This episode is part one of a three part series covering early Ottoman Palestine (16th - 18th centuries).
In the 16th century a new power came to rule over Palestine. From the onset, this new dynasty would face unique challenges.
Join me as I take you through early Ottoman Palestine and introduce you the families that ruled the holy city of Jerusalem.
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Dec 11
Martyrdom Inc - The Three Lives of Izzidin al-Qassam (RE-POST)
In light of the Zionist state's repeated attacks on the grave of Izzidine al Qassam, I have decided to repost this episode. The episode follows the life, death, and legacy of Sheikh Izzidine al Qassam.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/preoccupation-a-not-so-brief-hi ... Show More
51m 11s
Oct 2019
Israel And Palestine Part I
We are going to the Israel-Palestine conflict, one of the most controversial subjects of your time. And in true fashion, we're going to try our best to avoid bias. This will be a multi-part series. In this first episode, we discuss the history of the Jews and Arabs. We start from ... Show More
1h 9m
Dec 2022
Gabriel Polley, "Palestine in the Victorian Age: Colonial Encounters in the Holy Land" (I. B. Tauris, 2022)
In this episode I have interviewed Gabriel Polley, winner of the Ibrahim Dakkak Award for the best essay published in 2021 by the Jerusalem Quarterly.
Narratives of the modern history of Palestine/Israel often begin with the collapse of the Ottoman Empire and Britain's arrival in ... Show More
1h 6m
May 2022
Louis Fishman, "Jews and Palestinians in the Late Ottoman Era, 1908-1914: Claiming the Homeland" (Edinburgh UP. 2021)
Uncovering a history buried by different nationalist narratives (Jewish, Israeli, Arab and Palestinian) the book by Louis Fishman looks at how the late Ottoman era set the stage for the on-going Palestinian-Israeli conflict. This work presents an innovative analysis of the strugg ... Show More
1 h
Jun 2024
Anat Kidron and Shuli Linder Yarkony, "The Jewish Community of Acre in Mandatory Palestine: The Story of a Forgotten Community" (de Gruyter, 2024)
For a brief moment in the history of Acre, there was a Hebrew community that linked old and new settlements. It had a national-Zionist orientation and consisted of Jews of local and Mizrachic origin. This community is no longer visible in the cityscape, and its history has disapp ... Show More
1h 9m
May 2023
Al-Ándalus y los Califatos, empieza la expansión- Ep.3 (El Islam, de Mahoma al S.XXI)
En apenas unas décadas, el islam medieval forjó uno de los mayores imperios de todos los tiempos, mientras abasíes,omeyas y fatimíes se disputaban la hegemonía y la legitimidad. El año 661 marca el inicio de una edad dorada para el islam con la irrupción en escena del clan Omeya, ... Show More
17m 28s
Oct 2022
Salim Tamari et al., "Camera Palaestina: Photography and Displaced Histories of Palestine" (U California Press, 2022)
Camera Palaestina: Photography and Displaced Histories of Palestine (U California Press, 2022) is a critical exploration of Jerusalemite chronicler Wasif Jawhariyyeh (1904–1972) and his seven photography albums entitled The Illustrated History of Palestine. Jawhariyyeh’s nine hun ... Show More
1h 15m
May 2024
Zionism: Kalam Shorts (Teaser)
Zionism, the political movement to create a Jewish state in Palestine, has had an immense impact on the modern history of the Middle East. But what were its theoretical foundations, and in what political context did it take shape?In this new episode of Kalam Shorts, Sam and Edgar ... Show More
1m 17s