Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist)

The East is a Podcast

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A critical lens on the history of the present on West Asia and North Africa. Interviews with experts and archival mashups. Created by Sina Rahmani (twitter: @urorientalist)

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Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist)

Episodes

Islamophobia is a helluva drug w/Maryyum Mehmood 17.03.2019 1:13:39

Maryyum Mehmood is Research Associate at St Benet's Hall, University of Oxford. Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com www.eastpodcast.com

Banning resistance is futile w/Edward Wastnidge 13.03.2019 44:14

Edward Wastnidge is a Lecturer in Politics and International Studies, Open University, UK. Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com www.eastpodcast.com

Nawal El Saadawi: Creativity, Women and Dissidence (2011) 08.03.2019 40:12

Revolution lecture by Egyptian author and activist Nawal El Saadawi at Folkteatern in Gothenburg, Sweden on October 12th, 2011. Presented by the Clandestino Institut. http://clandestinoinstitut.org/

Anger Management w/As'ad AbuKhalil 06.03.2019 37:34

As'ad AbuKhalil teaches at California State University, Stanislaus. Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com www.eastpodcast.com

Regime Change Inc. (pt.2) w/ Ben Norton and Ali Alizadeh 04.03.2019 1:04:38

Ben Norton is a journalist based in New York. He is the co-host of Moderate Rebels. Ali Alizadeh is an independent political analyst based in London. Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com www.eastpodcast.com

Yuri Kochiyama on internment, radical activism, and her relationship with Malcolm X 03.03.2019 1:23:08

Yuri Kochiyama was a Japanese-American human rights activist, and is notable as one of the few prominent non-black Black separatists. A few years before her death in 2014, she sat down with Megan Asaka in Oakland to speak about her life and work. Produced by Densho , an organization dedicated to preserving the story of the mass incarceration of Japanese-Americans in WWII.

White liberal feminism does not spark joy w/ Amy Wong 28.02.2019 43:00

Amy Wong is Assistant Professor at Dominican University of California. Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com www.eastpodcast.com

Rocking the Boat w/ Vidyaratha Kissoon 26.02.2019 38:59

Vidyaratha Kissoon lives in Guyana. He has been involved in the work to promote gender equality, child protection and LGBT equality. He blogs at http://churchroadman.blogspot. com/ He agreed to do this podcast because he was able to get a coffee in Georgetown from one of Sina's friends. Acknowledgments to Poonam Singh and her song "Guyana" Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_...

Walter Rodney on Race and Class in Guyanese Politics (1978) 24.02.2019 1:11:48

Walter Rodney was a prominent Guyanese historian, political activist and academic. This is a recording of a lecture he gave in 1978, lightly edited for sound quality. Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com www.eastpodcast.com

"Human Rights in El Salvador" (1991) *GRAPHIC CONTENT* 16.02.2019 28:35

"Human Rights in El Salvador" (1991), a report produced by Susan de Brava for Santa Barbara-based Behind the Headlines. Extremely graphic content, including descriptions of violence, sexual assault, torture, etc. Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com www.eastpodcast.com

Peasants, food riots, and the violence of industrial agriculture w/Max Ajl 15.02.2019 42:54

Max Ajl is a doctoral student in Development Sociology at Cornell University. Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com www.eastpodcast.com

Regime Change Inc. (pt.1) w/ Ben Norton and Ali Alizadeh 12.02.2019 53:30

(UNLOCKED) Bonus Episode 6 - Fatima Bhutto 10.02.2019 17:26

*UNLOCKED* Bonus Episode 6 - Fatima Bhutto Fatima Bhutto 's new novel is called The Runaways . Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com www.eastpodcast.com

Váyanse al carajo, yanquis de mierda (Hands off Venezuela) w/ Max Ajl 08.02.2019 33:37

(PREVIEW) Bonus Episode 5 - Nasser Mufti 04.02.2019 5:08

A conversation with my friend and co-founder of "Two Brown Men with Four Green Thumbs Landscaping," Nasser Mufti. For $5+ Patrons only. Sign up here to get access today to all bonus content. created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com www.eastpodcast.com

C. L. R. James in conversation with Stuart Hall (1984) 03.02.2019 52:47

From C. L. R. James in conversation with Stuart Hall (1984). Directed by Mike Gibb, produced originally for Channel 4. Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com www.eastpodcast.com

Resistance is not a hashtag w/ Fatima Bhutto 01.02.2019 36:21

Fatima Bhutto 's new novel is called The Runaways . Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com www.eastpodcast.com

Live from Chicago, it's the MLA! w/ Ronjaunee Chatterjee 28.01.2019 1:27:45

Ronjaunee Chatterjee is Assistant Professor in the Department of English at Concordia University. She co-organized a roundtable at the 2019 annual convention of the Modern Language Association on "Critical Race Theory and New Directions for Victorian Studies." Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com www.east...

Imagined Partitions: Cricket, Empire, and Civil War w/ Nasser Mufti 26.01.2019 44:29

Nasser Mufti is Associate Professor in the Department of English at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com www.eastpodcast.com

UNLOCKED: Bonus Episode 4 - Ali Shariati, Close-up w/ Arash Davari Arash Davari 24.01.2019 40:54

*UNLOCKED* Bonus Episode 4 - Ali Shariati, Close-up w/ Arash Davari Arash Davari Arash Davari ( @ adavari21 ) is Assistant Professor of Politics at Whitman College. Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com www.eastpodcast.com

The East is a Podcast Radio (vol.1) 22.01.2019 53:24

A compilation of folk, pop, and experimental songs from Morocco to India. Track list available here Curated by Moloq (@moloqmusic ) Check out Moloq at https://www.moloqmusic.com . New album available on February 15th. Please support the show! Sign up here to get access today to all bonus content. created by Sina Rahmani (urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com www.eastpodcast.com

(PREVIEW) Bonus Episode 3 - Saree Makdisi 20.01.2019 3:31

A conversation with my mentor and friend, Saree Makdisi. You can get his books here. For $5+ Patrons only. Sign up here to get access today to all bonus content. created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com www.eastpodcast.com

The Afterglow of Empire (pt.1) w/ Saree Makdisi 17.01.2019 41:36

Saree Makdisi is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at UCLA. Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com www.eastpodcast.com

(PREVIEW) Bonus Episode 2 - The History of Ba'athism (pt.2) w/Patrick Higgins 14.01.2019 4:30

*Preview: unlock full episode by subscribing* Patrick Higgins is a Ph. D candidate in the Department of History at the University of Houston. Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com www.eastpodcast.com

Another look at Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (pt. 2) w/ Ali Alizadeh 12.01.2019 29:32

Ali Alizadeh is an independent journalist and political analyst based in London. https://www.eastpodcast.com/#/episode23/ *** Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com www.eastpodcast.com