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Desert Politics from Arizona to Arabia, with Natalie Goch 31:27

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This week we are joined by Natalie Koch, Professor in the Geography and Environment Department at Syracuse University. Natalie is the author of a new book, Arid Empire: The Entangled Fates of Arizona and Arabia, published by Verso in January. In the book, Natalie looks at the connections between deserts in the U.S. and the Arabian Penninsula, teach…

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Libertarian Exit Strategies, with Raymond B. Craib 33:58

12d ago33:58

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This week, we hear from Raymond B. Craib, Marie Underhill Noll Professor of American History at Cornell University. Raymond discusses his latest book, Adventure Capitalism: A History of Libertarian Exit, from the Era of Decolonization to the Digital Age, published by PM Press in 2022.From islands to space utopias, the world’s elite have for decades…

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Cycling from London to Tehran, with Rebecca Lowe 26:36

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This week we are joined by Rebecca Lowe, a journalist who has written a book on her experience of cycling from the UK to Tehran. The Slow Road to Tehran: A Revelatory Bike Ride through Europe and the Middle East was published by September Publishing last year.Bởi Al Bawaba News

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The West’s Role in the War in Ukraine, with Ben Abelow 29:40

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This week we hear from Ben Abelow, author of How the West Bought War to Ukraine, published by Siland Press in 2022.In the book, Ben shows how U.S. foreign policies, often supported by powers in Europe, together with NATO expansionism, were a major factor in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year. Ben’s book has recently been covered by The Independ…

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Iranian Revolutionaries in the U.S., with Manijeh Moradian 33:12

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This week we are joined by Manijeh Moradian, Assistant Professor of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Barnard College. Manijeh is the author of This Flame Within: Iranian Revolutionaries in the United States, published by Duke University Press in November 2022.In the book, Manjieh recounts the experiences of Iranian foreign students in the U…

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Ukraine and Decolonization, with Volodymyr Ishchenko 26:43

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This week we hear from Volodymyr Ishchenko, a research associate at the Institute of East European Studies, Freie Universität Berlin. Volodymyr has recently published an article in the New Left Review called ‘Ukrainian Voices’. He argues that decolonization in Ukraine has focused on culture at the expense of a broader liberatory movement that could…

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Rethinking Waste for the 21st Century, with Patrick O’Hare 32:38

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In this episode, we are joined by Patrick O’Hare, UKRI Future Leaders Fellow and Senior Research Fellow at the University of St Andrews. Patrick’s new book, Rubbish Belongs to the Poor: Hygienic Enclosure and the Waste Commons, was published by Pluto Press in 2022. In the book, Patrick journeys to the heart of Uruguay's waste disposal system in ord…

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Iranian Propaganda from 1979 and the Iran-Iraq War, with Kaveh Abbasian 29:11

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This week we hear from Kaveh Abbasian, a filmmaker and Lecturer in Film and Media Practice at the University of Kent. Kaveh talks about his new documentary, Triumph, which is about the state-sanctioned narratives of Iran's 1979 Revolution and the Iran-Iraq War. Triumph was released in 2022 and will soon be available to view online.…

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Feminist Revolution in Egypt, with Yasmin El-Rifae 27:44

3M ago27:44

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In this episode, we hear from Yasmin El-Rifae, writer and author of Radius: A Story of Feminist Revolution (Verso, 2022). Radius is the story of the women and men who formed Opantish—Operation Anti-Sexual Harassment—who deployed hundreds of volunteers, scouts rescue teams, and getaway drivers to intervene in the spiralling cases of sexual violence …

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Ocean Politics, with Chris Armstrong 33:38

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In this episode, we hear from Chris Armstrong, Professor of Political Theory at the University of Southampton and author of A Blue New Deal: Why We Need a New Politics for the Ocean.Chris reveals how existing governing institutions are failing to respond to the most pressing problems of our time, arguing that we must do better. He examines these cr…

