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📚 Book: The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Very Short Introduction ✍️ Author: Martin Bunton 🎧 Show: Book Café Podcast 📖 Publisher: Oxford University Press @OxfordUniversityPress 🇵🇸 Prof. Dr. Martin Bunton from the University of Victoria @universityofvictoria6115 discusses his 2013 book. 🇵🇸 This first edition of the book covers the the years 1897 to 2007. Check out our related videos on Israel-Palestine: 📚 Book: The Punishment Of Gaza ✍️ Author: Gideon Levy 🎧 Podcast: • 📚 Book: The Punishment Of Gaza | ✍️ A... 📚 Book: On Palestine ✍️ Author: Frank Barat 🎧 Podcast: • 📚Book: On Palestine | ✍️Authors: Noam... 📚 Book: The Ethnic Cleansing Of Palestine ✍️ Author: Ilan Pappé 🎧 Podcast: • 📚 Book: The Ethnic Cleansing Of Pales... 📚 Book: The Invention Of Palestine ✍️ Author: Zachary Foster 🎧 Podcast: • 📚 Book: The Invention Of Palestine | ... 📚 Book: Palestine In Israeli School Books ✍️ Author: Nurit Peled-Elhanan 🎧 Podcast: • 📚 Book: Palestine In Israeli School B... 📚 Book: Arafat: The Biography ✍️ Author: Andrew Gowers 🎧 Podcast: • 📚 Book: Arafat: The Biography | ✍️ Au... 📚 Book: The Palestine Laboratory ✍️ Author: Antony Loewenstein 🎧 Podcast: • 📚 Book: The Palestine Laboratory | ✍️... 📚 Book: Erasing Palestine ✍️ Author: Rebecca Ruth Gould 🎧 Podcast: • 📚 Book: Erasing Palestine | ✍️ Author... 📚 Book: The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict ✍️ Author: Martin Bunton 🎧 Podcast: • 📚 Book: The Palestinian-Israeli Conflct Support the show

▶️ Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/lPxtYvfS0kk 📚 Book: Erasing Palestine ✍️ Author: Rebecca Ruth Gould 📖 Publisher: Verso Books @VersoBooks 🎙️ Host: @omarrasman In episode 37, we speak to Prof. Dr. Rebecca Ruth Gould about her 2023 book "Erasing Palestine". Author's bio: 🇵🇸 Prof. Dr. Rebecca Ruth Gould was born and educated in the United States. 🇵🇸 She received her BA in Comparative Literature and Slavic Studies from the University of California, Berkeley. 🇵🇸 After working in publishing for a few years, Gould moved to Tbilisi, Georgia in 2004, where she learned Georgian and started to learn Persian. 🇵🇸 Having lived for two years in Tbilisi, she returned to the United States where she started her PhD at Columbia University's Institute for Comparative Literature and Society and the Department for Middle East, South Asian, & African Studies. 🇵🇸 She currently works at the SOAS University of London @soasuni Related episodes on Israel-Palestine: 📚 Book: The Punishment Of Gaza ✍️ Author: Gideon Levy 🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/C7Tkny47fXs?si=gvIFL9FBphKjptBM 📚 Book: On Palestine ✍️ Author: Frank Barat 🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/PRf1Pk4UbF8?si=l55G1zSmwcGbldoU 📚 Book: The Ethnic Cleansing Of Palestine ✍️ Author: Ilan Pappé 🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/T-CWN4YZuAI?si=gulwS78hic1VxS20 📚 Book: The Invention Of Palestine ✍️ Author: Zachary Foster 🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/eGDTtlQNh_0?si=JA2AHQIHRBst2rOU 📚 Book: Palestine In Israeli School Books ✍️ Author: Nurit Peled-Elhanan 🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/rXs1zkvHDGc?si=ct85SNylCYk_stDq 📚 Book: Arafat: The Biography ✍️ Author: Andrew Gowers 🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/7qVKnorXELE?si=zEU4d-T-S-3F8dEO 📚 Book: The Palestine Laboratory ✍️ Author: Antony Loewenstein 🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/51-VVciGz88?si=-tRLPPXNfkpEM3io 📚 Book: Erasing Palestine ✍️ Author: Rebecca Ruth Gould 🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/lPxtYvfS0kk?si=S0Ok3SFxh0NF6PAR Support the show

