"Camp David is a primordial document for the Egyptian political apparatus" w/ Lina Attalah

"Camp David is a primordial document for the ...

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Makdisi Street Reviews w/ Akbar Shahid Ahmed

The brothers host a livestream discussion with Akbar Shahid Ahmed on his new book Crossing the Red Line: Biden, his Advisors, and Israel's War in Gaza (2026), published by WW Norton Watch the video edition on our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9xcED2AYPw Conside ...  عرض المزيد

"The bottom is falling out in the US" w/ Ryan Grim

The brothers welcome Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) of Drop Site News to the show to discuss shifts in the American political landscape, the growing disillusionment with Israel and how AIPAC has become an index of political corruption, the contradiction between donors and electoral base i ...  عرض المزيد

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Mada Masr, an online newspaper, is one of the few Egyptian media outlets that dares to challenge the status quo amid the repressive political climate that has taken hold since President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi took power in 2013. Heba Saleh spoke to chief editor and founder of the n ...  عرض المزيد

Reflections on the Current Moment in Palestine with Makdisi Street
Rethinking Palestine

In this episode, our host Yara Hawari joins hosts of the Makdisi Street podcast Saree, Ussama and Karim Makdisi to discuss the ongoing genocide in Gaza, intra Palestinian-Israeli politics and more.

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Narrating Conflict: In search of “truth”
Visualizing Conflict | تصوير النزاعات

Examining the experience in Egypt of using images to fight for social justice, we talk to Aida El Kashef, co-founder of the Cairo-based, independent media collective Mosireen. Through her experience as an activist and a journalist, we learn about the important role of journalism ...  عرض المزيد

Journalism and Politics in Egypt
Babel: Translating the Middle East

This week on Babel, Jon Alterman talks with Khaled Dawoud, who was arrested amidst rising political tensions in Egypt in September 2019 and was released from prison two weeks ago. Upon his release, Khaled returned to his jobs as assistant editor of Al-Ahram Weekly and a professor ...  عرض المزيد