{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdohafilm.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fjihan-k-idPQn9Gg","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Navigating Family Trauma and Libyan History | Jihan K, DIrector of \"My Father and Qaddafi\"","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/1ce0a58c-3e05-4d4b-a2e7-f3ffb869b215/d2d2dfe7-11a9-4280-8c87-1e05e71b65c7/doha_film_festival_podcast_project_file.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"The director of award-winning documentary, My Father and Qaddafi (بابا والقذافي), Jihan K, explores in this episode the nine-year creative journey of reclaiming a family narrative after the 1993 kidnapping of her father, Mansour Kikhia, a former Libyan Foreign Minister turned peaceful opposition leader. Jihan shares a nuanced perspective on her childhood in exile, moving beyond a standard investigative lens to build a collage of Libya using intimate family archives and interviews with a dying generation. The conversation delves into the strength of the director's mother—who led a 19-year international search while nurturing a joyful home—and the challenge of defining \"Libyan-ness\" for a diaspora generation seeking an identity separate from politics or dictatorship. By humanizing historical figures and bridging a generational fracture, Jihan offers a tender, sophisticated look at memory, loss, and the moral responsibility of preserving a country’s history."}