Shu Kaman? | شو كمان؟

Shu Kaman?

Delving beyond the surface with scholars and students of the Arab world. In affiliation with Georgetown University's Center for Contemporary Arab Studies.

Episodes

  1. 6 Feb

    Student Corner w/ Chloe Daikh

    We sit down with second year M.A. student Chloe Daikh, and learn about her past experiences teaching on Palestine at a boarding school in Virginia, the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies' education outreach programming, and how her time in the dance studio informs her line of academic inquiry.

  2. 16 Jan

    Episode 3 | Rashid Khalidi

    In today's episode with Dr. Rashid Khalidi, we reminisced on his fond memories of Beirut's cultural life, what it takes to preserve the Khadi Library in Jerusalem, current shifts in public opinion, and his upcoming book- which frames Ireland and Palestine as Britain's first and last settler colony.

  3. 27/11/2025

    Student Corner w/ Gabi Saba | Cowboy Boots and On Campus Activism

    In this Student Corner episode, we sit down with second year M.A. student Gabi Saba and chat about her on campus activism, growing up in Qatar, and her oral history research with Orthodox communities in Lebanon . We also announce our new co-host, Hanane Idihoum!

  4. 10/11/2025

    Episode 2 | Ryan Zohar

    Today we chat with Georgetown's Middle East Studies Liaison & Reference Librarian, Ryan Zohar, about Mizrahi culture and identity, film, academic trends in AI, and more!

  5. 28/10/2025

    Student Corner w/ Jasper Hunsinger

    We sat down with 2nd year student Jasper Hunsinger to chat about his thesis research, how activism shapes his approach to academics, feeling burnt out as a M.A. student, and the DC music scene.

  6. 18/10/2025

    Episode 1 | Jehad Abusalim

    For our first episode, we sit down with writer and Institute for Palestine Studies (Washington, D.C.) director Jehad Abusalim. We talk about his upbringing in Deir al Balah, his first and only trip to Jerusalem, the fragmented Palestinian experience, and the shifts in the younger generations' views on Palestine.

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Delving beyond the surface with scholars and students of the Arab world. In affiliation with Georgetown University's Center for Contemporary Arab Studies.

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