The East is a Podcast

By Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist)

What's The East is a Podcast about?

A critical lens on the history of the present on West Asia and North Africa. Interviews with experts and archival mashups.

Created by Sina Rahmani (twitter: @urorientalist)

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The East is a Podcast episodes:

04.17.2024
The Martyrdom of Walid Daqqa w/ Rana Barakat and Abdaljawad Omar
Rana Barakat is associate professor of history at Birzeit University in Palestine and director of the BZU Museum (@bzu.museum). Abduljawad Omar (@HHamayel2) is a lecturer at Birzeit University. Check out the article, "The parallel human: Walid Daqqah on the...
04.15.2024
Tankie Group Therapy #13: We consider the matter closed
On Day 191 the tankie therapy group convenes (Joe Emersberger (@rosendo_joe), Rob Rousseau (@robrousseau), Mikey Inouye (@karaokecomputer), Sina Rahmani (@UrOrientalist), Alex Aviña (@Alexander_Avina) but for an analytical discussion about Iran's missiles hitting Israeli airbases the day before. A summary of...
04.11.2024
The Mass Hannibal Event of October 7th w/ William Van Wagenen
Investigative journalist William Van Wagenen (@WVanwagenen) from The Cradle returns to the podcast to discuss his deep dive into what really happened on Oct 7th. Watch this episode on our YouTube channel https://youtu.be/PP7ZBzTJFmU Check out the article, "What Really Happened on...
04.08.2024
Concrete Imaginings: Building a Liberated Palestine, Panel 3
Introductory Remarks by Professor Frances Hasso (@nasawiyya) PANEL 3 “Seeing Palestine, Not Seeing the Palestinians: Gaza in the British Pathé Colonial Lens” Shahd Abusalama, Lebanese American University My presentation will critically engage with the representation of the Palestine...
04.08.2024
Concrete Imaginings: Building a Liberated Palestine, Panel 2
PANEL 2 Introductory Remarks by Professor Frances Hasso (@nasawiyya) "Queer Threads: Activist Fashion in Palestine" Roberto Filippello, University of Amsterdam In this presentation I sketch the contours of the formation of an activist fashion scene across Palestine in the...
04.08.2024
Concrete Imaginings: Building a Liberated Palestine, Panel 1
Concrete Imaginings: Building a Liberated Palestine An In-Person and Livestreamed ConferenceWednesday, February 28, 2024 Panel 1 Introductory Remarks by Professor Frances Hasso (@nasawiyya) “The Urgency of Anti-Imperial Feminism: Lessons from Palestine” Walaa Alqaisiya, Ca' Foscari University of Venice...
04.04.2024
(Preview) Bonus Episode 179 - The airing of the grievances w/ Alex Aviña and Louis Allday
*This is a preview of the latest bonus episode. Sign up for $5 a month to access the entire conversation and help keep the show going or watch the full episode on our YouTube channel* Trying out a new live format and was...
03.31.2024
"We are already in the phase of barbarism" w/ Paris Yeros
Paris Yeros (@parisyeros) teaches at the Federal University of ABC in Brazil. Guest host and friend of the show Bikrum Gil (@bikrumsinghgill) discuss Paris' latest article published in Agrarian South, "A Polycentric World Will Only Be Possible by the Intervention...
03.26.2024
Tankie Group Therapy #12: Fear and Impatience
Tankie therapy session as we watch the newest atrocities unfolding at al-Shifa, make historical parallels with the Argentine Dirty War and the 1857 War in India, the Battle of Algiers and the film Downfall... with Nora (@norabf), Matteo (@capassomat) ,...
03.21.2024
Palestine and the Global South w/ Vijay Prasad and Frances Hasso
Vijay Prasad (@vijayprashad) in conversation with friend of the podcast Frances Hasso (@nasawiyya). Sponsored by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Institute for Arts and Humanities, Departments of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, and of Communication,...
03.21.2024
Walking among giants: An eyewitness report from Rafah w/ Dr. Yipeng Ge
Ottawa-based Physician Dr. Yipeng Ge (@yipengGe) reflects on being attacked by the Zionist lobby for speaking out on the Gaza genocide and his subsequent trip to Rafah as part of a medical delegation. Watch the episode on The East is...
