Podcasts about ghaith

  • 67PODCASTS
  • 142EPISODES
  • 28mAVG DURATION
  • ?INFREQUENT EPISODES
  • Feb 17, 2025LATEST

POPULARITY

20172018201920202021202220232024


Best podcasts about ghaith

Latest podcast episodes about ghaith

Fareed Zakaria GPS
Former Palestinian Negotiator on Trump's Plan to ‘Take Over' Gaza

Fareed Zakaria GPS

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2025 42:57


Today on the show, guest anchor Bianna Golodryga is joined by Yaroslav Trofimov, the Wall Street Journal's chief foreign affairs correspondent, to discuss President Trump's call with President Putin, and the potential for peace talks that exclude Ukraine. Then, Bianna speaks with Alexander Gabuev, director of the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center, about how this is playing out in Moscow.    Next, former Palestinian negotiator and senior fellow at the Washington Institute Ghaith al-Omari joins the show to discuss Trump's plan to “take over” Gaza, and how Egypt and Jordan are responding.    After that, Quinta Jurecic, senior fellow at Brookings, speaks with Bianna about whether the Trump administration will comply with the various court orders blocking some of their more controversial actions, and whether the US is in the midst of a constitutional crisis.    Finally, The Atlantic's CEO Nicholas Thompson joins to discuss Elon Musk's unprecedented influence on the Trump administration and threats to freedom of the press in the United States.    GUESTS: Yaroslav Trofimov (@yarotrof); Alexander Gabuev (@AlexGabuev); Ghaith al-Omari; Quinta Jurecic; Nicholas Thompson (@nxthompson)  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Lawfare Podcast
Lawfare Archive: The West Bank and the Israel-Hamas War

The Lawfare Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2025 55:57


From November 3, 2023: Since Hamas's attack on Israel on Oct. 7, the Israel-Hamas war has largely been fought in Gaza, a small strip of land along the border of the Mediterranean Sea. But farther inland, there has been an uptick in hostilities between Israelis and Palestinians in the Palestinian territory of the West Bank. Israeli human rights organization B'Tselem says that at least 13 Palestinian herding communities in the West Bank have been forcibly displaced since the beginning of the war due to Israeli settler violence and intimidation, and nearly 100 Palestinians in the territory are reported to have been killed since the war began by both Israeli military strikes as well as settler violence. The fraught relationship between the Israeli government, Israeli settlers, Palestinians, and the Palestinian Authority are not new. But in part because of those existing issues, the West Bank has the potential to expand and complicate the bounds of the Israel-Hamas war—and some may argue that that is already underway. To understand how the West Bank fits into the ongoing hostilities between Israel and Hamas, Lawfare Associate Editor Hyemin Han spoke to Dan Byman from the Center for Strategic & International Studies, who is also Lawfare's Foreign Policy Editor; Ghaith al-Omari of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy; and Scott R. Anderson, Lawfare Senior Editor and Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution. They talked about the international law that currently governs the rules of engagement in the West Bank, the political responses of the Israeli government and other Arab states, and how West Bank dynamics will impact the broader outcomes of the Israel-Hamas war. To receive ad-free podcasts, become a Lawfare Material Supporter at www.patreon.com/lawfare. You can also support Lawfare by making a one-time donation at https://givebutter.com/lawfare-institute.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Lawfare Podcast
Lawfare Archive: Hamas's Attack on Israel and What Comes Next