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Cairo 1921: The conference that Changed the Middle East, with C. Brad Faught 32:11

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In this episode, we are joined by C. Brad Faught, Professor of History and Global Studies at Tyndale University. We hear about the importance of the 1921 conference in Cairo in determining the course of 20th and 21st-century politics.Bởi Al Bawaba News

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Conflict Minerals and the Western Gaze, with Christoph N. Vogel 26:30

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In this episode, we hear from Chrstoph N. Vogel, the author of Conflict Minerals, Inc.: War, Profit and White Saviourism in Eastern Congo. Known as ‘digital minerals’ for their use in high-end technology, their exploitation and trade has been singled out in numerous media and United Nations reports as a key driver of violence, provoking an unpreced…

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Migrant Workers Kicked Out of Qatar Before the World Cup, with Pete Pattison 22:03

6M ago22:03

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In this episode, we are joined by Pete Pattisson, a freelance journalist who writes for the Guardian. Pete has covered the exploitation of workers around the world, including in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Malaysia. Over the last several years, he has covered the exploitation of workers in Qatar. In a recent article he reported that the Qa…

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Jerusalem Diary, by Nicholas Pritchard 11:31

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In this episode, The Gateway's host Nicholas Pritchard reads from his Jerusalem Diary whilst sitting in a corner of the Old City. He asks how the travel industry interacts with Jerusalem's history.Bởi Al Bawaba News

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The Politics of War Photography, with Julian Stallabrass 33:36

7M ago33:36

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This week we hear from Julian Stallabrass, Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London. Julian has written a new book, Killing for Show: Photography, War, and the Media in Vietnam and Iraq, published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers in 2020. We discuss the role of photography in war reporting, …

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The Working Class in Turkey, with Çağatay Edgücan Şahin and Mehmet Erman Erol 37:26

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This week we hear from Çağatay Edgücan Şahin and Mehmet Erman Erol. They are the editors of The Condition of the Working Class in Turkey: Labour under Neoliberal Authoritarianism, published by Pluto Press in 2021. They discuss the current state of the Turkish economy, which is seeing colossal inflation, neoliberalism's effects, and pay and conditio…

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Upheaval in Sri Lanka, with Shyamika Jayasundara-Smits 37:26

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This week we hear from Shyamika Jayasundara-Smits, the author of An Uneasy Hegemony: Politics of State-Building and Struggles for Justice in Sri Lanka, forthcoming from Cambridge University Press. Shyamika discusses the recent protests in Sri Lanka, how social divisions served the country’s elite, and what Sri Lanka can teach other movements worldw…

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How the U.S. Invasion Changed Education in Iraq, with Louis Yako 37:26

8M ago37:26

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This week we hear from Louis Yako, an independent anthropologist and writer. Louis is the author of a new book, Bullets in Envelopes: Iraqi Academics in Exile, published by Pluto Press in 2021. Louis discusses education in Iraq before the Gulf war, the effects of the U.S.-led sanctions, and the neoliberalization of the education system following th…

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Mapping Israel/Palestine, with Christine Leuenberger and Izhak Schnell 33:57

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This week we’re joined by Christine Leuenberger and Izhak Schnell, the authors of The Politics of Maps: Cartographic Constructions of Israel/Palestine, published by Oxford University Press in 2020. They discuss the birth of mapping and the nation-state, early maps of the State of Israel, and how maps are used to form public perceptions of nationhoo…

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Utopia in Space, with Fred Scharmen 36:00

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This week, we hear from Fred Scharmen, author of Space Forces: A Critical History of Life in Outer Space, published by Verso in 2021.He talks about imagining utopian futures in outer space, the connection between space and the sea, and recommends some reading to our listeners.Bởi Al Bawaba News

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Hacking the Middle East, with Ahmed Al-Rawi 35:53

