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The Middle East Forum's weekly podcast series featuring discussions from experts, policymakers, staff, and writing fellows on topics relating to the Middle East and countering Islamism.... more
FAQs about Middle East Forum Podcast:How many episodes does Middle East Forum Podcast have?The podcast currently has 626 episodes available.
March 24, 2023"Reflecting on My Islamic Education" with Abdulrahman Bindamnan | MEF Podcast Ep. #250Abdulrahman Bindamnan spent his childhood studying in Yemen’s Islamic schools. He memorized the Qur'an, a book of 77,000 words, and spent countless hours perfecting his Qur’anic pronunciation. Reflecting on this experience from the vantage point as a graduate student in the United States, he argues that too large a proportion of Muslim children fail to receive a secular education, and instead advance the primacy of revelation over reason. What is the current role of education in the Islamist agenda? What effects do such dogmas have in the West?...more34minPlay
March 22, 2023March 22, 2023 Israel Insider with Nave DromiIsrael's President Herzog offered a compromise on the heated issue of judicial reform. Will it help bridge the gap?...more30minPlay
March 20, 2023"Muslim Migrants Flood the Southern U.S. Border" with Todd Bensman | MEF Podcast Ep. #249America is currently facing a historic crisis of mass illegal migration at its southern border. Government data reveals an alarming number of migrants on the FBI's terror-watch list caught at that border since Joe Biden became president. A "Muslim-only migrant shelter" has even opened in Tijuana, Mexico. What impact does this migration have on U.S. national security? What needs to change? What are the prospects of that change?...more31minPlay
March 17, 2023"Sweden's Crisis of Unchecked Immigration" with Nima Gholam Ali Pour | MEF Podcast Ep. #248Following years of uncontrolled mass immigration and failed integration of immigrants, Sweden has become a segregated social welfare state. Gang violence, crime, and Islamization are rapidly replacing Sweden’s traditional culture. Following its election success in 2022, the Sweden Democrat party supports a right-wing governing bloc promising to reverse immigration and multicultural policies. After five months, what is the new government’s record on these issues? More broadly, can Sweden even be saved?...more31minPlay
March 15, 2023March 15, 2023 Israel Insider with Ashley PerryThe prospect of judicial reform has prompted unprecedented internal opposition in Israel. Why has a compromise not yet emerged? What needs to happen for that to happen?...more31minPlay
March 13, 2023"Whispered in Gaza: Silenced Voices Made Audible" with Joseph Braude | MEF Podcast Ep. #247Palestinians in Gaza are forbidden to express ideas or expose realities that displease Hamas, its Islamist rulers. Whispered in Gaza, a Center for Peace Communications initiative, breaches this blockade by featuring frank testimony from dozens of Gazans. What picture do they paint? How has this series, already viewed more than five million times, had an impact?...more32minPlay
March 10, 2023"Iran's Shifting Relations with Europe" with Benjamin Weinthal | MEF Podcast Ep. #246Since the Iranian revolution in 1979, European governments usually viewed the Islamic Republic of Iran as not their problem. This perception changed significantly of late due to the women's-led revolt in Iran, Tehran siding with Russia in Ukraine, and Iranian acts of violence on European soil. Is the age of European appeasement truly over? What importance does this have?...more35minPlay
March 08, 2023March 8, 2022 Israel Insider with Ashley PerryPM Netanyahu is pulled one way by his coalition partners, another way by unprecedented protests and foreign critics. Can he reconcile these strains or might the government fall?...more31minPlay
March 06, 2023"How I Marketed Trump's Middle East Policy" with Len Khodorkovsy | MEF Podcast Ep. #245Just as marketing has a key role in business development, so it does in U.S. foreign policy, as Ben Rhodes made notoriously known in selling the Iran deal. Marketing also played a significant part in the Trump administration's Middle East accomplishments, including the move of the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem, the Abraham Accords, and the "maximum pressure" campaign against Iran's regime. How did these efforts come into being? What did marketing accomplish? What general conclusions can be drawn?...more35minPlay
March 03, 2023"Islamism's Woke Army" with Asra Nomani | MEF Podcast Ep. #244Asra Q. Nomani has discovered a network of keyboard warriors who hide behind fake identities and pseudonymous Twitter and Facebook accounts. These digital trolls launch virulent attacks against Muslim reformers and other critics of Islamism who challenge their effort to destroy the American freedom of free speech. What successes has this army had? Is it getting stronger or weaker? How can it be countered?...more40minPlay
FAQs about Middle East Forum Podcast:How many episodes does Middle East Forum Podcast have?The podcast currently has 626 episodes available.