Jerusalem Unplugged
121 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 days ago - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsJerusalem Unplugged is the only podcast dedicated to Jerusalem, its history, and its people. Dr. Roberto Mazza is interviewing scholars, activists, politicians, artists, journalists, religious men and women, and everybody that in one way or another is connected to Jerusalem. Podcasts will bring you closer to the city and understand its complex layout and they uncover a wealth of knowledge. You will hear about a Jerusalem you never heard of.
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Jerusalem, Palestine and Israel with Ilan Pappe
September 21, 2022 05:01 - 1 hour - 156 MBSeason 3 ends with a fantastic guest: Ilan Pappe. In this intimate episode, the most famous Israeli historian talks about his early life and work, the journey to discover the real meaning of Israeli rule over the Palestinians and how he started, through his work, to fight back and offer an alternative historical narrative from the traditional Zionist one. As we discussed his early work on the Husayni family we delved into the politics of Jerusalem and the growing criticism against segregatio...
Jerusalem in World War One: Leah Tannenbaum. Part 5
September 14, 2022 05:01 - 39 minutes - 90 MBThe month is ending, but not the more or less naughty comments being made about the projected wedding of Djemal Pasha with a beautiful Jewish lady named Leah Tennenbaum. The news seemed so unlikely to me that I gave it the least importance, but it persists, and there is no one in the city who is not commenting on it. – Consul Conde de Ballobar, Jerusalem, 31 May 1915. In this final episode of Jerusalem in World War One, I will bring to you the stories of Leah Tannenbaum and Abcarius Bey. L...
Jerusalem in World War One: Conde de Ballobar. Part 4.
September 07, 2022 05:01 - 1 hour - 153 MBIn the summer 1913, a young Spanish diplomat set out for the Holy Land in order to take office as the Spanish consul in Jerusalem. Antonio de la Cierva y Lewita, Count of Ballobar arrived in Jerusalem during an extremely problematic period for the Ottoman Empire: constantly under internal and external threats. Central to Ballobar’s mission in Jerusalem was the protection and support of the Spanish clergy and properties in the region: in particular, of the Custody of the Holy Land that had ju...
Jerusalem in World War One: Otis Glazebrook and America in Palestine
July 27, 2022 05:01 - 53 minutes - 123 MBIn this third installment of Jerusalem in World War One, I will explore the role of America in Palestine and of the American Consul Otis Glazebrook. U.S. humanitarian activity in Jerusalem, and Palestine as a whole, from the early nineteenth century onward challenges the traditional view that the United States played a relatively marginal role in the region until the end of World War II. In this episode we will see that American aid, initially understood as a religious duty of individuals, w...
Why is Beitar Jerusalem the most political football club in the world with Shaul Adar
July 20, 2022 05:01 - 1 hour - 150 MBIn December 2020, an Israeli football club made worldwide headlines. The news that a UAE royal had bought 50 per cent of Beitar's shares shook Israel and the football world. Beitar, proclaimed by some of its own fans as 'the most racist club in the country', is a club like no other in Israel. While Israeli football as a whole is a space where Israelis of all ethnicities and foreigners can co-exist, Beitar won't even sign a Muslim player for fear of its own far-right supporters' group, La Fam...
Jaffa and Jerusalem in 1948 with Itamar Radai
July 13, 2022 05:01 - 53 minutes - 123 MBBetween 1947 and 1948 Palestinian Arab and Jewish communities fought over Palestine, a war that clearly encompassed Jerusalem and Jaffa. Jerusalem was the focal point of the war due its centrality and symbolic importance. In this episode Itamar Radai discusses his work on Jerusalem and Jaffa in 1948. Our conversation is one that will certainly elicit controversy and questions, yet this is an important one to have about Jerusalem and Jaffa during a crucial historical period with long term con...