▶️ Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/51-VVciGz88 📚 Book: The Palestine Laboratory ✍️ Author: Antony Loewenstein Publishers: ​⁠ ​⁠ ​⁠ Author's bio: 🇵🇸 Antony Loewenstein is an Australian-German freelance investigative journalist, author, and film-maker. 🇵🇸 He co-founded the Independent Australian Jewish Voices (IAJV). He won the 2019 Jerusalem (Al Quds) Peace Prize, one of Australia's leading peace awards, for his work on Israel/Palestine. 🇵🇸 In 2021, he co-founded Declassified Australia with fellow journalist Peter Cronau. The news website critically reports on Australia's relations with the world. 🇵🇸 He and UK film-maker Dan Davies co-directed the Al Jazeera documentary Under the Cover of Covid. 🇵🇸 In 2023, he released the book, The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports The Technology Of Occupation Around The World. The book was a long-list finalist in the 2023 Moore Prize For Human Rights Writing and a best-selling book in New Zealand. 🇵🇸 In November 2023, Antony Loewenstein was awarded the Walkley (​⁠) Book Award for Longform Journalism. The book also won the People's Choice award and was also shortlisted for the 2024 Victorian Premier's Prize for Nonfiction. Antony's bibliography: After Zionism | The Palestine Laboratory | Pills, Powder and Smoke | Disaster Capitalism | Profits of Doom | For God's Sake | Left Turn | The Blogging Revolution | My Israel Question If you liked this video do please check out our related episodes on Israel-Palestine. 👇 📚 Book: The Punishment Of Gaza ✍️ Author: Gideon Levy 🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/C7Tkny47fXs?si=gvIFL9FBphKjptBM 📚 Book: On Palestine ✍️ Author: Frank Barat 🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/PRf1Pk4UbF8?si=l55G1zSmwcGbldoU 📚 Book: The Ethnic Cleansing Of Palestine ✍️ Author: Ilan Pappé 🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/T-CWN4YZuAI?si=gulwS78hic1VxS20 📚 Book: The Invention Of Palestine ✍️ Author: Zachary Foster 🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/eGDTtlQNh_0?si=JA2AHQIHRBst2rOU 📚 Book: Palestine In Israeli School Books ✍️ Author: Nurit Peled-Elhanan 🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/rXs1zkvHDGc?si=ct85SNylCYk_stDq 📚 Book: Arafat: The Biography ✍️ Author: Andrew Gowers 🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/7qVKnorXELE?si=zEU4d-T-S-3F8dEO X / Twitter Handles: Antony: @antloewenstein Omar: @OmarNizam #israel #palestine #freepalestine #gaza #islam #islamic #islamicvideo #islamicquotes #islamicvideos #islamic_video #gideonlevy​⁠​⁠​⁠ #zacharyfoster #ilanpappe #antonyloewenstein Support the show

▶️ Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Td_lkPYaG-8?si=2LLEYYJbavNnt7Cc -Timestamps- 1:20 - Author's introduction 4:30 - Intro to Louis XIV 8:15 - The Gardens of Versailles 10:50 - Louis XIV's assault on privilege 13:00 - Louis XIV's regal painting 17:50 - The death of Louis XIV 19:00 - How Leonardo Da Vinci ended up in France 24:15 - Leonardo's John the Baptist painting 28:15 - The Eiffel Tower 32:00 - Elisha Otis and the Safety Elevator 36:15 - Adolf Hitler visits Paris 39:00 - Napoleon Bonaparte 43:00 - Concluding remarks Author's bio: 🇫🇷 Dr. Mahbubur Rahman is a physician and pharmaceutical industry specialist turned writer based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. 🇫🇷 A self-professed travel buff, he has visited various countries across Europe, Asia, and North America. 🇫🇷 "L'etat c'est moi" is his debut book about his travels through France, identifying it's rich and vibrant cultural history. #france #francese #français #france24 #francetour ​⁠ Support the show