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This week we are joined by Ahmed Al-Rawi who has written a book called Cyberwars in the Middle East, published by Rutgers University Press in 2021.The book looks at how different actors in the Middle East, from states to activists, use hacking as a form of political disruption. Ahmed is an Assistant Professor of News, Social Media, and Public Commu…

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How Women Are Using Islam as a Form of Political Resistance, with Yafa Shanneik 37:37

9M ago37:37

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This week Yafa Shanneik discusses her book The Art of Resistance in Islam: The Performance of Politics Among Shi'i Women in the Middle East and Beyond, published by Cambridge University Press in January.In the book, Yafa, a Visiting Professor at Lund University, uses first-hand ethnographic insights to ask how Shi'i religious women in the Middle Ea…

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Imperial Churchill, with Tariq Ali 29:57

10M ago29:57

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This week we hear from Tariq Ali, a leading figure on the left, a prolific author, an activist, and a member of the editorial board of the New Left Review. Tariq discusses his new book, Winston Churchill: His Times, His Crimes, published by Verso in May 2022. In the book, Tariq tackles the cult of Churchill that has had a pervasive impact on imperi…

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The Global and the Planetary of Climate Change, with Dipesh Chakrabarty 27:44

10M ago27:44

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This week we hear from Dipesh Chakrabarty, the Lawrence A. Kimpton Distinguished Service Professor in History at the University of Chicago. Dipesh is one of the most important historians of the past few decades. In the last few years, he has turned his attention to the Anthropocene: the idea that human actions have caused such a disruption to plane…

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Libyan Detention Centers, with Sally Hayden 38:09

10M ago38:09

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In this episode, we hear from Sally Hayden, the author of My Fourth Time, We Drowned: Seeking Refuge on the World’s Deadliest Migration Route, published by Penguin in March 2022. The book portrays the horrors of Libyan detention centers and the complicity of European powers who knowingly send people to places where they will face horrendous abuse. …

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The Legalized Lawlessness of the British Empire in the Middle East, with Caroline Elkins 31:25

11M ago31:25

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This week we hear from Caroline Elkins, a Pulitzer-prize-winning historian, and Professor of History and African and African American Studies at Harvard University. Caroline is the author of a new book, Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire, published by Penguin in March 2022.The book demonstrates how and why violence was the most sal…

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How Everyday People Shaped the Arab Uprisings and Changed the World, with Asef Bayat 43:25

11M ago43:25

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This week we hear from Asef Bayat, Professor of Sociology, and the Catherine and Bruce Bastian Professor of Global and Transnational Studies at the Department of Sociology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He’s a renowned scholar whose work on the contemporary Middle East has had an enormous impact on how revolutions and social movements a…

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The Realities of Islamophobia, with Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan 37:01

12M ago37:01

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In this episode, we hear from Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan, a writer, poet, and educator. She’s well known for her spoken word poetry which often focuses on the experience of being a Muslim in contemporary Britain.Suhaiymah is the author of a poetry collection, Postcolonial Banter, and a new book, Tangled in Terror: Uprooting Islamophobia, which was publ…

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Palm Oil, Empire, And Globalized Capitalism, With Max Haiven 31:46

12M ago31:46

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In this episode, we focus on a very slippery material: palm oil. It can be found in a huge amount of food, health products, medicine, clothing, and technology. Despite its ubiquity, the history and centrality of palm oil in globalized capitalism have tended to be overlooked. In this episode, we speak to Max Haiven, Canada Research Chair in Culture,…

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Vladimir Putin’s Abuses Of History, With Uilleam Blacker And Rory Finnin 30:51

1y ago30:51

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In this episode, we discuss the history of Russian and Ukrainian relations, and how that history has been abused by Vladimir Putin to justify the invasion of Ukraine. We also discuss how the modern Ukrainian state has been constructed through its literature, notably literature that celebrates a diversity of languages and cultures. Shortly after the…

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Assad, Putin, Syria, and Ukraine with Leïla Vignal 32:55