Jerusalem in World War One: the British Conquest. Part 2
July 06, 2022 05:01 - 1 hour - 153 MBThe British conquest of Jerusalem took place in December 1917. In the second episode dedicated to Jerusalem in World War One, I discuss the value of Jerusalem for the British during the war, how this changed but more importantly once the British began to plan the conquest of Palestine, how policy makers began to invest time and effort in order to prepare for the much awaited conquest of the Holy City. Later in the podcast I discuss the British conquest of the city, the military operation and...
Jerusalem in World War One: the Mobilization. Part 1
June 29, 2022 05:01 - 48 minutes - 112 MBWith this episode I started a series divided in 5 episodes discussing Jerusalem during the First World War. In this first installment I discuss the large question of Ottoman mobilization in 1914 and in the second part the mobilization process that started in the summer of the same year. In the last part of the episode I will discuss the general conditions of war-time Jerusalem, while many details will be discussed in the episodes dedicated to the Spanish Consul Conde de Ballobar, Leah Tennem...
Both Sides of the Field: Football and the Relations between Jews and Arab in Mandatory Palestine with Omer Einav
June 22, 2022 05:01 - 57 minutes - 131 MBIn his new book 'Both sides of the goal: a history of football in Palestine and Arab-Jewish relations during the British Mandate' (original in Hebrew), tells the story of the emergence of football in Palestine and how the game was enjoyed, organized and exploited by both Arabs and Jews in Palestine during the British Mandate. Football was introduced at the end of the late Ottoman era through Christian institutions and in a few decades it became the most popular sport in Palestine. Omer, tell...
The Palestine Museum US and From Palestine with Arts (Venice Biennale)
June 15, 2022 05:01 - 59 minutes - 135 MBIn this episode Faisal Saleh - founder and director of the Palestine Museum US - and Nancy Nesvet - curator of the 'From Palestine with Art' exhibition at the Venice Biennale - tell us about their amazing work. Palestine Museum US was founded by Palestinian American Faisal Saleh who, after over 40 years of entrepreneurial work, tuned his attention to managing the most ambitious Palestinian media project in the United States. Located in Woodbridge, Connecticut, USA, the museum opened its doo...
Print Culture and Literary Journalism in Jerusalem in the 1960s with Adey Almohsen
June 08, 2022 05:01 - 37 minutes - 85.7 MBThe Jerusalem Quarterly Dakkak Award winner Adey Almohsen in this episode takes us back to the Jerusalem of the 1960s when a generation of Palestinians who experienced the Nakba began to consider how to elaborate this tragic event through literature and poetry. His award winning essay which will be published in the Jerusalem Quarterly looks at the al-Ufuq al-Jadid magazine published by Ammin Shunnar until 1967 when the Israeli captured East Jerusalem. In this episode we talked about the maga...
Let's talk dirt: Jerusalem and archaeology - part 2 - with Emek Shaveh
June 01, 2022 05:01 - 1 hour - 142 MBIn this episode the new director of Emek Shaveh Alon Arad tells about their activities and tours around Jerusalem, Palestine and Israel. Emek Shaveh is a NGO working to defend cultural heritage rights and to protect ancient sites as public assets that belong to members of all communities, faiths and peoples. Emek Shaveh objects to the fact that the ruins of the past have become a political tool in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and work to challenge those who use archaeological sites to d...
The British Army in Palestine and Jerusalem with Matthew Hughes
May 25, 2022 05:01 - 45 minutes - 104 MBIn 1917 the Egypt Expeditionary Force led by General Edmund Allenby conquered Southern Palestine, Jerusalem and later in 1918 Northern Palestine. In this episode, Professor Matthew Hughes tells us about the British army in Palestine, its strategies against the Ottomans and tells us more about Allenby himself. The conquest of Palestine and Jerusalem occurred as part of the First World War, however as many previous guests have pointed out the British had already plans set in motion for one day...
