Middle East Monitor Conversations

Shlaim recalls a time when indigenous Jews resided in Muslim-majority lands harmoniously alongside their Muslim and Christian neighbours and how Israel worked to destabilise their ties Born in Ir...

14 Jul 202351min

here is a drive to have the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism used by all political parties and civil society groups, but its use is silencing debate on h...

7 Jul 202334min

Using Afghanistan, Palestine-Israel and Kashmir as case studies we'll discuss how Islamic law is often misconstrued and mis-represented in the media Join us for a conversation with Kaleem Hussein a...

30 Jun 202338min

While Rumi is an internationally renowned poet, his ties to Islam are often forgotten or ignored, one man is working to change that The 13th century Islamic jurist and mystic Jalal Al-Din Muhammad R...

23 Jun 202356min

Join us for a conversation with Professor Khairudin Aljunied as we discuss his latest book 'Shapers of Islam in Southeast Asia', which attempts to capture the progressive and pluralistic nature of Isl...

16 Jun 202348min

Lebanon is experiencing what the World Bank has said is one of the worst financial crises seen globally since the mid-nineteenth century, it was also the scene of the devastating port blast which dest...

9 Jun 202357min

Has Syrian regime President Bashar Al-Assad been victorious after he was allowed back into the Arab League in spite of spending over a decade of killing and torturing his citizens? On 19 May 2023 Sy...

2 Jun 202347min

Subhead: As support for the Palestinian cause increases, so too do efforts by the Friends of Israel to quash it, but who are the key factors in the British Zionist movement? Join us in conversati...

26 Mai 202335min