The East is a Podcast

Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist)
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A critical lens on the history of the present on West Asia and North Africa. Interviews with experts and archival mashups. Created by Sina Rahmani (twitter: @urorientalist)

  1. 4d ago

    The other Holocaust: ethnic cleansing in South Lebanon w/ Hadi Hoteit

    PressTV reporter Hadi Hoteit reflects on the pain and terror being inflicted on South Lebanon and the complete silence of the mainstream press on the war crimes being committed by ZioAmerican forces. Watch the video edition on  The East is a Podcast YouTube channel https://youtu.be/sZ6wCT8lZn0 Follow Hadi on Twitter https://x.com/HadiHtt Consider supporting the show www.pateron.com/east_podcast

  2. Sep 14

    OH 44-9/11/2001 : Imperial Commemorations & Collective Amnesia w/Rabab Abdulhadi & Sina Rahmani

    ***Adnan Husain invited me to join him and Rabab Abdulhadi for livestream conversation on the 25th anniversary of 9/11 WTC attacks. This is first hour! We continued for another hour plus! To listen to the entire episode subscribe on Patreon or watch the episode on the EIAP YouTube channel***   Friday is the 25th Anniversary of 9/11/2001 and all that followed from the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon: the launching of the "Global War on Terrorism", the wars and occupations in Afghanistan and Iraq, the drone campaigns across Africa and Asia, the securitization and surveillance regimes threatening political rights, the globalizing of paradigms of Islamophobia. What do imperial/imperialist commemorations "forget" as if history began on 9/11/2001 or 10/7/2023? Some talk about the GWOT as history, but has it ended? The anniversary provides an opportunity to reflect upon the last twenty five years and the contrasts and continuities with contemporary conditions. Join me, Dr. Rabab Abdulhadi (San Francisco State University) and Sina Rahmani (East is a Podcast). Bring your comments and questions! Follow Sina's channel The East is a Podcast: https://youtube.com/@theeastisapodcast This discussion will also air on the YouTube channels the Arab and Middle East Ethnicities and Diasporas (AMED) led by Dr. Rabab Abdulhadi: https://youtube.com/amedsfsu2018 You can follow Teaching Palestine, AMED, and Dr. Abdulhadi on social media: Facebook: AMED STUDIES SFSU https://www.facebook.com/p/AMED-Studies-at-SFSU-100064100371121/ Dr. Rabab Abdulhadi: https://www.facebook.com/rabab.abdulhadi/ Instagram: @amedstudies https://www.instagram.com/amedstudies/ @teachingpalestine https://www.instagram.com/teachingpalestine/ @abdulhadirabab https://www.instagram.com/abdulhadirabab/?hl=en Twitter: @amedstudies https://twitter.com/amedstudies?s=21 @teachingpal https://twitter.com/teachingpal?s=11 @abdulhadirabab https://twitter.com/abdulhadirabab?s=11 Please support our fundraiser for students in Gaza taking my online course, Guerrilla History: Anticolonial Resistance History, Theory, Practice, for materials and supplies for their final history research projects and the costs to support an in-person version of the course starting in September for displaced students from Gaza on the campus of the American University in Cairo: https://chuffed.org/project/174168-support-a-third-round-of-spocs-for-gaza Support the show on Patreon or Substack, if you can (and get early access to episodes)! www.patreon.com/adnanhusain https://www.adnanahusain.substack.com Or make a one-time donation to the show and Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/adnanhusain Like, subscribe, share! Also available as audio podcast on all major platforms: https://adnanhusainshow.libsyn.com X: @adnanahusain Substack: adnanahusain.substack.com www.adnanhusain.org

  3. Sep 13

    The cunning plan to remake the world w/ Kit Klarenberg

    Friend of the show Kit Klarenberg returns to the podcast to discuss the 25th anniversary of the WTC attacks. Watch the livestream edition on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel https://youtube.com/live/1sgbc8twLgk Check out his article https://thegrayzone.com/2023/04/18/9-11-hijackers-cia-recruits/ Follow Kit on Substack https://substack.com/@kitklarenberg Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast

  4. Sep 7

    Pakistan between sovereignty and vassalage w/ Ammar Ali Jan and Adeem Suhail

    [Note: This conversation continued for another 30 mins or so. You can listen to the entire episode by becoming a Patron or watch the episode on our YouTube channel linked below] Ammar Ali Jan is a Pakistani political activist, academic, and author. He is founder and general secretary of Haqooq-e-Khalq Party, also a member of Progressive International. Adeem Suhail is a Philadelphia-based college professor who teaches political anthropology. He is an editor for the Journal of South Asia & Middle East Studies (JSAMES), works closely with the Huqooq-e Khalq Party (HKP) in Pakistan, and co-hosts The Southern Question podcast Check out the @TheSouthernQuestion podcast! Watch the video edition on our YouTube channel https://youtu.be/AwZ2V4v0HR8 Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast

  5. Aug 25

    Academia's deadly empire of White Supremacy w/ Sumun L. Pendakur

    ***Producer's note: The guest host of this special episode recorded this during the weird 48-hour period where my YouTube channel was banned. It's unbanned now (at least as of today!). Unfortunately, the video recording of this episode got mangled, so I'm not able to post the entire episode on YouTube as video***  A special episode hosted by friend of the show Ambereen Dadabhoy with Sumun Pendakur on the media lynching of Jason Arday spearheaded by the eugenist pseudo-scholar and Zionist Nathan Cofnas Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast

  6. Aug 24

    Office Hours #5 w/Sina Rahmani : Three Cheers for "hollow anti-Imperialism"

    ***The first half of an extra-long conversation I had with Adnan Husain on this channel.  Check out the full episode on either of your channels or listen to the full audio on my Patreon!*** Join us for a special impromptu edition of Office Hours Sunday Aug 23rd to break down the infamous "Open Letter" addressed to "political prisoners" in the Islamic Republic of Iran signed by a number of promient left academics and activists in the BLM and abolotionist anti-carceral movement. The response has been overwhelming and swift in criticism and condemnation of the ill-advised letter. Sina Rahmani of The East is a Podcast joins Office Hours to analyze and reorient this controversy politically. The Radical Academy is in session so join us with your comments and questions.  Tune into both of us and a number of other excellent panelists on this topic on the indispensible Millenials are Killing Capitalism Tue Aug 25 11am-1pmET: Of course, support and subscribe to Sina's unbanned The East is a Podcast https://www.youtube.com/@theeastisapodcast Please support our fundraiser for my online course for students in Gaza: Guerrilla History: Anticolonial Resistance History, Theory, Practice for materials, supplies and equipment for creative expression and sharing of their historical research. Plus we need to fund an in-person version of the course for displaced Gazan students in Cairo. Please be generous again as you have in supporting this course: https://chuffed.org/project/174168-su... Support the show on Patreon or Substack, if you can (and get early access to episodes)!  www.patreon.com/adnanhusain  https://www.adnanahusain.substack.com Or make a one-time donation to the show and Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/adnanhusain Like, subscribe, share!  Also available as audio podcast on all major platforms:  https://adnanhusainshow.libsyn.com X: @adnanahusain Substack: adnanahusain.substack.com  www.adnanhusain.org

  7. Aug 21

    The (un)banning of The East is a Podcast w/ Jay Ware and Adnan Husain

    Some of you may know that around 48 hours ago,  I received notice from YouTube that they were closing my account for violating their policy on "Violent Criminal Organizations."  I appealed the ruling, and it was rejected.  After a massive online campaign, I got notice this morning that my channel had been restored (with one video removed and a strike added to my account). Jay from Millennials are Killing Capitalism and Adnan from the Adnan Husain Show   joined me for a livestream discussion of  what happened and the wider web of censorship that seems to be sweeping through Westoid social media. Watch the video edition on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvnMo2Vu3UU At the end of the episode, Adnan and I mentioned two separate fundraisers. Here are the links for those who are interested https://chuffed.org/project/help-ameer-live https://chuffed.org/project/174168-support-a-third-round-of-spocs-for-gaza Consider supporting the podcast www.patreon.com/east_podcast

  8. Aug 12

    The revenge of history w/ Kit Klarenberg and Alexander Mckay

    Alexander Mckay and Kit Klarenberg are the hosts of Decline and Fall. available on Substack https://dandf.substack.com/ Watch the video edition on our YouTube channel https://youtu.be/bBHDMCmmvcY   Check out Kit's Substack https://www.kitklarenberg.com/ Consider supporting the show www.patreon.com/east_podcast

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A critical lens on the history of the present on West Asia and North Africa. Interviews with experts and archival mashups. Created by Sina Rahmani (twitter: @urorientalist)

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  • Creator
    Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist)
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2026
  • Episodes
    613
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Show Website
    The East is a Podcast

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