British Intelligence in Mandatory Palestine with Steven Wagner
May 18, 2022 05:01 - 1 hour - 157 MBSteven Wagner, historian of intelligence and security, tells us about the little known history of British intelligence in Palestine during the British Mandate. His work looks at how the British created a state based on intelligence and control where Jerusalem was at the center of the political drama that unfolded between 1918 and 1948. We also discussed several interesting figures who produced intelligence and influenced British policy making in Palestine. We also discussed the legacy of Bri...
Queens of Jerusalem: the women who dared to rule with Katherine Pangonis
May 11, 2022 05:01 - 45 minutes - 105 MBThe lives of this trailblazing dynasty of royal women, and the crusading Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine, are the focus of Katherine Pangonis's book. In QUEENS OF JERUSALEM we explored the role women played in the governing of the Middle East during periods of intense instability, and how they persevered to rule and seize greater power for themselves when the opportunity presented itself. Our conversation will take you through the history of Crusader Jerusalem and its queens, from Melisende to Si...
Cultural diplomacy in Jerusalem and Palestine with Karene Sanchez
May 04, 2022 05:01 - 1 hour - 154 MBKarene Sanchez is an expert of so many fields in the history of Jerusalem and Palestine that it is hard to summarize our discussion. As usual we started with a chat on how Karene has come to work on Palestine and Jerusalem and from there we explored the question of languages spoken in the region, the local Christian communities, particularly the Catholics, both Latins and Melkites. Lastly we discussed the large and fascinating topic of European cultural diplomacy which targeted Palestinians ...
Under Jerusalem with Andrew Lawler
April 27, 2022 05:01 - 57 minutes - 132 MBIn this episode Andrew Lawler presents his new book: Under Jerusalem. In 1863, a French senator arrived in Jerusalem hoping to unearth relics dating to biblical times. Digging deep underground, he discovered an ancient grave that, he claimed, belonged to an Old Testament queen. News of his find ricocheted around the world, evoking awe and envy alike, and inspiring others to explore Jerusalem’s storied past. In the century and a half since the Frenchman broke ground, Jerusalem has drawn a gl...
From translation to the earthquake of 1927 with Sarah Irving
April 20, 2022 05:01 - 1 hour - 158 MBIn this episode Dr Sarah Irving tells us about her work on Palestinian history that started first with activism and then continued in the academic world. In the first part of this episode we discussed the question of translation as a profession embraced by a number of liminal figures but also the political strings attached to the act of translating volumes from and to English, Arabic, Hebrew and even German. In the second part we discussed the famous earthquake of 1927 which struck most of P...
Children, the Invisible Inhabitants in British Mandate Jerusalem with Julia Shatz
April 13, 2022 05:01 - 55 minutes - 126 MBChildren are the often neglected population of every city, they are invisible, they leave very little records and unless of tragic events once children are adults their youth is forgotten. Julia Shatz tells us about her work trying to bring back to life the children of Jerusalem during the British Mandate. Most of the material is to be found in the American Colony archives, managed by the previous guest of the podcast Rachel Lev. The fascinating story of the American Colony was also told by ...
Islamic Jerusalem, its history and legacy with Suleiman Mourad
April 06, 2022 05:01 - 1 hour - 151 MBThe opening of season 3 is dedicated to the history and legacy of Islamic Jerusalem with Professor Suleiman Mourad. What does it mean Islamic? How did Jerusalem become an Islamic city and how was the city transformed after the 9th century conquest by Muslim armies? With Suleiman we discussed these questions but more importantly we looked at how the various historical layer of Jewish Jerusalem, Christian Jerusalem and Islamic Jerusalem have been combined together throughout the centuries. As ...
A view of Jerusalem from the Hebrew University with Abigail Jacobson
March 02, 2022 06:01 - 48 minutes - 111 MBIn the last episode of season 2, Abigail Jacobson, Senior Lecturer at the Hebrew University, shares with us the view of the city from Mount Scopus. The Hebrew University has in the last decade or so diversified its student population, yet the various communities may not necessarily coming together and the only experience is of sharing the same space. Abigail, the author of two amazing works, one on Jerusalem during World War One and the other on the relationship between Oriental Jews and lo...