▶️ Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/PAuP_rwulhU?si=VBzoTMQiBKEfX79x 🎦 Film: Mukti - Birth Of A Nation 🎬 Director: Manu Chobe 📚 Book Adaptation: An Odyssey In War And Peace ✍️ Author: Lt Gen JFR Jacob Support the show

▶️ Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/7qVKnorXELE?si=o4FaH8Zr_nuolYyE 📚 Book: Arafat - The Biography ✍️ Author: Andrew Gowers 🖨️ Publisher: Virgin Books (@Virgin @VirginVoyages @virginstartupvideos @VirginHotels @virginred @RichardBranson). Author's bio: 🇵🇸 Andrew Gowers was both Foreign Editor and Middle East Editor of the Financial Times @FinancialTimes, travelling regularly in the region between 1987 to 1990. 🇵🇸 A graduate of Cambridge University @cambridgeuniversity, he was a correspondent for Reuters news agency in Brussels and Zurich before joining the Financial Times' foreign staff in 1983. 🇵🇸 He comments frequently on Middle Eastern affairs for British radio and television as well as the BBC World Service (@BBC @BBCNews @BBCHindi @bbcearth @bbcnewsarabic @bbcradio1 @BBCBangla @BBCMundo @BBCStudios). 🇵🇸 Andrew is now retired and lives with his family in Lisbon, Portugal. Related episodes on Israel-Palestine. 👇 📚 Book: The Punishment Of Gaza ✍️ Author: Gideon Levy 🎧 Podcast:  • 📚 Book: The Punishment... 📚 Book: On Palestine ✍️ Author: Frank Barat 🎧 Podcast:  • 📚Book: On Palestine | ... 📚 Book: The Ethnic Cleansing Of Palestine ✍️ Author: Ilan Pappé 🎧 Podcast:  • 📚 Book: The Ethnic Cle... 📚 Book: The Invention Of Palestine ✍️ Author: Zachary Foster 🎧 Podcast:  • 📚 Book: The Invention ... 📚 Book: Palestine In Israeli School Books ✍️ Author: Nurit Peled-Elhanan 🎧 Podcast:  • 📚 Book: Palestine In I... #yasserarafat #israel #israelpalestineconflict #palestine #palestina #palestinian #gaza #islam #islamic #palestinian #palestinian #palestine_tv #palestinewillbefreedom #palestinemustlive #palestineforever Support the show

▶️ Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/rXs1zkvHDGc Author's bio: 🇵🇸 Prof Dr. Nurit Peled-Elhanan is an Israeli philologist, Professor of language and education and activist. 🇵🇸 She is a 2001 co-laureate of the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought awarded by the European Parliament. 🇵🇸 She is known for her research on the portrayal of Palestinians in Israeli textbooks, which she has criticized as being anti-Palestinian. 🇵🇸 "Palestine In Israeli School Books" is her first book, published in 2012. Her second book "Holocaust Education and the Semiotics of Othering in Israeli Schoolbooks" came out in 2023. Notable guest mentions: 📚 Book: The Invention Of Palestine ✍️ Author: Zachary Foster @zacharyfoster7426 🎧 Podcast: • 📚 Book: The Invention Of Palestine | ... 📚 Book: The Ethnic Cleansing Of Palestine ✍️ Author: Ilan Pappé 🎧 Podcast: • 📚 Book: The Ethnic Cleansing Of Pales... 📚 Book: The Punishment Of Gaza ✍️ Author: Gideon Levy 🎧 Podcast: • 📚 Book: The Punishment Of Gaza | ✍️ A... #israel #palestine #freepalestine #gaza #islam #islamic #islamicvideo #islamicquotes #islamicvideos #islamic_video #gideonlevy ​⁠​⁠​⁠ #zacharyfoster #ilanpappe Support the show

