Historical annals document a lot of genocides: the German genocide in Namibia, the Rwanda genocide, Darfur, and the Holocaust, to name just a few. But, do we really understand what genocide is? What qualifies as genocide and what doesn’t? Can committing genocide be justified? What do legal texts tell us?

Historical annals document a lot of genocides: the German genocide in Namibia, the Rwanda genocide, Darfur, and the Holocaust, to name just a few. But, do we really understand what genocide is? What qualifies as genocide and what doesn’t? Can committing genocide be justified? What do legal texts tell us?

Historical annals document a lot of genocides: the German genocide in Namibia, the Rwanda genocide, Darfur, and the Holocaust, to name just a few. But, do we really understand what genocide is? What qualifies as genocide and what doesn’t? Can committing genocide be justified? What do legal texts tell us?

Do we really understand what genocide is?

Decrypted is a podcast about politics and history, told through stories.

Each episode begins with a moment and follows how it unfolds, focusing on what often goes unnoticed.

History isn’t just the past, and politics isn’t something distant.

I’m Hafssa Fakher Elabiari, a political scientist focused on making complex ideas easier to understand through storytelling.

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Decrypted is a podcast about politics and history, told through stories. Each episode begins with a moment and follows how it unfolds, focusing on what often goes unnoticed. History isn’t just the past, and politics isn’t something distant. I’m Hafssa Fakher Elabiari, a political scientist focused on making complex ideas easier to understand through storytelling.

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Do we really understand what genocide is?

Do we really understand what genocide is?