The Nabi Musa Festival with Awad Halabi
February 23, 2022 06:01 - 1 hour - 171 MBThe Nabi Musa festival dates back centuries, an Islamic celebration of the Prophet Moses that started at the end of the Crusader period. While the festival was abolished by the British during the Mandate it had been revived later under the Jordanians and more recently under the umbrella of the Palestinian Authority. The festival is deeply connected with Nabi Musa, the alleged tomb of Moses and developed through the centuries as a display of local Islamic and then civic identity of Palestine....
The deal of the century? Cemal Pasha's attempt to sell the Western Wall in 1916
February 16, 2022 06:01 - 52 minutes - 119 MBIn this special episode of Jerusalem Unplugged with no guest, I will tell you the story of a neglected and forgotten event that took place during the First World War in Jerusalem and might have changed the course of the city's history. In 1916 the Ottoman Military Governor and Commander of Syria and Palestine, Cemal Pasha, offered to Albert Antebi, a local Jewish representative (well respected and openly anti-Zionist) the possibility to purchase the area in front of the Western Wall and to d...
British urban planning of Jerusalem with Noah Hysler Rubin
February 09, 2022 06:01 - 1 hour - 163 MBMcLean, Ashbee and Geddes may not be household names for many in Jerusalem and those who are in various way interested in, or attached to the city. Yet, these British urban planners had a major influence in the development of Jerusalem and its design since the British conquered the city in December 1917. Dr. Noah Hysler Rubin, an urban planner and geographer at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem, tells about the role these individuals played in re-imagining and planning the city...
The Palestine Exploration Fund with Felicity Cobbing
February 02, 2022 06:01 - 51 minutes - 117 MBThe Palestine Exploration Fund is a familiar name to many who work or visited Jerusalem. While the general sense is that it was a branch of British colonialism in the region, its origin and institutional life are not necessarily located within the machinations of the British government. The PEF was born in the late 19th century with the idea to promote the scientific discovery of biblical locations and archaeological sites through the mapping and surveying of Palestine and Jerusalem. Felicit...
Nine Quarters of Jerusalem with Matthew Teller
January 26, 2022 06:01 - 1 hour - 153 MBMatthew Teller, writer, documentary maker and BBC Radio contributor, tells us about his personal journey and experience in Jerusalem and of Jerusalem. Matthew has recently finished a new book on the city and he talks about it with us: Nine Quarters or Jerusalem. 'Jerusalem is under intense pressure. Stories from its Indian and West African communities, its Dom Gypsies, its Islamic Sufi mystics, its Syriac and Armenian churches – all these and others are being overlooked. The women who shaped...
Greek Jerusalem, its history and politics with Kostantinos Papasthatis
January 19, 2022 06:01 - 54 minutes - 125 MBHow many people would know that there was a Greek Jerusalem? In fact there is still a Greek Jerusalem buried in the multilayered society of the city. Kostantinos Papasthatis brings back the history and politics of this neglected but crucial community in the city. Starting the discussion with an overview of the Greek Orthodox Church in Jerusalem and its structure - a Greek hierarchy and the Arab congregation - we then moved to talk about the little known fact that the Greek Orthodox Church is...
Architecture and urban plans in Jerusalem with Nadi Abusaada
January 12, 2022 06:01 - 48 minutes - 111 MBNadi Abusaada, architect, urbanist and historian, discussed the role of British urban planning for Jerusalem in the early 1920s, particularly the work of Charles Ashbee. Architecture and urban planning are more than just an exercise in beautification or urbanization of space in Jerusalem, it is a question of ethno-politics. We then discussed the Arab Fair that took place in Jerusalem in the early 1930s. This work by Nadi has been published by the Jerusalem Quarterly and it is a fascinating r...