▶️ Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/eGDTtlQNh_0 🎙 Hosted by: ​⁠@omarrasman 🎧 Episode info: We speak to Dr. Zachary Foster about his 2017 dissertation "The Invention Of Palestine." Author's Synopsis: My aim is understand when, how and why people identified as Palestinian in history. Identities like “Palestinian” are not modern, pre-modern or early modern, nor do they date to antiquity or the ancient Near East. They’ve probably been around for tens of thousands of years. Short Bio: 🇵🇸 Dr. Zachary Foster is a historian of Palestine. 🇵🇸 He holds a B.A. in Sociology and Political Science from the University of Michigan ​⁠@universityofmichigan8202. 🇵🇸 He has an M.A. in Arab Studies from Georgetown University ​⁠@georgetownuniversity. He did his Masters thesis on “Arab Historiography in Mandatory Palestine, 1920-1948”. 🇵🇸 He completed his PhD in Near Eastern Studies from Princeton University ​⁠@princeton. His dissertation is entitled "The Invention Of Palestine." Dr. Zachary Foster's Social Media: ▶️ YouTube Channel: ​⁠@zacharyfoster7426 🐦Twitter / X: @_ZachFoster Academia: https://independent.academia.edu/Zach... Notable guest mentions during the episode: 📚 Book: On Palestine ✍️ Author: Frank Barat ​⁠@FrankBarat77 ▶️ Episode 28: • 📚Book: On Palestine | ✍️Authors: Noam... 📚 Book: The Ethnic Cleansing Of Palestine ✍️ Author: Ilan Pappe ▶️ Episode 29: • 📚 Book: The Ethnic Cleansing Of Pales... #israel #palestine #freepalestine #gaza #islam #islamic #islamicvideo #islamicquotes #islamicvideos #islamic_video #yuvalnoahharari ​⁠@YuvalNoahHarari #zacharyfoster Support the show

▶️ Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/QhPWFMcBn4s 📚 Book: Devil's Advocate: The Untold Story ✍️ Author: Karan Thapar 📘 Publisher: @harpercollins @HarperCollinsChildrensBooks @HarperCollinsUK 🎙️ Host: @omarrasman Autor's Brief Bio: Karan Thapar is one of the most distinguished journalists to come from India. His journalistic career spans over 40+ years. He has interviewed doctors, politicians, businessmen, scientists, authors, and even the occasional Nobel Laureate. In the past Karan Thapar was associated with @CNN and hosted "The Devil's Advocate" and "The Last Word". WATCH Karan Thapar's show "The Interview" on ▶️ The Wire: @TheWireNews Episode Highlights: 1. Early life in Kashmir and revocation of Kashmir's "Special Status" 2. Army Brat: Father (Army Chief) Pran Nath Thapar 3. Army Chief Sam Manekshaw, Lt Gen JFR Jacob, and the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War 4. Being good friends with @PPP-PakistanPeoplesParty 's Benazir Bhutto 5. Being family friends with Burma's Aung Sun Suu Kyi, @NobelPrize winner 6. The 2017 Rohingya Genocide 7. Relationship with @NarendraModi and the @bjp government 8. Thoughts on making Indian cricket captain Kapil Dev cry during an interview in the year 2000 9. Karan Thapar's book recommendations 10. Karan Thapar's preferred book genre 🐦 Follow Omar on Twitter / X: @OmarNizam #karanthapar #thewire #thewirenews Support the show

