Latest Mideast Podcast Episodes

Episode 7: From Basra to Brooklyn via Tunis

Middle East 2.0 - April 04, 2023 18:31 - 41 minutes
From the marshes of southern Iraq, to a limestone quarry in Tunisia, to a small Sicilian village to Ditmars Park in Brooklyn and the building of the New York City Subway and the Statue of Liberty…. anthropologist Bridget Guarasci somehow connects it all.

Episode 6: The Politics of Middle Eastern Art

Middle East 2.0 - July 20, 2022 13:57 - 31 minutes
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi, founder of the renowned Barjeel Art Foundation in the United Arab Emirates, takes us on a journey through the fascinating, high-voltage landscape of Middle Eastern art in a very special summer edition of Middle East 2.0. Al-Qassemi will discuss his beginnings in the worl...

Episode 5: Robots and Magic in the Medieval Middle East

Middle East 2.0 - April 21, 2022 19:28 - 31 minutes
Join us as Elly Truitt takes us into the weird and wonderful world of early Middle East tech -- from the world's first analog computer, to a mechanical wine servant, to a royal throne that could whiz up to the ceiling on command.

Episode 4: The Arab Poetic Tradition

Middle East 2.0 - February 15, 2022 19:11 - 33 minutes
Penn's leading scholar of Arabic literature, Huda Fakhreddine, shares her thoughts on poetry, translation, orientalism, and the meaning of her father's poetic legacy.

Episode 3: Meet Harun Küçük

Middle East 2.0 - October 28, 2021 13:24 - 34 minutes
The Middle East Center's new director, Harun Küçük, joins us for a very special edition of the podcast.

Episode 2: A Tale of Two Cities: Beirut-Dakar in the French Colonial Empire

Middle East 2.0 - September 16, 2021 20:39 - 46 minutes
Penn Ph.D. candidate Dahlia El Zein explores the worlds of Senegalese soldiers and Syrian-Lebanese traders against the backdrop of French imperialism from 1920 to 1946.

Episode 1: Muslims, Motorcycles, and Manuscripts

Middle East 2.0 - July 28, 2021 17:23 - 35 minutes
Penn’s own Professor Jamal Elias takes us on a wide-ranging journey through Islamic iconography, visual art, trucks and motorcycles — and how he discovered a lost manuscript in the mountains of Tibet.

Simon Plosker interview on Israel National Radio, February 16, 2014

HonestReporting - February 16, 2014 00:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
HR Managing Editor Simon Plosker speaking about his visit to the Mishor Adumim SodaStream factory, Tamar Yonah Show, Israel National Radio.

HonestReporting IDNS podcast, August 28, 2013. Check us out on honestreporting.com

HonestReporting - August 28, 2013 14:06 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Israel's perspective on the imminent U.S. strike on Syria, and the chemical weapons situation.

HonestReporting IDNS podcast, July 29, 2013. Check us out on honestreporting.com

HonestReporting - July 29, 2013 08:35 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Israel Audio News Stream: Hamas is re-establishing ties with Iran and Hezbollah. What does this mean for Israel, the Palestinians, and the peace process?

HonestReporting IDNS podcast, July 23, 2013. Check us out on honestreporting.com

HonestReporting - July 23, 2013 10:43 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Audio version of HonestReporting IDNS daily highlights, July 23, 2013 honestreporting.com

IDNS Podcast, July 1, 2013

HonestReporting - July 01, 2013 11:41 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
HonestReporting IDNS podcast, July 1, 2013. Check us out on honestreporting.com

IDNS June 23, 2013

HonestReporting - June 24, 2013 11:18 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Audio version of HonestReporting IDNS, June 23, 2013 honestreporting.com