Lives in common, everyday life in Jerusalem with Menachem Klein
January 05, 2022 06:01 - 1 hour - 157 MBIn the first episode of 2022, Professor Menachem Klein, author of the acclaimed book 'Lives in Common', takes us through the changing politics of Jerusalem since the 1990s. Prof. Klein has been involved in several rounds of peace talks offering his expertise and knowledge about Jerusalem. While currently, peace seems to be far away, Klein has been writing extensively on the everyday life of Jerusalem suggesting that in order to make steps forward it is important to change the traditional per...
Building Jerusalem and Palestine: a short history of cement with Nimrod Ben Zeev
December 22, 2021 06:01 - 58 minutes - 133 MBJerusalem, Palestine and Israel have been built with cement, a material that carries an important and heavy socio-political history. In this episode Nimrod Ben Zeev tells about this material and its use in Palestine and how cement has become a central component in the ongoing conflict. We also discussed the question of racialization of construction work particularly in Israel after 1948. While jobs in construction are generally well paid, these jobs are often associated with Palestinians wit...
Jerusalem's Old Past (part 3): Medieval Jerusalem with Valentina Covaci
December 15, 2021 06:01 - 45 minutes - 103 MBIn this third installment of the Jerusalem's Old Past series, Dr Valentina Covaci takes us back to medieval Jerusalem, mostly in the period when the city was under Mamluk rule. We first discussed what medieval Jerusalem means in terms of chronology and of local inhabitants and how the demographic picture changed throughout the medieval centuries. We then moved to discuss Franciscan presence in Jerusalem which started as early as the 13th century, a presence that influenced both the Order and...
Refugees, business cards and the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem with Maria Chiara Rioli
December 08, 2021 06:01 - 1 hour - 141 MBIn this episode Maria Chiara Rioli, author of the wonderful work A Liminal Church, Refugees, Conversions and the Latin Diocese of Jerusalem 1946-1956 (Brill), tells us about her personal path that brought her to work in Jerusalem and later to work on Jerusalem. We discussed her work with the Open Jerusalem project and the question of archives and what archives mean for Jerusalem and Jerusalemites. One the most fascinating discoveries by Maria Chiara was business cards printed in the late 19t...
Beitar Jerusalem and the politics of Football with Nicholas Blincoe
December 01, 2021 06:01 - 53 minutes - 122 MBAuthor, critic, screenwriter and former Bethlehem resident, Nicholas Blincoe takes us through an amazing journey in history and sport. In the first part of the episode Nicholas laid out for us a short history of football in Palestine and how both Palestinians and Zionists understood sport as part of the emerging national conflict, particularly under British rule. Jumping decades ahead, in the second part of the episode we discussed the infamous ultras group known as 'La Familia', while suppo...
A day trip from Jerusalem: Bethlehem and its Merchants with Jacob Norris
November 24, 2021 06:01 - 1 hour - 140 MBIn this third episode dedicated to a day trip from Jerusalem, Jacob Norris takes us to Bethlehem. The city at the very center of the story of Christmas has been a center attracting pilgrims from all around the world, but more importantly began to export religious items made in Bethlehem in every corner of the planet. In his recent work Jacob has traced the global network of Bethlehemites who exported items and created small communities all around the world making Bethlehem a bigger place tha...
A day trip from Jerusalem: Nazareth in the 20th century with Leena Dallasheh
November 17, 2021 06:01 - 51 minutes - 118 MBIn this second episode dedicated to a day trip from Jerusalem, Prof. Leena Dallasheh takes us to Nazareth. This very important Palestinian center, mostly known for its connection with the story of Jesus, has been for some time considered as the Arab capital of Israel, at least until the early 2000s. Nazareth found itself in Israeli territory in 1948 and Leena gave us some hints about people and the ways they negotiated the trauma and their new position. While Nazareth played a major role in ...
