Oct 2023

Fargo Tbakhi: Envisioning a future Palestine

In this episode, Tom is joined by Fargo Tbakhi, a queer Palestinian American writer and performance artist based in Washington D.C. and winner of 2018 Ghassan Kanafani Resistance Arts Prize. His writings have been published in various literary publications including The Berkeley ... Show More

55m 25s

Sep 2023

Ahmed Masoud: Amplifying Palestinian voices

In this episode, Rafeef, Tayla, and Tom are joined by Ahmed Masoud, Gaza-born Palestinian writer, director, and academic based in the United Kingdom. Ahmed is the author of Come What May and Vanished which address issues in Gazan society, as well as in broader trends in Palestin ... Show More

50m 4s

Aug 2023

Chris Gazaleh: Palestinian-American Muralist & Activist

In this episode, Rafeef, Tayla, and Tom are joined by Chris Gazaleh, Palestinian-American muralist, activist, and community organizer. Using different mediums like ink, paint, and digital illustrations, Chris uses powerful symbols and imagery to advocate for Palestinian human rig ... Show More

45m 36s

Apr 2021

Sectarianism in the Post-Ottoman Era & the Quest for Coexistence | Ussama Makdisi

In this conversation, we discussed Professor Makdisi's scholarship on Modern Arab History, snd Ottoman History. Dr. Ussama Makdisi is a Professor of History and the first holder of the Arab-American Educational Foundation Chair of Arab Studies at Rice University. Create ... Show More

54m 58s

May 2021

Decolonization in Palestine w/ Ussama Makdisi

Historian <a href="https://twitter.com/UssamaMakdisi">Ussama Makdisi</a> discusses about the current uprisings in Palestine and the enduring legacy of the Nakba. Support https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr

57m 31s

Nov 2022

S2 Interview - Usamma Makdisi and "The Age of Coexistence"

I am joined by Dr. Usamma Makdisi to discuss his most recent book "The Age of Coexistence". In this book Dr. Usamma Makdisi explores the politics of pluralism during the Ottoman Empire and in the post-Ottoman Arab world. Rather than judging the Arab world as a place of ... Show More

56m 9s

Jun 2021

The ecumenical frame w/ Ussama Makdisi

Ussama Makdisi is the Arab-American Educational Foundation Chair of Arab Studies at Rice University. Check out his book, Age of Coexistence: The Ecumenical Frame and the Making of the Modern Arab World Support the podcast https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast Consider supporting ... Show More

1h 5m

Jan 2021

Modern Turkish Identity & the Ottoman Legacy | Prof Resat Kasaba

We talked to Resat Kasba about his work as a professor and expert on the history and politics of the Middle East.Created & Hosted by: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mikey_mu/" target="_blank">Mikey Muhanna</a>, afikra Edited by: Ramzi Ramman Theme music by ... Show More

55m 3s

Feb 2025

Season 4, Episode 5: Eugene Rogan, The Arabs: A History

Send us Fan MailJoin Professor Jeffrey Sachs and historian Eugene Rogan, professor of Modern Middle Eastern History at Oxford, as they delve into the complex history of the Arab world, from the Ottoman conquest in 1516 to today’s geopolitical crises of the modern Middle East. Thr ... Show More

52m 39s

Sep 2023

Dr Uthman Lateef | Islamic History: Romanticism, Reality & Revival | BB #104

In this episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain speaks with the prominent Islamic historian and author, Dr Uthman Lateef, of Sapience Institute. <a href='https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/islam'>#BloodBrotherspodcast</a> <a href='https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/isla ... Show More

1h 13m

Dec 2023

Age of Coexistence w/ Ussama Makdisi

Featuring Ussama Makdisi on the late Ottoman Empire’s Arab culture of Muslim, Christian, and Jewish coexistence—an ecumenical frame that was interrupted by European colonialism and Zionism, which exacerbated and exploited sectarianism. This is the first of a two-part interview. S ... Show More

1h 57m

Ussama Makdisi: Narrating our Middle Eas...