Middle East Monitor Conversations
Middle East Monitor Conversations brings you lively discussions with prominent voices from the region and beyond as we delve deeper into issues shaping the Middle East and North Africa - from politics, to culture and the arts. For more: https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/
Episodes
151 episodes
Did the Ottomans silence the media? MEMO in Conversation with Nir Shafir
Pamphlets were the social media of their time, they helped spread dissent and were pivotal to the polarisation of politics during the Ottoman Empire, Nir Shafir guides us through the communications revolution of the 16th and 17th centuries.&nbs...
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Gaza's future under Trump: MEMO in Conversation with Muhammad Shehada
The war on Gaza is raging on, with Israel looking set to impose a permanent security zone in the Strip. With less than one month before US President-elect Donald Trump enters the White House, what should Europe do to bring peace to the regio...
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ISIS Prions Museum: MEMO in Conversation with Robin Yassin-Kassab
When Daesh was defeated in 2017, many thought their crimes would be forgotten and their victims would have the terrors they experienced swept under the carpet, but a new online museum has been launched to preserve and educate people about the g...
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Understanding Germany's unwavering support for Israel: MEMO in Conversation with Jurgen Mackert
Germany has repeatedly stressed its unwavering support for Israel and its actions in Gaza over the past 14 months, but what is underpinning this position and will it ever shift?Against the backdrop ...
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Syria burns again: MEMO in Conversation with Hussam Hammoud
For many, the civil war in Syria has been a distant memory, but that all changed when in a sudden turn of events, rebel groups captured the country's second largest city, Aleppo, and began to move towards other northern cities. But why is al...
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The forces driving the genocide in Gaza: MEMO in Conversation with Matt Kennard
Many have wondered how states have allowed the massacres in Gaza to continue for over a year and what can be gained from them. Investigative journalist Kennard exposes corporate power and state intervention to highlight why the genocide in Gaza...
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The New Arab Woman: MEMO in Conversation with Susanna Ferguson
From raising a family to a nation, how debates around modernisation, democracy and capitalism gave birth to a new Arab woman. In the 1850s the Arab world underwent a gendered revolution brought about by western ...
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Spying for the Ottomans: MEMO in Conversation with Emrah Safa Gurkan
The 16 and 17 centuries saw an eruption in espionage, spying and covert operations, with a growing network of Christian clergymen, traders, slaves, travellers, nobles and others who were also intelligence operatives for Istanbul. We speak to th...
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The long Israeli arm of British law: MEMO in Conversation with Stavit Sinai
As an anti-apartheid activist, Stavit Sinai has repeatedly taken action against the occupation state of Israel, but she made headlines when, in 2022, she was one of two Israelis arrested for storming the site of Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit ...
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Taking on Israel's arms industry: MEMO in Conversation with Ronnie Barkan
CAPTION: On Nakba Day in 2022, 7 activists stormed the site of Israel's largest weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems in an effort to disrupt its operations and highlight the atrocities its 'field tested' weapons have caused against Palestinian...
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Jewish anti-Zionism and Israel: MEMO in Conversation with Zachary Foster
The anti-Zionist Jewish movement has led numerous anti-war protests calling for an end to the genocide in Gaza, but what’s the history of Jewish opposition to Zionism?Israel claims to be working to protect world Jewry, but as it continue...
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Algeria, Yugoslavia and Cinematic Uprising: MEMO in Conversation with Mila Turajlic
Algeria won its War on Independence because it won a media war against the French following help from Yugoslavia. But what did the images coming out of Algiers show and how did they frame its battle for a new beginning?
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Israel's defeats on a global scale: MEMO in Conversation with Ramzy Baroud
Looking back at Israel's conduct over the past year, Baroud highlights Tel Aviv's use of African mercenaries in the execution of its onslaught on Gaza and how the West is enabling the continuation of this aggression.In ...
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'A textbook case of genocide': MEMO in Conversation with Craig Mokhiber
Craig Mokhiber resigned from the UN over its inaction with regards the 'textbook case of genocide' taking place in Gaza. One year on, little has changed. He joins MEMO in Conversation to discuss the events of the past 12 months.<...
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Palestinian trauma, healing and olive trees: MEMO in Conversation with Ashira Darwish
Palestinians aren't suffering post traumatic stress disorder, there's been no 'post' for them as they continue to live under occupation and colonialism. 'Ongoing stress disorder' is what they experience daily, says the executive producer of Whe...
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Israel edging towards collapse: MEMO in conversation with Sharmine Narwani
The occupation's reliance on swift, decisive wars have left it unprepared for the current genocide it is carrying out in Gaza. Military, economic and political spheres are showing signs of decline as a result. Can Israel survive after the wa...
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Gaza, Harris, Trump and the Muslim vote: MEMO in Conversation with Saher Selod
Millions of Muslims in the US have said Gaza is the most important election issue for them, but with the frontrunners in the presidential election being Israel supporters Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, how will they vote?
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Planting olive trees in Palestine: MEMO in Conversation with Cyrus Copeland
Israeli occupation authorities have uprooted more than 800,000 Palestinians olive trees since 1967, Treedom for Palestine is working to replant them and protect Palestinian farmers' deep ties to their land.This week on MEMO in...
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Canada as a settler colony on the question of Palestine: MEMO in conversation with Muhannad Ayyash
There are many parallels between Canada and Israel as settler-colonial states, including the erasure of indigenous populations. But how do Canada's own historic and present policies shape its stance on Israel's actions in Gaza and its fo...
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Palestinians living in hell: MEMO in Conversation with Shai Parnes
Palestinians who have been released from Israeli detention since October 2023 have reported systematic abuse, torture and sexual assault, join us as we discuss the implications of Israel's degrading treatment of Palestinians and why it has inte...
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The Islamist connection: MEMO in Conversation with Ezgi Basaran
What do Turkiye's Justice and Development Party (AKP), Tunisia's Ennahda and the Muslim Brotherhood have in common and are their ties shaping policy in the Middle East and Turkiye? Turkiye's youngest editor joins us to discuss what drives th...
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Day break in Gaza: MEMO in Conversation with Matthew Teller & Mahmoud Muna
We have all watched the genocide unfold in Gaza and seen imges of the victims, but what are their stories, how have they lived their lives and what is the importance of Gaza in the larger struggle or a free Palestine? Join our MEMO in Conversat...
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The student who Zionists fear: MEMO in Conversation with Bryce Greene
When Greene agreed to be interviewed on Talk TV he was told that conversation would be open and he was welcome to put his points across to viewers and the hosts, however when the show started, presenter James Whale shut him down for wearing a k...
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The Jewish revolt against Zionism: MEMO in Conversation with the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network
The founders of IJAN speak to MEMO about attacks on anti-Zionist Jews, the far-right's alliance with the Zionist movement and whether the genocide in Gaza is the beginning of the end of the Zionist movementIn this week’...
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How rape sold a genocide: MEMO in Conversation with Arun Gupta
Israel's unsubstantiated rape claims against Palestinian resistance fighters have made headlines across the world, while similar claims by Palestinians against Israeli occupation forces have received minimal attention. This, argues Arun Gupta, ...
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