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269 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsA critical, collaborative, and independent monthly Audio Journal combining analysis, reporting, and satire, comprised mainly of hard-hitting interviews/conversations, on-the-scene reports, reviews, informed commentary, and readings on the Middle East and beyond.
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Episode 2: The Crisis of Health Care in Prison, Part 1
April 30, 2021 23:46 - 38 minutes - 87.2 MBIn part 1, medical students Chanelle Simmons and Isabella Giunta explore the impact of mass incarceration on the health of individuals and communities. Through collected anecdotes, they illustrate the failures of prisons to provide their inmates with adequate health care, even in life-threatening situations. They also describe the history of racist policies and practices that allow for this inhumane treatment. They are joined by Jarrell E. Daniels, a prison reform activist, mentor to youth e...
What is Behind France's "Islamist Separatism" Bill?
April 19, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 86.1 MBMore than two generations after the end of colonization in north Africa, France still suffers from the undigested legacy and aftereffects of a brutal empire that spanned over two centuries and whose perverse reverberations are still felt today. Khalil Bendib speaks with French Algerian Nacira Guenif Souilamas, Professor of sociology and anthropology at University Paris 8 of Vincennes in Saint-Denis about French president Emmanuel Macron’s policies to combat home-grown terrorism while simulta...
Toxic Legecy Of War In Iraq
April 12, 2021 16:00 - 28 minutes - 39.2 MBMalihe Razazan spoke with Kali Rubaii, an assistant professor of anthropology at Purdue University, about the toxic legacy of the war in Iraq and the underlying reasons for the high rates of birth defects in the city of Fallujah
The Regional Revolutions & Uprisings: A Historical Look at the Past Decade
April 05, 2021 16:00 - 59 minutes - 82.2 MBHossam el-Hamalawy, journalist, photographer and member of the Egyptian Revolutionary Socialists, reflects on the term 'Arab Spring' and the ten years that have passed since what he refers to as the regional revolutions and regional uprisings that took place in the Middle East and North Africa. Interviewed by Khalil Bendib | English Courtesy of Voices of the Middle East and North Africa (VOMENA).
لمغنية السورية ليندا الأحمد، قصة رحلة غير تقليدية من سوريا إلى إسبانيا وكيف ألهم المنفى صوتها
March 29, 2021 16:00 - 53 minutes - 122 MBهذا اللقاء هو حديث عن الموسيقى والشتات. كيف من الممكن أن تلهم الصعاب الفنان. بدءاً من منفاها وصولا إلى الوباء العالمي، تصر المغنية السورية ليندا الأحمد على إيجاد طرق فنية لتستخدم صوتها وتوسع مخيلتها لمواجهة الواقع الصعب الذي تعيشه من خلال الموسيقى. A Journey from Syria to Spain: How exile inspired the voice of singer Linda Alahmad. This interview is a conversation about music and diaspora, and how an artist could be inspired by hardships. From her exile to the pandemic, Syrian singer Lin...
Quick Thoughts: Round-Up Issue 8.1
March 23, 2021 13:17 - 6 minutes - 15.3 MBHost Mouin Rabbani fills us in on the most recent and upcoming topics of Jadaliyya.com's Quick Thoughts interviews. Featuring guests Noura Erakat on the extra-judicial execution of Ahmad Erekat, Ardi Imseis on the ICC's ruling on February 9th on Palestine, Nazan Üstündağ on the protests at Turkey’s Boğaziçi University, and much more. To read these interviews, visit: https://www.jadaliyya.com/Category/157
The Kurdish Struggle for Self-Determination in Iran
March 23, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 119 MBSardar Saadi, PhD candidate in Anthropology at the University of Toronto and host of the Kurdish Edition podcast, examines urban dynamics of the Kurdish struggle for self-determination in Iran, in comparison with their struggles in Turkey. Interviewed by Shahram Aghamir | English Courtesy of Voices of the Middle East and North Africa (VOMENA).
Environment in Context: Environmental Reclamations
March 15, 2021 13:00 - 46 minutes - 32.2 MBIn this special episode, Anooradha Iyer Siddiqi speaks with Alishine Osman, Anisa Salat, and Huma Gupta about their experiences of environmental scarcity and diaspora, as well as the refugee camps and urban environments that became the landscapes of that trajectory. These acts of ecological reclamation can take place on a local, international, planetary, or a historical level. The guests reflect upon their own experiences in practice and research, and how these have led them to their communi...
