On the podcast this week, journalist and author Kim Ghattas joins Faisal Al Yafai to discuss how the Beirut of the 1980s offers a prism through which to understand today’s regional rivalries, as set out in her new book, “The Best Kind of American: A True Story of Murder, War, and America's Undoing in the Middle East.”
Produced by Finbar Anderson
Oct 5
The Forgotten Moment That Decided Palestine’s Fate
On this week's episode of the podcast, historian Rashid Khalidi joins Faisal Al Yafai to discuss why Western public opinion on Israel has shifted faster than at any point in a century, whether that shift will reach Washington, and what his conversations with the writer Tariq Ali ... Show More
55m 19s
Sep 28
Why Ethiopia Is at War Once Again
Jalale Getachew Birru, East Africa regional expert for Armed Conflict Location & Event Data (ACLED), and Alan Boswell of the International Crisis Group join Kwangu Liwewe Agyei to discuss the return of war to Ethiopia, the armed groups uniting against Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed an ... Show More
30m 8s
Sep 21
How the Failed Revolutions of the 1970s Remade Our World
On the podcast this week, journalist and author Jason Burke joins Faisal Al Yafai to discuss the wave of leftist violence that swept Europe and the Middle East in the 1970s, why its defeat cleared the ground for Islamist movements, and what the West got wrong about political viol ... Show More
50m 53s
Oct 2024
War in West Asia: When A Dying Settler Colony Lashes Out
Alyson and Breht discuss the unfolding regional war between Israel and literally all of its neighbors, the restrained Iranian response to Israeli aggression, US complicity and contributions to the fascist mass murder campaign, Hezbollah and Lebanon, Russia and Syria, the decrepit ... Show More
1h 33m
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/RamiKhouri" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Rami Khouri</a>, a Palestinian American journalist and scholar, analyzes the war in Gaza. <a href="https://populismblog.wordpress.com" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Evelyn McDonnell</a>, author of ... Show More
