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Tankie Group Therapy #28: Imperialism is the primary contradiction
A reduced crew for Tankie Group Therapy featuring Nora, Alex, and Sina discussing the end of the Syrian Arab Republic and its wide-ranging consequences. Video edition coming soon! Consider supporting the show
Chaos in the Levant: Fake ceasefire in Lebanon; hot war in Syria w/ Adnan Husain
Adnan Husain Medieval European and Middle Eastern at Queen's University and co-host of, returns to discuss recent developments in the region. Watch the on The East is a Podcast Youtube channel or Adnan's (still under construction)...
“The settlers and the land will never be one” w/ Good Shepherd Collective
A conversation with founders Bana Abu Zuluf and Cody O'Rourke. Watch the on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel "The Good Shepherd Collective was formed in Palestine in 2017 in response to the restrictive NGO system and...
Tankie Group Therapy #27: Predict what you want, the precondition is liberation
Actual therapist Lara Sheehi joins us with Justin, Sina, Mikey and Nora in the group. We talk about psychic intrusions, shame, the tricky ecosystem of the colonial assault on the mind, and setting the precondition as liberation. Watch the...
Tankie Group Therapy #26: Liberals are the problem
An extra large helping of Tankie Group Therapy featuring Sina, Mikey, Joe, Nick Estes and, in his debut, Adnan Husain, and also two surprise guests! Watch the video edition on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel (Coming soon!)...
Sina Rahmani
The Host
Sina Rahmani completed his Ph.D. in Comparative Literature at UCLA. He is a translator, scholar, and writer. His work has been published in the PMLA, Iranian Studies, boundary 2, Radical History Review, and Public Books.
He does this podcast in his spare time, of which he has plenty. He has never gone fishing.
Refaat Alareer’s voice from the archives
*Friend of the show Nora Barrows-Friedman collected some of Refaat's audio archive.* In a special audio podcast episode dedicated to the voice and the words of Dr. Refaat Alareer, we weave together five separate interviews we conducted between 2014...