Phosphates & the Political Economy of Environmental Transformation in Tunisia
March 08, 2021 17:00 - 34 minutes - 77.8 MBIn this episode of Environment in Context, Huma Gupta speaks with journalist Layli Foroudi. They explore how the story of phosphates can help us understand the political economy of environmental transformation in Tunisia from the late nineteenth to the twenty-first century. This episode discusses phosphate mining towns like Gafsa, railway networks that transport this important resource to coastal cities like Sfax for processing, phosphate trade with India, existing environmental policies, an...
قلق الشكل والبحث الدائم عن القصيدة
February 08, 2021 13:00 - 34 minutes - 79.2 MBيركز الحوار على الكتب الجديدة للشاعر وكيف تختلف عن القديمة ونظرته للشعر وقصيدة النثر. On this episode of In Their Own Voices: The Audio Divan of Modern Arabic Poetry, Syrian poet Firas Sulaiman sheds light on his two new recently published divans, his view of poetry and the prose poem. Interviewed by Osama Esber | Arabic
Episode 1: Decriminalizing Mental Health Crises, Part 2
February 01, 2021 13:00 - 33 minutes - 77.3 MBIn part 2, together Anjali, Andrea, and Carla describe mental health care that goes beyond medications and hospitalizations to both treat and prevent mental health crises. Anjali and Andrea further reflect on the role of medical providers in the violence and traumatization of people with mental health concerns and describe what changes to our medical education are necessary to prepare physicians to provide appropriate, compassionate, and trauma-informed care. Hosted by Downstate Students f...
Episode 1: Decriminalizing Mental Health Crises, Part 1
January 25, 2021 13:00 - 34 minutes - 78 MBIn Part 1, medical students Anjali Jaiman and Andrea Martinez discuss the history of oppression through psychiatric institutionalization and criminalization of mental health concerns. They are joined by Carla Rabinowitz, who is the Project Coordinator of Correct Crisis Intervention Today NYC (CCIT-NYC), an organization that advocates for peer-led, compassionate care for people experiencing mental health crisis. Our current police-led response to mental health crisis often leads to violence a...
Diana Buttu on Palestinian Struggle and The Case for The One-State Solution
January 20, 2021 13:00 - 58 minutes - 79.6 MBOn this edition of Voices of the Middle East and North Africa, Khalil Bendib speaks with international lawyer, activist and former PLO negotiator Diana Buttu about the state of the Palestinian cause at a time when an international conspiracy by colonialist and neocolonialist regimes worldwide is frantically busy rolling back a cause that has become an international rallying cry for struggles against injustice everywhere, whether the BLM movement, democracy movements in Middle East and North ...
Ecologies of Capital in Egypt
January 15, 2021 19:00 - 45 minutes - 64.1 MBعربي تحت Aaron Jakes interviewed by Huma Gupta and Camille Cole on September 3, 2020 In this episode, Huma Gupta and Camille Cole discuss Egypt’s occupation and the history of capitalism as both a social and an ecological process with Aaron Jakes. Guest: Aaron Jakes Aaron G. Jakes is Assistant Professor of History at The New School, where he teaches on the modern Middle East and South Asia, global environmental history, and the historical geography of capitalism. بيئات رأس المال في مص...
Gender, Protest, and the Politics of Film: A Discussion with Julia Bacha on "Naila and the Uprising"
November 23, 2020 14:00 - 27 minutes - 54.2 MBعربي تحت An untold story for most, the women's movement that headed and sustained the First Intifada was a source of tremendous popular power and useful lessons. Noah Black sat down with the director of the award-winning film Naila and the Uprising, Julia Bacha, to discuss this history and more. The film was produced by Rula Salameh and Rebekah Wingert-Jabi. الجندر والاحتجاج وسياسة الفيلم: مناقشة مع جوليا باشا حول "نائلة والانتفاضة" يتحدث نوح بلاك مع جوليا باشا مخرجة الفيلم الحائز على ج...
Islam on the Edges with Ermin Sinanovic
November 16, 2020 14:00 - 39 minutes - 81.3 MBعربي تحت Noah T Black sat down with Ermin Sinanovic of the Center for Islam in the Contemporary World to discuss Islam on the Edges. Sinanovic touches on the importance of moving beyond the MENA region in Islamic studies, breaking down the center-periphery distinction, and transnational Muslim identities. الإسلام بعيداً عن المركز: إرمين سنانوفيتش حول الهوية الإسلامية عبر الوطنية يلتقي نوح بلاك مع إرمين سنانوفيتش الذي يتطرق إلى أهمية عدم اقتصار الدراسات الإسلامية على منطقة الشرق الأوسط و...
