13. Lament of an Egyptian Revolutionary with ...

A ceasefire has taken effect for at least two weeks, between the US, Israel and Iran. Lebanon is, according to Israel, not included. Negotiations will now commence on a permanent end to the war. Sam and Edgar discuss the latest. To listen to the episode ad-free subscribe to our P ...  Show more

Molly Crabapple is an artist and author from New York. She’s the author of the forthcoming book "Here Where We Live is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund". The Bund was a secular, progressive Jewish labour movement that existed in the first half of the 20th century in east ...  Show more

Thousands arrested, injured, killed. The price for a revolution in Egypt was high, but when millions across the country protested for change well, anything was possible, right? Gone was Egypt’s strongman and in his place, an unlikely leader. Mohamed Morsi - the “spare tire” of a ...  Show more

One of the luxuries of living in Ancient Egypt was that you were surrounded by massive deserts, protecting you from people who wanted to cut your head off. Well, at some point between 1650 – 1550 BC (who knows really), the Kingdom is invaded by barbarian hill people. The occupati ...  Show more

Mes chers camarades, bien le bonjour !

« Les anciens Égyptiens étaient obsédés par la mort ». Je suis sûr que vous avez déjà lu ou entendu cette phrase. Et pourtant, c’est totalement faux ! Ou en tout cas très largement exagéré. Mais alors, que représentait la mort en Ég ...

* We apologise for the abrupt ending of this podcast. The last few minutes of the recording were corrupted. Speaker: Adel Iskandar, Simon Fraser University Seven years since the popular uprising that shook Egypt, the relationships between state, society, social movements and corp ...  Show more