The New Arab Weekly

This week on The New Arab Weekly podcast, we look at the fighting between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and Sudanese government forces in Darfur, a spat between Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the 'day after' plan in Gaza, and the upheaval created in Kuwait with the news that both parliament and the constitution had been suspended.

Joining us, we have The New Arab's journalist and reporter Oliver Mizzi (@OllyMizzi99), and journalist and reporter Assiah Hamed (@AssiahHamed).

Our Picks of the Week:

With €1bn bribe, the EU is rewarding Lebanon's bad behaviour

Nakba yesterday, Nakba today: The story of my grandmother's two keys

How Israel is defying Biden's 'red line' on Rafah

If you have any burning questions that you'd like the team at The New Arab Weekly to answer, then drop us an email at [email protected]. 

You can subscribe to the show on Apple, Spotify, Google, and wherever else you get your podcasts. 

This podcast is produced by Hugo Goodridge (@hugogoodridge). 

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This week on The New Arab Weekly podcast, we look at the recent closure of Al Jazeera offices in Israel, the advance of Israeli tanks to the Rafah border crossing, and the US decision to withhold a shipment of bombs to Israel.

We're joined by The New Arab's journalist and reporter Nick McAlpin (@NickGMcAlpin) and senior journalist and editor Nadda Osman (@naddaxosman). 

Our picks of the week:

Why do Israel's high-tech, dystopian weapons systems have Biblical names?

Israel is a broken society. And it's not just Bibi to blame

How Egypt's crackdown on Gaza protests shows the fragility of Sisi's regime

If you have any burning questions that you'd like the team at The New Arab Weekly to answer, then drop us an email at [email protected]. 

You can subscribe to the show on Apple, Spotify, Google, and wherever else you get your podcasts. 

This podcast is produced by Hugo Goodridge (@hugogoodridge). 

To get in touch with the producer, follow, then tweet us at @TNAPodcasts.

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This week on The New Arab Weekly podcast, we look at the prospect of arrest warrants being handed down to Israeli leaders by the International Criminal Court (ICC), a potential Israeli assault on Rafah and attempts to secure a deal to end the fighting in Gaza, and a new law in Iraq that has criminalised homosexuality. 

We're joined by The New Arab's International Correspondents Editor Yazan Al-Saadi and journalist and reporter Assiah Hamed. 

Picks of the Week:

Black people globally are demanding reparations. It's time politicians listen

Google fired me for standing against tech complicity in Gaza genocide. But justice cannot be stopped

Why Qatar is the go-to mediator in the Gaza war, and beyond

If you have any burning questions that you'd like the team at The New Arab Weekly to answer, then drop us an email at [email protected]. 

You can subscribe to the show on Apple, Spotify, Google, and wherever else you get your podcasts. 

This podcast is produced by Hugo Goodridge (@hugogoodridge). 

To get in touch with the producer, follow, then tweet us at @TNAPodcasts.

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This week on The New Arab Weekly, we look at the recent retaliatory strike on Iran by Israel, the growing protest movement on US university campuses, and the mass graves that were discovered at the Al-Shifa Hospital and the Nasser Medical Complex. 

We're joined by The New Arab's Senior Editor Nadda Osman (@naddaxosman) and the Associate News and Features Editor Zainab Mehdi (@zaiamehdi).

'Undo the damage': How a new ad campaign in Lebanon is fuelling violence against Syrian refugees

With prayer ban, British Muslim children become latest target of state-sponsored Islamophobia

Houthis threaten to expand Red Sea operations after mass grave discovered in Gaza

If you have any burning questions that you'd like the team at The New Arab Weekly to answer, then drop us an email at [email protected]. 

You can subscribe to the show on Apple, Spotify, Google, and wherever else you get your podcasts. 

This podcast is produced by Hugo Goodridge (@hugogoodridge). 

To get in touch with the producer, follow, then tweet us at @TNAPodcasts.

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This week on The New Arab Weekly we look at the recent Iranian missile and drone attack on Israel, the recent rampage of violence by West Bank settlers, and the heavy rains in across the Gulf that caused deadly flooding in Oman and the UAE. 

We were joined by The New Arab's Head of News Paul McLoughlin (@PaullMcLoughlin) and journalist and reporter Rosabel Crean (@CreanRosabel).

Our picks of the week:

'Kill zones': For Israel, there are no innocents in Gaza

Under siege: Life in the shadow of Israeli settler violence in Masafer Yatta

The 1946 Anglo-American Committee and the missed opportunity for a democratic Palestine

If you have any burning questions that you'd like the team at The New Arab Weekly to answer, then drop us an email at [email protected]. 

