| Maya Mark: Menachem Begin’s stand on the imposition of the Military Government, 1948- 1966 |
Maya Mark discusses Menachem Begin's commitment to Liberalism |
Maya Mark |
30 November, 2022 |
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| All Necessary Measures? The United Nations and International Intervention in Libya |
Ian Martin presents his latest book on Libya: All Necessary Measures? The United Nations and International Intervention in Libya. |
Ian Martin |
29 November, 2022 |
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| The Making of the Modern Middle East |
A vivid and authoritative account of the making of the modern Middle East, from the BBC’s long-serving correspondent in the region. |
Jeremy Bowen, Eugene Rogan |
23 November, 2022 |
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| Hillel Cohen: Haters, Love Story: on the relations between Mizrahi Jews and Palestinian Arab’ |
Hillel Cohen discusses his new book on Mizrahim, Arabs, and Asheknazim in Israel |
Hillel Cohen |
21 November, 2022 |
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| Suzanne Schneider - The Divine People? Mapping the political-theological coordinates of post-liberalism |
On the political theology of "illiberal democracy" |
Suzanne Schneider |
10 November, 2022 |
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| Gabriel Schwake - Dwelling on the Green Line: Privatize and Rule in Israel/Palestine |
Gabriel Schwake discusses his new book dealing with urban planning along the green line. |
Gabriel Schwake |
3 November, 2022 |
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| Tilde Rosmer - The Islamic Movement in Israel |
Tilde Rosmer (Zayed University) discusses the history and politics of the Islamic Movement in Israel. |
Tilde Rosmer |
19 October, 2022 |
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| Albert Hourani’s Impact |
2022 is the 60th anniversary of the publication of Albert Hourani’s magnum opus Arabic Thought in the Liberal Age, 1798-1939. |
Matthew Smith, Charles Ough, Paul Dresch, Eugene Rogan, Marilyn Booth |
17 October, 2022 |
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| Gideon Katz - The Fear of Judaism in Israeli Culture |
Gideon Katz discusses some of the mure surprising aspect of Israeli secularism |
Gideon Katz |
27 May, 2022 |
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| Nitzan Lebovic: Is Zionism a “Left-Wing Melancholy”? |
Nitzan Levobic discusses Zionism and melancholy, through the woks of Israel Zarchi |
Nitzan Levobic |
18 May, 2022 |
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| Tony Shaw and Giora Goodman - Hollywood and Israel: A History |
The authors of a recently published book dealing with the history of Hollywood's relation with Israel discuss some of their findings |
Tony Shaw, Giora Goodman |
12 May, 2022 |
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| Developments in Jordan |
An explanation and discussion of the modern history and recent political developments in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. |
Piotr Schulkes, Guy Fiennes, Matthew Smith |
20 April, 2022 |
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| 2022 New Year’s Episode |
The entire Almanac team gets together to discuss what they believe was the most important event in the region over the past year, something they are watching for in the region in 2022, and their favorite book on the Middle East. |
Piotr Schulkes, Guy Fiennes, Isabella Cibelli Du Terroil, Oliver Franks, Kalyani Nedungadi, Matthew Smith, Adam Abdalla |
17 January, 2022 |
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| Graffiti, music, and football ultras: expressing dissent in MENA (Middle East and North Africa) |
Piotr Schulkes, Adam Abdallah, and Kalyani Nedungadi discuss non-official ways in expressing dissent, comparing Morocco, Turkey, Egypt, and Palestine. |
Kalyani Nedungadi, Piotr Schulkes, Adam Abdalla |
17 December, 2021 |
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| Haggai Ram - The Social Life of Hashish in Mandatory Palestine and Israel: A Global History |
Haggai Ram charts the (modern) history of Hashish in the Holy Land |
Haggai Ram |
1 December, 2021 |
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| Amnon Aran - Israeli foreign policy since the end of the Cold War |
Amnon Aran maps the development of Israeli foreign policy since the end of the Cold War |
Amnon Aran |
18 November, 2021 |
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| Michael Karayanni - Religion and State among the Palestinian-Arabs in Israel: A Multicultural Entrapment |
Michael Karayanni considers how the Israeli construction of religion and politics shapes the live Palestinian-Arabs in the state. |
Michael Karayanni |
18 November, 2021 |
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| Eldad Ben Aharon - Supporting Denial: Israel’s Foreign Policy and the Armenian Genocide |
Eldad Ben-Aharon charts the history of Israel's refusal to recognise the Armenian Genocide. |
Eldad Ben-Aharon |
3 November, 2021 |
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| Kathrin Bachleitner - A road towards atonement? Why only West Germany came to “atone” for the Nazi crimes. |
Kathrin Bachleitner remaps the road that led to Germany's "atonement" for the Holocaust |
Kathrin Bachleitner |
27 October, 2021 |
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| Togo Mizrahi and the Making of Egyptian Cinema |
Join us for Booktalk Episode 9, Professor Deborah Starr (Cornell University) in conversation about her new book, Togo Mizrahi and the Making of Egyptian Cinema, published by California Press. |
Deborah Starr, Walter Armbrust |
21 October, 2021 |
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| Atalia Omer - Pathways toward a Jewish Israeli Restorative Ethics |
Atalia Omer discusses restorative justice practices and the possibilities (and limits) of Jewish critiques of Zionism. |
Atalia Omer, Yaacov Yadgar |
20 October, 2021 |
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| Independence and Colonialism in the Western Sahara |
Piotr Schulkes, Helna Murphy, Hajar Meddah, and Felix Walker discuss the recent development in the Western Sahara, caused by America’s recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over the territory. |
Piotr Schulkes, Helna Murphy, Hajar Meddah, Felix Walker |
6 October, 2021 |
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| Egypt’s Football Revolution: Emotion, Masculinity, and Uneasy Politics |
Join us for Booktalk Episode 8, Dr Carl Rommel (University of Helsinki) in conversation about his new book Egypt’s Football Revolution: Emotion, Masculinity, and Uneasy Politics, published by University of Texas Press in July 2021. |
Carl Rommel, Walter Armbrust |
29 September, 2021 |
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| Making Film in Egypt |
Join us as we listen to Dr Chihab El Khachab (King’s College, Cambridge) in conversation about his new book – Making Film in Egypt: How Labor, Technology, and Mediation Shape the Industry. Published by American University in Cairo Press. |
Chihab El Khachab |
18 May, 2021 |
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| Booktalk episode 6: Rivals in the Gulf: Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Abdullah Bin Bayyah, and the Qatar-UAE Contest Over the Arab Spring and the Gulf Crisis |
For our sixth episode of MEC Booktalk, guest author David Warren (Washington University in St Louis) discusses his recent book, Rivals in the Gulf, published by Routledge in January 2021. |
David Warren, Usaama al-Azami |
12 April, 2021 |
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