The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been raging for decades, with seemingly no end in sight. In this episode, we are joined by Rashid Khalidi, Palestinian-American historian and Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies at Columbia University. He is the author of a new book, titled The Hundred Years' War On Palestine, and in this episode he appears in conversat ... Show More
Oct 18
Archive: Can the Arts Drive Social Change? With Idris Elba, Kwame Kwei-Armah and Yassmin Abdel-Magied
In the summer of 2020, as Black Lives Matter protests swept the world, the arts and creative industries faced urgent questions about racism, representation and their role in driving meaningful change. In this episode from the Intelligence Squared archive, actor Idris Elba and pla ... Show More
1h 2m
Dec 2023
A Fareed Zakaria GPS Special: The Road to War in the Middle East
Why has the Israeli–Palestinian conflict been so intractable for so long? Fareed talks with Palestinian scholar Ahmad Khalidi, Israeli historian Benny Morris, former US diplomat Edward Djerejian and more about the attempts, missed chances, and future prospects of establishing a l ... Show More
42m 40s
Oct 2024
فلسطين الماضي والحاضر (رشيد خالدي)- Palestine Past and Present (Rashid Khalidi)
This webinar discussed how the horrific events of the past year are not unique, and do not stand outside history. Speaker:Rashid Khalidi: Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies, Columbia University. He has taught at the Lebanese University, the American University of Beirut ... Show More
1h 32m
Mar 2023
Palestine
Why Billy chose to encapsulate this behemoth of a topic in a single lyric, we'll never know. But this week, we're talking Palestine and all it experienced in the 20th century. Wars, protests, land grabs, displacement: the atrocities of this era are still being felt, and carried o ... Show More
40m 39s