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Episode 141: Historicizing and Contextualizing the Palestinian Struggle with Dr. Ussama Makdisi

Diffused Congruence: The American Muslim Experience

English - October 24, 2023 18:55 - 1 hour - 73.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 88 ratings
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We had the pleasure of sitting with Dr. Ussama Makdisi, Professor of History at the University of California Berkeley for a detailed, highly enlightening and impassioned discussion of the history of the Palestinian struggle. Dr. Makdisi masterfully contextualizes what is happening right now in Palestine within the broader history of the Western colonialist, Zionist project that has dehumanized, brutalized, and ethnically cleansed the Palestinian people for over 75 years.   


About Dr. Ussama Makdisi


Dr. Ussama Makdisi is Professor of History and Chancellor’s Chair at the University of California Berkeley. He was previously Professor of History and the first holder of the Arab-American Educational Foundation Chair of Arab Studies at Rice University in Houston.