Does the Arab Region have an Agrarian Question?: Max Ajl on Blind Spots in Agrarian Studies
November 09, 2020 14:00 - 47 minutes - 32 MBعربي تحت Max Ajl speaks on his recent article in The Journal of Peasant Studies with Omar Dahi. They cover the blind spots in and utility of agrarian studies. Ajl also touches on the need to include considerations of the national question and war in studying agro-ecology. المنطقة العربية وسؤال الدراسات الزراعية: حوار مع ماكس عجل يتحدث ماكس عجل عن مقالته الأخيرة في مجلة دراسات الفلاحين مع عمر ضاحي. ويتطرق اللقاء إلى الدراسات الزراعية من حيث فوائدها ونقاط قصورها وضرورة إدراج اعتبارات القض...
Quick Thoughts: On "Kerning Cultures," a Podcast 'Empire' on the Rise in the Middle East
November 02, 2020 14:00 - 14 minutes - 32.7 MBعربي تحت On this episode of Quick Thoughts, co-founder and CEO of Kerning Cultures Network, Hebah Fisher speaks about how the first venture-funded podcast company in the Middle East came to be and is navigating the COVID-19 era, and how to incorporate current events into shows that are not focussed on breaking news. Interviewed by Paola Cossermelli Messina August 14, 2020 | English حول " تقنين الثقافات" وصعود التدوين الصوتي في الشرق الأوسط تتناول هذه الحلقة ظهور أول مشروع ممول لشركة ...
Quick Thoughts: Update on Annexation of the West Bank
October 26, 2020 13:00 - 6 minutes - 15.5 MBStatus Host and Jadaliyya co-editor Mouin Rabbani speaks on the question of the annexation of the West Bank based on what is happening currently. Interviewed by Bassam Haddad September 17, 2020 | English
Palestine in the Wake of Israel's Normalization Deal with Bahrain and the UAE
October 19, 2020 13:00 - 57 minutes - 79.4 MBعربي تحت In the wake of the Israel normalization deal with Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, Ilan Pappé speaks about where this new development leaves the question of Palestine as well as the general state of human rights and civil rights in the region. Interviewed by Khalil Bendib September 18th, 2020 | English Courtesy of Voices of the Middle East and North Africa (VOMENA) فلسطين في أعقاب صفقة التطبيع الإسرائيلية مع البحرين والإمارات في أعقاب صفقة التطبيع الإسرائيلية مع البحر...
Why Nasrin Sotoudeh is on Hunger Strike to Protest Iran’s Dire Prison Conditions
October 12, 2020 13:00 - 23 minutes - 32.4 MBعربي تحت Malihe Razazan spoke to Human Rights Watch (HRW) Iran Researcher Tara Sepehri Far about Nasrin Sotoudeh's hunger strike and the criminalization of peaceful protests in Iran. Sotoudeh is an Iranian human rights lawyer, who was arrested in 2010 and started her second hunger strike this year in August to protest the inhumane treatment of Iranian political prisoners during the COVID pandemic. Courtesy of Voices of the Middle East and North Africa (VOMENA). أسباب إضراب نسرين ستوده ع...
Ecological Imaginaries of Water and Climate Change in Dubai
October 05, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour - 167 MBOn this episode of Environment in Context, Huma Gupta and Danya al-Saleh speak to Nadia Christidi, a PhD candidate in History, Anthropology, and Science, Technology, and Society at MIT and an arts practitioner. Her dissertation research explores how cities that face water supply challenges, which are expected to intensify with climate change, are imagining, planning, and preparing for the future of water; the cities she focuses on are Los Angeles, Dubai, and Cape Town. How do we imagine, t...
القصيدة كأفق للسفر - The Poem as a Horizon for Traveling [AR]
September 30, 2020 13:00 - 41 minutes - 95.5 MBالخضر شودار ولد بالجزائر و يعيش في شيكاغو. درس بجامعة تلمسان ثم وهران و تخرج من جامعة فلوريدا في الآداب الفرانكومغاربية، و عمل أستاذا في جامعة فلوريدا و ميشيغان. يعمل الآن محاضراً في جامعة شيكاغو. يصدر له قريباً: (الجهة الأخرى من الأشياء (ديوان شعر) ملمسك ناعم كموت شجرة، مختارات للشاعر الفرنسي آلان بوسكيه مترجمة عن الفرنسية. In this interview, the Algerian poet Elkhidr Choudar talks about his beginnings as a poet, his vision of poetry and the Arab poet in the context of his/her tradit...
