The East is a Podcast
Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist)
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)
Created by Sina Rahmani (twitter: @urorientalist)
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May 13, 2019 • 49min
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 organized by The Turban Times in May 2018
May 13, 2019 • 6min
(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. https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com www.eastpodcast.com
May 7, 2019 • 1h 10min
Citizen of Nowhere w/Reza Zia-Ebrahimi
Reza Zia-Ebrahimi is Senior Lecturer in History at King's College, London. Please consider supporting the show created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com www.eastpodcast.com
May 1, 2019 • 46min
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 Book Program, an American book-publishing and translation initiative that operated in the Middle East from 1953 to 1979. Levi and his students examine the program as an instance of American soft power within the context of Cold War cultural imperialism and give listeners a number of bibliographical notes for further investigation. https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com www.eastpodcast.com
Apr 30, 2019 • 57min
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 2019
Apr 29, 2019 • 8min
(Preview) Bonus Episode 17 - Paul A. Bové on Edward Said
A sneak preview of Paul Bové's bonus episode. Sign up for the Patreon to gain access to this and other great bonus content. https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com www.eastpodcast.com
Apr 25, 2019 • 1h 4min
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 sample of which is included in this episode. Please support the show.
Apr 25, 2019 • 6min
(Preview) Bonus Episode 16 - Star Wars and Orientalism
Sign up for the Patreon to gain access to this and other great bonus content. https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast
Apr 24, 2019 • 26min
Saudi Arabia crucified a man yesterday w/As'ad AbuKhalil
As'ad AbuKhalil teaches at California State University, Stanislaus. Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com www.eastpodcast.com
Apr 18, 2019 • 1h 1min
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 at NYU's Gallatin School of Individualized Study. Please support the show created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com www.eastpodcast.com
