The East is a Podcast
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)
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 53 minutes
- Episodes
- 556
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
(Unlocked) Bonus Episode 63 - A story about my mistakes w/ Shepherd
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(Preview) The End of Sport: Racism and Resistance with Michael Bennett
My longtime friend and guest of the show Nathan Kalman-Lamb (@nkalamb) recently launched a podcast with Derek Silva (@DerekCrim). Enjoy this short clip from episode 15. Subscribe today wherever you g…
Imperialism means I can't breathe w/ Andray Domise
Andray Domise is a Contributing Editor at Macleans magazine.
#blackilvesmatter
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Game Over w/ Sharmine Narwani
Sharmine Narwani is a freelance journalist based in London and Beirut
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Rulez for Writerz w/ Aditya Desai
Aditya Desai is a freelance writer and adjunct writing instructor based in Baltimore.
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(Unlocked) Bonus Episode 61 - Josh Stacher
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Hope you enjoy this short extract from Josh Stacher's most recent book, Watermelon Democracy: Egypt’s Turbulent Transition (2019).
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Palestine is not a Jewish issue w/ Seth
For Nakba day, a conversation with Seth (aka "kabbalah bitch"), a Jewish American anti-Zionist Palestine solidarity activist and self-described "Twitter dumbass."
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Minority Report (2002) w/ Shama Rangwala and Desmond Cole
Guest host and longtime supporter of the podcast Shama Rangwala in conversation with journalist Desmond Cole about the 2002 film Minority Report.
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Ilan Pappé: Viewing Israel-Palestine Through the Lens of Settler-Colonialism (2017)
A 2017 lecture by Ilan Pappé titled "The Value of Viewing Israel-Palestine Through the Lens of Settler-Colonialism" hosted by the WRMEA. Introduced by Dale Sprusansky.
Ghalib Halasa and the Modern Jordanian Novel w/Alex B. Jreisat
Alex B. Jreisat is the translator of Ghalib Halasa's Sultana (1988).
Apologies for the sound quality!
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"It's like drowning" w/ Fatema Latifi
Fatema Latifi is a Respiratory Therapist working in a research hospital in Northern California.
Guest hosted by Ali Latifi
The business of life w/ Shepherd
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Bahrain's Uprising w/ Soraya Lennie
Soraya Lennie is a freelance journalist and analyst.
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Sports??? In this Pandemic?? w/ Derek Silva
Guest host and former guest Nathan Kalman-Lamb of Duke University talks to Derek Silva, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Kings at Western University in London, Ontario.
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![[Preview] Bonus Episode 56 - The Wind Will Carry Us (1999) w/ Tamara Nassar](https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/9/f/9/f/9f9f17b99bbc4515/WWCU_CVR_6ca52c7f-3968-42fa-b97c-78a6d998b743.jpg)
[Preview] Bonus Episode 56 - The Wind Will Carry Us (1999) w/ Tamara Nassar
Perspectives on COVID-19
Frontline healthcare workers share their perspectives on the COVID-19 pandemic.
Guest produced by Mary Turfah
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Ten Years after Green w/ Pouya Alimagham
Pouya Alimagham teaches history at MIT
His book is available now
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