1979 Generation: EP. 2 - Shahla Talebi on Political Prisoners & Proletarian Feminism
September 21, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour - 85.4 MBIn the second episode of “1979 Generation,” Jadaliyya’s Iran Page co-editor, Manijeh Nasrabadi interviews Shahla Talebi on the liberation of political prisoners, the intersection of gender, class and revolution, and the emergence of “proletarian feminism.” Shahla Talebi is Associate Professor of Religious Studies in the School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies at Arizona State University. Shahla was a student activist who participated in the 1979 Revolution, lived through ...
Compound Crises: Ziad Abu-Rish Reports on the Chemical Explosion In Beirut
September 14, 2020 13:00 - 53 minutes - 72.8 MBOn Tuesday, August 4th, a massive explosion rocked Beirut and sent a giant mushroom cloud into the sky. The blast, which struck the city with a force comparable to a 3.5 magnitude earthquake, destroyed much of the country’s main port, flattened and damaged hundreds of buildings, including three hospitals, and a huge number of businesses and homes. So far, 135 fatalities have been counted, 300,000 have been displaced and over 5000 have been injured. Hundreds of people are still trying to know...
Healing in Beirut: Filmmaker Jude Chehab on Grassroots Relief Efforts Following the Port Explosion
September 07, 2020 13:00 - 19 minutes - 44.8 MBLebanese/American filmmaker Jude Chehab describes her experiences of the August 4th explosion in Beirut, recent protests in the city, and how these events lead her and others to organize grassroots rebuilding and transparent relief efforts in the Lebanese capital. Donate now via PayPal to help support those impacted by the explosion in Beirut. paypal.me/judechehab Interviewed by Paola C. Messina August 9th, 2020 | English
Genocide in Libya: Shar, a Hidden Colonial History
August 31, 2020 13:00 - 57 minutes - 79.5 MBIn his brand-new book, "Genocide in Libya: Shar, a Hidden Colonial History" due out in two weeks, University of New England Professor Ali Ahmida meticulously documents the tragic story of a systematic genocide of the Libyan people by Italian colonial authorities a century ago, as well as the methodical cover up that ensued. Despite a dearth of recorded materials, most of which were classified or destroyed, through painstaking interviews with genocide survivors and their descendants, Profes...
Green Energy Colonialism in the Occupied Syrian Golan Heights
August 10, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour - 97.8 MBRenewable, clean sources such as solar and wind energy have become an important part combatting the climate crisis and its impacts, but can we divorce the environmentally friendly technologies from the conditions under which these are developed and implemented? And what happens when renewable energy development becomes synonymous with colonial expansion and political repression? Israel’s feverish plans to build the largest onshore wind farm in the occupied Golan Heights are a good example ...
Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Migrant Workers in the Gulf
August 03, 2020 16:00 - 55 minutes - 128 MBIn recent decades, the six members of the GCC, which includes the Gulf Arab monarchies of Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Oman and Bahrain, have lured millions of mostly low skilled and semi-skilled workers from South and Southeast Asia and Africa. For the past few months, the migrant workers in these monarchies have been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic impact. To understand the plight of these millions of migrant workers and the his...
Cement, War and Toxicity: The Materialities of Displacement in Iraq
July 23, 2020 13:00 - 56 minutes - 78.2 MBCo-editors of Jadaliyya's Environment Page, Huma Gupta and Gabi Kirk, discussed with Kali Rubaii how ecologies of war have produced multiple waves of displacement and have intimately shaped the lives of displaced Iraqis through the materiality of cement. ناقش هوما جوبتا وغابي كيرك ، المحررين المشاركان لصفحة البيئة في جدلية ، مع كالي روباي كيف أنتجت بيئات الحرب موجات متعددة من النزوح وشكلت بشكل وثيق حياة النازحين العراقيين من خلال مادة الأسمنت.
Green Sukuk: The Future of Islamic Financing for Climate Change Adaptation
June 25, 2020 13:00 - 29 minutes - 67.4 MBThe Environment in Context podcast discusses the role of Islamic Financing in the development of the global Green Bond industry. In June 2017, Malaysia was the first country in the world to issue a green sukuk in order to finance a solar power plant. Sukuk are asset-backed financial certificates that were developed over a millenia ago, which are compliant with the Islamic principle of Shari’ah. http://www.statushour.com/en/Interview/3485 Guest: Aneil Tripathy Interviewed by Huma Gupta a...
