

The East is a Podcast
Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist)
A critical lens on the history of the present on West Asia and North Africa. Interviews with experts and archival mashups.
Created by Sina Rahmani (twitter: @urorientalist)
Created by Sina Rahmani (twitter: @urorientalist)
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Sep 22, 2019 • 56min
Abdel Takriti on Decolonising the Study of Palestine 71 Years after the Nakba (2019)
Abdel Razzaq Takriti is Associate Professor and the inaugural holder of the Arab-American Educational Foundation Chair in Modern Arab History at the University of Houston. Original video here from the Friends of Birzeit University- Subscribe to their channel! Original video here

Sep 20, 2019 • 54min
Inventory of Traces (pt. 2) w/ Louis Allday
Louis Allday is an academic and researcher based in London. An appeal Please consider supporting the show. I can't do this for much longer unless I can at least hit my goal of $1500 a month. (That literally would give me enough for rent + $300). Right now, I make a third of that and it's unsustainable. I have a Patreon and Gofundme You can also donate directly with Venmo or Paypal. Links on the homepage, eastpodcast.com

Sep 17, 2019 • 51min
The Edward Said Mixtape (Vol. 6) : Interview with Michaël Zeeman (2000)
Edward Said interviewed by Michaël Zeeman for the Dutch television programme Leven en Werken, VPRO Video available here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=676fB7ExZys Consider supporting the show! Go to Eastpodcast.com for links.

Sep 14, 2019 • 55min
Inventory of Traces (pt. 1) w/ Louis Allday
Louis Allday is an academic and researcher based in London. An appeal Please consider supporting the show. I can't do this for much longer unless I can at least hit my goal of $1500 a month. (That literally would give me enough for rent + $300). Right now, I make less than a third of that and it's unsustainable. I have a Patreon and Gofundme You can also donate directly with Venmo or Paypal. Links on the homepage, eastpodcast.com

Sep 7, 2019 • 37min
Art and the 1% w/Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is the Editor-in-Chief and co-founder of Hyperallergic An appeal Please consider supporting the show. I can't do this for much longer unless I can at least hit my goal of $1500 a month. (That literally would give me enough for rent + $300). Right now, I make less than a third of that and it's unsustainable. I also have a Gofundme You can also donate directly with Venmo or Paypal. Links on the homepage, eastpodcast.com

Sep 7, 2019 • 1h 3min
The Yemen War Shifts Gears w/ Martha Mundy
Martha Mundy teaches at the London School of Economics. An appeal Please consider supporting the show. I can't do this for much longer unless I can at least hit my goal of $1500 a month. (That literally would give me enough for rent + $300). Right now, I make less than a third of that and it's unsustainable. You can also donate directly with Venmo or Paypal. Links on the homepage, eastpodcast.com

Aug 31, 2019 • 51min
"Postcolonialism? Have they left?" w/ Nick Estes
Nick Estes (Kul Wicasa, a citizen of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe) is Assistant Professor of American Studies at the University of New Mexico. He is the author of Our History is the Future: Standing Rock versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance (2019). An appeal: Please consider supporting the show. I can't do this for much longer unless I can at least hit my goal of $1500 a month. (That literally would give me enough for rent + $300). Right now, I make less than a third of that and it's unsustainable. You can also donate directly with Venmo or Paypal. Links on the homepage, eastpodcast.com

Aug 31, 2019 • 41min
Nick Estes on Indigenous Resistance and Standing Rock (March 2019)
Nick Estes in conversation with Professor Hayden King, Anishinaabe from Beausoleil First Nation. Hosted by the Toronto Public Library as part of their "On Civil Society" series. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbWDSzRljiE

Aug 28, 2019 • 8min
(PREVIEW) Bonus Episode 32 - Ather Zia
Sign up today for access to this and other great bonus content. Keep this podcast alive by giving anything you can! You can also donate directly with Venmo or Paypal. Links on the homepage Please consider supporting the show. I can't do this for much longer unless I can at least hit my goal of $1500 a month. (That literally would give me enough for rent + $300). Right now, I make less than a third of that and it's unsustainable. I am also a very talented editor and translator, so consider commissioning me!

Aug 27, 2019 • 29min
Kebab Shop Confidential w/ Daniel Rád
Daniel Rád is a journalist and co-founder of Bourse & Bazaar (@BourseBazaar) An appeal: Please consider supporting the show. I can't do this for much longer unless I can at least hit my goal of $1500 a month. (That literally would give me enough for rent + $300). Right now, I make less than a third of that and it's unsustainable. I am also a very talented editor and translator, so consider commissioning me! You can visit eastpodcast.com for all the links to the Patreon, Venmo, PayPal. I hate to beg but beating around the bush isn't working.