1y ago32:55

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In this episode, we hear from Leïla Vignal, professor of geography at the École normale supérieure (ENS) in Paris, and author of War-Torn: The Unmaking of Syria, 2011 - 2021, published by Hurst in 2021. In the book, Leïla focuses on the destruction of cities, social ties, and the economy in Syria during the decade when Syria’s President Bashar al-A…

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Islamic Architecture and Europe, with Diana Darke 31:02

1y ago31:02

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In this episode, we hear from Diana Darke, author and broadcaster on culture in the Middle East. She has written a number of books on Syria and you can find her articles in the Guardian, the Financial Times, and many other places. We discuss her most recent book, Stealing from the Saracens: How Islamic Architecture Shaped Europe, published by Hurst…

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Power and Capital at Sea 30:12

1y ago30:12

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This week, we hear from Liam Campling and Alejandro Colás, authors of Capitalism and the Sea: The Maritime Factor in the Making of the Modern World, published by Verso in 2021. The book explores the geopolitics, ecology, and political economy of the world’s seas and oceans. They argue that the various ways in which the oceans have been used by capi…

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Political Nostalgia, with Peter Mitchell 25:43

1y ago25:43

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In this episode, we speak to Peter Mitchell who has just written a fascinating new book, Imperial Nostalgia: How the British Conquered Themselves, published by Manchester University Press. Peter argues that the British are haunted by their imperial past, unable to imagine themselves or their place in the world without it. This nostalgia shapes main…

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The War on Terror Backfired on the U.S. 26:58

1y ago26:58

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In this episode, we hear from Karen J. Greenberg, Director of the Centre on National Security at Fordham University. Greenberg is the author of a new book, Subtle Tools: The Dismantling of American Democracy from the War on Terror to Donald Trump, published by Princeton University Press. The book argues that policies and practices implemented after…

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2021: Highlights from The Gateway 36:30

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We’ve looked back at our year in podcasting and picked out some favourite moments for a highlight episode.This episode swerves between climate catastrophe and labour rights in the Gulf, the war in Yemen and the Palestine-Israel conflict, and history and literature.Featuring Shireen al-Adeimi, Timothy Brennan, Andrew Cockburn, Hamid Dabashi, A. Scot…

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A Life of Edward Said, with Timothy Brennan 41:40

1+ y ago41:40

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In this episode, we speak to Timothy Brennan, Professor of Comparative Literature, Cultural Studies, and English at the University of Minnesota.Timothy is the author of a new very highly acclaimed biography of the late writer and public figure Edward Said. Said was born in Jerusalem in 1935 but spent the majority of his formative years in Cairo, be…

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The Right Side of History: How Ideas of History Justified Europe’s Imperial Crimes, with Priya Satia 29:57

1+ y ago29:57

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In this episode, we speak to Priya Satia, Raymond A. Spruance Professor of International History and Professor of History at Stanford University, and author of ‘Time’s Monster: History, Conscience, and Britain’s Empire’. Professor Satia argues that history not only shapes the way the past is interpreted, but also shapes the future. Focusing on Brit…

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Interview With Football Veteran Ibrahim BA 33:17

1+ y ago33:17

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In this episode, we hear from Ibrahim Ba, French former professional footballer who played as a right midfielder. Starting off his career with Le Havre in France in the early 1990s, he went on to represent clubs in Italy, England, Turkey, and Sweden before retiring at A.C. Milan in 2008.Ba talks to Sports Writer Husam Binni about his life as a foot…

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U.S. Power, Profit, and War, with Andrew Cockburn 31:39

1+ y ago31:39

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In this episode of The Gateway, we speak to Andrew Cockburn, Washington editor of Harper’s and long-time follower of American foreign policy and American wars. Andrew is the author of a new book, The Spoils of War: Power, Profit, and the American War Machine. In the book, he argues that the American war machine can only be understood in terms of th…