Jadaliyya Talks: Co-Editors Go In-Depth on the New Environment Page
June 22, 2020 13:00 - 20 minutes - 27.8 MBIn this interview, which is featured as a part of the launch of the new Jadaliyya Environment page, Malihe Razazan speaks to four of the page's co-editors: Danya Al-Saleh, Brittany Cook, Huma Gupta, and Owain Lawson. They discuss critical approaches to covering the environment, what the new Jadaliyya page seeks to contribute to these conversations, and the need to decolonize our analysis of the environment, energy, and climate change.
Real Football Podcast: Episode 3, On Sponsorship and the COVID-19 Pandemic
June 18, 2020 13:00 - 49 minutes - 69.9 MBIn this episode, we explore the impact of sponsorship on football as a whole and the impact that globalized money from the Middle East has had on the club game. This includes the very humble beginnings of sponsorship on football shirts, a review of some of the classic kits to emerge in the era of sponsored shirts, which big club was slowest to embrace the monied culture of shirt sponsors, and where our presenters think the next source of large-scale sponsorship money will come from around th...
Kurdish Movements: A Panel on the Turkish Invasion of Afrin [Security in Context]
June 15, 2020 13:00 - 52 minutes - 71.5 MBAnother installment in the Security in Context series, this panel on the causes and consequences of Turkish invasion of northern Syria specifically on the future of Kurdish movements featuring Omar Dahi, Utku Baliban, Ahmet Tonak, and Zumray Kutlu.
Texture, Language, and Diaspora with Artist Zeinab Saab
June 11, 2020 13:00 - 31 minutes - 43.3 MBThis discussion between Noah Black and Artist Zeinab Saab traces the journey of Zeinab as an artist over the course of shifting through several mediums. They touch on the themes in Zeinab's work as well as how the context of an artist drives their creative process.
Security and Climate Change: The US Military's Plans for Catastrophe [Security in Context]]
June 08, 2020 13:00 - 24 minutes - 47.8 MBThe third installment in the Security in Context series, this critical discussion of US military plans for climate change features Michael Klare, Betsy Hartmann, and Anne Hendrixson.
Politics in the Time of Corona - EP. 11: Anti-Asian Racism: A Feature of the COVID-19 Pandemic
June 04, 2020 13:00 - 29 minutes - 54.6 MBThis podcast takes you to several cities/countries affected by COVID-19 to discuss social, economic, and political challenges facing their societies, with emphasis on the most vulnerable groups and on what this pandemic reveals about the human condition (wow, big phrase). Based on personal and incisive conversations with various interlocutors on location, we hope both to learn from others and to provide some solace as we address how we are collectively experiencing and dealing with similar c...
Politics in the Time of Corona - EP. 10: Berlin
June 01, 2020 13:00 - 28 minutes - 51.5 MBOn Germany: 11 April 2020 This podcast takes you to several cities/countries affected by COVID-19 to discuss social, economic, and political challenges facing their societies, with emphasis on the most vulnerable groups and on what this pandemic reveals about the human condition (wow, big phrase). Based on personal and incisive conversations with various interlocutors on location, we hope both to learn from others and to provide some solace as we address how we are collectively experiencin...
Politics in the Time of Corona - EP. 9: Punishment in Palestine
May 28, 2020 13:00 - 30 minutes - 55.8 MBThis podcast takes you to several cities/countries affected by Covid-19 to discuss social, economic, and political challenges facing their societies, with emphasis on the most vulnerable groups and on what this pandemic reveals about the human condition (wow, big phrase). Based on personal and incisive conversations with various interlocutors on location, we hope both to learn from others and to provide some solace as we address how we are collectively experiencing and dealing with similar c...
Politics in the Time of Corona - EP. 8: Vancouver
May 25, 2020 13:00 - 37 minutes - 69.5 MBOn Vancouver: 2 April 2020 This podcast takes you to several cities/countries affected by COVID-19 to discuss social, economic, and political challenges facing their societies, with emphasis on the most vulnerable groups and on what this pandemic reveals about the human condition (wow, big phrase). Based on personal and incisive conversations with various interlocutors on location, we hope both to learn from others and to provide some solace as we address how we are collectively experienci...
