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[ARCHIVE] Christmas—and Christians—in Palestine w/ Dr. Mitri Raheb
Makdisi Street
***Producer's note: This is a repost of an episode we released two years ago. Wishing you a Merry Christmas from the Makdisi Street team! Thanks for your support! FREE PALESTINE*** The brothers welcome to the show to talk about the role and visibility of Christians in Palestine’s ecumenical culture, so-called Christian Zionism, and how the Bible can be read either as a text authorizing empire and genocide (as with Netanyahu citing the extirpation of the Amalek) or as a text calling for liberation, equality, justice and resistance to empire. Check out his...
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“Pressuring schools to crack down" w/ Darryl Li
Makdisi Street
The brothers welcome Professor Darryl Li of the University of Chicago to the show to discuss the new on federal “antisemitism” investigations on US college campuses, revealing the extent to which US civil rights laws have been distorted and weaponized to suppress the advocacy of Palestinian rights across the United States, to suppress American academic freedom in order to protect the Zionist project in Palestine, as well as the extent to which this process, though taken to a new level by Trump, was actually initiated by liberal and Democratic administrations long before Trump came...
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"Anti-imperialism with solidarity at home" w/ Ali Abunimah
Makdisi Street
The brothers welcome of to the show to discuss mainstream media distortion of Palestine and the rise of alternative media, shifting public opinions on Zionism and solidarity for Palestine in the West, the growing divide between ordinary people and political elites, and the shared sense that we are witnessing the terminal decline of Zionism in the West. Date of recording: November 3, 2025 Watch the on our YouTube channel Follow us on our socials: X: YouTube: Insta: TikTok: Support the show on Patreon for access to all the great bonus content, i.
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“What did it take for so many Americans to not see" w/ Melani McAlister
Makdisi Street
**NOTE: The brothers are hosting a for patrons only. Please sign up today and drop your questions!** The brothers welcome professor of American Studies at George Washington University, author of the new book and scholar of American culture and evangelical culture. They discuss the meaning and nature of Christian Zionism, Melani’s own insight after growing up an evangelical in North Carolina, how she learned about Israel before discovering the question of Palestine, the diversity within the evangelical movement, the different ways American evangelicals are Zionist, the...
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"Public opinion is vastly different than the elites" w/ Mandy Turner
Makdisi Street
The brothers welcome , a senior researcher with , to discuss the world of think tanks, how they operate as hegemony factories, and the divergence between public opinion and elites on the Gaza genocide Check out her article, Date of recording: Sept 16, 2025. Watch the on our YouTube channel Follow us on our socials: X: YouTube: Insta: TikTok: Support the show on Patreon for access to all the great bonus content, including the latest .
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"At the Threshold of Genocide"
Makdisi Street
The brothers discuss the “ceasefire” in Gaza, the Trump plan, and the potential contradictions between Israel and its partners and enablers. Date of recording: Oct 21, 2025. Watch the on our YouTube channel Follow us on our socials: X: YouTube: Insta: TikTok: Support the show on Patreon for access to all the great bonus content, including the latest .
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"My fear is that this is a repackaging of the genocide" w/ Diana Buttu
Makdisi Street
**Producer's note: This episode was marred by technical problems and connection issues. Apologies for the sound quality** The brothers welcome the Canadian-Palestinian lawyer and former negotiator Diana Buttu to the show to discuss the ceasefire in Gaza and the context of the Trump-branded “peace plan” for Gaza and its historical antecedents and possible outcomes. Date of recording: Oct 9, 2025. Watch the on our YouTube channel Follow us on our socials: X: YouTube: Insta: TikTok: Support the show on Patreon for access to all the great...
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Return to Makdisi Street w/ Samir Makdisi
Makdisi Street
The brothers welcome their father, Samir Makdisi, Professor Emeritus at the American University of Beirut, to the show. They discuss the significance of Makdisi Street—the street itself!— in Beirut’s cultural history, the social and political location of Ras Beirut in the larger context of Beirut and Lebanon itself, student movements in the 1950s and 1960s, the gradual consolidation of a sectarian political culture in Lebanon and the many forms of resistance to it, and the transformations in Beirut and Lebanon since the onset of the Lebanese war in 1975. They also discuss the...
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Bonus episode - To proxy or not to proxy?
Makdisi Street
***Producer's note: This is a preview of the . Sign up on Patreon for as little as $5 a month to access this and other great bonus content.*** The brothers get together for a spirited debate on the age-old question: Is Israel a proxy of the US? Date of recording: Sept 9, 2025. Watch the on our YouTube channel Follow us on our socials: X: YouTube: Insta: TikTok: Thanks for supporting Makdisi Street!
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"A little more than nothing is better than nothing" w/ Michael Barenboim
Makdisi Street
The brothers welcome the prominent violinist, classical musician and Professor at the Barenboim-Said Akademie to have a heart-felt discussion about the relationship between classic music and dissent, his regret at not speaking out earlier in his life about Palestine, his horror at the ongoing Gaza genocide, and the implications of anti-Palestinian racism and repressive climate in Germany despite Berlin having the largest Palestinian community in Europe, the question of boycott, and the legacy and current meaning of his father and (our uncle) Edward Said’s famous collaboration in creating...
info_outlineThe brothers welcome Professor Darryl Li of the University of Chicago to the show to discuss the new AAUP/MESA report on federal “antisemitism” investigations on US college campuses, revealing the extent to which US civil rights laws have been distorted and weaponized to suppress the advocacy of Palestinian rights across the United States, to suppress American academic freedom in order to protect the Zionist project in Palestine, as well as the extent to which this process, though taken to a new level by Trump, was actually initiated by liberal and Democratic administrations long before Trump came along.
Date of recording: December 2, 2025
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