You can subscribe to the show on Apple, Spotify, Google, and wherever else you get your podcasts. 

This podcast is produced by Hugo Goodridge (@hugogoodridge). 

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This week on The New Arab Weekly we look at the recent increase in Israeli attacks against Hezbollah in Lebanon, and the war of words, the killing of Hamas chief' Ismail Haniyeh's children and grandchildren, the withdrawal from Khan Younis, the death of Walid Daqqa, and the release of prisoners in Bahrain. 

We're joined by The New Arab's Analysis Editor Charlie Hoyle (@CharlieCHoyle) and Senior Journalist and Editor Nadda Osman (@naddaxosman).

Our picks of the week:

Can Israel's war on Gaza trigger a 'Palestinian Spring' in the Arab world?

In Gaza, we are watching the world's first AI-assisted genocide 

Divide and rule: Apartheid Israel hunts down Gazan workers stranded in West Bank for 'lacking work permits'

If you have any burning questions that you'd like the team at The New Arab Weekly to answer, then drop us an email at [email protected]. 

You can subscribe to the show on Apple, Spotify, Google, and wherever else you get your podcasts. 

This podcast is produced by Hugo Goodridge (@hugogoodridge). 

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This we on The New Arab Weekly we look at the recent legislative elections in Turkey, which proved difficult for Erdogan, the Israeli airstrike on the Iranian embassy in Damascus, and the killing of seven aid workers in Gaza. 

We were joined by The New Arab's Opinion's Editor, Nadine Talaat (@nadine_talaat) and journalist and reporter Oliver Mizzi (@OllyMizzi99). 

Our picks for this week:

Why criticism of Israel is so rare in Azerbaijan

The US' Red Sea strategy has failed to deter the Houthis

Can the Jordan protest movement force a divorce with Israel?

If you have any burning questions that you'd like the team at The New Arab Weekly to answer, then drop us an email at [email protected]. 

You can subscribe to the show on Apple, Spotify, Google, and wherever else you get your podcasts. 

This podcast is produced by Hugo Goodridge (@hugogoodridge). 

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This week on The New Arab Weekly, we look at the deadly Islamic State – Khorasan Province attack in Moscow, the Gaza ceasefire resolution that was passed at the United Nations Security Council, and the release of a report by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese, who accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza. 

We're joined by The New Arab's Head of News Paul Mcloughlin (@PaullMcLoughlin), and New Arab journalist and reporter Rosabel Crean (@CreanRosabel).

Our picks for this week:

In numbers: How UK right-wing media's pro-Israel Gaza war coverage dehumanises Palestinians

How Israeli settler outposts in the West Bank are surging amid the Gaza war

The real price of Egypt's €7.4 billion agreement with the EU

If you have any burning questions that you'd like the team at The New Arab Weekly to answer, then drop us an email at [email protected]. 

You can subscribe to the show on Apple, Spotify, Google, and wherever else you get your podcasts. 

This podcast is produced by Hugo Goodridge (@hugogoodridge). 

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This week on The New Arab Weekly podcast, we look at the recent comments made by US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, the Israeli attacks on the Al-Shifa Hosptial in Gaza, and the ceasefire deal put forward by Hamas.

We were joined by Deputy Features Editor Benjamin Ashraf (@ashrafzeneca) and journalist Anam Alam (@itsanamalam).

If you have any burning questions that you'd like the team at The New Arab Weekly to answer, then drop us an email at [email protected]. 

You can subscribe to the show on Apple, Spotify, Google, and wherever else you get your podcasts. 

This podcast is produced by Hugo Goodridge (@hugogoodridge). 

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Welcome to the first episode of The New Arab Weekly. 

Each week, we take a look at some of the biggest stories of the week and examine what happened and why is it important. 

This week we look at the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, the looming prospect for an invasion of Rafah, and the recently announced definition of extremism, as laid out by the UK government. 

We're joined this week by The New Arab's Opinions Editor, Nadine Talaat (@nadine_talaat), and New Arab journalist and reporter Oliver Mizzi (@OllyMizzi99).

If you have any burning questions that you'd like the team at The New Arab to answer, then drop us an email at [email protected]. 

You can subscribe to the show on Apple, Spotify, Google, and wherever else you get your podcasts.

This podcast is produced by Hugo Goodridge (@hugogoodridge). 

To get in touch with the producer, follow then tweet us at @TNAPodcasts.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.