Shu Kaman? | شو كمان؟

We sit down with second year M.A. student Chloe Daikh, and learn about her past experiences teaching on Palestine at a boarding school in Virginia, the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies' education outreach programming, and how her time in the dance studio informs her line of academic inquiry.

In today's episode with Dr. Rashid Khalidi, we reminisced on his fond memories of Beirut's cultural life, what it takes to preserve the Khadi Library in Jerusalem, current shifts in public opinion, and his upcoming book- which frames Ireland and Palestine as Britain's first and last settler colony.

In this Student Corner episode, we sit down with second year M.A. student Gabi Saba and chat about her on campus activism, growing up in Qatar, and her oral history research with Orthodox communities in Lebanon . We also announce our new co-host, Hanane Idihoum!

Today we chat with Georgetown's Middle East Studies Liaison & Reference Librarian, Ryan Zohar, about Mizrahi culture and identity, film, academic trends in AI, and more!

We sat down with 2nd year student Jasper Hunsinger to chat about his thesis research, how activism shapes his approach to academics, feeling burnt out as a M.A. student, and the DC music scene.

For our first episode, we sit down with writer and Institute for Palestine Studies (Washington, D.C.) director Jehad Abusalim. We talk about his upbringing in Deir al Balah, his first and only trip to Jerusalem, the fragmented Palestinian experience, and the shifts in the younger generations' views on Palestine.