Jun 2025
Episode 23 – Militarization in Jordan with Dr. Pete Moore and Dr. Sean Yom
In this episode, Ezra Karmel speaks with Sean Yom and Pete Moore about their recent special issue in MELG, "Reconceptualizing Security and Political Economy in the Modern Middle East," which includes articles on Syria and Yemen. We focus on their own contribution in the issue, wh ... Show More
1h 6m
Jun 2024
Episode 22 – MENA Local Governance with Dr Ellen Lust, Dr Intissar Kherigi, & Dr Christiana Parreira
In collaboration with the Governance Uncovered podcast of the Governance and Local Development Institute (GLD), Ellen Lust moderates a discussion on decentralisation and local governance in the Middle East and North Africa, focusing in particular on Tunisia, Lebanon, and Jordan. ... Show More
45m 36s
Jan 2024
Episode 21 - Coalition Governments in the MENA with Dr Francesco Cavatorta & Dr Hendrik Kraetzschmar
In this episode, Ezra Karmel speaks with Francesco Cavatorta and Hendrik Kraetzschmar about their recent special issue in MELG examining multiparty coalition government in the Arab MENA. We discuss key features of coalition formation, composition, and duration/durability, why the ... Show More
49m 11s
Oct 2020
Episode 12 - Neglected Victims: Refugees and GBV in the Age of a Pandemic
<p>In this episode, Carol Abi Ghanem hosts Jasmin Lilian Diab to discuss the marginalized and neglected refugees in Lebanon during the COVID pandemic. Jasmin discusses COVID measures, their impact on the refugee community in Lebanon, as well as the surge in discourse around gende ... Show More
31m 23s
Dec 2020
Episode 18 - Rotating Ministries: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
<p>On this week's episode, Sami Zoughaib sits with Dr. Mounir Mahmalat, Senior Researcher at LCPS, to discuss the issue of rotation of ministerial portfolios between political parties. The episode dwells on recent research conducted by Sami and Mounir on this issue, looking at th ... Show More
24m 25s
Jun 2023
Episode 67: The Use of Aritificial Intelligence for Pandemic Monitoring and Surveillance with Antoine Saab, PhD
<p>The COVID-19 pandemic showed the world that our pandemic monitoring systems could not prevent and detect the scale of the pandemic in a timely manner. The responses around the world were variable and differed by region. In this episode co-hosted with MohammadAli Jardali, we di ... Show More
40m 38s
Oct 2024
Beirut Southern Suburbs & Hezbollah: History & Truth | Mona Harb
In this special episode of This Is Not a Watermelon podcast, we speak to Professor Mona Harb, co-founder of the Beirut Urban Lab at the American University of Beirut, to help us delve into the intricate socio-political dynamics and historical narratives of Beirut's southern subur ... Show More
47m 9s
Oct 2024
Beirut Southern Suburbs & Hezbollah: History & Truth | Mona Harb
<p>In this special episode of This Is Not a Watermelon podcast, we speak to Professor Mona Harb, co-founder of the Beirut Urban Lab at the American University of Beirut, to help us delve into the intricate socio-political dynamics and historical narratives of Beirut's southern su ... Show More
47m 9s
Aug 2020
Episode 6 - What's Next for the Protest Movement?
<p>On the sixth episode, Nadim El Kak is joined by sociologist and LCPS Fellow Dr Rima Majed to discuss recent political developments following the Beirut explosion including reemerging protests, alternative resistance strategies, geopolitics, government resignation, state violen ... Show More
36m 38s
In this episode, we speak with Mona Harb and Ahmad Gharbieh about the varying modalities of Covid governance in Lebanon. We discuss the different responses of sectarian and non-sectarian actors to the pandemic and how they played out geographically.
The podcast revolves around the recent article that they co-wrote with Mona Fawaz and Luna Dayekh. The artic ... Show More