A day trip from Jerusalem: Gaza in Ottoman times with Dotan Halevy
November 10, 2021 06:01 - 58 minutes - 134 MBIn this first episode dedicated to a day-trip outside Jerusalem, Dotan Halevy takes to late-Ottoman Gaza. While today Gaza can be certainly considered the largest open air jail, or at least most securitized location in the world, Dotan tells of a forgotten past when Gaza was integrated into a maritime system and at the same served as a regional hub of the trade of agricultural products. We then talked about the evacuation of Gaza during the First World War, a little known event in history, b...
Jerusalem's Old Past (part 2): the city and its libraries with Merav Mack
November 03, 2021 06:01 - 1 hour - 140 MBIn the second episode dedicated to the pre-Ottoman history of Jerusalem, Merav Mack, Jerusalemite and scholar, takes us through the street of medieval Jerusalem, discussing the libraries and the books preserved in the Old City. With Merav we talked how she moved from working on Genoa in the Middle Ages to Jerusalem showing how cities throughout the Mediterranean were connected by merchants, pilgrims, scholars and in a sense by war. Merav had been involved in a very famous exhibition hosted a...
Jerusalem's Old Past (part 1): the Crusades with Adrian Boas
October 27, 2021 05:05 - 59 minutes - 136 MBIn this first episode dedicated to the early history of Jerusalem, Prof. Adrian Boas takes us back the Crusader era when Jerusalem fell in the hands of the Crusaders in 1099. Adrian tells about the legacy of the Crusaders in Jerusalem, he will take you through a sort of guided tour discovering the signs of that long gone era. Adrian also told us about the people living in Jerusalem and their daily life. We also talked about the Templers and the stories that emerged after the abolition on the...
Arab Jewish relations in Jerusalem from 1929 to post 1967 with Hillel Cohen
October 20, 2021 05:05 - 57 minutes - 132 MBAcclaimed scholar and Jerusalemite Hillel Cohen shared with us the stories of his childhood in Jerusalem, how he became interested in the history of the city and particular in establishing a personal relation with the Palestinians of Jerusalem after 1967. This is the moment Hillel became also interested in Jewish-Arab relations, how they developed and have been shaped by history. As we discussed his very famous work Year Zero of the Arab-Israeli Conflict 1929, Cohen clarified that 1929 was n...
The Jerusalem Quarterly and policing Jerusalem during the British Mandate with the co-editor Alex Winder
October 13, 2021 05:05 - 1 hour - 139 MBIn this episode the co-editor of the Jerusalem Quarterly Alex Winder tells us about the history of this very important publication, a mix of essays and scholarly written articles about Jerusalem that cover various disciplines and historical periods. The conversation moved then to discuss police and policing in British Mandatory Jerusalem. With Alex we traced the work of the British police, the interactions between Palestinian and Zionist officers and the legacy of the British police. Lastly,...
Reporting, storytelling and running in Jerusalem with Jalal Abukhater
October 06, 2021 05:05 - 58 minutes - 133 MBJalal Abukhater is a young Palestinian journalist, storyteller and runner, reporting from Jerusalem on life as witnessed and lived. With Jalal we talked about what it means to be a reporter from Jerusalem and how people from abroad see the city. Jalal remembers his time in Scotland and what it means to be a Jerusalemite abroad; from here we talked about current politics including the question of the Blue Jerusalem ID. Storytelling took us then into family history showing how one who knows Je...
Jerusalem through the eyes of a Jerusalemite 1955 to 2021 with Nazmi al Jubeh
September 29, 2021 05:05 - 1 hour - 155 MBIn this honest and hard episode of Jerusalem Unplugged, Prof. Nazmi al-Jubeh takes us through his personal journey as a Jerusalemite born in the Old City in 1955. His experience is the same of many Palestinian Jerusalemites who struggle every day. The stories of Lifta, Sheik Jarrah and Silwan instead of being the background of his story, they become the main stage of this very emotional podcast. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/jerusalemunplugged. Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...
