Makdisi Street

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"Palestine will be liberated in Arabic" w/ Fady Joudah

The brothers welcome National Book Award for Poetry Finalist Fady Joudah (@fadyjoudah) for a searing and intimate discussion of Palestine in English versus Palestine in Arabic, about writing poetry in a time of genocide, about the limits and hubris of solidarity, about the necess ...  عرض المزيد

“The beautiful thing about the truth is that it’s easy” w/ Ta-Nehisi Coates

Ta-Nehisi Coates joins the brothers for a wide-ranging discussion drawing on his new book, The Message (2024), and covering the parallels and differences between the Black American and Palestinian experiences, the culture of denial suppressing the realities of the system of apart ...  عرض المزيد

"The first foothold in a much broader liberation" w/ Tareq Baconi

The brothers welcome journalist Tareq Baconi, author of Hamas Contained (2018) and president of the board of Al-Shabaka. One year into the Gaza genocide, they discuss the emergence Hamas and its role in the Palestinian political polity, its sweeping electoral victory in Gaza in 2 ...  عرض المزيد

"The other guy is more genocidal" w/ Mehdi Hasan

The Brothers welcome journalist and founder of Zeteo, Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) to the pod. They have a spirited discussion about anti-Arab and anti-Muslim bias in the mainstream media, the price of compromise to gain access, and whether voting for Harris is a vote against fasci ...  عرض المزيد

“Code 31: Arab Americans and the zone of danger" w/ Maya Berry

Maya Berry (@imayaberry), Executive Director of the Arab American Institute, joins the brothers for a wide-ranging conversation covering anti-Arab racism in the United States, hate crime tracking, the location of Arab Americans in the US racial lexicon, and the impossible positio ...  عرض المزيد