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 Dec 20230s
Ottoman Istanbul After Dark
with Avner Wishnitzer hosted by Sam Dolbee | What did the nighttime mean in the early modern Ottoman Empire? In this episode, Avner Wishnitzer discusses his recent book As Night Falls: Eig...
12 Dec 20230s
The Egyptian Labor Corps and the Echoes of WWI
with Kyle Anderson & Alia Mossallam hosted by Chris Gratien | In the aftermath of the First World War, the Egyptian streets rose up against British rule during a period of global anti-impe...
3 Dec 20230s
Nationality on Trial in the 19th Century Mediterranean
with Jessica Marglin hosted by Brittany White | In 1873, Nissim Shamama died suddenly at his palazzo in Livorno. He was quietly one of the richest men in the Mediterranean. A Tunisian Jew ...
27 Nov 20230s
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine
with Rashid Khalidi hosted by Zeinab Azarbadegan | In this episode, Rashid Khalidi discusses his latest book The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resis...
19 Nov 20230s
