F*ck ICE, Free Gaza! w/ Abraham Marquez
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Longtime friend of the show Aalex Aviña returns to guest host an episode with journalist Abraham Marquez about the recent intensification of the war on racialized communities and undocumented people. Check out Abraham's article, on his Substack Watch the on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel Consider supporting the show
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Becoming a critical thinker & an anti-imperialist writer w/ Louis Allday
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Longtime friend of the show and frequent guest host Louis Allday ) was invited to Iran for an international media conference hosted by Press TV. Watch the full episode on Press TV website Check out
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Looking into the Abyss: ZioAmerica, Iran, and the Struggle for a Human Future w/ David Yaghoubian and Sina Rahmani
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**Adnan invited me on his show to record on the latest development. We went for so long, I was eventually out of words!* Adnan convenes an emergency panel to discuss and analyze the recent Israeli-US attack on Iran, its implications for Iran, the region and the world. (CSU-San Bernardino) and share their insights and reflections along with passionate and deeply committed analysis about the place of Iran as the frontline state fighting for a sovereign future against Western imperial hegemony. on our YouTube channel Co-published on Like, subscribe, share! X: ...
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Palestine and the World: Emancipation and the Minority Question, 1789-1923
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**Producer's note: This is the second episode of "Palestine and the World: History in a Time of Genocide (Denial)," a 7-part series Adnan recorded for his podcast, The Adnan Husain Show with his colleague Dr. Ariel Salzmann. All 7 parts are available right to and will be released individually on the free feed over the next 5 weeks. Subscribe to his show on your podcast app or watch the episode on YouTube channel linked below** Part 2 of Palestine and the World: History in a Time of Genocide (Denial). In this episode takes a global perspective on the failures of emancipation...
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The humble olive w/ Robert Massoud
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Robert Massoud is the founder of , which bottles and distributes olive oil from Palestine to North America. He also ran Beit Zatoun House, a cultural centre and meeting place in downtown Toronto for many years. Zatoun is a grassroots, volunteer-powered initiative launched in 2004. As North America's longest-standing source for fair trade Palestinian olive oil, Zatoun uses this essential staple as a symbol of solidarity, resilience, and cultural connection. The organization not only helps Palestinian farmers earn a livelihood under challenging conditions, but also sparks meaningful dialogue...
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Tankie Group Therapy #32: The West is not worth saving
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Tankie Groupy Therapy is back! A lively, "dudes rock" episode featuring: , , , , and our newest member, from Check out Adnan's conversation with Alana Lentin on Watch the on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel Fundraisers Mohammed's campaign has languished since the amazing boost he received last month. Please consider supporting him or his brother's fundraiser Consider supporting his brother's campaign as well Support 'Mahmoud Khalil Center for Children in Northern Gaza The Sameer Project
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Alex Aviña: "Ayotzinapa and Palestine: Global Laboratories of Repression"
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Comrade and longtime friend of the show recently gave a lecture the seminar "Global Laboratories of Repression, Global Visions of Liberation" and the organizers have kindly shared the audio for listeners of the show!
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Fascism has no ethnicity: a forum on the Ziofash ascendency
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**Note: This extra-long conversation continued for another 25 mins, ** A very special episode featuring comrades and former guests of the show: from , writer filmmaker , and from Watch the on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel Consider supporting the show
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Is your Rage Pure Enough? w/Sina Rahmani - Psychlib ep.5
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*I was invited to the Psychlib podcast to discuss the power of rage and it resulted in ~90 mins of mostly me ranting* In this wide-ranging and wide-ranting discussion, Sina, Sacha and Benji explore the psychological clay feet of the dying white empire. We explore the entanglement of settler colonies and how they can't genocide their way to victory over the rest of the world. We look at the psychological protective and mobilizing role of rage. If, like us, you consider that ranting Sina is peak Sina, you'll enjoy this episode! Watch the video on their
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Syncretic imperialism: A forum on Spanish imperialism in Latin America
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A forum exploring some of the characteristics of Spanish imperialism in Latin America featuring comrade , and co-hosts of podcast, and Consider supporting the show
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Convened by Dr. Frances S. Hasso, Professor of Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies, History, and Sociology, as part of The Palestine Seminar at Duke University
https://gendersexualityfeminist.duke.edu/literary-gaza-hybrid
Speakers
“My Age is Thirty-five Years Old and Five Wars"
Basman Aldirawi
Basman Aldirawi (also Basman Derawi) is a Palestinian and Gazan, a refugee from Bi’r al-Saba`, and currently in Egypt due to the aggression on Gaza. He works as a physiotherapist at the Gaza Ministry of Health and since 2018 has been a member of the Gaza Poets Society, the first spoken word community in Gaza. He has contributed dozens of stories and poems to many online platforms and publications, including We Are Not Numbers (2019), Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire (2022), and the We Are Not Numbers online platform that gives a voice to the victims of Israeli aggression in Gaza/Palestine.
"The Demon of Gaza"
Esmat Elhalaby
Esmat Elhalaby is an Assistant Professor of transnational history at the University of Toronto. He works principally on the intellectual history of West and South Asia, particularly colonial and anti-colonial thought.
“The 5 Stages of Grief, According to a Palestinian”
Samah Serour Fadil
Samah Serour Fadil is an Afro-Palestinian writer, editor and translator. Her work has been featured at the Yale University Art Gallery, Fresno State University and The Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery at Haverford College, among others.
“Tent in the Sky”
Alaa Na`eem `Ali Al-Qatrawi:
Alaa Na`eem `Ali al-Qatrawi completed her PhD in 2022 in Arabic Literature and Criticism at the Islamic University in Gaza, focused on the poetry of Adonis. Her MA thesis at the Islamic University, which examined Ahmed Bakhit’s poetry, won the Award for Best MA thesis in the Humanities in 2015. Dr. Al-Qatrawi is an accomplished poet and short story and operetta writer, winning among others the Abdulaziz Al-Babtain Award for the best poetry collection in the category of young poets in 2022, first in the Union of Palestinian Writers Competition in 2015, first in the Ministry of Culture’s poetry competition among all Palestinian universities in 2013, first in short stories in the Arab world in the international competition organized by Chinese Books and Dar Fadaat Publishing House in Amman (2019), and first in the Letter to Jerusalem competition (2010). She works as an Arabic Language teacher in UNRWA schools at the elementary and secondary levels. She has previously worked as a linguist and screenwriter for UNRWA children’s programming. Dr. Alaa’s Instagram and Facebook pages.
Sponsor
Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies, Duke University
Co-Sponsor(s)
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies Program (AMES); History Department; Middle East Studies Center (DUMESC); Asian American & Diaspora Studies Program