Bilal Qureshi

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  • Username: BilalAQ
  • PRX Member
  • Role: Producer/Reporter: Independent

Recent Pieces from Bilal Qureshi

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The Big Ponder #31: Winterreise (28:48)
From: Goethe-Institut

In the endless sunshine of Dubai, Bilal Qureshi revisits Franz Schubert’s acclaimed song cycle “Winterreise.” The lyrics of a heartbroken man’s journey across a wintry ...
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The Big Ponder #9: In Friendship (28:47)
From: Goethe-Institut

Inspired by a year of forced isolation, essayist Bilal Qureshi explores the history, landscape, and meaning of friendship across cultures. At the heart of his examination is ...
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The Big Ponder #3: Radio Wanderlust (28:00)
From: Goethe-Institut

Bilal Qureshi explores the German-English idea of ‘Wanderlust’ through his personal audio archives and conversations with fellow travelers. Does this romantic idea hold up in ...
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The Art of Mistakes: Writing Wrongs (25:09)
From: Goethe-Institut

If you’ve ever tried to work creatively, this one is for you – in this episode of the FEHLER podcast, our producer Bilal Qureshi sits down with four professional writers to ...
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The Big Pond #46: Black Art, Berlin Stories – Looking for Alain Locke (34:12)
From: Goethe-Institut

In 1925, the African-American philosopher Alain Locke (1886-1954) launched a revolutionary black arts movement now known as the Harlem Renaissance. In this episode of The Big ...
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The Big Pond #39: Quietude – In Search of Radio Silence (28:44)
From: Goethe-Institut

In this radio travelogue, culture writer and journalist Bilal Qureshi explores Germany’s capital Berlin to find out about local origins, regulations and daily rituals of ...
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The Namesake (05:00)
From: Bilal Qureshi

Mira Nair's Adaptation of The Namesake