The Lawfare Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2024 59:39


From October 11, 2023: This past Saturday, the terrorist group Hamas launched an unprecedented raid from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel that left more than 1000 people – most of them Israeli civilians, many of them women, children, and the elderly – brutally murdered. Dozens more were taken as hostages back into Gaza. A shocked Israel has in turn responded with missile attacks into Gaza that have killed more than 800 Palestinians there, and is planning a broader offensive there. And as people search for more information on what's transpired, there are concerns that events may yet spiral out into a broader regional war – one that, among other consequences, might derail efforts at normalization in the Israeli-Saudi relationship that have been a major focus of the United States in recent weeks.To discuss these tragic events and their potentially seismic consequences, Lawfare Senior Editor Scott Anderson sat down with a panel of leading experts: Natan Sachs, Fellow at the Brookings Institution and director of our Center for Middle East Policy; Dan Byman, from the Center for Strategic & International Studies as well as Lawfare's foreign policy editor; Ghaith al-Omeri of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy; and Lawfare's own Editor-In-Chief Benjamin Wittes. They discussed the ripple effects the attack is having throughout the region, the role that Iran and other actors may have played, and what it may yet mean for the region and the broader world.Please note that this episode contains content that some people may find disturbing. Listener discretion is advised.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Politics with Michelle Grattan
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Ghaith Krayem on Muslim votes mattering

Politics with Michelle Grattan

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2024 23:13


Today we're joined on the podcast by Ghaith Krayem, a spokesman for the group Muslim Votes Matter. The group plans to back candidates who support the issues it says Muslims care about. 

Mitchell Report Unleashed Podcast
Episode 502: Boost Your Startup with Effective Networking w/ Mohamed Ghaith

Mitchell Report Unleashed Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2024 45:47


Get ready to master global scaling without losing your sanity! In this episode, we deep dive into the world of tech, business, and startups. Discover how to overcome the key challenges businesses face when scaling globally. Explore tips and strategies from  @boredmoh   as he shares his personal journey, insights, and experiences.→ CONTACT WITH MOHAMED GHAITH ← INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/boredmoh/FOUNDER Of WhatTheAI: https://whattheai.techFOUNDER of Stunning AI Website: https://stunning.soFOUNDER of Zeew: https://zeew.euABOUT PAGE: https://mohamedghaith.comCHAPTERS: 00:00 - Challenges when scaling globally 1:45 - Importance of networking 4:04 - How do you handle negative comments 8:16 - How did you start your business 10:38 - How to start a business with no money 16:52 - The power of working from home 19:50 - Sometimes turbulence is good for you 21:50 - How AI changed the business 27:20 - Will big businesses adopt AI 31:16 - How AI Will Change Mobile 32:00 - How AI Will Change Retail 33:18 - How AI Will Change Your Photos 33:40 - How AI Will Change Your Notes 34:00 - How AI Will Change Your Calls 34:35 - You Can't Unsee AI 35:40 - How AI Will Change Fantasy Football 36:50 - Don't Be Scared of AI 37:40 - AI Tools Are Affordable 38:44 - What's Next for Muhammad 41:15 - Customer Retention is Key 44:50 - Where to Find Muhammad

Inside The Epicenter With Joel Rosenberg
Ghaith Al-Omari - Exploring Hope, Reform, and Compassion #197

Inside The Epicenter With Joel Rosenberg

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2024 49:24


Welcome back to Inside the Epicenter! In today's episode, we delve deep into the complexities of Palestinian sentiment and the challenging reality of speaking out against the war in Gaza. Our guest, Ghaith Al Omari, shares insightful perspectives on the lack of moral leadership among Palestinians, the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood, and the shifting support for a two-state solution. Host Joel Rosenberg and Ghaith also discuss the limitations of polling data during times of war, the need for compassion for both Israelis and Palestinians and the potential for Palestinian reform. Join us as we explore these critical issues and seek constructive paths forward. (05:03) Palestinian hope: Polling credibility in wartime. (09:02) Failure, trauma, lack of moral leadership. (11:20) Bahraini prince condemns Hamas questions lack of voices. (19:18) Difference between West Bank and Israeli perspectives. (23:34) Public support is not necessarily linked to a solution. (26:59) 89% of Palestinians want Abbas to resign. (28:39) Competition is corrupt, inefficient, non-democratic, and worrisome. (32:32) Evangelical compassion for Palestinians and Proverbs 31. (37:09) Arab Sunni Arabs pushing for Salaam Fayyad. (40:22) Abbas tests US leadership with a weak appointment. (42:56) Stay hopeful, act, don't succumb to despair. (46:43 Abraham Accords spark hope for Arab reform. Learn more about The Joshua Fund. Make a tax-deductible donation. The Joshua Fund Stock Media provided by DimmySad/Pond5 Verse of the Day: Proverbs 13:8-9 - open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all the unfortunate. Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the rights of the afflicted and the needy.  Prayer Request:Let's be praying that evangelicals ourselves would show compassion and find ways, practical ways to bless Israel and her Palestinian neighbors in a difficult time. Pray for God to show mercy and bring healing, supernatural healing, to Israelis and Palestinians who have been traumatized and wounded, scarred deeply by this horrible war.   Related Episodes: Can Hamas Be Defeated? #196 Insights into Israel's Two-State Solution Challenges #195 Jonathan Conricus on Israel's Strategic Challenges #192 Special Update: Israel at War #127 Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