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Travel and the Colonial Gaze, with Hamid Dabashi 27:46

1+ y ago27:46

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In this episode, we hear from Hamid Dabashi, Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia, and the author of a new book Reversing the Colonial Gaze: Persian Travelers Abroad, published by Cambridge University Press in 2020. Hamid follows the journeys of travelers from Iran and India as they go to Asia, Africa,…

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Letting the World In: How is Investigative Journalism Changing? 30:27

1+ y ago30:27

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In this episode of The Gateway, we speak to Matthew Fuller, Professor of Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London, and Eyal Weizman, Professor of Spatial and Visual Cultures, also at Goldsmiths. Eyal founded the research agency Forensic Architecture in 2010. Their investigations focus on a range of vital topics, including political viol…

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What Happened to Peace? Humanizing War with Samuel Moyn 27:01

1+ y ago27:01

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In this episode of The Gateway, I speak to Samuel Moyn, Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School and Professor of History at Yale University, and the author of a new book, Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War. Samuel argues that a new focus on waging wars with greater technological and tactical complex…

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The Abraham Accords: One Year Later 33:12

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It’s been a year since Donald Trump sat on the South Lawn of the White House with Benjamin Netanyahu and the foreign ministers of the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. They all gathered in the September sun to sign what’s been dubbed the ‘Abraham Accords’, an agreement between Israel, the UAE, and Bahrain to normalize relations, establish embassies…

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The Palestinians Who Built the Middle East, with Andrew Ross and Elias and Yousef Anastas 38:06

1+ y ago38:06

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This week’s episode of The Gateway focuses on Palestinian stonework. An intrinsic part of Palestine’s economy and history, stone workers have helped to build every state in the Middle East, except their own. Our first guest is Andrew Ross, Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University and author of Stone Men: The Palestinians Who…

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The Science Behind the Forest Fires 24:23

1+ y ago24:23

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In this episode of The Gateway, we discuss the science behind the forest fires that have been plaguing the Middle East, North Africa, and other regions around the world this summer. Imma Olivera, Lecturer in Ecosystems Science and Deputy Programme Leader on Ecosystems at the University of Oxford, talks us through the conditions necessary for forest…

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Guantanamo Bay Forever Detainees And Justice In The U.S. 39:16

1+ y ago39:16

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On 19 July, the U.S. Department of Defense announced that Abdul Latif Nasir had been released from Guantanamo Bay back to his family in Morocco. Mr. Nasir was a detainee at Guantanamo for 19 years, during which time he was known as prisoner 244. He was never charged. In 2016, during Barack Obama’s push to close Guantanamo, Abdul Latif Nasir was cle…

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The Struggle to Survive in Gaza, with Dr. Khamis Elessi 20:07

2y ago20:07

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This is a special episode of The Gateway podcast, I’m your host Ty Joplin. We’re going to skip the typical introduction format here to just get to our guest, Dr. Khamis El-Essi.Dr. El-Essi is one of Gaza’s top doctors at Al-Shifa Hospital, who lives with his family under the constant threat of bombardment by Israeli drones, jets, and artillery. At …

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Rescuing Migrants On the Mediterranean, with Mattea Weihe 40:32

2y ago40:32

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Packed into rubber dinghies and old fishing boats, refugees from all over North Africa and the Middle East try to reach the safety of Europe every day. Because many of them have been tortured by smugglers or police, they carry open wounds which can get infected by the noxious combination of fluids in the boat. Leaking gas from engines mixes with sa…

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What the People of Yemen Want, with Shireen al-Adeimi 51:05

2y ago51:05

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If there’s one well-known thing about the war in Yemen, it’s that it’s a humanitarian catastrophe. Its people are blockaded from the world and are suffering from famine, cholera, COVID-19, malnutrition, and a war that seems like it has no end. But so far little is said about the reasons the war has gone on so long, or about what motivated it to beg…

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