Episode 385 with Ahmed Ragabhosted by Shireen Hamza Download the podcast  Feed | iTunes | Ventricles Podcast | SimpleCast| GooglePlay  What will Iraq be like, 100 years in the future? And how are Muslim women imagined to exist in that future? In this episode, Professor Ahmed Ragab explores literary imaginaries of the future of the Middle East. He starts by discussing the story, Kahramana, from the recent short-story collection edited by Hassan Blasim, Iraq +100. He compares the story of Kahramana to the superhero, Dust from Marvel comics, to demonstrate how writers based in Iraq navigate and subvert the expectations of Western audiences. The Ottoman History Podcast is featuring this episode from season one of Ventricles, a new podcast about interesting topics in science and technology, past and present. Ventricles is produced by OHP contributor Shireen Hamza for the Science, Religion and Culture Program at Harvard Divinity School, and also features past episodes of OHP. Check out past episodes, for more in the series on time. « Click for More »