03.04.2024
Tankie Group Therapy #11: Hope is a discipline
The crew is back on the couch at the therapist's office with Alex (@Alexander_Avina), Nora (@norabf), Sina (@urorientalist) and two new guests: Mikey (@karaokecomputer) and Arama. Watch the video edition on the East is a Podcast YouTube channel Consider supporting...
02.29.2024
Sifting through the ashes of Oslo w/ Abdaljawad Omar
Abdaljawad Omar is a PhD student and part-time lecturer in the Philosophy and Cultural Studies Department at Birzeit University. Watch the video edition on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel https://youtu.be/tDkaO2lmD4o Check out his articles on Mondoweiss https://mondoweiss.net/author/abdaljawad-omar/ ...
02.26.2024
Palestine Seminar #3 : Jumana Manna
Duke Professor Frances Hasso (@nasawiyya) interviews visual artist and filmmaker Jumana Manna for the third episode of her Palestine Seminar. https://www.jumanamanna.com/ Professor Hasso will be convening a conference titled, "Concrete Imaginings: Building a Liberated Palestine" on Feb 28th, 2024. ...
02.19.2024
(Preview) Bonus Episode 178 - Palestine's Great Flood w/ Max Ajl
*This is a preview of the latest bonus episode. Sign up for $5 a month to access the entire conversation and help keep the show going or watch the full episode on our YouTube channel* Friend of the podcast Max Ajl returns to...
02.19.2024
Tankie Group Therapy #10: Gaza War Day 135
Justin Podur hosts another seesion of Tankie Group Therapy marking Day 135 of the war with Matteo, Alex, and Nora. Watch the video edition on The Anti-Empire Project YouTube channel Consider supporting the podcast www.patreon.com/east_podcast ...
02.15.2024
The Palestine Seminar #2: Ilan Pappé
Duke Professor France Hasso (@nasawiyya) in conversation with University of Exeter professor of History Ilan Pappe as part of her Palestine Seminar. Professor Hasso will be convening a conference titled, "Concrete Imaginings: Building a Liberated Palestine" on...
02.15.2024
(Preview) Bonus Episode 177 - What the hell is wrong with Canada?? w/ Rob Rousseau
*This is a preview of the latest bonus episode. Sign up for $5 a month to access the entire conversation and help keep the show going or watch the full episode on our YouTube channel* Rob Rousseau (@robrousseau) returns to...
02.12.2024
The Palestine Seminar #1: Louis Allday
Duke professor Frances Hasso (@nasawiyya) guest hosts a conversation with Louis Allday, founding editor of LiberatedTexts.com, as part of her Spring 2024 course. The pair discuss the significance, relevance, and insight of three books highlighted by Liberated Texts previously;...
02.08.2024
Panic at the border w/ Alex Aviña
Longtime friend of the show Alex Aviña returns to the podcast to discuss the latest round of US border panic. Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast
01.27.2024
Russophobia, think tanks, and the Eurasian future w/ Glenn Diesen (pt.1)
*Note: This is the first part of a two-part episode. You can listen to the second half of the episode by becoming a patron of the show at the $5 level or you can watch the entire episode on the East...
01.26.2024
ICJ Rules for South Africa: a defeat for Israel?
Quick reaction to today's International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling on provisional measures at South Africa's request that the court take urgent action to prevent Israel from committing genocide in Gaza. Watch the video edition on the Anti-Empire...
01.26.2024
ICJ interim ruling on genocide case against Israel
The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel) - Request for the indication of provisional measures - The Court to deliver its Order on Friday, 26 January 2024,...
01.22.2024
Tankie Group Therapy #9: Gaza War day 106
The Tankie Group Therapy team--Nora, Justin, Alex, and Sina--is back on the couch and joined by our newest member, Tamara Nassar from The Electronic Intifada Consider support the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast
01.12.2024
