This week on Babel, Jon Alterman talks with Khaled Dawoud, who was arrested amidst rising political tensions in Egypt in September 2019 and was released from prison two weeks ago. Upon his release, Khaled returned to his jobs as assistant editor of Al-Ahram Weekly and a professor of journalism at the American University in Cairo. Khaled talks about his time ... Show More
May 2025
Babel Special: Jon Alterman's Next Chapter
This week on a special edition of Babel, Will Todman speaks with Jon Alterman, the creator of Babel and the show’s host since it began in 2019. They discuss Jon’s reflections on 22 years directing the CSIS Middle East Program, his analysis of how the Middle East policy ecosystem ... Show More
34m 59s
May 2025
Mohanad Hage Ali: Hezbollah and the Captagon Trade
This week on Babel, Jon Alterman speaks with Dr. Mohanad Hage Ali, deputy director for research at the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut. Mohanad's latest paper for Carnegie investigates the rise of a new form of drug smuggling in Lebanon. Together, they discuss Hezbollah’s i ... Show More
50m 16s
May 2025
Analysis: Will Trump’s Houthi Deal Stick?
On Tuesday, May 6, President Trump declared that the United States would immediately halt its bombing of Houthi targets, bringing an end to months of intensified U.S. strikes across Yemen. The president linked the policy reversal to what he described as the Iran-backed Houthis’ c ... Show More
6m 13s
Jul 2019
Narrating Conflict: In search of “truth”
Examining the experience in Egypt of using images to fight for social justice, we talk to Aida El Kashef, co-founder of the Cairo-based, independent media collective Mosireen. Through her experience as an activist and a journalist, we learn about the important role of journalism ... Show More
10m 2s
Dec 2011
Egyptian elections, pressure on Iran and demonstrations in Moscow
This week, Gideon Rachman talks to Roula Khalaf, Middle East editor, about the results of the Egyptian elections, where Islamist parties have won almost two-thirds of the vote and discusses the growing international pressure on Iran with James Blitz, defence and diplomatic editor ... Show More
15m 10s
<p>ضيفى هو الأستاذ الصحفى خالد داوود والذى عمل فى العديد من وكالات الأنباء فى مصر وكان مديرا لمكتب الأهرام فى واشنطن, وايضا مراسلا لقناة الجزيرة فى الأمم المتحدة .</p>
<p>Journalist Khaled Dawoud discussing his imprisonment, and his recent efforts to release other prisoners.</p>
<div class="gs"> <div class=""> <div id=":oi" class="ii gt"> <div id=":oh" class="a3s aiL"> <div dir="auto"> <p>The brothers welcome journalist <a href= "https://x.com/linaattalah">Lina Attalah</a> (@linaattalah), the co-founder and chief editor of <a href= "https://www.madamasr. ... Show More