The John Batchelor Show
ANOTHER AMERICAN OCCUPATION FAILURE NOT DISCUSSED BY THE CANDIDATES: 6/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad

The John Batchelor Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2024 7:00


ANOTHER AMERICAN OCCUPATION FAILURE NOT DISCUSSED BY THE CANDIDATES: 6/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War by  Ghaith Abdul-Ahad https://www.amazon.com/Stranger-Your-Own-City-Travels/dp/0593536886/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A Stranger in Your Own City is award-winning writer Ghaith Abdul-Ahad's vivid, shattering response. This is not a book about Iraq's history or an inventory of the many Middle Eastern wars that have consumed the nation over the past several decades. This is the tale of a people who once lived under the rule of a megalomaniacal leader who shaped the state in his own image; a people who watched a foreign army invade, topple that leader, demolish the state, and then invent a new country; who experienced the horror of having their home fragmented into a hundred different cities. When the “Shock and Awe” campaign began in March 2003, Abdul-Ahad was an architect. Within months he would become a translator, then a fixer, then a reporter for The Guardian and elsewhere, chronicling the unbuilding of his centuries-old cosmopolitan city. Beginning at that moment and spanning twenty years, Abdul-Ahad's book centers on the West and in its place focuses on everyday people, soldiers, mercenaries, citizens blown side 1963 BAGHDAD

The John Batchelor Show
ANOTHER AMERICAN OCCUPATION FAILURE NOT DISCUSSED BY THE CANDIDATES: 8/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad

The John Batchelor Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2024 7:40


ANOTHER AMERICAN OCCUPATION FAILURE NOT DISCUSSED BY THE CANDIDATES: 8/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War by  Ghaith Abdul-Ahad https://www.amazon.com/Stranger-Your-Own-City-Travels/dp/0593536886/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A Stranger in Your Own City is award-winning writer Ghaith Abdul-Ahad's vivid, shattering response. This is not a book about Iraq's history or an inventory of the many Middle Eastern wars that have consumed the nation over the past several decades. This is the tale of a people who once lived under the rule of a megalomaniacal leader who shaped the state in his own image; a people who watched a foreign army invade, topple that leader, demolish the state, and then invent a new country; who experienced the horror of having their home fragmented into a hundred different cities. When the “Shock and Awe” campaign began in March 2003, Abdul-Ahad was an architect. Within months he would become a translator, then a fixer, then a reporter for The Guardian and elsewhere, chronicling the unbuilding of his centuries-old cosmopolitan city. Beginning at that moment and spanning twenty years, Abdul-Ahad's book centers on the West and in its place focuses on everyday people, soldiers, mercenaries, citizens blown side 1932 BAGHDAD

The John Batchelor Show
ANOTHER AMERICAN OCCUPATION FAILURE NOT DISCUSSED BY THE CANDIDATES: 7/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad

The John Batchelor Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2024 12:00


