The Big Picture with Mohamed Hassan

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The Big Picture with Mohamed Hassan

A weekly podcast focused on long-form interviews on history, pop culture and society affecting the MENA region and diaspora communities. It aims to inform and illuminate the region through a non-newsy lens, exploring the MENA region's past, present and future and its people. Each episode begins with a question and an introduction to an expert who will attempt to answer it. 

  1. Trump’s intrusive demons and Israel’s ‘enlightened cause’ | Norman Finkelstein

    16 NOV.

    Trump’s intrusive demons and Israel’s ‘enlightened cause’ | Norman Finkelstein

    Has Donald Trump peeled back the veil on the toxicity of America?What will his second term mean for Israel, Palestine and the pursuit of justice?This week on The Big Picture Podcast, we welcome back Norman Finkelstein, political scientist, author and legal scholar, to talk about the aftermath of the US elections, Israel’s war in Gaza and shifting tactics of the Palestine movement.Finkelstein has spent his career chronicling in excruciating detail the Israel-Palestine conflict from the perspec...

    1 h 41 min
  2. Americans are socialised into capitalism, racism and then Zionism | Noura Erakat

    13 NOV.

    Americans are socialised into capitalism, racism and then Zionism | Noura Erakat

    What is the link between Zionism, capitalism and the American empire?Fresh off the back of a deeply toxic, all consuming US election - one in which the issue of Palestine and the war in Gaza was largely ignored - we examine what it means to survive a system intent on silencing and marginalising dissenting voices.Despite the key role the Biden Administration has played in arming and supporting Israel, a position opposed by the majority of Americans, few political voices were interested in chal...

    37 min
  3. The birth of Israel and the death of Zionism | Ilan Pappé

    31 OCT.

    The birth of Israel and the death of Zionism | Ilan Pappé

    Can Zionism survive the current war in Gaza?Israeli historian Ilan Pappé believes it can’t. In fact, he argues that the liberation of Palestine is an inevitability.Pappé is the author of 24 books on the Israel-Palestine conflict, and most recently published two books: ‘Lobbying for Zionism on Both Sides of the Atlantic’ and ‘A Very Short History of the Israel-Palestine Conflict’.This week on The Big Picture Podcast, we sit down with Ilan Pappé to talk about where the Zionist project originate...

    1 h 16 min
  4. The untold history of the Israeli Defence Forces | The Big Picture

    24 OCT.

    The untold history of the Israeli Defence Forces | The Big Picture

    Before the formation of the Israeli Defence Forces in 1948, there were three underground Zionist militias - The Haganah, the Irgun and the Lehi.They differed in tactics and beliefs, and at times fought with each other - but together they terrorised Palestinian villages and executed bombings and assassinations against the British to force them to give up control of the land.They blew up hotels in Jerusalem, embassies in Europe and assassinated a UN mediator.After Israel was officiated as a sta...

    32 min
  5. Will Kamal Harris lose the election because of the Gaza vote | Abbas Alawieh

    16 SEPT.

    Will Kamal Harris lose the election because of the Gaza vote | Abbas Alawieh

    Can Kamala Harris defeat Donald Trump without ending the war in Gaza?That could be up to a handful of key swing states, including Michigan, home to 150,000 Arab-American voters. This is a community that has never had a political voice in Washington, that is, until now. A group of activists, community organisers and political insiders have come together to galvanise the anger around Gaza and force the Democrats to pay attention.That birthed the Uncommitted National Movement.This week on T...

    1 h 11 min
  6. How Elon Musk turned X into a far-right haven | Marc Owen Jones

    20 AOÛT

    How Elon Musk turned X into a far-right haven | Marc Owen Jones

    Does Elon Musk have too much power over how we communicate online? Is he using that power to fuel dangerous far-right conspiracies?This week on The Big Picture Podcast, we’re joined by Marc Owen Jones, social media analyst, author and assistant professor at Northwestern University in Doha.Over the last few weeks, he’s been documenting the Southport anti-immigrant riots across the UK, and the link between online misinformation and the real world violence it can cause.The riots, fueled by misin...

    58 min
  7. Israel, Iran, Hezbollah and the tightrope of regional war | Trita Parsi

    10 AOÛT

    Israel, Iran, Hezbollah and the tightrope of regional war | Trita Parsi

    What is the price tag for convincing Iran to back down?The US is desperately trying to keep a lid on the heightened tensions in the Middle East, following Israel’s assassination of Hamas chief Ismail Hanieyeh in Iran’s capital, and the airstrike on a Beirut suburb that killed senior Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr.Benjamin Netanyahu, the gambler and accused war criminal, seems determined to escalate tensions with Iran to the brink of war, largely to keep himself in power.Iran, meanwhile, has m...

    1 h 3 min
  8. Netanyahu's end game: Why Israel assassinated Hamas chief in Iran | Gideon Levy

    31 JUIL.

    Netanyahu's end game: Why Israel assassinated Hamas chief in Iran | Gideon Levy

    Two assassinations. Two capital cities. Less than 24 hours.One struck an apartment in downtown Beirut, killing a woman and two children - targeting a Hezbollah senior commander.Then just hours later, a strike in the heart of Tehran, assassinating Hamas’ most high profile figure, and its political chief - Ismail Hanieyah.Israel has claimed the first attack, though not the second - at least not yet - but the reverberations are already starting to be felt - as are fears that we’re barreling towa...

    36 min
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A weekly podcast focused on long-form interviews on history, pop culture and society affecting the MENA region and diaspora communities. It aims to inform and illuminate the region through a non-newsy lens, exploring the MENA region's past, present and future and its people. Each episode begins with a question and an introduction to an expert who will attempt to answer it. 

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  • Création
    Middle East Eye
  • Années d’activité
    2023 - 2024
  • Épisodes
    56
  • Classification
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    © 2024 The Big Picture with Mohamed Hassan
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