The East is a Podcast

Aditya Desai is a freelance writer and adjunct writing instructor based in Baltimore. Consider supporting the show. Go to eastpodcast.com for links to Patreon, Gofundme, cash apps, and merch store.

Unlocked from behind the paywall! Hope you enjoy this short extract from Josh Stacher's most recent book, Watermelon Democracy: Egypt's Turbulent Transition (2019). Please consider donating to keep my work going. You can sign up on Patreon or give a one time donation on Gofundme.

For Nakba day, a conversation with Seth (aka "kabbalah bitch"), a Jewish American anti-Zionist Palestine solidarity activist and self-described "Twitter dumbass." Consider supporting the show. Go to eastpodcast.com for links to Patreon, GoFundMe, cash apps, and Merch store.

Guest host and longtime supporter of the podcast Shama Rangwala in conversation with journalist Desmond Cole about the 2002 film Minority Report. Consider supporting the show. Go to eastpodcast.com for links to Patreon, GoFundMe, cash apps, and Merch store.

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. https://www.wrmea.org/017-may/viewing-israel-palestine-through-the-lens-of-settler-colonialism.html

A preview of the latest bonus episode. Get access to it and hours and hours of bonus content by signing up at the $5 level. You can donate directly through Gofundme, and PayPal/Venmo as well. Links to the latter on my website, eastpodcast.com. Help keep the podcast going!

Alex B. Jreisat is the translator of Ghalib Halasa's Sultana (1988). Apologies for the sound quality! Consider supporting the show. Go to eastpodcast.com for links to Patreon, GoFundMe, cash apps, and Merch store.

Fatema Latifi is a Respiratory Therapist working in a research hospital in Northern California. Guest hosted by Ali Latifi

A preview of the latest bonus episode with Shepherd. Get access to it and hours and hours of bonus content by signing up at the $5 level. You can donate directly through Gofundme, and PayPal/Venmo as well. Links to the latter on my website, eastpodcast.com

Check out Shepherd's farm and support the work at https://www.patreon.com/ManorofMixedBlessings Please consider supporting the show. Go to Eastpodcast.com for links to Patreon, Gofundme, Paypal, and merch store.

Soraya Lennie is a freelance journalist and analyst. http://www.sorayalennie.com/ Please consider supporting the show. Go to Eastpodcast.com for links to Patreon, Gofundme, Paypal, and merch store.

Fatimah Hossaini is an Afghan photographer. Guest hosted by Ali Latifi

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. Please consider supporting the show. Go to eastpodcast.com and find links to Patreon, Gofundme, cash apps, and merch store.

A preview of the latest bonus episode. Get access to it and hours and hours of bonus content by signing up at the $5 level. You can donate directly through Gofundme, and PayPal/Venmo as well. Links to the latter on my website, eastpodcast.com

Frontline healthcare workers share their perspectives on the COVID-19 pandemic. Guest produced by Mary Turfah Please consider supporting the show. Go to eastpodcast.com and find links to Patreon, Gofundme, cash apps, and merch store.

Pouya Alimagham teaches history at MIT His book is available now Please consider supporting the show.

The second installment of the Orientalism reading group with Nick Estes. A preview of the latest bonus episode. Get access to it and hours and hours of bonus content by signing up at the $5 level. I do this show independently and get no sponsorships or advertising. It is my primary income and I'm hoping to make it sustainable. You can donate directly through Gofundme, and PayPal/Venmo as well. Links to the latter on my website, eastpodcast.com

Christian Lehmann teaches literature at Bard High School Early College Cleveland. Please consider donating to keep my work going. You can sign up on Patreon or give a one time donation on Gofundme

Joshua Stacher is associate professor of political science at Kent State University and the author of Watermelon Democracy: Egypt's Turbulent Transition

Unlocked from behind the paywall! Hope you enjoy this wide ranging conversation with Hussein Kesvani. Check out his book, Follow me Akhi (2019). Please consider donating to keep my work going. You can sign up on Patreon or give a one time donation on Gofundme.

An excerpt from a recent episode of the Red Nation Podcast. For the entire episode, subscribe wherever you get your podcasts!

Justin Podur is an associate professor in the Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University. His new novel is Siegebreakers. Please consider donating to keep my work going. You can sign up on Patreon or give a one time donation on Gofundme

Unlocked from behind the paywall Nudrat Kamal (@nudratkamal) is a professor of comparative literature at IBA in Karachi. She has also recently published a chapter titled 'The Post Colonial Cyborg' in Ethical Futures and Global Science Fiction (Palgrave Macmillan). Mushba Said (@HeyMushba)is a writer, designer, and artist from Karachi who recently completed her undergrad in Communication Studies, double-minoring in Policy and Comparative Literature. Please consider donating to keep my work going. You can sign up on Patreon or give a one time donation on Gofundme

Emran Feroz and Ali Latifi return to the podcast to discuss the US surrender in Afghanistan. Please consider supporting the show created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) www.eastpodcast.com

Check out Justin's podcasts and his new novel, Siegebreakers.

