Media of the Masses in Modern Egypt
with Andrew Simon, Alia Mossallam, and Ziad Fahmy hosted by Chris Gratien | The Egyptian revolution of 2011 is one of the most spectacular examples of how social media has played a pivotal...
1 Apr 20240s
Nazareth, the Nakba, and the Remaking of Palestinian Politics
with Leena Dallasheh hosted by Chris Gratien | As an Arab city inside the 1948 borders of Israel, Nazareth defies many of the general narratives of both Israeli and Palestinian histories. ...
24 Mar 20240s
The Economics of the Armenian Genocide in Aintab
with Ümit Kurt hosted by Sam Dolbee | What were the economic forces that drove the violence of the Armenian genocide? In this episode, historian Ümit Kurt speaks about his research on the ...
26 Feb 20240s
Nasser, Nubia, and the Stories of a People
with Alia Mossallam hosted by Chris Gratien | In 1952, a coup d'état led by Gamal Abdel Nasser ushered in a revolutionary period of Egyptian history in which sound played an integral role ...
5 Feb 20240s
A Sufi Novel of Late Ottoman Istanbul
with Brett Wilson hosted by Brittany White | Set between elite households and a Sufi lodge, Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu's 1922 novel Nur Baba was a provocative take on competing notions of r...
25 Jan 20240s
Palestinian Citizens of Israel and the Arab World
with Maha Nassar hosted by Susanna Ferguson | 1948 marks the year that Israel gained independence, and for Palestinians, an experience of mass exile known as the Nakba. The displacement of...
8 Jan 20240s
The Politics of Street Sounds in Interwar Egypt
with Ziad Fahmy hosted by Chris Gratien | During the interwar period, the recording industry reshaped Egyptian culture and politics through music. But as we discuss in part two of our four...
20 Des 20230s