Losurdo reads Stalin w/ Henry Hakamäki and Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro (pt.1)
Friend of the podcast Henry Hakamäki (@Huck1995) from Guerrilla History Podcast and professor Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro translated Dominico Losurdo's Stalin: History and Critique of a Black Legend (2008) (Note: This is part one of a two-part conversation. The second half...
01.11.2024
South Africa presents its case against Israel at the ICJ
The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, holds public hearings on the request for the indication of provisional measures submitted by South Africa in the case South Africa v. Israel. Source: ...
01.02.2024
Water, Palestine, and settler colonialism w/ Matt Hooley
Matt Hooley is Assitant Professor at Dartmouth and his book Against Extraction can be pre-ordered now through Duke University Press. Guest hosted by Ian Anderson (of the Anti-Imperialist Archive) Support www.patreon.com/east_podcast
12.30.2023
Solidarity is a weapon: Yemen fights for Gaza w/ Isa Blumi
Isa Blumi is Docent/Associate Professor of Turkish and Middle Eastern Studies at Stockholm University within the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies. He is the author of among other works Destroying Yemen: What Chaos in Arabia Tells Us about the...
12.24.2023
Tankie Group Therapy #8 on Gaza War Day 78
Our usual group gets together to talk about the Gaza War but this time we're joined by Lara Sheehi, an actual therapist, who guides us through as we try to understand where things stand on Day 78 of the war....
12.23.2023
Lebanon, Culture, Love and Hope w/ Daniel Drennan El-Awar
Interview with Daniel was conducted by Ian Anderson (of the Anti-Imperialist Archive) Daniel can be found at: Writing Jamaa Al-Yad Artists' Collective Blog 2006 war diary Support www.patreon.com/east_podcast
12.16.2023
(Preview) Bonus Episode 176 - You shall not pass: Yemenis besiege Israel w/ Nasser Arrabyee
*This is a preview of the latest bonus episode. Sign up for $5 a month to access the entire conversation and help keep the show going!* (Note: Apologies for my sound quality; selected the wrong mic like a noob!) Yemeni journalist Nasser...
12.11.2023
Tankie Group Therapy #7: In honor of Refaat Alareer
Our usual group gets together to talk about the Gaza War, this time we all share some words about literature prof, teacher, poet and hero Refaat Alareer, assassinated by Israel a couple of days ago. Some discussion of military tactics...
12.09.2023
(Preview) AIA Memorial Episode for Refaat Alareer
Link to the Anti Imperialist Archive episode Anti Imperialist Archive is edited by Ian Anderson (@starsalwayslost), with special thanks / credit to Sina Rahmani + The East is a Podcast. Their Twitter presence is @AntiImpArchive. Subscribe via this RSS...
12.08.2023
The anachronism of Zionism w/ Ussama Makdisi
Dr. Ussama Makdisi (@UssamaMakdisi) is Professor of History and Chancellor's Chair at the University of California, Berkeley. He is co-host of the newly-launched podcast, Makidisi Street, Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast
12.08.2023
(Preview) "I just look for the day there will be justice" w/ Francesca Albanese
*A preview of the latest episode of Makdisi Street, a new podcast hosted by Saree, Ussama, and Karim Makdisi* The Makdisi brothers welcome Francesca Albanese (@FranceskAlbs), the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, to the...
12.03.2023
Tankie Group Therapy #6: The Al-Nasr Premature Babies, Violence resumes after pause
Nora, Matteo, Rania, and Alex are gathered to talk about what we're seeing and trying to make sense of on Israel's War on Gaza after 8 weeks, a couple of days after the end of the "humanitarian pause". We open...
12.01.2023
Tankie Group Therapy #5: October 7th was a prison break
Lie down on the couch and prepare yourself for another session of Tankie Group Therapy featuring friend of the podcast Bikrum Gill (@bikrumsinghgill) and hosted by Matteo "Super Mario" Capasso (@capassomat). Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast
11.27.2023
An attack on life itself w/ Mary Turfah and Adam Horowitz