Maryam Aras, Denijal Jegić , and Adem Ferizaj return to the podcast to share their insights into the racist violence in Germany Check out Denijal's article Please consider supporting the show created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) www.eastpodcast.com

*Apologies for the sound quality* Zakaria Mokdad is the co-owner of Aleppo Kebab in Toronto http://www.aleppokebab.ca/ Please consider supporting the show. Please help me hit my goal of $1500 a month on Patreon. You can also donate directly with Venmo or Paypal and Gofundme. Links on the homepage, eastpodcast.com

A preview of the latest bonus episode. Get access to it and hours and hours of bonus content by signing up at the $5 level. I do this show independently and get no sponsorships or advertising. It is my primary income and I'm hoping to make it sustainable. You can donate directly through Gofundme, and PayPal/Venmo as well. Links to the latter on my website, eastpodcast.com

Sam Sacks and Sam Knight are journalists based in DC and host the DC Sentinel. Please consider supporting the show. Please help me hit my goal of $1500 a month on Patreon. You can also donate directly with Venmo or Paypal and Gofundme. Links on the homepage, eastpodcast.com

A preview of the latest bonus episode. Get access to it and hours and hours of bonus content by signing up at the $5 level. I do this show independently and get no sponsorships or advertising. It is my primary income and I'm hoping to make it sustainable. You can donate directly through Gofundme, and PayPal/Venmo as well. Links to the latter on my website, eastpodcast.com

Zahra Shafei studies dentistry in Iran. Please consider supporting the show. Please help me hit my goal of $1500 a month on Patreon. You can also donate directly with Venmo or Paypal and Gofundme. Links on the homepage, eastpodcast.com

A preview of the latest bonus episode. Get access to it and hours and hours of bonus content by signing up at the $5 level. I do this show independently and get no sponsorships or advertising. It is my primary income and I'm hoping to make it sustainable. You can donate directly through Gofundme, and PayPal/Venmo as well. Links to the latter on my website, eastpodcast.com Guest hosted and produced by Mushba Said Nudrat Kamal is a professor of comparative literature at IBA in Karachi. She has also recently published a chapter titled 'The Post Colonial Cyborg' in Ethical Futures and Global Science Fiction (Palgrave Macmillan). Mushba Said is a writer, designer, and artist from Karachi who recently completed her undergrad in Communication Studies, double-minoring in Policy and Comparative Literature.

Had a great conversation with Maryam Aras, Denijal Jegić , and Adem Ferizaj. English-language conversation begins around min 39:00. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wir_schaffen_das Please consider supporting the show created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) [email protected] www.eastpodcast.com

Tamara Nassar is an associate editor at The Electronic Intifada Please consider supporting the show created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) [email protected] www.eastpodcast.com

Professor Ilan Pappé speaks in 2008 on the ethnic cleansing of Palestine. Source

[I went on one of my favourite podcasts, Rewatchability, to talk about Argo. Enjoy!] With the Oscars approaching we take a look back at ARGO! Directed by and starring Ben Affleck, Argo beat out a crowded field to win Best Picture at the 2012 ceremony. But is it all CIA propaganda? @UrOrientalist joins us to extract the truth!

Hilbourne A. Watson is an Emeritus Professor at Bucknell University. Jeb Sprague is a Research Associate at the Institute for Research on World-Systems at the University of California, Riverside

Hilbourne A. Watson is an Emeritus Professor at Bucknell University. Jeb Sprague is a Research Associate at the Institute for Research on World-Systems at the University of California, Riverside

Curated by Moloq (@moloqmusic) Check out Moloq at https://www.moloqmusic.com.

Special series on the Iraqi revolts by guest host Yousef K. Baker Dena Al-Adeeb is Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow in the American Studies Department at UC Davis. Recorded on November 9, 2019

Yousef K. Baker (@YousefKB) is Assistant Professor of International Studies at California State University, Long Beach. Please consider supporting the show

I went on the District Sentinel Radio to talk recent events in the region. Sign up at patreon.com/east_podcast for access to this and 30+ hours of bonus content.

Max Ajl recently completed his PhD in Development Sociology at Cornell University. Please consider supporting the show. I can't do this for much longer unless I can at least hit my goal of $1500 a month.I have a Patreon and Gofundme. You can also donate directly with Venmo or Paypal. Links on the homepage, eastpodcast.com

Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi interviews his Goldsmiths colleague David Brenner Please consider supporting the show. I can't do this for much longer unless I can at least hit my goal of $1500 a month.I have a Patreon and Gofundme. You can also donate directly with Venmo or Paypal. Links on the homepage, eastpodcast.com

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Special series on the Iraqi revolts by guest host Yousef K. Baker Shamiran Mako is an Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University.

Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi interviews his Goldsmiths colleague Martina Tazzioli. Please consider supporting the show. I can't do this for much longer unless I can at least hit my goal of $1500 a month. (That literally would give me enough for rent + $300). I have a Patreon and Gofundme. You can also donate directly with Venmo or Paypal. Links on the homepage, eastpodcast.com

Ehsani returns to discuss Lebanon's spiraling financial crisis. Please consider supporting the show. I can't do this for much longer unless I can at least hit my goal of $1500 a month. (That literally would give me enough for rent + $300). I have a Patreon and Gofundme. You can also donate directly with Venmo or Paypal. Links on the homepage, eastpodcast.com

Isa Blumi in conversation with Adem Ferizaj on the question of Albanian identity. Please consider supporting the show. I can't do this for much longer unless I can at least hit my goal of $1500 a month. (That literally would give me enough for rent + $300). I have a Patreon and Gofundme. You can also donate directly with Venmo or Paypal. Links on the homepage, eastpodcast.com

*Apologies for the sound quality* Mfalme Sikivu is an incarcerated scholar and mentor. He is fighting the carceral state from the inside and needs outside support. Mfalme and a team of outside supporters are pushing Governor Cuomo of NY to grant him clemency in 2019. Mfalme has three cases pending against DOCCS; one which urges DOCCS to organize his mentoring organization, Ujamaa Fraternal Dynasty (UFD), and two cases to expose the inhumane treatment of our incarcerated comrades by COs and staff. Please visit his facebook page for ways to get involved We are also doing coordinated phone calls to push Cuomo to free Mfalme and Jalil Muntaqim on every Friday from 1-3 PM. You can write to Mfalme at the following address Dontie Mitchell #98A0071 Great Meadow Correctional Facility PO Box 51 Comstock, NY 12821-0051