Guest host and writer Amal Nura (@amaalnuura) interviews Aziz Faarah (@azizfaarah), independent archivist and collector of Somali artifacts. They discuss his auction adventures and encounters with vendors including one who spent a few weeks in Somali jails in the 1970s https://twitter.com/azizfaarah/status/1736547727821943090. Their conversation to…

Rana Barakat is associate professor of history at Birzeit University in Palestine and director of the BZU Museum (@bzu.museum). Abduljawad Omar (@HHamayel2) is a lecturer at Birzeit University. Check out the article, "The parallel human: Walid Daqqah on the 1948 Palestinian political prisoners" by Abdul-Rahim Al-Shaikh An archive of Walid Daqqa's w…

On Day 191 the tankie therapy group convenes (Joe Emersberger (@rosendo_joe), Rob Rousseau (@robrousseau), Mikey Inouye (@karaokecomputer), Sina Rahmani (@UrOrientalist), Alex Aviña (@Alexander_Avina) but for an analytical discussion about Iran's missiles hitting Israeli airbases the day before. A summary of what happened, a media roundup, Jordan's…

Investigative journalist William Van Wagenen (@WVanwagenen) from The Cradle returns to the podcast to discuss his deep dive into what really happened on Oct 7th. Watch this episode on our YouTube channel https://youtu.be/PP7ZBzTJFmU Check out the article, "What Really Happened on October 7?" https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/what-really-hap…

Introductory Remarks by Professor Frances Hasso (@nasawiyya) PANEL 3 “Seeing Palestine, Not Seeing the Palestinians: Gaza in the British Pathé Colonial Lens” Shahd Abusalama, Lebanese American University My presentation will critically engage with the representation of the Palestine question in general and Gaza refugees in particular by British Pat…

PANEL 2 Introductory Remarks by Professor Frances Hasso (@nasawiyya) "Queer Threads: Activist Fashion in Palestine" Roberto Filippello, University of Amsterdam In this presentation I sketch the contours of the formation of an activist fashion scene across Palestine in the face of material challenges that the infrastructures of the occupation pose t…

Concrete Imaginings: Building a Liberated Palestine An In-Person and Livestreamed ConferenceWednesday, February 28, 2024 Panel 1 Introductory Remarks by Professor Frances Hasso (@nasawiyya) “The Urgency of Anti-Imperial Feminism: Lessons from Palestine” Walaa Alqaisiya, Ca' Foscari University of Venice (via Zoom) (08:30-38:30) This talk maps the ep…

*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* Trying out a new live format and was joined by friends of the show Alex Aviña (@Alexander_Avina) and Louis Allday (@Louis_Allday) for an angry deep dive into some of …

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 South, "A Polycentric World Will Only Be Possible by the Intervention of the ‘Sixth Great Power" Read the article here https://www.agrariansouth.org/2023/12…

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 Downfall... with Nora (@norabf), Matteo (@capassomat) , Mikey (@karaokecomputer), Sina (@UrOrientalist), and Alex (@Alexander_Avina). Watch the video edi…

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, Departments of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, and of Communication, and the Curriculums in Global Studies and in Peace, War, & Defense. Consider suppor…

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. Watch the episode on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel Support www.patreon.com/east_podcast

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 edition on the East is a Podcast YouTube channel Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast…

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://youtu.be/tDkaO2lmD4o Check out his articles on Mondoweiss https://mondoweiss.net/author/abdaljawad-omar/ Listen to his episodes on Millenials are Ki…

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 convening a conference titled, "Concrete Imaginings: Building a Liberated Palestine" on Feb 28th, 2024. It will be livestreamed and open access. Live strea…

*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 podcast Max Ajl returns to the show to discuss his latest article, "Palestines's Great Flood: Part 1." Download the article here https://www.researchgat…

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 supporting the podcast www.patreon.com/east_podcast

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 titled, "Concrete Imaginings: Building a Liberated Palestine" on Feb 28th, 2024. It will be livestreamed and open access. Live stream link https://duke.zo…

*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 (@robrousseau) returns to the podcast to answer the age-old question that has stumped generations of thinkers: what the hell is wrong with Canada? Check …

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, relevance, and insight of three books highlighted by Liberated Texts previously; “Zionist Colonialism in Palestine” by Fayez Sayegh, “On Zionist Literatu…

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

*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 is a Podcast YouTube channel* Friend of the podcast Matteo Capasso (@capassomat) is joined by guest host Essam Abdelrasul Bubaker Elkorghli (@elkorgle)…

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 Gaza. Watch the video edition on the Anti-Empire Project YouTube channel Support www.patreon.com/east_podcast…

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 Order on Friday, 26 January 2024, Source https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRsprNTNiNM&ab_channel=AlJazeeraEnglish…

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.com/east_podcast