In this podcast, we speak to Dr. Muneeza Rizvi about Palestine, Kashmir, and the promise that their struggles for liberation offers to the world. We talk about Rizvi's essay called Palestine and the Question of Islam, in which she interrogates the policing of Islam's visibility in the politics of Palestine. We also dive into the widespread but uncritical belief shared by many in the "impregnability" and "invincibility" of the power of the Israeli state.

In addition to this, we speak about the popular constructions of the good Palestinian unarmed victim, who is seen as worthy of sympathy and protection and is contrasted with the killable and bad Palestinian rebel. Finally, we also discuss the limitations of human rights discourses and international law in what they offer to colonized populations in Palestine or Kashmir. This and more.

Recommended readings:

1. The Human Right to Dominate, by Nicola Perugini and Neve Gordon (Book)

2. A History of False Hope: Investigative Commissions in Palestine, by Lori Allen (Book)

3. Decolonizing the Civilian in Third World National Liberation Wars, by

Nicola Perugini (Essay)

4. The Forgotten Muslims: How Kashmiris Breathe Islam Under Occupation, by Ahmed Bin Qasim (Essay)