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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Feb 4, 2019 • 5min
(PREVIEW) Bonus Episode 5 - Nasser Mufti
A conversation with my friend and co-founder of "Two Brown Men with Four Green Thumbs Landscaping," Nasser Mufti. For $5+ Patrons only. Sign up here to get access today to all bonus content. created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com www.eastpodcast.com
Feb 3, 2019 • 53min
C. L. R. James in conversation with Stuart Hall (1984)
From C. L. R. James in conversation with Stuart Hall (1984). Directed by Mike Gibb, produced originally for Channel 4. Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com www.eastpodcast.com
Feb 1, 2019 • 36min
Resistance is not a hashtag w/ Fatima Bhutto
Fatima Bhutto's new novel is called The Runaways. Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com www.eastpodcast.com
Jan 28, 2019 • 1h 28min
Live from Chicago, it's the MLA! w/ Ronjaunee Chatterjee
Ronjaunee Chatterjee is Assistant Professor in the Department of English at Concordia University. She co-organized a roundtable at the 2019 annual convention of the Modern Language Association on "Critical Race Theory and New Directions for Victorian Studies." Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com www.eastpodcast.com
Jan 26, 2019 • 44min
Imagined Partitions: Cricket, Empire, and Civil War w/ Nasser Mufti
Nasser Mufti is Associate Professor in the Department of English at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com www.eastpodcast.com
Jan 24, 2019 • 41min
UNLOCKED: Bonus Episode 4 - Ali Shariati, Close-up w/ Arash Davari Arash Davari
*UNLOCKED* Bonus Episode 4 - Ali Shariati, Close-up w/ Arash Davari Arash Davari Arash Davari (@adavari21) is Assistant Professor of Politics at Whitman College. Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com www.eastpodcast.com
Jan 22, 2019 • 53min
The East is a Podcast Radio (vol.1)
A compilation of folk, pop, and experimental songs from Morocco to India. Track list available here Curated by Moloq (@moloqmusic) Check out Moloq at https://www.moloqmusic.com. New album available on February 15th. Please support the show! Sign up here to get access today to all bonus content. created by Sina Rahmani (urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com www.eastpodcast.com
Jan 20, 2019 • 4min
(PREVIEW) Bonus Episode 3 - Saree Makdisi
A conversation with my mentor and friend, Saree Makdisi. You can get his books here. For $5+ Patrons only. Sign up here to get access today to all bonus content. created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com www.eastpodcast.com
Jan 17, 2019 • 42min
The Afterglow of Empire (pt.1) w/ Saree Makdisi
Saree Makdisi is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at UCLA. Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com www.eastpodcast.com
Jan 14, 2019 • 5min
(PREVIEW) Bonus Episode 2 - The History of Ba'athism (pt.2) w/Patrick Higgins
*Preview: unlock full episode by subscribing* Patrick Higgins is a Ph.D candidate in the Department of History at the University of Houston. Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com www.eastpodcast.com