ANOTHER AMERICAN OCCUPATION FAILURE NOT DISCUSSED BY THE CANDIDATES: 7/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War by  Ghaith Abdul-Ahad https://www.amazon.com/Stranger-Your-Own-City-Travels/dp/0593536886/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A Stranger in Your Own City is award-winning writer Ghaith Abdul-Ahad's vivid, shattering response. This is not a book about Iraq's history or an inventory of the many Middle Eastern wars that have consumed the nation over the past several decades. This is the tale of a people who once lived under the rule of a megalomaniacal leader who shaped the state in his own image; a people who watched a foreign army invade, topple that leader, demolish the state, and then invent a new country; who experienced the horror of having their home fragmented into a hundred different cities. When the “Shock and Awe” campaign began in March 2003, Abdul-Ahad was an architect. Within months he would become a translator, then a fixer, then a reporter for The Guardian and elsewhere, chronicling the unbuilding of his centuries-old cosmopolitan city. Beginning at that moment and spanning twenty years, Abdul-Ahad's book centers on the West and in its place focuses on everyday people, soldiers, mercenaries, citizens blown side 1932 BAGHDAD

The John Batchelor Show
ANOTHER AMERICAN OCCUPATION FAILURE NOT DISCUSSED BY THE CANDIDATES: 5/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad

The John Batchelor Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2024 10:50


ANOTHER AMERICAN OCCUPATION FAILURE NOT DISCUSSED BY THE CANDIDATES: 5/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War by  Ghaith Abdul-Ahad https://www.amazon.com/Stranger-Your-Own-City-Travels/dp/0593536886/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A Stranger in Your Own City is award-winning writer Ghaith Abdul-Ahad's vivid, shattering response. This is not a book about Iraq's history or an inventory of the many Middle Eastern wars that have consumed the nation over the past several decades. This is the tale of a people who once lived under the rule of a megalomaniacal leader who shaped the state in his own image; a people who watched a foreign army invade, topple that leader, demolish the state, and then invent a new country; who experienced the horror of having their home fragmented into a hundred different cities. When the “Shock and Awe” campaign began in March 2003, Abdul-Ahad was an architect. Within months he would become a translator, then a fixer, then a reporter for The Guardian and elsewhere, chronicling the unbuilding of his centuries-old cosmopolitan city. Beginning at that moment and spanning twenty years, Abdul-Ahad's book centers on the West and in its place focuses on everyday people, soldiers, mercenaries, citizens blown side 1932 BAGHDAD

The John Batchelor Show
ANOTHER AMERICAN OCCUPATION FAILURE NOT DISCUSSED BY THE CANDIDATES: 4/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad

The John Batchelor Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2024 6:55


ANOTHER AMERICAN OCCUPATION FAILURE NOT DISCUSSED BY THE CANDIDATES: 4/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War by  Ghaith Abdul-Ahad https://www.amazon.com/Stranger-Your-Own-City-Travels/dp/0593536886/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A Stranger in Your Own City is award-winning writer Ghaith Abdul-Ahad's vivid, shattering response. This is not a book about Iraq's history or an inventory of the many Middle Eastern wars that have consumed the nation over the past several decades. This is the tale of a people who once lived under the rule of a megalomaniacal leader who shaped the state in his own image; a people who watched a foreign army invade, topple that leader, demolish the state, and then invent a new country; who experienced the horror of having their home fragmented into a hundred different cities. When the “Shock and Awe” campaign began in March 2003, Abdul-Ahad was an architect. Within months he would become a translator, then a fixer, then a reporter for The Guardian and elsewhere, chronicling the unbuilding of his centuries-old cosmopolitan city. Beginning at that moment and spanning twenty years, Abdul-Ahad's book centers on the West and in its place focuses on everyday people, soldiers, mercenaries, citizens blown side 1918 BAGHDAD

