Podcast by Middle East Forum
The Middle East Podcast Forum is an ecosystem of podcasters across the Middle East. This year’s annual forum was cohosted by mstdfr, Kerning Cultures, and Art Jameel in October 2019. These are the panel recordings, produced by Lucas Skrobat (Anchored Strategy) and Saud Albadeea. For more information, to subscribe to the monthly newsletter, or to get involved in our next Forum: https://mepodcastforum.com/.
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Stand for Peace: MLK Middle East Peace Forum


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Stand for Peace: MLK Middle East Peace Forum
First Lutheran Church, Onalaska WI
During the weekend of January 18-21 2013, as our country recognized the life and work of Martin Luther King Jr., First Lutheran and the La Crosse Area Synod invited everyone to Stand for Peace and to stand for those living under oppression around the world. This four day event explored the themes of awareness, accompaniment and advocacy, discussing ways to be people who bring about peace.
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Muslim Migrants Flood the Southern U.S. Border with Todd Bensman
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America is currently facing a historic crisis of mass illegal migration at its southern border. Government data reveals an alarming number of migrants on the FBI's terror-watch list caught at that border since Joe Biden became president. A "Muslim-only migrant shelter" has even opened in Tijuana, Mexico. What impact does this migration have on U.S.…
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Sweden's Crisis of Unchecked Immigration with Nima Gholam Ali Pour
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Following years of uncontrolled mass immigration and failed integration of immigrants, Sweden has become a segregated social welfare state. Gang violence, crime, and Islamization are rapidly replacing Sweden’s traditional culture. Following its election success in 2022, the Sweden Democrat party supports a right-wing governing bloc promising to rev…
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March 15, 2023 Israel Insider with Ashley Perry
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The prospect of judicial reform has prompted unprecedented internal opposition in Israel. Why has a compromise not yet emerged? What needs to happen for that to happen?Bởi Middle East Forum
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Whispered in Gaza: Silenced Voices Made Audible with Joseph Braude
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Palestinians in Gaza are forbidden to express ideas or expose realities that displease Hamas, its Islamist rulers. Whispered in Gaza, a Center for Peace Communications initiative, breaches this blockade by featuring frank testimony from dozens of Gazans. What picture do they paint? How has this series, already viewed more than five million times, h…
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Iran's Shifting Relations with Europe with Benjamin Weinthal
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Since the Iranian revolution in 1979, European governments usually viewed the Islamic Republic of Iran as not their problem. This perception changed significantly of late due to the women's-led revolt in Iran, Tehran siding with Russia in Ukraine, and Iranian acts of violence on European soil. Is the age of European appeasement truly over? What imp…
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March 8, 2022 Israel Insider with Ashley Perry
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PM Netanyahu is pulled one way by his coalition partners, another way by unprecedented protests and foreign critics. Can he reconcile these strains or might the government fall?Bởi Middle East Forum
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How I Marketed Trump's Middle East Policy with Len Khodorkovsy
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Just as marketing has a key role in business development, so it does in U.S. foreign policy, as Ben Rhodes made notoriously known in selling the Iran deal. Marketing also played a significant part in the Trump administration's Middle East accomplishments, including the move of the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem, the Abraham Accords, and the "maximum pre…
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Islamism's Woke Army with Asra Nomani
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Asra Q. Nomani has discovered a network of keyboard warriors who hide behind fake identities and pseudonymous Twitter and Facebook accounts. These digital trolls launch virulent attacks against Muslim reformers and other critics of Islamism who challenge their effort to destroy the American freedom of free speech. What successes has this army had? …
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March 1, 2023 Israel Insider with Ashley Perry
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Increasingly, voices are predicting civil war in Israel over the judicial reform issue. Is such a scenario possible? Have Israeli politics ever been this divisive?Bởi Middle East Forum
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The New, New Middle East: China, Iran, and Turkey with David Goldman
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Russia's invasion of Ukraine has begun to reshape realities in the Middle East. Both China and Turkey are playing more prominent roles in the region, while Iran has been afforded a dangerous path to achieving its Islamist goals. How will this impact demographics and geopolitics? Is there any pushback by the West?…
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Iraq: 20 Years After the Fall of Saddam Hussein with Ambassador L. Paul Bremer III
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The 20th anniversary of the launch of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq approaches next month. Within weeks, Iraq plunged into insurgency and sectarian warfare as competing factions battled for control of the country. Institutions established then still remain in place today; how effective are they? Looking back, what did American policy get right and …
