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Elia Ayoub reads his Hauntologies essay "Iranian protesters don't owe us an explanation" (00:00 to 09:50) and reflects on it (09:50-36:49).You can support Elia's work with a one-off or monthly donation on Ko-fi.For more:The Fire These Times is on Bluesky, Instagram⁠ and has a⁠ ⁠w ...  Show more

Elia Ayoub is joined by three folks from Minneapolis, sociologist Nicole Bedera and From The Periphery's very own Aydin and Ed from Antidote Zine, to talk about the ongoing resistance against the federal occupation of the state of Minnesota by ICE. What is happening? How are they ...  Show more

POINT COUNTERPOINT - Episode 3 An exchange on political affairs impacting Lebanon and the Middle East, with a unique vantage point from Beirut. Co-hosted by Michael Young (senior editor at Carnegie’s Middle East Center and editor of Diwan) and Bashshar Haydar (professor of philos ...  Show more

A miniseries covering social work in Lebanon, dialogues between different generations of social workers. Tonight's guest is Nawal Ghostine - Over 40 years of experience in social work. - Nurse and social work graduate from Saint Joseph University (1959). - First social worker at ...  Show more

An interview by the gifted Marie Jo Sader, a Paris and Beirut-based independent journalist and 2023 Lokman Slim Prize winner for her investigative work on the circumstances of Lokman Slim's assassination. A discussion on the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, a retrospective on ...  Show more

Recorded Thursday, 5 December 2024. Three days before the Assad regime's fall. An episode for Syria & Lebanon. Hosted by Ralph Baydoun (founder of Influeanswers) with George Wardini (director of PolyBlog) and Ronnie Chatah (host of The Beirut Banyan). Ralph Baydoun leads the disc ...  Show more