Connections

This is a conversation with Nathan Thrall hosted by Jadaliyya co-editor Mouin Rabbani about recent developments in Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip, and the broader Israeli-Palestinian relationship. This episode of Connections Podcast asks whether we have now reached a turning point and what this would mean for the future. 

Guest

Nathan Thrall is an author and analyst whose work has focused on Israel and Palestine. He is a contributor to The New York Times Magazine, the London Review of Books, and The New York Review of Books. His writing has also appeared in GQ, The Guardian Long Read, The New Republic, and The New York Times, and has been translated into more than a dozen languages. He is the former Director of the Arab-Israeli Project at the International Crisis Group, where he spent a decade covering Israel, the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and Israel’s relations with its neighbors. His analysis is often featured in print and broadcast media. Thrall’s most recent contributions are “The Separate Regimes Delusion: Nathan Thrall on Israel's Apartheid” and “A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: One man’s quest to find his son lays bare the reality of Palestinian life under Israeli rule.”

Host

Mouin Rabbani has published and commented widely on Palestinian affairs, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the contemporary Middle East. He was previously Senior Analyst Middle East and Special Advisor on Israel-Palestine with the International Crisis Group, and head of political affairs with the Office of the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria. He is Co-Editor of Jadaliyya Ezine.

https://www.jadaliyya.com/Details/42922/Connections-Podcast-Episode-4-Israel-Palestine-A-Turning-Point-with-Nathan-Thrall-Video
https://www.facebook.com/Jadaliyya/posts/4131551930224321
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPCh1kUPaDc

Guest

The world’s most recognized public intellectual, Noam Chomsky is also a path-breaking linguist and the author of numerous books, including many on the US and the Middle East. Chomsky is professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he taught for more than half a century. 

Host

Mouin Rabbani has published and commented widely on Palestinian affairs, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the contemporary Middle East. He was previously Senior Analyst Middle East and Special Advisor on Israel-Palestine with the International Crisis Group, and head of political affairs with the Office of the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria. He is Co-Editor of Jadaliyya Ezine.

• https://www.jadaliyya.com/Details/42530/The-Biden-Administration-and-the-Middle-East-Mouin-Rabbani-Interviews-Noam-Chomsky-Video
• https://www.facebook.com/Jadaliyya/videos/772311203414418
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IDZLqsML-E

In this conversation, Mick Dumper and Maha Samman discuss the politics of holy cities with Connections Podcast host and Jadaliyya co-editor Mouin Rabbani. This episode of Connections Podcast examines the interaction between religion, political power, and conflict through the prism of such cities and other urban environments, in the Middle East and around the globe. 

This interview is the second episode of Connections Podcast. Connections offers timely and informative interviews on current events and broader policy questions, as well as themes relevant to knowledge production. It combines journalism, analysis, and scholarship. Connections will focus primarily but not exclusively on the Middle East. 

Guests 

Michael Dumper is Professor in Middle East Politics, University of Exeter, UK. In addition to his most recent book, Power, Piety and People: The Politics of Holy Cities in the 21st Century (Columbia University Press, 2020) he is also author of Jerusalem Unbound: Geography, History and the Future of the Holy City (Columbia University Press, 2014 and a number of books on Palestinian refugees. He has acted as a consultant on Middle East politics for the UK and Canadian governments, as well as for the UN and the EU.

Maha Samman is Assistant Professor at Al-Quds University. She is author of Trans-Colonial Urban Space in Palestine, Routledge 2013, and co-editor of Ya Quds! periodical. She is an architect, urban planner and holds a PhD in Political Geography (University of Exeter). She received several research awards and grants including the Islamic Bank Research Award for Distinctive Researcher in Palestine 2019, for her research on the Production of Colonial Temporal Patterns in East Jerusalem. She has several publications in urban politics and planning, colonial space and time, everyday life in Jerusalem, and modern architectural heritage.

Host

Mouin Rabbani has published and commented widely on Palestinian affairs, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the contemporary Middle East. He was previously Senior Analyst Middle East and Special Advisor on Israel-Palestine with the International Crisis Group, and head of political affairs with the Office of the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria. He is Co-Editor of Jadaliyya Ezine.

https://www.jadaliyya.com/Details/42530/The-Biden-Administration-and-the-Middle-East-Mouin-Rabbani-Interviews-Noam-Chomsky-Video
https://www.facebook.com/Jadaliyya/videos/772311203414418
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IDZLqsML-E

In the inaugural episode of Connections Podcast, Jadaliyya co-editor Mouin Rabbani interviewed Noam Chomsky to discuss US foreign policy in the Middle East under Biden. The interview examines the Biden administration’s Middle East policies, explores elements of continuity and change in US policy towards the region after the Trump years, and discusses what recent developments regarding Iran, Yemen, Palestine, and Saudi Arabia portend for the coming years.

Guest

The world’s most recognized public intellectual, Noam Chomsky is also a path-breaking linguist and the author of numerous books, including many on the US and the Middle East. Chomsky is professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he taught for more than half a century. 

Host

Mouin Rabbani has published and commented widely on Palestinian affairs, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the contemporary Middle East. He was previously Senior Analyst Middle East and Special Advisor on Israel-Palestine with the International Crisis Group, and head of political affairs with the Office of the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria. He is Co-Editor of Jadaliyya Ezine.

https://www.jadaliyya.com/Details/42530/The-Biden-Administration-and-the-Middle-East-Mouin-Rabbani-Interviews-Noam-Chomsky-Video
https://www.facebook.com/Jadaliyya/videos/772311203414418
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IDZLqsML-E