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▶️ Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/T-CWN4YZuAI 📚 Book: The Ethnic Cleansing Of Palestine ✍️ Author: Ilan Pappé 📘 Publisher: @Oneworld-publications 🎙️ Host: @omarrasman Summary: British-Israeli author and activist Prof. Dr. Ilan Pappé discusses his 2006 book "The Ethnic Cleansing Of Palestine." Ilan Pappé's bio: ✏️ Ilan Pappé is an Israeli historian, political scientist, and activist. ✏️ He is a professor with the College of Social Sciences and International Studies at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom, director of the university's European Centre for Palestine Studies, and co-director of the Exeter Centre for Ethno-Political Studies. ✏️ Pappé was born in Haifa, Israel. Prior to coming to the UK, he was a senior lecturer in political science at the University of Haifa (1984–2007) and chair of the Emil Touma Institute for Palestinian and Israeli Studies in Haifa (2000–2008). He is the author of Ten Myths About Israel (2017), The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine (2006), The Modern Middle East (2005), A History of Modern Palestine: One Land, Two Peoples (2003), and Britain and the Arab-Israeli Conflict (1988). ✏️ Pappé is one of Israel's New Historians who, since the release of pertinent British and Israeli government documents in the early 1980s, have offered an unconventional view of Israel's creation in 1948, and the corresponding flight and expulsion of 700,000 Palestinians in the same year. He has written that the expulsions were not decided on an ad hoc basis, as other historians have argued, but constituted the ethnic cleansing of Palestine. ▶️ YouTube Links: ▶️ Frank Barat: @FrankBarat77 ▶️ Noam Chomsky: @chomskysphilosophy ▶️ University of Exeter: @universityofexeter 🐦 Follow Omar on Twitter / X: @OmarNizam If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to check out first related episode "The Punishment Of Gaza" with Gideon Levy. Watch now: • 📚 Book: The Punishment Of Gaza | ✍️ A... If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to check out second related episode "On Palestine" with Frank Barat. Watch now: • 📚Book: On Palestine | ✍️Authors: Noam... Support the show

▶️ Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/PRf1Pk4UbF8 📚 Book: On Palestine ✍️ Authors: Noam Chomsky & Ilan Pappé ✏️ Editor: Frank Barat 📘 Publisher: @HaymarketBooks 🎙️ Host: @omarrasman Summary: French activist, author, and film producer FRANK BARAT discusses the history of the book ON PALESTINE which he edited and co-wrote with his activist heroes Prof. Dr. Noam Chomsky & Prof. Dr. Ilan Pappé. Frank's bio: ✏️ Frank Barat is a French activist, author, and film producer. ✏️ He was the coordinator of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine from 2008 until 2014. ✏️ He is the co-founder of BARC Productions, a film production company, created in Brussels in February 2019. ✏️ He has edited books with Noam Chomsky, Ilan Pappé, Ken Loach and Angela Davis. ✏️ His Instagram handle is: @4frankbarat ▶️ YouTube Links: ▶️ Frank Barat: @FrankBarat77 ▶️ Noam Chomsky: @chomskysphilosophy ▶️ Jewish Voice For Peace: @JewishVoiceforPeace ▶️ Norman Finkelstein: @normanfinkelstein-kx5qm ▶️ Yuval Noah Harari: @YuvalNoahHarari ▶️ MIT: @mit ▶️ University of Exeter: @universityofexeter 🐦 Follow Omar on Twitter / X: @OmarNizam If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to check out our related episode "The Punishment Of Gaza" with Gideon Levy. Watch now: https://youtu.be/C7Tkny47fXs #muslim #islam #palestine #palestinian #gaza #israel #israelhamaswar #israelpalestineconflict #noamchomsky #palestine_tv #palestinewillbefree #palestines #palestinewillbefreedom #palestinemustlive #palestine_free #palestine_freedom #palestineforever Explore the podcast Support the show

