23 episodes
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A podcast co-hosted by Saree Makdisi, Ussama Makdisi, and Karim Makdisi.
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“Learning how to be colonialists" w/ Rashid Khalidi
The brothers welcome the historian Rashid Khalidi of Columbia University to the show to discuss the history of the Palestinian people’s struggle against the Zionist project in Palestine, the colonial affiliations of Zionism, the background to the 1948 Nakba, and the role of Arab and Palestinian leaders and forms of resistance in bringing about change.
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Date of recording: Apr 16, 2024.
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(Preview) "Distraction and Denial"
[Producer's note: This is a preview of the latest bonus episode of Makdisi Street. You can listen to the entire episode by subscribing to the Patreon for as low as $5 a month and get access to other great bonus content. Since we want to make as much content accessible as possible, we have unlocked this for the YouTube channel.]
The brothers discuss the latest developments in and around Palestine, including European denial and complicity, the role of the ICJ and other systems of accountability in international politics, the possible expansion of the conflict, and whether dogs wag tails or tails wag dogs.
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Date of recording: Apr 13, 2024.
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"Famine is never a natural occurrence" w/ Michael Fakhri
The brothers welcome to the show Michael Fakhri, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food and Professor of Law at the University of Oregon, to discuss the ongoing starvation war against Gaza and how intentional law can be wielded to fight against it.
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Date of recording: Apr 3, 2024.
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“Stadiums are completely ungovernable spaces, spaces of liberation” w/ Tony Karon and Sean Jacobs
The brothers welcome Tony Karon (@TonyKaron) and Sean Jacobs (@africasacountry) to the show to discuss their experience of the politics of sport in their native South Africa, the lessons that the country’s anti-apartheid struggle might have for the struggle for freedom in Palestine, and football as a potential site for galvanizing a broader boycott movement against Israel’s genocidal system of apartheid.
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Date of recording: March 22, 2024
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“Two sides of the same coin”
The brothers discuss, among other things, Zionism and denial; Israel’s engineered starvation of Gaza; US-Israeli collaboration.
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Date of recording: March 19, 2024
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"A kind of intergenerational civil war" w/ Peter Beinart
The brothers welcome Peter Beinart (@PeterBeinart) to the show to discuss the role of the Gaza genocide in the generational transformation taking place in the United States (including within Jewish communities across the country), as well as the campaign to redefine antisemitism to include criticism of Zionism and the Zionist state, and the many pathways leading from Zionism to democracy and freedom for all.
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Date of recording: March 12, 2024
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Customer Reviews
I learned a lot
Thank you for interesting content and stimulating dialogue. You bring up issues rarely discussed at this level of depth and sophistication. I continue to learn. Thanks again
Thanks and keep going
Thank you Makdisi brothers for advocating Palestinian through knowledge and understanding.. I like last bit where there of you get to discuss what was discussed
Amazing podcast!
Very informative, the hosts and the guests are all very well qualified and bring very interesting perspectives to the topic