Makdisi Street

A podcast co-hosted by Saree Makdisi, Ussama Makdisi, and Karim Makdisi. Follow us on X: @MakdisiStreet Follow us on YouTube: @MakdisiStreet

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Christmas—and Christians—in Palestine w/ Dr. Mitri Raheb

The brothers welcome Dr. Mitri Raheb to the show to talk about the role and visibility of Christians in Palestine’s ecumenical culture, so-called Christian Zionism, and how the Bible can be read either as a text authorizing empire and genocide (as with Netanyahu citing the extirpation of the Amalek) or as a text calling for liberation, equality, justice and resistance to empire. Check out his books, Decolonizing Palestine: The Land, The People, The Bible (2023) and I Am a Palestinian Christian G...

Dec 24, 2023•1 hr 14 min

The day after in Gaza w/ Dr. Ghassan Abu Sittah

The brothers welcome this extraordinary Palestinian physician, @GhassanAbuSitt1, to the show, to talk about his recent experience in Gaza in comparison with other Israeli attacks on Gaza (2014, 2008-9). “One of the aims of catastrophization, the creation of a self-sustaining catastrophe in Gaza,” Abu Sittah warns, “is that, once there is a ceasefire, the catastrophe is able to continue, with the help of the siege. And so, my biggest worry about the day after is that the Israelis will be allowed ...

Dec 21, 2023•1 hr 10 min

"The beginning of the end of the Zionist project?" w/ Ilan Pappé

In this episode, the brothers interview the historian Ilan Pappé , best known for his 2006 book The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine , in order to gain some historical perspective on the catastrophe unfolding in Gaza as well as what the current situation tells us about shifting global and local attitudes and even how one can start to anticipate the terminal stage of the Zionist project in Palestine—and what that means for the future. Date of recording: December 12, 2023. Follow us on X: @MakdisiStr...

Dec 13, 2023•1 hr 39 min

"I just look for the day there will be justice" w/ Francesca Albanese

The Makdisi brothers welcome Francesca Albanese ( @FranceskAlbs ), the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, to the podcast. The discussion covers international humanitarian law, the concept of self-defense as it is understood in international law, the right to resist military occupation, the specificities of settler colonial occupation, and the question of justice given the Israeli bombardment of Gaza. Date of recording: December 4, 2023 Watch this episode...

Dec 04, 2023•1 hr 13 min

"Saying ‘pauses’ implies there’s more harm to come"

In this episode, we discuss the international backdrop to the Gaza ceasefire/truce/pause (and what the distinctions are among all those terms). We also cover Israeli and US aims for Gaza in view of resistance on the ground and their failure to achieve their objectives in the 2006 war in Lebanon, as well as the significance of the prisoner exchange for the local legitimacy and standing of Hamas. Date of recording: November 26, 2023. Watch this episode on YouTube Follow us on X: @MakdisiStreet Fol...

Nov 26, 2023•1 hr 8 min

"An unmitigated human catastrophe"

In this episode, we discuss the coverage and framing of the ongoing Israeli bombardment of Gaza including media narratives, gaps between popular and establishment positions, and the stifling of dissent in the academy. Date of Recording: November 14, 2023. Music by Hadiiiiii Follow us on X: @MakdisiStreet Follow us on YouTube: @MakdisiStreet...

Nov 25, 2023•49 min

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