Middle East Talks
Middle East Talks
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Middle East Talks is a podcast produced by the American University in Cairo’s Middle East Studies Program in collaboration with the Arab and Islamic Civilizations Department. The podcast aims to foster a better understanding of the Middle East among a wider audience by exploring new and contemporary research in the region’s history, politics and culture. In each episode, a scholar is invited to discuss their work in a fashion that is accessible and engaging to listeners who are curious about the Middle East.
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The podcast explores a variety of themes including historical events, political dynamics, and cultural studies, with specific episodes like the premiere discussing the 1787 explosion in Cairo, providing insights into the social and economic conditions of 18th-century Egypt, highlighting contemporary scholarship and its relevance.
Middle East Talks is a podcast produced by the American University in Cairo’s Middle East Studies Program in collaboration with the Arab and Islamic Civilizations Department. The podcast aims to foster a better understanding of the Middle East among a wider audience by exploring new and contemporary research in the region’s history, politics and culture. In each episode, a scholar is invited to discuss their work in a fashion that is accessible and engaging to listeners who are curious about the Middle East.
Our guest in this episode of Middle East Talks is the Palestinian American academic Karam Dana, to talk about his new book To Stand with Palestine: Transnational Resistance and Political Evolution in the United States. Dana offers a thorough examination of how and why Palestinian voices were for long marginalized (and demonized!) in American political discourse, but he also argues that the Palestinian issue is increasingly taking center stage in struggles again the status quo, from college campuses to digital activism.
Guest: Karam Dana, the Alyson McGregor Distinguished Professor of Excellence and Transformative Research and the founding director of the American Muslim Research Institute at the University of Washington Bothell.
Interviewer: Khaled Ezzelarab, Associate Professor of Practice, Journalism and Mass Communication Department, and Director of the Middle East Studies Program, American University in Cairo
Researcher: Kate McMahon
Book: Dana, Karam. To Stand with Palestine: Transnational Resistance and Political Evolution in the United States. Columbia University Press, 2025.
Intro Music: Festival of Eid Joy by Adiiswanto, licensed via Pixabay Music
This podcast was produced with the help of Nourhan Amer, Nouran Elian, and Judi Yassin
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