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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)

Islam Politics News Religion & Spirituality
Update frequency
every 5 days
Average duration
53 minutes
Episodes
556
Years Active
2018 - 2025
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The Life and Legacies of Walter Rodney w/ Devyn Springer

The Life and Legacies of Walter Rodney w/ Devyn Springer

Devyn Springer is an Atlanta-based writer, editor, artist, and author. He is the host of the Groundings

 

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00:44:38  |   Tue 24 Sep 2019
(PREVIEW) Bonus Episode 33 - Nick Estes

(PREVIEW) Bonus Episode 33 - Nick Estes

A quick preview of the bonus episode with Nick Estes. There are dozens of episodes behind the paywall. Sign up today to help sustain the show.

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00:03:59  |   Mon 23 Sep 2019
Abdel Takriti on Decolonising the Study of Palestine 71 Years after the Nakba (2019)

Abdel Takriti on Decolonising the Study of Palestine 71 Years after the Nakba (2019)

Abdel Razzaq Takriti is Associate Professor and the inaugural holder of the Arab-American Educational Foundation Chair in Modern Arab History at the University of Houston. 

Original video here from t…

00:55:51  |   Sun 22 Sep 2019
Inventory of Traces (pt. 2) w/ Louis Allday

Inventory of Traces (pt. 2) w/ Louis Allday

Louis Allday is an academic and researcher based in London. 

 

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00:54:26  |   Fri 20 Sep 2019
The Edward Said Mixtape (Vol. 6) : Interview with Michaël Zeeman (2000)

The Edward Said Mixtape (Vol. 6) : Interview with Michaël Zeeman (2000)

Edward Said interviewed by Michaël Zeeman for the Dutch television programme Leven en Werken, VPRO

Video available here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=676fB7ExZys

 

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00:50:32  |   Tue 17 Sep 2019
Inventory of Traces (pt. 1) w/ Louis Allday

Inventory of Traces (pt. 1) w/ Louis Allday

Louis Allday is an academic and researcher based in London. 

 

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00:54:57  |   Sat 14 Sep 2019
Art and the 1% w/Hrag Vartanian

Art and the 1% w/Hrag Vartanian

Hrag Vartanian is the Editor-in-Chief and co-founder of Hyperallergic 

 

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00:37:28  |   Sat 07 Sep 2019
The Yemen War Shifts Gears w/ Martha Mundy

The Yemen War Shifts Gears w/ Martha Mundy

Martha Mundy teaches at the London School of Economics. 

 

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01:03:25  |   Sat 07 Sep 2019

"Postcolonialism? Have they left?" w/ Nick Estes

Nick Estes (Kul Wicasa, a citizen of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe) is Assistant Professor of American Studies at the University of New Mexico. He is the author of Our History is the Future: Standing R…

00:50:44  |   Sat 31 Aug 2019
Nick Estes on Indigenous Resistance and Standing Rock (March 2019)

Nick Estes on Indigenous Resistance and Standing Rock (March 2019)

Nick Estes in conversation with Professor Hayden King, Anishinaabe from Beausoleil First Nation. Hosted by the Toronto Public Library as part of their "On Civil Society" series.

 

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00:41:19  |   Sat 31 Aug 2019
(PREVIEW) Bonus Episode 32 - Ather Zia

(PREVIEW) Bonus Episode 32 - Ather Zia

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00:08:07  |   Wed 28 Aug 2019
Kebab Shop Confidential w/ Daniel Rád

Kebab Shop Confidential w/ Daniel Rád

Daniel Rád is a journalist and co-founder of Bourse & Bazaar (@BourseBazaar)  

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00:28:56  |   Tue 27 Aug 2019
The Kashmiri Intifada w/ Ather Zia

The Kashmiri Intifada w/ Ather Zia

Ather Zia is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Northern Colorado

Check out her co-written piece

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01:07:10  |   Wed 21 Aug 2019
The Edward Said Mixtape (Vol. 5) -

The Edward Said Mixtape (Vol. 5) - "Exiles: Edward Said" (1988)

Christopher Sykes' moving documentary on Edward Said, first produced for the BBC more than three decades ago.

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00:54:11  |   Thu 15 Aug 2019
*UNLOCKED* Bonus Episode 16 - Star Wars and Orientalism

*UNLOCKED* Bonus Episode 16 - Star Wars and Orientalism

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00:19:13  |   Wed 14 Aug 2019
Sina Rahmani

Sina Rahmani "Wrestling with the Revolution" (2007) - Part 1

A recording of an article I wrote almost 14 years ago. I cringe at some of the prose. Part two will be behind the paywall.

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00:26:28  |   Sun 11 Aug 2019
The Young Lords w/ Jorge Juan Rodríguez V

The Young Lords w/ Jorge Juan Rodríguez V

Jorge Juan Rodríguez V is a Historian of Religion pursuing a PhD at Union Theological Seminary.

The archival audio is extracted from the 50th anniversary celebration of the Young Lord's held in NYC i…

00:23:34  |   Thu 08 Aug 2019
Toni Morrison's Nobel Lecture (1993)

Toni Morrison's Nobel Lecture (1993)

RIP Toni Morrison

00:33:19  |   Tue 06 Aug 2019
Islam, democracy, and imperialism w/ Arash Davari and Yousef Baker

Islam, democracy, and imperialism w/ Arash Davari and Yousef Baker

Arash Davari is Assistant Professor of Politics at Whitman College.

Yousef Baker is Assistant Professor of International Studies at California State University, Long Beach.

 

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00:46:39  |   Tue 06 Aug 2019
Covering Iran (badly) w/ Pouya Alimagham

Covering Iran (badly) w/ Pouya Alimagham

*Please forgive the poor sound quality*

Pouya Alimagham is a historian of the modern Middle East based at MIT.

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00:48:56  |   Fri 26 Jul 2019
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