand prize of the European Commission honoring Innovation in Technology, Industry, and Society Stimulated by the Arts (2017), Ars Electronica Festival in Linz, Austria. The project was showcased at Drive: Volkswagen Group Forum in Berlin, Germany (2017). She served as one of the co-chairs for Tasmeem Doha Art and Design Conference 2019. We hope you enjoy our conversation with one of Doha’s leading innovators in the cutting-edge space of emerging media, immersive XR, and AR/VR Design.

Hosted by: Spencer Striker, PhD

Co-hosted by: Shaikha Alkubaisi

Special Guest: Hadeer Omar

Producer: Shaikha Alkubaisi

Sound Design & Editing: Ayah Mohamedain

Social Media Manager: Samson Mbogo

Project Management: Laiba Mubashar

Emerging Media Research Team: Venus Jin, PhD; Greg Bergida, PhD; John Pavlik, PhD, Justin Gengler, PhD; Farina Amir; and Christopher Fwalanga

Artwork: Fernanda Jimenez

Music and Sound Effects: Courtesy of Epidemic Music

Official links for Special Guest, Hadeer Omar

http://www.hadeeromar.com

https://www.instagram.com/hadeersomar

https://www.linkedin.com/in/hadeer-omar-625b2a83

Official website and social media links for the Digital Doha Podcast

https://www.qatarpodcasts.com/digital-doha

https://www.facebook.com/DigitalDoha

https://www.instagram.com/digitaldoha

https://twitter.com/doha_digital

The Digital Doha Podcast is supported by funding from the Qatar National Research Foundation, Grant ID #: NPRP12S-0227-190165

Ep 3: “Synesthesia” feat. Mariam Rafehi

Welcome to the Digital Doha Podcast, our brand new series focused on bringing listeners topical segments and informative conversations with local experts exploring the cutting-edge of emerging media happening in the dynamic international capital that is Doha. Hosted by Spencer Striker, Digital Media prof at Northwestern Qatar, and co-hosted by Natasha Das, Media Info & Tech student at NU-Q.

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Welcome back to the Digital Doha Podcast, our new series focused on bringing listeners informative conversations with local experts exploring the cutting-edge of emerging media happening in the dynamic international capital of Doha. Hosted by Spencer Striker, PhD Digital Media prof at Northwestern Qatar, and co-hosted by Natasha Das, Media Info & Tech student at NU-Q.

We’re thrilled to present our third guest of the season, Mariam Rafehi—an interdisciplinary artist and designer, who has lived half her life in Europe and half in the Middle East. Growing up in Berlin, she was looking for Narnia in her closet and a white rabbit in a hurry. In her work, she creates alternative worlds and brings them to life through artifacts or immersive virtual reality (VR). In VR, Mariam can transport an audience to unthinkable experiences, such as flying or shrinking in size.

After receiving her bachelor’s in media and communications, her work developed into transmedia storytelling. During her MFA, she became interested in immersive world-building and sense-stimulation. Some of her recent work deals with sense-stimulation through a synesthesia experience in VR by coupling 3D spatial audio with reactive colorful patterns. As an artist and designer, she has exhibited in the US, Germany, Russia, and Qatar.We hope you enjoy our conversation with one of Doha’s leading innovators in the cutting-edge space of immersive world-building, sense-stimulation, and synesthesia experience in VR.

Hosted by: Spencer Striker, PhD

Co-hosted by: Natasha Das

Special Guest: Mariam Rafehi