The John Batchelor Show
ANOTHER AMERICAN OCCUPATION FAILURE NOT DISCUSSED BY THE CANDIDATES: 3/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad

The John Batchelor Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2024 12:45


ANOTHER AMERICAN OCCUPATION FAILURE NOT DISCUSSED BY THE CANDIDATES: 3/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War by  Ghaith Abdul-Ahad https://www.amazon.com/Stranger-Your-Own-City-Travels/dp/0593536886/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A Stranger in Your Own City is award-winning writer Ghaith Abdul-Ahad's vivid, shattering response. This is not a book about Iraq's history or an inventory of the many Middle Eastern wars that have consumed the nation over the past several decades. This is the tale of a people who once lived under the rule of a megalomaniacal leader who shaped the state in his own image; a people who watched a foreign army invade, topple that leader, demolish the state, and then invent a new country; who experienced the horror of having their home fragmented into a hundred different cities. When the “Shock and Awe” campaign began in March 2003, Abdul-Ahad was an architect. Within months he would become a translator, then a fixer, then a reporter for The Guardian and elsewhere, chronicling the unbuilding of his centuries-old cosmopolitan city. Beginning at that moment and spanning twenty years, Abdul-Ahad's book centers on the West and in its place focuses on everyday people, soldiers, mercenaries, citizens blown side 1920 BAGHDAD

The John Batchelor Show
ANOTHER AMERICAN OCCUPATION FAILURE NOT DISCUSSED BY THE CANDIDATES: 2/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad

The John Batchelor Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2024 8:35


ANOTHER AMERICAN OCCUPATION FAILURE NOT DISCUSSED BY THE CANDIDATES: 2/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War by  Ghaith Abdul-Ahad https://www.amazon.com/Stranger-Your-Own-City-Travels/dp/0593536886/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A Stranger in Your Own City is award-winning writer Ghaith Abdul-Ahad's vivid, shattering response. This is not a book about Iraq's history or an inventory of the many Middle Eastern wars that have consumed the nation over the past several decades. This is the tale of a people who once lived under the rule of a megalomaniacal leader who shaped the state in his own image; a people who watched a foreign army invade, topple that leader, demolish the state, and then invent a new country; who experienced the horror of having their home fragmented into a hundred different cities. When the “Shock and Awe” campaign began in March 2003, Abdul-Ahad was an architect. Within months he would become a translator, then a fixer, then a reporter for The Guardian and elsewhere, chronicling the unbuilding of his centuries-old cosmopolitan city. Beginning at that moment and spanning twenty years, Abdul-Ahad's book centers on the West and in its place focuses on everyday people, soldiers, mercenaries, citizens blown side 1925 BAGHDAD

The John Batchelor Show
ANOTHER AMERICAN OCCUPATION FAILURE NOT DISCUSSED BY THE CANDIDATES: 1/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad

The John Batchelor Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2024 9:15


ANOTHER AMERICAN OCCUPATION FAILURE NOT DISCUSSED BY THE CANDIDATES: 1/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War by  Ghaith Abdul-Ahad https://www.amazon.com/Stranger-Your-Own-City-Travels/dp/0593536886/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A Stranger in Your Own City is award-winning writer Ghaith Abdul-Ahad's vivid, shattering response. This is not a book about Iraq's history or an inventory of the many Middle Eastern wars that have consumed the nation over the past several decades. This is the tale of a people who once lived under the rule of a megalomaniacal leader who shaped the state in his own image; a people who watched a foreign army invade, topple that leader, demolish the state, and then invent a new country; who experienced the horror of having their home fragmented into a hundred different cities. When the “Shock and Awe” campaign began in March 2003, Abdul-Ahad was an architect. Within months he would become a translator, then a fixer, then a reporter for The Guardian and elsewhere, chronicling the unbuilding of his centuries-old cosmopolitan city. Beginning at that moment and spanning twenty years, Abdul-Ahad's book centers on the West and in its place focuses on everyday people, soldiers, mercenaries, citizens blown side 1932 BAGHDAD