Politics in the Time of Corona - EP. 7: San Francisco
May 21, 2020 13:00 - 26 minutes - 47.8 MBThis podcast takes you to several cities/countries affected by Covid-19 to discuss social, economic, and political challenges facing their societies, with emphasis on the most vulnerable groups and on what this pandemic reveals about the human condition (wow, big phrase). Based on personal and incisive conversations with various interlocutors on location, we hope both to learn from others and to provide some solace as we address how we are collectively experiencing and dealing with similar c...
Politics in the Time of Corona - EP. 6: Doha
May 18, 2020 13:00 - 29 minutes - 54.7 MBThis podcast takes you to several cities/countries affected by Covid-19 to discuss social, economic, and political challenges facing their societies, with emphasis on the most vulnerable groups and on what this pandemic reveals about the human condition (wow, big phrase). Based on personal and incisive conversations with various interlocutors on location, we hope both to learn from others and to provide some solace as we address how we are collectively experiencing and dealing with similar c...
Politics in the Time of Corona - EP. 5: Beyond Incarceration in Iran
May 15, 2020 13:00 - 34 minutes - 63.4 MBThis podcast takes you to several cities/countries affected by Covid-19 to discuss social, economic, and political challenges facing their societies, with emphasis on the most vulnerable groups and on what this pandemic reveals about the human condition (wow, big phrase). Based on personal and incisive conversations with various interlocutors on location, we hope both to learn from others and to provide some solace as we address how we are collectively experiencing and dealing with similar c...
Politics in the Time of Corona - EP. 4: Iran
May 11, 2020 13:00 - 33 minutes - 61.5 MBThis podcast takes you to several cities/countries affected by Covid-19 to discuss social, economic, and political challenges facing their societies, with emphasis on the most vulnerable groups and on what this pandemic reveals about the human condition (wow, big phrase). Based on personal and incisive conversations with various interlocutors on location, we hope both to learn from others and to provide some solace as we address how we are collectively experiencing and dealing with similar c...
Politics in the Time of Corona - EP. 3: Cairo
May 07, 2020 13:00 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MBThis podcast takes you to several cities/countries affected by Covid-19 to discuss social, economic, and political challenges facing their societies, with emphasis on the most vulnerable groups and on what this pandemic reveals about the human condition (wow, big phrase). Based on personal and incisive conversations with various interlocutors on location, we hope both to learn from others and to provide some solace as we address how we are collectively experiencing and dealing with similar c...
Politics in the Time of Corona - EP. 2: Dublin
May 04, 2020 16:00 - 37 minutes - 68.2 MBThis podcast takes you to several cities/countries affected by Covid-19 to discuss social, economic, and political challenges facing their societies, with emphasis on the most vulnerable groups and on what this pandemic reveals about the human condition (wow, big phrase). Based on personal and incisive conversations with various interlocutors on location, we hope both to learn from others and to provide some solace as we address how we are collectively experiencing and dealing with similar c...
Politics in the Time of Conora - EP. 1: Gaza
April 30, 2020 13:00 - 30 minutes - 55.6 MBThis podcast takes you to several cities/countries affected by Covid-19 to discuss social, economic, and political challenges facing their societies, with emphasis on the most vulnerable groups and on what this pandemic reveals about the human condition (wow, big phrase). Based on personal and incisive conversations with various interlocutors on location, we hope both to learn from others and to provide some solace as we address how we are collectively experiencing and dealing with similar c...
El Kontessa:
April 27, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 117 MBIn this interview with El Kontessa, Huda Asfour highlights her trajectory from visual arts and graphic design to becoming one of Cairo's most sought after DJ's. Experimenting with Shabi music and Mahraganaat to produce fresh mixes with a clear identity is what sets El Kontessa apart.
Decentering Technology for Liberation: Ramesh Srinivasan on Digital Empowerment
April 23, 2020 16:00 - 29 minutes - 45.6 MBUCLA Professor and Bernie Sanders surrogate challenges both Silicon Valley and the Ivory Tower of academia to find the the heart of technological emancipation from Egypt's Tahrir Square to US politics.
Egyptian Leftists Innovate with Savvy Digital Content: A Conversation with Tarek Shalaby
April 20, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 50 MBThe prominent Egyptian revolutionary socialist and host of popular online series "To Your Left" discusses his Marxist political literacy, the struggles faced by and future aspirations of leftists in post-revolutionary Egypt, the rise of Bernie Sanders in the United States, and the new ways to make political economic literacy fun for the country's youth with a new savvy show.