The East is a Podcast

Ottawa-based Physician Dr. Yipeng Ge (@yipengGe)  reflects on being attacked by the Zionist lobby for speaking out on the Gaza genocide and his subsequent trip to Rafah as part of a medical delegation. Watch  the episode on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel   Support www.patreon.com/east_podcast

The crew is back on the couch at the therapist's office with Alex ( @Alexander_Avina) , Nora  ( @norabf ), Sina ( @urorientalist ) and two new guests: Mikey (@ karaokecomputer ) and Arama. Watch the video edition on the East is a Podcast YouTube channel Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast

Abdaljawad Omar is a PhD student and part-time lecturer in the Philosophy and Cultural Studies Department at Birzeit University. Watch the video edition on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel https://youtu.be/tDkaO2lmD4o   Check out his articles on Mondoweiss https://mondoweiss.net/author/abdaljawad-omar/ Listen to his episodes on Millenials are Killing Capitalism https://millennialsarekillingca...

Duke Professor Frances Hasso ( @nasawiyya ) interviews visual artist and filmmaker Jumana Manna for the third episode of her Palestine Seminar.   https://www.jumanamanna.com/ Professor Hasso will be convening a conference titled, "Concrete Imaginings: Building a Liberated Palestine" on Feb 28th, 2024.  It will be livestreamed and open access.  Live stream link https://duke.zoom.us/j/93556167414 De...

*This is a preview of the latest bonus episode. Sign up for $5 a month to  access  the entire conversation and help keep the show going or  watch the full episode on our YouTube channel* Friend of the podcast Max Ajl returns to the show to discuss his latest article, "Palestines's Great Flood: Part 1."  Download the article here https://www.researchgate.net/publication/378147524_Palestine%27s_Grea...

Justin Podur  hosts another seesion of Tankie Group Therapy marking Day 135 of the war with Matteo , Alex , and Nora . Watch the video edition on The Anti-Empire Project YouTube channel Consider supporting the podcast www.patreon.com/east_podcast

Duke Professor France Hasso ( @nasawiyya ) in conversation with University of Exeter professor of History Ilan Pappe as part of her Palestine Seminar.   Professor Hasso will be convening a conference titled, "Concrete Imaginings: Building a Liberated Palestine" on Feb 28th, 2024.  It will be livestreamed and open access.  Live stream link https://duke.zoom.us/j/93556167414 Detailed schedule availa...

*This is a preview of the latest bonus episode. Sign up for $5 a month to  access the entire conversation and help keep the show going or watch the full episode on our YouTube channel* Rob Rousseau  (@robrousseau) returns to the podcast to answer the age-old question that has stumped generations of thinkers: what the hell is wrong with Canada?   Check out his Twitch   https://www.twitch.tv/robrous...

Duke professor Frances Hasso ( @nasawiyya ) guest hosts a conversation with Louis Allday, founding editor of  LiberatedTexts.com, as part of her  Spring 2024 course . The pair discuss the significance, relevance, and insight of three books highlighted by Liberated Texts previously; "Zionist Colonialism in Palestine" by Fayez Sayegh, "On Zionist Literature" by Ghassan Kanafani and "Zionist Relation...

Longtime friend of the show Alex Aviña returns to the podcast to discuss the latest round of US border panic.   Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast

*Note: This is the first part of a two-part episode. You can listen to the second half of the episode by becoming a patron of the show at the $5 level or you can watch the  entire episode on the East is a Podcast YouTube channel*   Friend of the podcast Matteo Capasso  (@capassomat) is joined by guest host Essam Abdelrasul Bubaker Elkorghli (@elkorgle)   in a conversation with Norwegian scholar of...

Quick reaction to today's International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling on provisional measures at South Africa's request that the court take urgent action to prevent Israel from committing genocide in Gaza.    Watch the video edition on the Anti-Empire Project YouTube channel   Support www.patreon.com/east_podcast

The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel) - Request for the indication of provisional measures - The Court to deliver its Order on Friday, 26 January 2024, Source https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRsprNTNiNM&ab_channel=AlJazeeraEnglish

The Tankie Group Therapy team-- Nora , Justin , Alex , and Sina --is back on the couch and joined by our newest member, Tamara Nassar  from The Electronic Intifada   Consider support the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast

Friend of the podcast Henry Hakamäki ( @Huck1995) from  Guerrilla History Podcast and professor Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro translated Dominico Losurdo's Stalin: History and Critique of a Black Legend (2008)  (Note: This is part one of a two-part conversation. The second half is only available to $5 Patrons of The East is a Podcast or watch the entire episode on our YouTube channel)    Consider suppo...

The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, holds public hearings on the request for the indication of provisional measures submitted by South Africa in the case South Africa v. Israel.   Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4f_yoal4gx8&ab_channel=SABCNews

Matt Hooley is Assistant Professor at Dartmouth and his book Against Extraction can be pre-ordered now through Duke University Press. Guest hosted by Ian Anderson  (of the  Anti-Imperialist Archive ) Support www.patreon.com/east_podcast

Isa Blumi is Docent/Associate Professor of Turkish and Middle Eastern Studies at Stockholm University within the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies.  He is the author of among other works Destroying Yemen: What Chaos in Arabia Tells Us about the World (2018)   Support www.patreon.com/east_podcast

Our usual group gets together to talk about the Gaza War but this time we're joined by Lara Sheehi , an actual therapist, who guides us through as we try to understand where things stand on Day 78 of the war. Support www.patreon.com/east_podcast

Interview with Daniel was conducted by Ian Anderson (of the Anti-Imperialist Archive ) Daniel can be found at: Writing Jamaa Al-Yad Artists' Collective Blog 2006 war diary   Support www.patreon.com/east_podcast

*This is a preview of the latest bonus episode. Sign up for $5 a month to  access  the entire conversation and help keep the show going!* (Note: Apologies for my sound quality; selected the wrong mic like a noob!) Yemeni journalist Nasser Arrabyee (@narrabyee) returns to the show to talk about the closure of the Bab el Mandab strait to Israeli-linked vessels by Yemen in solidarity with Gaza.

Our usual group gets together to talk about the Gaza War, this time we all share some words about literature prof, teacher, poet and hero Refaat Alareer, assassinated by Israel a couple of days ago. Some discussion of military tactics and strategies as always.   Check out the Anti-Imperialist Archive episode dedicated to Refaat to hear him in his own words.   Consider support the podcast www.patre...

Link to the Anti Imperialist Archive episode Anti Imperialist Archive is edited by Ian Anderson (@ starsalwayslost ), with special thanks / credit to Sina Rahmani + The East is a Podcast. Their Twitter presence is @ AntiImpArchive. Subscribe via this RSS feed

Dr. Ussama Makdisi ( @UssamaMakdisi ) is Professor of History and Chancellor's Chair at the University of California, Berkeley. He is co-host of the newly-launched podcast, Makidisi Street ,   Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast  

*A preview of the latest episode of Makdisi Street , a new podcast hosted by Saree, Ussama, and Karim Makdisi* The Makdisi brothers welcome Francesca Albanese ( @FranceskAlbs ), the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, to the podcast.  The discussion covers international humanitarian law, the concept of self-defense as it is understood in international law,...