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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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"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 Sout…

01:23:48  |   Sun 31 Mar 2024
Tankie Group Therapy #12: Fear and Impatience

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 Do…

01:18:05  |   Tue 26 Mar 2024
Palestine and the Global South w/ Vijay Prasad and Frances Hasso

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…

01:37:50  |   Thu 21 Mar 2024
Walking among giants: An eyewitness report from Rafah w/ Dr. Yipeng Ge

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…

01:22:49  |   Thu 21 Mar 2024
Tankie Group Therapy #11: Hope is a discipline

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 ed…

01:41:48  |   Mon 04 Mar 2024
Sifting through the ashes of Oslo w/ Abdaljawad Omar

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…

01:37:53  |   Thu 29 Feb 2024
Palestine Seminar #3 : Jumana Manna

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 c…

01:11:29  |   Mon 26 Feb 2024
(Preview) Bonus Episode 178 - Palestine's Great Flood w/ Max Ajl

(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 p…

00:28:58  |   Mon 19 Feb 2024
Tankie Group Therapy #10: Gaza War Day 135

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 support…

00:50:37  |   Mon 19 Feb 2024
The Palestine Seminar #2: Ilan Pappé

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 …

01:07:59  |   Thu 15 Feb 2024
(Preview) Bonus Episode 177 - What the hell is wrong with Canada?? w/ Rob Rousseau

(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 (…

00:18:47  |   Thu 15 Feb 2024
The Palestine Seminar #1: Louis Allday

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,…

01:21:54  |   Mon 12 Feb 2024
Panic at the border w/ Alex Aviña

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

01:08:12  |   Thu 08 Feb 2024
Russophobia, think tanks, and the Eurasian future w/ Glenn Diesen (pt.1)

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 …

01:03:33  |   Sat 27 Jan 2024
ICJ Rules for South Africa: a defeat for Israel?

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…

00:48:15  |   Fri 26 Jan 2024
ICJ interim ruling on genocide case against Israel

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 Ord…

00:47:30  |   Fri 26 Jan 2024
Tankie Group Therapy #9: Gaza War day 106

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.c…

01:04:20  |   Mon 22 Jan 2024
South Africa presents its case against Israel at the ICJ

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…

02:54:01  |   Thu 11 Jan 2024
Water, Palestine, and settler colonialism w/ Matt Hooley

Water, Palestine, and settler colonialism w/ Matt Hooley

Matt Hooley is Assistant 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)

Su…

00:51:38  |   Tue 02 Jan 2024
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