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The BBC's Islamist Insiders with Adam Levick of CAMERA UK
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Abdel Bari Atwan is the London-based editor-in-chief of the online newspaper Rai al-Youm and someone with a long, well-documented record of antisemitism and support for anti-Israel violence. He had been a frequent guest discussing the Middle East on the BBC – until CAMERA UK's exposure ended that. But Atwan is just one of many Islamists featured by…
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Iran's Counter-revolution? with Amir Taheri
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Five months of anti-regime protests in Iran amount to a monumental clash between the dictatorship and the people. That’s because, unlike previous uprisings in the Islamic Republic, which focused on specific grievances the regime could fix, demonstrators this time appear totally to reject the system in which they live. How much have the protests dim…
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February 15, 2023 Israel Insider with Alex Selsky
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With Palestinian violence against Israelis on the rise, why is the Netanyahu-led government so focused on judicial reform?Bởi Middle East Forum
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Media Coverage of Israel: What's New? with Gil Hoffman
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Per capita, Israel probably has the most international media coverage of any country. That coverage may also be among the most bifurcated, positive and negative. What are recent media trends pertaining to Israel? What is the key predictor of attitudes – religion, politics, or something else? Has social media changed what people know about Israel?…
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February 8, 2023 Israel Insider with Ashley Perry
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The Netanyahu government's judicial reform have come to dominate Israel's politics by including everyone from the country's president to the U.S. secretary of state. What is at stake and what are the reform's prospects?Bởi Middle East Forum
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Islamism in US Politics: Facing the Future with Benjamin Baird
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In the most recent midterm elections, Islamist-backed candidates did notably well. With a vast political infrastructure in place, a concentrated collection of Islamist groups have worked, with some success, to manipulate the Muslim vote and use it to advance their extremist agenda. However, Islamist influence over the Muslim vote is only as durable…
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A Muhammad Picture and Hamline's Crisis with Dexter Van Zile
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Adjunct professor Erika López Prater showed two pious, Muslim-drawn images of Muhammad in an art history class in October at Hamline University in Minnesota. When a student complained of "Islamophobia," the university responded by firing López Prater. That in turn sparked a national controversy in which almost everyone criticized Hamline. Have accu…
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February 1, 2023 Israel Insider with Ashley Perry
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How will Israel's new, right-wing government respond to repeated and deadly attacks by Palestinians?Bởi Middle East Forum
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Drones and the Transformation of Warfare with Seth Frantzman
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As militaries incorporate artificial intelligence and new air defenses into modern warfare, drones increasingly play a central role. In Ukraine, Russia uses imported Iranian drones to terrorize Ukrainian civilians. Iran drills to target Israeli naval facilities. The West and China race to roll out the best new drones. How will these new systems, co…
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Christians Who Defended the West from Islamic Conquest with Raymond Ibrahim
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Relying primarily on contemporary sources, Raymond Ibrahim vividly tells the story of “eight eminently violent men” who played leading roles fighting Muslims in the era 1100-1500, when Christianity was a “muscular religion.” By recalling those exploits, the author hopes not just to pay tribute to distant accomplishments but to inspire today's Chris…
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January 25, 2023 Israel Insider with Ashley Perry
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Israel's Supreme Court ruled against Aryeh Deri, a senior minister in the new Netanyahu government, plus ideological gaps have emerged among the ruling parties and opposition demonstrations are growing; is the government in trouble?Bởi Middle East Forum
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Israel and Europe: Might Relations Improve? with Tomas Sandell
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Europe was once the center of Jewish civilization and the source of modern Zionism. It was also the locale of the Holocaust and now largely hostile towards Israel. Some observers notice a recent improvement in European attitudes. Is this real and where are relations heading?Bởi Middle East Forum
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Iran's Push to Control Iraq with Hussain Abdul-Hussain
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Tehran has attempted to control Iraq since the toppling of Saddam Hussein twenty years ago. The Iranians use every tool at their disposal, from political manipulation to funding militias. Many Iraqis oppose this Iranian project. What is the current state of relations between the two neighbors? How much has Iran succeeded in subduing Iraq? What main…
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January 18, 2023 Israel Insider with Nave Dromi
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After 1½ years in power, what is the current status of Israel's opposition? How much can it influence Netanyahu-led government policies?Bởi Middle East Forum