📚 Book: Heart Tantrums ✍️ Author: Aisha Sarwari (with Yasser Latif Hamdani) 📘 Publishers: @penguinindia @PenguinBooksUK @Hurstpublishers 🎙️ Host: @omarrasman Summary: Ugandan born Pakistani author Aisha Sarwari shares her memoirs of living in a hostile Pakistani community as a half-caste, navigating through the nuances of Pakistani society as a virtual outsider, all the while suffering from systemic misogyny and caregiver fatigue for an ailing husband with a personality altering brain tumor. Aisha's bio: Aisha Sarwari is a public speaker, writer and women's rights advocate. She is the co-founder of Women's Advancement Hub (@womensadvancementhub5437). She has written for the Guardian (@theGuardian), Dawn (@dawnnewspakistan), BBC World (@BBCNews), NPR (@NPR), TRT World (@trtworld) and the Express Tribune (@theexpresstribune). Between San Jose and Islamabad, she has been working in the field of public affairs, and communications for over twenty years across several industries. Her Twitter handle is: @AishaFsarwari. Support the show

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📚Book: "Stories I Must Tell" 📚Genre: Autobiography / Film / History / South Asian History / Religion / Politics ✍️ Author: Kabir Bedi Publisher: ​⁠@WestlandBooks 🎙 Hosted by: ​⁠@omarrasman 🎧 Episode info: A legendary actor whose three decade long career spans Film, Television, and Theatre alike, Bollywood superstar and international megastar KABIR BEDI discusses his 2021 autobiography "Stories I Must Tell". 🖍 Episode Highlights: ✔️ Visit to Dhaka, Bangladesh in July 2023 ✔️ Ode to Rumi series ✔️ Meeting The Beatles in 1963 ✔️ Parents' journey from freedom fighters to spiritual gurus ✔️ Megastardom in Europe with Sandokan ✔️ Octopussy and The Bold and The Beautiful ✔️ Parveen Babi & Protima Bedi ✔️ Future Projects 📚 Book Review 1 by ​⁠@jenn_n_tonik9458: "Stories I Must Tell: The Emotional Life of an Actor" by Kabir Bedi, was one of my favorite reads over the past year. Kabir Bedi's memoir is a delightful gust of fresh air in the celebrity autobiography genre. His recollections and self reflection of a most fascinating life, amounts to duly justifying the title - Stories I Must Tell. Each chapter is dedicated to a figure or experience in Bedi's life. His years with his first wife Protima, followed by his famous relationship with Bollywood superstar Parveen Babi, epitomized 1970’s most ‘liberal’ Bombay lifestyle. An open marriage or living together out of wedlock or running naked on the beach for a photoshoot in 70s India, they were creating stories for the ages. Bedi recollects his time with Babi and her growing mental health problems with the sensitivity of one who truly loved. The passionate love affair with Babi spans over the years when Bedi discovers mega stardom in EU with the Italian pirate adventure "Sandokan". His sudden ultra stardom unfortunately marks the beginning of the end with Babi, as her challenges with mental health grow. This is a chapter for Bollywood buffs to devour, though not in the least sensationalized and written with heart and respect. I was captivated yet again by the section on Bedi's most unusual and mystical parents. Once revolutionaries during the Indo-Pak partition, his Indian father and British mother's lives enigmatically evolve as they embark on two very distinct spiritual journeys, of becoming a spiritual healer and an ordained Tibetan Buddhist nun respectively. Growing up with the Gandhis, interviewing The Beatles, discussing Tagore with Audrey Hepburn are among the many chance encounters or close relationships with global figures. Yet, Bedi writes his stories with utmost humility, addressing his lowest lows, both personal (losing his son) and financial. His own spiritual journey & explaining his respect for all religions are among my favorite parts of the book. I'd highly recommend this memoir as a generally intriguing and fulfilling read on the extraordinary life of a once ordinary Delhi boy. Support the show

📚 Book: The Synoptic Problem ✍️ Author: Mark Goodacre @podacre Prof. Dr. Mark Goodacre discusses his 2001 book "The Synoptic Problem: A Way Through The Maze." Support the show

📚 Book: "Jumbled Up In Jerusalem" ✍️ Author: Julian Bond 🎙 Hosted by: @omarrasman Julian Bond is the ex-Director of the Christian Muslim Forum and a religious pluralist. Follow Julian on Twitter: @julianbond12 Support the show