MEMO in conversation with Nida Ibrahim

MEMO talks to Al Jazeera's correspondent in the West Bank Nida Ibrahim about her journey into journalism, covering Palestine and the killing of her colleague Shireen Abu Akleh.   

MEMO conversation with Noam Shuster Eliassi

MEMO caught up with Israeli comedian and activist Noam Shuster Eliassi to discuss the new Israeli government, doing comedy in Arabic, English and Hebrew and going viral on Arabic-language social media. Born to an Iranian-Je...

MEMO in conversation with Dr Suja Sawafta

MEMO met up with Dr Suja Sawafta to discuss granting Palestinians permission to narrate their history through popular culture and Nexflix's recent offering

Lebanon, political elites, revolution and crisis: MEMO in conversation with Christiana Parreira

Christiana Parreira is an Assistant Professor in the Department of International Relations and Political Science at the Geneva Graduate Institute. Her research focuses on the role of local political institutions and actors in governance, lookin...

World Order Before and After the West: MEMO conversation with Ayse Zarakol

Join us for a conversation with Ayse Zarakol as we discuss her latest book on politics and world order before the rise of the West, the Mongol Empire and how Turkey adjusted to the International political system in the 20th and 21st centuries.&...

Arab democracy and US policy: MEMO in conversation with Shadi Hamid

MEMO's conversation with senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and an assistant research professor of Islamic studies at Fuller Seminary, Dr Shadi Hamid to discuss democracy in the Middle East and the US' policy in the region. Hamid has au...

Connecting with Lebanon's history: MEMO in conversation with Charles Al Hayek

MEMO speaks with history instructor and cultural heritage consultant Charles Al Hayek to discuss Lebanese history and culture and the ways he has been working to reconnect citizens to it.Al Hayek was a resident writer at the Centre of Ar...

The life of Yusuf Qaradawi: MEMO in conversation with Azzam Tamimi

MEMO speaks with British Palestinian academic and political activist Dr Azzam Tamimi on the life and legacy of Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi who died at the age of 96 on 26 September 2022. Tamimi is currently the Chairman of Alhiwar TV and ...

COP27, Egypt and human rights: MEMO in conversation with Yasmin Omar

MEMO speaks with international human rights lawyer Yasmin Omar as we discuss the COP27 United Nations Climate Change Conference due to be held in Sharm El-Sheikh in November and Egypt's human rights obligations.Yasmin Omar is the UN and ...

UK Muslims second-class citizens: MEMO in conversation with Frances Webber

MEMO speaks with Vice-Chair of the Institute of Race Relations Frances Webber about her new report on racism within the UK citizenship system which has reduced Muslims to 'second-class' status.Webber is a former barrister who specialised...

DW's sacking of Palestinian reporter: MEMO in conversation with Giovanni Fassina

MEMO speaks with Giovanni Fassina, Programme Director of the European Legal Support Centre (ELSC), about the dismissal of Palestinian journalist Farah Maraqa by German newspaper Deutsche Welle (DW) on charges of anti-Semitism ...

Possible Turkish-Syrian reconciliation: MEMO in conversation with Sami Hamdi

MEMO speaks with political analyst Sami Hamdi about the possibility of Turkish reconciliation with Syria's Bashar Al-Assad and the consequences of such a move.Hamdi is the managing director of the global risk and intelligence company Int...

'Whatever happened to anti-Semitism?': MEMO in conversation with Antony Lerman

MEMO speaks with British anti-Semitism specialist Antony Lerman about his latest book Whatever Happened to Antisemitism?: Redefinition and the Myth of the 'Collective Jew'.Lerman is the former founding director of the Institute ...

The global war on terror: MEMO in conversation with Dr Rizwaan Sabir

MEMO speaks with counterterrorism expert Dr Rizwaan Sabir about the global war on terror, the rise of the security state in execution of that war and its impact on the, mainly Muslim, victims.Dr Sabir is the author of the recently publi...

Advocating for Palestine in Canada: MEMO in conversation with ​Michael Bueckert

MEMO speaks with the Vice President of Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East Dr Michael Bueckert to discuss his latest book Advocating for Palestine in Canada.Bueckert has a PhD in Sociology with a specialisation in...

The West is wrong about Islam: MEMO in conversation with Peter Oborne

MEMO speaks with prominent British journalist and broadcaster Peter Oborne as we discuss his new book 'The Fate of Abraham: Why the West is Wrong About Islam'.Oborne is the former chief political commentator of the Daily Telegraph.

Palestine and Latin American: MEMO in conversation with Eman Abusidu

MEMO speaks with Palestinian-Brazilian journalist and writer Eman Abusidu about Palestinians in Latin America and the region's long track record of supporting the Palestinian cause. The discussion will also look at the way in which Palestinians...

Risks of Muslim genocide: MEMO in conversation with Dr Gregory Stanton

MEMO speaks with Professor in Genocide Studies and Prevention, Dr Gregory H Stanton, as we discuss major flashpoints in the world today from India to Ukraine, Israel and China and his thoughts on whether any of these run risks of genocide.<...

India's crackdown on Muslims: MEMO in conversation with Prof Ashok Swain

MEMO speaks with Professor Ashok Swain as we discuss what is fueling the rise in ethno-nationalist sentiments and authoritarian governments around the world and the slide in democracy in places like India where Muslim minorities are being targe...

The ethics of liberation: MEMO in conversation with Randa Abdel-Fattah

MEMO speaks with award-winning Australian author and activist Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah as we discuss her latest chapter in Prof. Ilan Pappe's and Dr Ramzy Baroud's recently published book 'Our Vision for Liberation: Engaged Palestinian Intellectua...

The politics of marriage in Jordan: MEMO in conversation with Geoffrey Hughes

Israel an apartheid state: MEMO in conversation with Prof. Michael Lynk

MEMO speaks with Prof. Michael Lynk, the 7th Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories (2016-2022), as we discuss his final report which declared Israel an apartheid state.The Canadian le...

A life of resistance in Palestine: MEMO in conversation with Issa Amro

MEMO speaks with Hebron-based Palestinian peace activist Issa Amro as we discuss his many decades of resisting Israeli Apartheid. Amro is the co-founder of the grassroots group Youth Against Settlements. He has spent many years adv...

Theodicy and Egyptian politics: MEMO in conversation with Walaa Quisa

MEMO speaks with Walaa Quisay on theodicy and popular religious politics in Egypt. Quisay is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Manchester researching non-violent civil disobedience in contemporary Islamic thought. She compl...

Identity and Palestine: MEMO in conversation with Amira Al-Shanti

MEMO speaks with with Scottish-Palestinian actor, singer and writer Amira Al-Shanti about identity and Palestine in the context of her most recent short film 'Said the Dove to the Olive Tree'. The 12-minute film, created by Amira A...