This is only 65% of the conversation. Subscribe to the East is a Podcast on Patreon to listen to the rest of the episode.) Mary Turfah (@maryturfah) is a physician and writer. Check out her amazing piece on Mondoweiss, "Before the...
11.21.2023
Demystifying Gaza w/ Palestinian Youth Movement
Miriam and Naye from the Palestinian Youth Movement do a deep dive into the modern history of Gaza and what role it plays in the Palestinian people's liberation struggle. Check out their teach-in at the People's Forum in...
11.20.2023
Tankie Group Therapy #4: Whose side is time on?
The alliance between the East is a Podcast, the Brief, and the Anti-Empire Project continues as we discuss the Gaza War six weeks in (since October 7, 2023). Structured as group therapy (the fourth in the series) we cover...
11.18.2023
Bonus Episode 173 - War is a racket w/ Ali Kadri
*This is a preview of the latest bonus episode. The conversation continued for another 45 minutes in which Ali discusses the current war in Gaza and its significance to global capitalism. Please subscribe to the show for as little as...
11.11.2023
Anticipatory self-defence: Hizbullah and the Northern Front w/ Amal Saad
Amal Saad (@amalsaad_lb) is Lecturer in the School of Law and Politics at Cardiff University and one of the world's leading experts on Lebanon's Hizbullah movement. Guest hosted by long time friend of the show Louis Allday (@Louis_Allday), Founding Editor of Liberated...
11.06.2023
Tankie Group Therapy #3: Faris Odeh is immortal
Another round of group therapy featuring Justin Podur (@justinpodur) from The Anti-Empire Project, Nora Barrows-Friedman (@norabf) and Jon Elmer (@jonelmer) from The Electronic Intifada, and Nick Estes (@nickwestes) from The Red Nation. Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast
11.05.2023
Criminalizing solidarity: Germany's ban on Samidoun and the attack on civil activism
*Editor's note: A glitch in the recording software used for this episode abruptly cut off the last couple of minutes of the conversation.* Charlotte Kates (@charlottekates) is International Coordinator with Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network Guest hosted by longtime...
10.28.2023
Trajectories of the war for Palestine w/ Ali Jezzini
Ali Jezzini (@Aly_jezzini) is a producer for Al Mayadeen English based in Beirut. Check out his very good thread on the limitations of missile defense. Watch the video edition on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel...
10.22.2023
Tankie Group Therapy #2: Weeks where decades happen
The second round of group therapy featuring friends of the podcast Nora Barrows-Friedman (@norabf) and Justin Podur (@justinpodur) Check out Justin's latest piece, "Gaza: The Combined West opts for genocide" Nora's author page at Electronic Intifada Support www.patreon.com/east_podcast...
10.13.2023
"This Is A War on All Fronts": Zionism, Palestinian Resistance & Al Aqsa Flood
A conversation about the recent developments in Palestine with MAKC's Jared Ware (@jaybeware) and Josh Briond (@queersocialism), and friend of the podcast Frances Hasso (@nasawiyya) Co-published with Milenials are Killing Capitalism, which you can support on Patreon. Consider supporting...
10.10.2023
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine w/ Rashid Khalidi (pt.1)
*This episode is divided into two parts; the full conversation clocks in at almost two hours! You can listen to the second half by becoming a patron of the podcast $5 level on Patreon.com or you can watch for free...
10.02.2023
Live episode with MAKC's Jared Ware
**Trying out something new and recorded a livestreamed episode with friend of the podcast Jared Ware. We recorded a live episode and plan to do more in the coming weeks. When we record next, I will promo it on the...
09.29.2023
Bonus Episode 170 - Make you humble: The Iron Sheik in US cultural memory
Justin Boldaji is an artist and children's book author based in Seattle. Check out his designs for The East is a Podcast merch store! *This is a preview of the latest bonus episode. Sign up for $5 a month...