FDD Events Podcast
FDD Morning Brief | feat. Ghaith Al-Omari (Jun. 12)

FDD Events Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2024 22:42


FDD Senior Vice President Jonathan Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis on headlines of the Middle East, followed by a conversation with Ghaith Al-Omari, Senior Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, who previously held various positions within the Palestinian Authority.Learn more at: fdd.org/fddmorningbrief/

Un jour dans le monde
Paroles d'exilés, des vies entre deux pays

Un jour dans le monde

Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2024 36:11


durée : 00:36:11 - Le 18/20 · Un jour dans le monde - par : Fabienne Sintes - Sara, Hasan, Ghaith et Khairy sont syriens, réfugiés en France pour fuir la guerre. Laurent Rodriguez, réalisateur, les a suivis avec sa caméra durant six ans : il en a fait un documentaire. “Même si tu vas sur la lune” est le récit de vies qui changent, de parcours d'intégration - réalisé par : Tristan Gratalon

InterNational
Paroles d'exilés, des vies entre deux pays

InterNational

Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2024 36:11


durée : 00:36:11 - Le 18/20 · Un jour dans le monde - par : Fabienne Sintes - Sara, Hasan, Ghaith et Khairy sont syriens, réfugiés en France pour fuir la guerre. Laurent Rodriguez, réalisateur, les a suivis avec sa caméra durant six ans : il en a fait un documentaire. “Même si tu vas sur la lune” est le récit de vies qui changent, de parcours d'intégration - réalisé par : Tristan Gratalon

PVRoundup Podcast
Specialist Spotlight: Raajit K. Rampal, MD, PhD and Ghaith Abu‑Zeinah, MD on Managing Splenomegaly in Myelofibrosis

PVRoundup Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2024 12:07


Drs. Ghaith Abu‑Zeinah and Raajit K. Rampal share their insights into managing splenomegaly in myelofibrosis and the impact that spleen reduction can have on patients and outcomes.

PVRoundup Podcast
Specialist Spotlight: Raajit K. Rampal, MD, PhD and Ghaith Abu‑Zeinah, MD on Sequencing JAK inhibitors in Myelofibrosis

PVRoundup Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2024 11:43


In this specialist spotlight, Drs. Raajit K. Rampal and Ghaith Abu‑Zeinah share their insights into the sequencing of JAK inhibitors in myelofibrosis and the factors that can influence this sequencing.

The John Batchelor Show
5/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War Hardcover – Deckle Edge, March 14, 2023 by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad

The John Batchelor Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2024 10:50


5/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War Hardcover – Deckle Edge, March 14, 2023 by  Ghaith Abdul-Ahad  https://www.amazon.com/Stranger-Your-Own-City-Travels/dp/0593536886/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A Stranger in Your Own City is award-winning writer Ghaith Abdul-Ahad's vivid, shattering response. This is not a book about Iraq's history or an inventory of the many Middle Eastern wars that have consumed the nation over the past several decades. This is the tale of a people who once lived under the rule of a megalomaniacal leader who shaped the state in his own image; a people who watched a foreign army invade, topple that leader, demolish the state, and then invent a new country; who experienced the horror of having their home fragmented into a hundred different cities. When the “Shock and Awe” campaign began in March 2003, Abdul-Ahad was an architect. Within months he would become a translator, then a fixer, then a reporter for The Guardian and elsewhere, chronicling the unbuilding of his centuries-old cosmopolitan city. Beginning at that moment and spanning twenty years, Abdul-Ahad's book decenters the West and in its place focuses on everyday people, soldiers, mercenaries, citizens blown sideways through life by the war, and the proliferation of sectarian battles that continue to this day. Here is their Iraq, seen from the inside: the human cost of violence, the shifting allegiances, the generational change. 1932 AL GAT'A BRODGE BAGHDAD

The John Batchelor Show
1/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War Hardcover – Deckle Edge, March 14, 2023 by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad

