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UNLOCKED: Bonus Episode #1 – The History of Ba’athism (pt.1) w/Patrick Higgins

*Unlocked* Patrick Higgins is a Ph.D candidate in the Department of History at the University of Houston. Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com www.eastpodcast.com

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Brownface and the Convenience Store Clerk

An archival tour through some of Hollywood’s worst representations of South Asians in the last few decades. Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com www.eastpodcast.com

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The Edward Said Mixtape (Vol. 3) – The Gulf Crisis: a Palestinian Perspective

Another unabridged interview from the archives of Alternative Views, the legendary cable access show based in Austin, TX. Recorded onSept. 19, 1990, Said is being interviewed by Douglas Kellner and the late Barbara Harlow. Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani…

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Another look at Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (pt. 1) w/ Ali Alizadeh

Ali Alizadeh is an independent journalist and political analyst based in London. Home *** Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com www.eastpodcast.com

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Leila Khaled goes to South Africa

In 1969, Leila Khaled’s face became etched into the global political imaginary as one of the leading militants of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine(PFLP). She visited South Africa in 2015 and reflected…

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Bye, Felicia: A century of failed imperialism in Syria w/ Patrick Higgins

Patrick Higgins is a Ph.D candidate in the Department of History at the University of Houston. *Discussion of US withdrawal from Syria begins roughly halfway through the episode* Home ***** Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com www.eastpodcast.com

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Scholarship in the service of Empire w/ Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi

Dr. Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow in the Faculty of Oriental Studies at the University of Oxford. Original article available here: https://ajammc.com/2017/03/06/ann-lambton-in-iran/ Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com https://twitter.com/east_podcast

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William Blum, Rogue

William Blum was one of the most critical voices in the US media sphere. After leaving behind a lucrative career with the State Dept in 1967, he began writing about the disastrous consequences of US foreign policy. Here is a short conversation with radio host…

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The Tasks of Indigenous Translators w/ Nikki Hessel

Nikkie Hessel is Associate Professor School of English, Film, Theatre and Media Studies at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. Her most recent book isRomantic Literature and the Colonised World: Lessons from Indigenous Translations (Palgrave, 2018). created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com https://twitter.com/east_podcast

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Undoing the King of Kings

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi’s reign was profoundly connected to the Western news media. The mainstream press played an active role in the ousting of his rival Mohammad Mossadegh in 1953, and spent the next two decades lavishing him with the kind of praise that only paid…

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