Do No Harm: Leyla Hussein on Burnout, Shame, and Who Gets to Be Cared For | Shefa Talks Episode 1
Shefa Talks Episode 1, KULNA's podcast series, opens with Isabelle Davodi, a former Doctors Without Borders field worker, sitting down with...
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Arab Tyrant Manual Podcast
Iyad El-Baghdadi and Ahmed Gatnash study global authoritarianism, with a focus on the MENA region, and dive deep into universal strategies and tactics of authoritarians, as well as the best...
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20 of 48 episodesWhy can't Saudi Arabia defend itself? with Iyad el-Baghdadi
This month, Houthi missiles shut Riyadh’s main airport and hit Saudi Aramco’s headquarters. Saudi Arabia is one of the world’s biggest milit...
HTL: Episode 1: Introducing 'How to Liberate', Feat. Iyad el-Baghdadi, Khaled Albaih & Ahmed Gatnash
This is ' How to Liberate' , the Arab Tyrant Manual, relaunched. In our inaugural episode, the team behind How to Liberate introduce themsel...
045 - Will The Gulf States Make It?
We recorded this episode in the middle of one of the most consequential moments in the history of this region. In this episode, we ask the q...
044 - The Logic of Endless War
It's been four years since our last episode — and we're back with something bigger. In this episode, recorded before the ceasefire announcem...
043 - Ukraine is Dividing the Gulf States from the West
As Russia's invasion of Ukraine caused global energy prices to spike, the US looked to its traditional gulf partners to increase supply. How...
042 - Working for Libyan Accountability, with Elham Saudi
In this episode, Ahmed Gatnash speaks to Elham Saudi, co-founder and director of Lawyers for Justice in Libya, about the fight for accountab...
041 - Authors' Retrospective of the The Middle East Crisis Factory
In this episode, Iyad and Ahmed interview each other about their own book, The Middle East Crisis Factory. They discuss the origin and conte...
040 - The Middle East Crisis Factory: an Interview on Gaslit Nation
This is a repost of an interview on the Gaslit Nation podcast, hosted by Sarah Kendzior and Andrea Chalupa. Iyad discusses the origin of the...
039 - The Changing Activism Paradigm
Iyad and Ahmed discuss human rights and political activism around the world, and why it seems to fail so often. Follow us on Twitter @ArabTy...
038 - Changing Horizons
A continuation of the previous episode, Iyad and Ahmed discuss new changes in world politics, human rights activism and the podcast! Follow...
037 - The Podcast Returns
Iyad and Ahmed kickstart the podcast again after a long hiatus - with updates on various developments at the Kawaakibi Foundation, in their...
036 - What does Justice For Jamal Khashoggi look like?
Iyad El-Baghdadi and Ahmed Gatnash discuss the release of the ODNI report confirming US intelligence's conclusion that MBS directly ordered...
035 - The Xinjiang Victims Database, with Gene Bunin
In this episode, Ahmed talks to Gene Bunin, founder of the Xinjiang Victims Database - a unique initiative to track the crimes being committ...
034 - Reflections on the podcast, US elections and the future...
Ahmed Gatnash and Iyad El-Baghdadi reflect about the podcast, how far it's come, and plans for the future, as well as discussing Joe Biden's...
033 - The Left's Tribal Anti-Imperialism
In September, Ahmed spoke to Joey Ayoub, Lebanese writer and researcher, about tankies, genocide denial, red-brown alliances and the uncomfo...
032 - Lebanon vs Sectarian Warlord Oligarchy
Ahmed talks to Timour Azhari and Joey Ayoub about the massive popular movement against the entire political order which has rocked Lebanon f...
031 - Lessons from Egypt's latest protests
Ahmed Gatnash speaks about the recent protests in Egypt, which surprised almost everyone but show that the lessons of 2011 have still not be...
030 - Is Your Phone Safe? Inside Saudi's Phone Hacking Scandal
Human Rights Foundation and Arab Tyrant Manual present this panel from this year's Oslo Freedom Forum, in which Iyad el-Baghdadi and Karen A...
029 - Art vs Repression, from Egypt to Hong Kong - with Amr Waked & Denise Ho
Celebrities are notoriously shy of politics, advised to stay neutral for the sake of their careers. But what do you do when you can no longe...