Category Archives: Podcast
Listen – Israel: Only “severe sanctions” will bring about change – Miko Peled
Mohamed El-Doufani writes:
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Listen – Britain’s media: Timid, deficient and biased
Retired British media executive Grahame Perrie analyses the possible reasons for the British media’s inadequate reporting of the Palestine-Israel conflict, the Russia-Ukraine war and elsewhere, including failure to challenge the politically-motivated definition of anti-Semitism, skirting around vital issues that are critical to understanding a story, and lack of investigative journalism in the Ukraine-Russia conflict. Read more [...]
Listen – Tunisia: Back to the future?
Mohamed El-Doufani writes:
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Listen – Iran: Between conflict and stagnation
Mohamed El-Doufani writes:
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Listen – Libya: The curse of the militias
Libyan activist and popular rapper Assem Mihirig shares with us a deeply insightful analysis, derived from direct experience, of the workings and power of the militias blighting the Libya and the thinking of their leaders, and offers a view of how they can be dealt with. Read more [...]
Listen – Libya in chaos: What prospects are there for peace, democracy and stability?
Mohamed El-Doufani* writes:
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Listen: Social media as a weapon in the Syrian civil war
Amira Galal, a specialist in online harmful speech, discusses the role of social media in the Syrian civil war, from fake news and images disseminated by both the opposition groups and the government, to recruitment for the pro- and anti-government militias, to the promotion of sectarianism — the latter often hidden in the comments sections of social media postings. Read more [...]
Listen: “The Iranian threat” – real or imagined?
Mohamed El-Doufani* writes
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Trailer: Five Minutes to Midnight – a new podcast covering current international issues
Mohamed El-Doufani* writes:
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