S1 E11 To Stand With Palestine - with Karam Dana
Our guest in this episode of Middle East Talks is the Palestinian American academic Karam Dana, to talk about his new book To Stand with Palestine: Transnational Resistance and Political Evolution in ...
21 Tammi 41min
S1 E10 Sex Work in Colonial Egypt - with Francesca Biancani
The British occupation authorities drafted the first law regulating sex work in Egypt, merely 6 weeks after British forces defeated the Egyptian army and occupied the country in 1882. The era of regul...
26 Joulu 202544min
S1E9 Recovering Palestinian Lives - with Andrea Stanton
Qudsiyya Khurshid belonged to the first generation of Palestinian broadcasters, joining the Palestine Broadcasting Service shortly after its launch in 1936. An educator and writer, she was among a sma...
19 Joulu 202539min
S1 E8 Social Media and the Politics of Ironic Belonging in Dubai - with Sonali Pahwa
What’s it like to be a 2nd generation migrant to the United Arab Emirates who is also a social media star? How can you express your identity within the constraints of its legal and political system? M...
12 Joulu 202530min
S1 E7 Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza - with Peter Beinart
Our guest today in Middle East Talks is Peter Beinart, American writer and professor at the Newmark School of Journalism at the City University of New York, to discuss his new book Being Jewish After ...
10 Loka 202526min
S1 E6 State, Peasants and Land in mid-19th century Egypt - with Maha Ghalwash
The eras of Abbas Pasha and Said Pasha in mid 19th century Egypt are usually perceived as somewhat of a dark age … stuck there between the powerful ambitious rule of their predecessor Mohammed Ali, an...
19 Syys 202535min
S1 E5 Gaza Catastrophe: The Genocide in World-Historical Perspective - with Gilbert Achcar
As the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned to power 16 years ago, our guest in today’s episode warned of an “imminent nakba”… the Arabic term used to describe the expulsion of Palestini...
4 Syys 202551min
S1 E4 Egypt's 1919 Revolution in Literature and Film - with Dina Heshmat
The Revolution of 1919 is a key moment in modern Egyptian history. Pent up anger exploded after World War One, and Egyptians rose up demanding independence and an end to British occupation. But while ...
21 Elo 202540min
