Send us a text In Episode 45 of Book Café Podcast, we speak to Prof. Dr. Somdeep Sen about his 2020 book "Decolonizing Palestine". Hosted by: Follow Omar on Twitter / X: @OmarNizam Author's bio: Somdeep Sen is Associate Professor in International Development Studies at Roskilde University, Denmark. His research focuses include spatial politics, race and racism in international relations, liberation movements, settler colonialism, postcolonial studies and migration. ...
Send us a text Syrian-born American Mohammed Ferras Alhomsi discusses his work with inter-faith groups and recalls his life as a Muslim living in America in a post-911 world. Hosted by: Guest: Mohammed F. Alhomsi Timestamps: 0:00 - Episode Trailer 1:15 - Guest's introduction 4:28 - From Syria to America 8:21 - Experiencing 9/11 as an Arab-American Muslim 14:55 - Current perception of Arabs & Muslims in America 19:37 - The secret to conducting good interfaith work 25:35 - Impac...
Send us a text In Episode 43 we speak to author, activist, musician, and surgeon DOC JAZZ, a veritable modern day polymath about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Support the show
Send us a text Our host Omar Nizam gives his thoughts on Dr. Craig Considine's recent turnaround from becoming a Pro-Palestine supporter to a Pro-Israeli supporter. Author's bio: Dr. Craig Considine is an award-winning Professor, community builder, and author. He is the author of two books that have been featured on the show. 📚 The Humanity of Muhammad 🎧 Podcast: • 📚 Book: The Humanity of Muhammad | ✍️... 📚 People of the Book 🎧 Podcast: • 📚 Book: People O...
Send us a text Our host Omar Nizam gives his thoughts on Dr. Craig Considine's recent turnaround from becoming a Pro-Palestine supporter to a Pro-Israeli supporter. Author's bio: Dr. Craig Considine is an award-winning Professor, community builder, and author. He is the author of two books that have been featured on the show. 📚 The Humanity of Muhammad 🎧 Podcast: • 📚 Book: The Humanity of Muhammad | ✍️... 📚 People of the Book 🎧 Podcast: • 📚 Book: People O...
Send us a text ▶️ Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ke-TKt-9S1M?si=RKdGNBMkACmfCHYx 📚 Book: The Education Riddle ✍️ Author: Dawood Vaid 📖 Publisher: Self-Published Chapters: 0:00 - Episode trailer 0:26 - Intro 1:38 - Author's bio 2:55 - Definition of Education Riddle & Concept Schooling 6:25 - Rip Van Winkle and stagnation in education 9:24 - The Triangle Theory: The Educator, The Educated, and The Environment 13:40 - Jesse Owens & Adolf Hitler 16:31 - Bahadur Shah Za...
Send us a text 📚 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: &nbs...
Send us a text ▶️ Watch this episode on YouTube: (coming soon) 📚 Book: People Of The Book - Prophet Muhammad's Encounters With Christians ✍️ Author: Craig Considine 📖 Publisher: 🎙 Hosted by: Omar Nizam ✍️ Author's bio: ✝️ Dr. Craig Considine is an award winning professor and the best-selling author. ✝️ He is recognized as an authority in interfaith dialogue. ✝️ He has written seven books and multiple articles for the field of Christian-Muslim relations and Islamic studies...
Send us a text ▶️ 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...
Send us a text ▶️ 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. 🇵🇸...
Send us a text ▶️ 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 visit...
Send us a text ▶️ 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
Send us a text ▶️ 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 @cambridgeu...
Send us a text ▶️ 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" ...
Send us a text ▶️ 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 thous...
Send us a text ▶️ 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 Lau...
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Send us a text ▶️ 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 Int...
Send us a text ▶️ 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, an...