
TED Talks
Shereen El Feki: Pop culture in the Arab world
TV-PG
2009 • E211 Dec 11, 2009 8mAt TEDGlobal University, Shereen El Feki shows how some Arab cultures are borrowing trademarks of Western pop culture -- music videos, comics, even Barbie -- and adding a culturally appropriate twist. The hybridized media shows how two civilizations, rather than dividing, can dovetail.