The municipality of Jerusalem through time and space with Falestin Naili
September 22, 2021 05:05 - 55 minutes - 127 MBFalestin Naili, historian associated with the Institut français du Proche-Orient (Ifpo) in Amman, specializes in the social history of the late Ottoman and Mandate Palestine and Jordan and has focused much of her recent research on local governance and politics, particularly in Jerusalem. Through her interest in collective memory and oral history she often reaches present-time issues, including the politics of heritage and folklore. We focused on the history of the municipality of Jerusalem ...
The politics of Jerusalem and holy cities with Mick Dumper
September 15, 2021 05:05 - 1 hour - 140 MBIn the opening episode of season 2 of Jerusalem Unplugged, Prof. Mick Dumper tell us about the complexities and nuances of the politics of Jerusalem since 1967. As Prof. Dumper contributed to the emerging peace process in the 1990s he brings us first hand accounts of the position of Jerusalem in the process. Prof. Dumper reminds us that religion is extremely important when discussing Jerusalem as faith and control of the city goes hand in hand. We discussed the very controversial and sensiti...
Intercommunal and international relations within the Church of the Holy Sepulchre with George Tsourous
August 18, 2021 05:05 - 53 minutes - 49.2 MBGeorge Tsourous, anthropologist, currently conducting research for the International Community of the Holy Sepulchre (ICoHS) on the importance of Christianity in the Holy Land, tells us about the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and the complex and vast net of intercommunal and international relations that unfold every day within the church. We talked about modern day pilgrims visiting the Holy Sepulchre, their expectations, their behavior and interactions with other pilgrims and visitors. We al...
Late Ottoman Jerusalem with Michelle Campos
July 14, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 62.2 MBIn this season finale Michelle Campos tells about late Ottoman Jerusalem, its composition and how a new GIS study of the Old City reveals its unmixed complexities. Our guest tells us how she came to study Jerusalem and also who she discovered important material written in Ladino. Campos tells us about how the history of the late Ottoman Jerusalem has changed in the last few decades and how some groups have appropriated some aspects of it. She talks about Albert Antebi and how modern technolo...
British Evangelical Christians in Jerusalem with Gabriel Polley, winner of the Dakkak Award of Jerusalem Quarterly
July 07, 2021 05:05 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MBIn this episode Gabriel Polley, the Dakkak Award of the Jerusalem Quarterly, talks about the British Evangelicals and their relationship with and understanding of Jerusalem in the 19th and 20th century. Polley tells us of the deep relationship between religion and colonialism and how the British relied on religious ideas in order to establish their rule in the holy land. Polley also talks about how Evangelicals saw Jerusalem and local Christian Palestinians. https://www.palestine-studies.o...
The Armenians of Jerusalem, their micro-identities and the history of the Armenian Quarter with Bedross der Matossian.
June 30, 2021 05:05 - 1 hour - 56.7 MBWho are the Armenians of Jerusalem? What's the history of the Armenian Quarter? What are the challenges of this community? Bedross der Matossian, an Armenian historian from Jerusalem, answers these and more questions about one of the most fascinating and complex histories of the city.
The Armenians of Jerusalem, their micro-identities and the history of the Armenian Quarter with Bedross Der Matossian.
June 30, 2021 05:05 - 1 hour - 56.7 MBWho are the Armenians of Jerusalem? What's the history of the Armenian Quarter? What are the challenges of this community? Bedross Der Matossian, an Armenian historian from Jerusalem, answers these and more questions about one of the most fascinating and complex histories of the city. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/jerusalemunplugged. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jerusalem Unplugged meets Stories from Palestine with Kristel: tourist guiding, living and podcasting in Jerusalem.
June 23, 2021 05:05 - 54 minutes - 50.3 MBIn this episode I had the pleasure to interview the host of the podcast Stories from Palestine (one of the top 20 about Palestine) Kristel. We talked about living in Beit Safafa, podcasting from Jerusalem, getting ready to become a tourist guide and indeed we discussed Stories from Palestine. https://storiesfrompalestine.info/listen/ https://stories-from-palestine.mailchimpsites.com/ https://ko-fi.com/storiesfrompalestine Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/jerusalemunplugged. ...