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
"Racism on TV: A British Example" (Alternative Views, 1984)
From the archives of Alternative Views
"TV/film producer-director Chris Thomas brings with him an insightful documentary which he made showing the nature and extent of racism on English television, …
Mo Salah, Baby! w/ Jacob Klusmeier, Sam Huston, Willie Klemmer
Another very special episode produced by three students at Whitman College as part of Arash Davari's Middle East Politics course. This episode explores the strange case of "good immigrant" Mohamed Sa…
"We can't fit all these people in jails" w/ Ilan Pappé
Ilan Pappé is Professor of History and Director of the European Centre for Palestine Studies at the University of Exeter.
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Playing with the Lion's Tail
A short mashup on the Millennium Challenge 2002.
#nowarwithIran
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The Abbas Kiaorostami Mixtape
It's been almost three years since the death of Abbas Kiarostami, one of the titans of modern cinema. Included in this episode is a tribute by Martin Scorsese as well as a portion of a long sit-down …
The Edward Said Mixtape (Vol. 4) - The Nakba
Edward Said sharing his memories of the ethnic cleansing of Palestine (Nakba, catastrophe), marked annually by people around the world on May 15th.
Music Credits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci…
This is a not a podcast w/ Celeste Barry, Scout Hutchinson, Caleb Sherman
A very special episode produced by three students at Whitman College as part of Arash Davari's Middle East Politics course. This episode explores both the overwhelmingly negative portrayal of Iranian…
Isa Blumi - "Yemen: Beyond the Mainstream" (2018)
Dr. Isa Blumi is Associate Professor in the Department of Asian, Middle Eastern, and Turkish Studies at Stockholm University.
This talk was given at a public event at the University of Copenhagen or…
(Preview) Bonus Episode 19 - Reza Zia-Ebrahimi
A sneak preview of Reza Zia-Ebrahimi's bonus episode. Sign up for the Patreon to gain access to this and other great bonus content.
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Citizen of Nowhere w/Reza Zia-Ebrahimi
Reza Zia-Ebrahimi is Senior Lecturer in History at King's College, London.
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A seminar on the Franklin Book Program w/ Levi Thompson
This episode of The East Is A Podcast is brought to you by students from Levi Thompson’s University of Colorado Boulder course Representing Islam. In it, they cover the operations of the Franklin Boo…
Ilan Pappé on Apartheid Israel and settler colonialism (January 2019)
Ilan Pappé is one of the world's leading historians of Israel and the Zionist colonization of Palestine. With an introduction by Dima Khalidi.
Lecture organized by the Lannan Foundation from January …
(Preview) Bonus Episode 17 - Paul A. Bové on Edward Said
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Malcolm X on the murder of Ronald Stokes (1962)
Ronald Stokes was an activist and community leader connected to the Nation of Islam. He was murdered by the Los Angeles Police Department on April 27, 1962. Malcolm X gave a powerful eulogy, a long…
(Preview) Bonus Episode 16 - Star Wars and Orientalism
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Saudi Arabia crucified a man yesterday w/As'ad AbuKhalil
As'ad AbuKhalil teaches at California State University, Stanislaus.
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Political Prisoners and the American Carceral State w/ Chase Madar
Chase Madar is an attorney, author, and journalist in New York. He is the author of The Passion of [Chelsea] Manning: The Story Behind the WikiLeaks Whistleblower (Verso, 2013) and part-time faculty …
Indians and Cowboys w/ Sonja Thomas
Sonja M. Thomas is Associate Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Colby College.
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The Task of the Critic in the Era of Austerity w/Paul A. Bové
Paul A. Bové is distinguished professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh and editor of boundary 2, published by Duke University Press.
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