What's The East is a Podcast about?

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The East is a Podcast episodes:

The Martyrdom of Walid Daqqa w/ Rana Barakat and Abdaljawad Omar

Tankie Group Therapy #13: We consider the matter closed

The Mass Hannibal Event of October 7th w/ William Van Wagenen

Concrete Imaginings: Building a Liberated Palestine, Panel 3

Concrete Imaginings: Building a Liberated Palestine, Panel 2

Concrete Imaginings: Building a Liberated Palestine, Panel 1

(Preview) Bonus Episode 179 - The airing of the grievances w/ Alex Aviña and Louis Allday

"We are already in the phase of barbarism" w/ Paris Yeros

Tankie Group Therapy #12: Fear and Impatience

Palestine and the Global South w/ Vijay Prasad and Frances Hasso

Walking among giants: An eyewitness report from Rafah w/ Dr. Yipeng Ge

Tankie Group Therapy #11: Hope is a discipline

Sifting through the ashes of Oslo w/ Abdaljawad Omar

Palestine Seminar #3 : Jumana Manna

(Preview) Bonus Episode 178 - Palestine's Great Flood w/ Max Ajl

Tankie Group Therapy #10: Gaza War Day 135

The Palestine Seminar #2: Ilan Pappé

(Preview) Bonus Episode 177 - What the hell is wrong with Canada?? w/ Rob Rousseau

The Palestine Seminar #1: Louis Allday

Panic at the border w/ Alex Aviña

Russophobia, think tanks, and the Eurasian future w/ Glenn Diesen (pt.1)

ICJ Rules for South Africa: a defeat for Israel?

ICJ interim ruling on genocide case against Israel

Tankie Group Therapy #9: Gaza War day 106

Losurdo reads Stalin w/ Henry Hakamäki and Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro (pt.1)

South Africa presents its case against Israel at the ICJ

Water, Palestine, and settler colonialism w/ Matt Hooley

Solidarity is a weapon: Yemen fights for Gaza w/ Isa Blumi

Tankie Group Therapy #8 on Gaza War Day 78

Lebanon, Culture, Love and Hope w/ Daniel Drennan El-Awar

(Preview) Bonus Episode 176 - You shall not pass: Yemenis besiege Israel w/ Nasser Arrabyee

Tankie Group Therapy #7: In honor of Refaat Alareer

(Preview) AIA Memorial Episode for Refaat Alareer

The anachronism of Zionism w/ Ussama Makdisi

(Preview) "I just look for the day there will be justice" w/ Francesca Albanese

Tankie Group Therapy #6: The Al-Nasr Premature Babies, Violence resumes after pause

Tankie Group Therapy #5: October 7th was a prison break

An attack on life itself w/ Mary Turfah and Adam Horowitz

Demystifying Gaza w/ Palestinian Youth Movement

Tankie Group Therapy #4: Whose side is time on?

Bonus Episode 173 - War is a racket w/ Ali Kadri

Anticipatory self-defence: Hizbullah and the Northern Front w/ Amal Saad

Tankie Group Therapy #3: Faris Odeh is immortal

Criminalizing solidarity: Germany's ban on Samidoun and the attack on civil activism

Trajectories of the war for Palestine w/ Ali Jezzini

Tankie Group Therapy #2: Weeks where decades happen

"This Is A War on All Fronts": Zionism, Palestinian Resistance & Al Aqsa Flood

The Hundred Years' War on Palestine w/ Rashid Khalidi (pt.1)

Live episode with MAKC's Jared Ware

Bonus Episode 170 - Make you humble: The Iron Sheik in US cultural memory

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