We all have favorite scents: the smell of rain, firewood, cardamom, prayer sheets, and Eid incense. Smell is a map of feeling and a compass of memory. Smells and the impact they leave on human souls and their inner worlds have always occupied the minds of philosophers and poets throughout the ages and ages. Nizar Qabbani considered it a language with its own vocabulary and letters. In this episode, we delve into the wonderful narrative style of smell as a weapon sometimes, as a memory sometimes, and as a hidden force other times. We will discuss the relationship of smell to memory, language, literature, cities, and personality. We will discover that precious scents are not only precious because of their composition, but also because of their ability to immortalize situations in memory. A great team worked on this episode: Lubna Al-Khamis, Dania Musa, Abdullah Al-Balawi, Faisal Kharmi, Islam Abdel-Wahab, and Pixel House. Special thanks to the guest of the episode, “Al-Khasma”, Tasnim
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