Hind Makki

TV, dizi & pop culture analysis | Host @DecodingDizis | Founder @SideEntrance | #CHI #IST

[Hind Makki @HindMakki]

Did you know that the longest #interfaith peace treaty between Muslims and Christians was signed by Nubian Christian kings and the forces of the Rashidun Caliphate in the 7th C, lasting until the mid-13th C? Learn this history & more in this fab video:
https://t.co/zwqKX4qPkN

[Hind Makki @HindMakki]

I love this so much! And as a fellow Midwesterner, I also love the story behind the name of the town of Elkader, IA. #123ViveAlgerie

https://t.co/nZMql9lkk1

[Dean Ammi @AlgerianFooty]

🗣️ “I want to say thank you to Algeria for choosing Lawrence, Kansas.” 🇺🇸

The locals in USA are all getting behind Algeria. 🇩🇿

[Hind Makki @HindMakki]

Why is yellow the color of Turkish childhood? A little costume analysis from #tasacakbudeni̇z might help to answer that question

https://t.co/t558GMrXZU

[Decoding Dizis @DecodingDizis]

Confession: I had to work much harder to be fair to Adil than to understand him. Esme & Eleno OTOH, are the most sympathetic characters in #TasacakBuDeniz IMO. I unpack all three in the latest Decoding Dizis episode. (Still Team #EsDil though!)

https://t.co/EmKIVn4jSU

[Hind Makki @HindMakki]

@entrespire Yep, I'm still in Istanbul :) TBD just had their season finale, so summer could be a good time to catch up.

[Hind Makki @HindMakki]

@entrespire Anyway, I did find a dizi that I loved this season - and I loved it so much I actually made a podcast about it (well, more about the tropes/formulas of dizis, but using it to explore those themes) would love your thoughts! https://t.co/yeioaiwelf

[Hind Makki @HindMakki]

@entrespire The dizi industry is changing, impacted by external factors, and not always in a good way. I think they still haven't figured out how to leverage dizis globally; they don't genuinely know why certain dizis take off abroad. And they're still locked into the ratings thing

[Hind Makki @HindMakki]

@entrespire Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi rajioon. I'm so sorry for your loss 🤍

[Decoding Dizis @DecodingDizis]

After the #tasacakbudeni̇z season finale, all I could think is that the most dangerous character in a story isn't always the villain; sometimes it's a hero believing his anger justifies everything. I get into Adil and why he's like this in the latest ep:
https://t.co/bfLX20fn4Q

[Decoding Dizis @DecodingDizis]

Ep. 2 "Earth, Wind, and Fire" just dropped. Dive into #EsDil's family - they spent the last 20 years in solo orbit and now they are being pulled back into the same gravitational field - whether they are ready or not! #tasacakbudeni̇z

https://t.co/bfLX20fn4Q

[Hind Makki @HindMakki]

@kashmvr Thank you!

[Hind Makki @HindMakki]

New project dropping soon.

[Hind Makki @HindMakki]

As this year's Turkish TV season draws to a close, I dive into one of the year's hit series, #tasaçakbudeniz, on Decoding Dizis. I'll unpack what the show is about and why it seems to have struck a chord with its audience. I hope you'll enjoy it!

https://t.co/8PqIIcfNpP

[Hind Makki @HindMakki]

New podcast alert: We need to talk about Turkish TV @DecodingDizis

https://t.co/Nq0sKy8hHr

[Hind Makki @HindMakki]

Using yellow filter on Istanbul is wild work. The cityscape is all sky, stone and water; the blue Bosphorus, limestone walls and hills of green forests. Can people please look at a map?

[Boşuna Tıklama @bosunatiklama]

İngiliz yapımı 'Fuze' filminin İstanbul çekimlerinde sarı filtre kullanıldı.

[Fitzroy Morrissey @fitzmorrissey]

I love this: the Cambridge Persianist Edward Granville Browne writing to Ignaz Goldziher in Arabic rhymed prose (sajʿ). Let’s bring this back among Arabist colleagues!

[Hind Makki @HindMakki]

@Mashouf إنا لله وإنا إليه راجعون
I'm so sorry for your family's loss, Justin.

[Hind Makki @HindMakki]

This is just good logistics 🙃

[AC 🇵🇾 @AC2802M]

Nah i’ve seen it all 😭😭😭

[Hind Makki @HindMakki]

@Rowaida_Abdel Ramadan Kareem to you and yours!

[Hind Makki @HindMakki]

@yoncacubuk Yes, that's true, ofc. My experiece is from the US where separation of church and state is meant to protect both institutions from each other. So I try to stay as neutral and impartial as possible as I observe life here in Istanbul.

[Hind Makki @HindMakki]

@yoncacubuk That's the terminology I heard when I moved here: secular and conservative. They're not what I would use, but it's what seems to be used🤷🏾‍♀️