The John Batchelor Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2024 9:15


1/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War Hardcover – Deckle Edge, March 14, 2023 by  Ghaith Abdul-Ahad  https://www.amazon.com/Stranger-Your-Own-City-Travels/dp/0593536886/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A Stranger in Your Own City is award-winning writer Ghaith Abdul-Ahad's vivid, shattering response. This is not a book about Iraq's history or an inventory of the many Middle Eastern wars that have consumed the nation over the past several decades. This is the tale of a people who once lived under the rule of a megalomaniacal leader who shaped the state in his own image; a people who watched a foreign army invade, topple that leader, demolish the state, and then invent a new country; who experienced the horror of having their home fragmented into a hundred different cities. When the “Shock and Awe” campaign began in March 2003, Abdul-Ahad was an architect. Within months he would become a translator, then a fixer, then a reporter for The Guardian and elsewhere, chronicling the unbuilding of his centuries-old cosmopolitan city. Beginning at that moment and spanning twenty years, Abdul-Ahad's book decenters the West and in its place focuses on everyday people, soldiers, mercenaries, citizens blown sideways through life by the war, and the proliferation of sectarian battles that continue to this day. Here is their Iraq, seen from the inside: the human cost of violence, the shifting allegiances, the generational change. 1900 GERMAN BAGHDAD RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION

The John Batchelor Show
2/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War Hardcover – Deckle Edge, March 14, 2023 by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad

The John Batchelor Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2024 8:35


2/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War Hardcover – Deckle Edge, March 14, 2023 by  Ghaith Abdul-Ahad  https://www.amazon.com/Stranger-Your-Own-City-Travels/dp/0593536886/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A Stranger in Your Own City is award-winning writer Ghaith Abdul-Ahad's vivid, shattering response. This is not a book about Iraq's history or an inventory of the many Middle Eastern wars that have consumed the nation over the past several decades. This is the tale of a people who once lived under the rule of a megalomaniacal leader who shaped the state in his own image; a people who watched a foreign army invade, topple that leader, demolish the state, and then invent a new country; who experienced the horror of having their home fragmented into a hundred different cities. When the “Shock and Awe” campaign began in March 2003, Abdul-Ahad was an architect. Within months he would become a translator, then a fixer, then a reporter for The Guardian and elsewhere, chronicling the unbuilding of his centuries-old cosmopolitan city. Beginning at that moment and spanning twenty years, Abdul-Ahad's book decenters the West and in its place focuses on everyday people, soldiers, mercenaries, citizens blown sideways through life by the war, and the proliferation of sectarian battles that continue to this day. Here is their Iraq, seen from the inside: the human cost of violence, the shifting allegiances, the generational change. 1917 GERMAN TURKEY BAGHDAD RAILROAD

The John Batchelor Show
3/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War Hardcover – Deckle Edge, March 14, 2023 by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad

The John Batchelor Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2024 12:40


3/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War Hardcover – Deckle Edge, March 14, 2023 by  Ghaith Abdul-Ahad  https://www.amazon.com/Stranger-Your-Own-City-Travels/dp/0593536886/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A Stranger in Your Own City is award-winning writer Ghaith Abdul-Ahad's vivid, shattering response. This is not a book about Iraq's history or an inventory of the many Middle Eastern wars that have consumed the nation over the past several decades. This is the tale of a people who once lived under the rule of a megalomaniacal leader who shaped the state in his own image; a people who watched a foreign army invade, topple that leader, demolish the state, and then invent a new country; who experienced the horror of having their home fragmented into a hundred different cities. When the “Shock and Awe” campaign began in March 2003, Abdul-Ahad was an architect. Within months he would become a translator, then a fixer, then a reporter for The Guardian and elsewhere, chronicling the unbuilding of his centuries-old cosmopolitan city. Beginning at that moment and spanning twenty years, Abdul-Ahad's book decenters the West and in its place focuses on everyday people, soldiers, mercenaries, citizens blown sideways through life by the war, and the proliferation of sectarian battles that continue to this day. Here is their Iraq, seen from the inside: the human cost of violence, the shifting allegiances, the generational change. 1910 GERMAN TURKEY BAGHDAD RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION

The John Batchelor Show
4/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War Hardcover – Deckle Edge, March 14, 2023 by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad

The John Batchelor Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2024 7:00


4/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War Hardcover – Deckle Edge, March 14, 2023 by  Ghaith Abdul-Ahad  https://www.amazon.com/Stranger-Your-Own-City-Travels/dp/0593536886/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A Stranger in Your Own City is award-winning writer Ghaith Abdul-Ahad's vivid, shattering response. This is not a book about Iraq's history or an inventory of the many Middle Eastern wars that have consumed the nation over the past several decades. This is the tale of a people who once lived under the rule of a megalomaniacal leader who shaped the state in his own image; a people who watched a foreign army invade, topple that leader, demolish the state, and then invent a new country; who experienced the horror of having their home fragmented into a hundred different cities. When the “Shock and Awe” campaign began in March 2003, Abdul-Ahad was an architect. Within months he would become a translator, then a fixer, then a reporter for The Guardian and elsewhere, chronicling the unbuilding of his centuries-old cosmopolitan city. Beginning at that moment and spanning twenty years, Abdul-Ahad's book decenters the West and in its place focuses on everyday people, soldiers, mercenaries, citizens blown sideways through life by the war, and the proliferation of sectarian battles that continue to this day. Here is their Iraq, seen from the inside: the human cost of violence, the shifting allegiances, the generational change. 1923 BAGHDAD

The John Batchelor Show
6/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War Hardcover – Deckle Edge, March 14, 2023 by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad

The John Batchelor Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2024 7:00


6/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War Hardcover – Deckle Edge, March 14, 2023 by  Ghaith Abdul-Ahad  https://www.amazon.com/Stranger-Your-Own-City-Travels/dp/0593536886/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A Stranger in Your Own City is award-winning writer Ghaith Abdul-Ahad's vivid, shattering response. This is not a book about Iraq's history or an inventory of the many Middle Eastern wars that have consumed the nation over the past several decades. This is the tale of a people who once lived under the rule of a megalomaniacal leader who shaped the state in his own image; a people who watched a foreign army invade, topple that leader, demolish the state, and then invent a new country; who experienced the horror of having their home fragmented into a hundred different cities. When the “Shock and Awe” campaign began in March 2003, Abdul-Ahad was an architect. Within months he would become a translator, then a fixer, then a reporter for The Guardian and elsewhere, chronicling the unbuilding of his centuries-old cosmopolitan city. Beginning at that moment and spanning twenty years, Abdul-Ahad's book decenters the West and in its place focuses on everyday people, soldiers, mercenaries, citizens blown sideways through life by the war, and the proliferation of sectarian battles that continue to this day. Here is their Iraq, seen from the inside: the human cost of violence, the shifting allegiances, the generational change. 1932 KATAH BRIDGE OVER TIGRIS BAGHDAD

The John Batchelor Show
7/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War Hardcover – Deckle Edge, March 14, 2023 by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad

The John Batchelor Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2024 11:40


7/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War Hardcover – Deckle Edge, March 14, 2023 by  Ghaith Abdul-Ahad  https://www.amazon.com/Stranger-Your-Own-City-Travels/dp/0593536886/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A Stranger in Your Own City is award-winning writer Ghaith Abdul-Ahad's vivid, shattering response. This is not a book about Iraq's history or an inventory of the many Middle Eastern wars that have consumed the nation over the past several decades. This is the tale of a people who once lived under the rule of a megalomaniacal leader who shaped the state in his own image; a people who watched a foreign army invade, topple that leader, demolish the state, and then invent a new country; who experienced the horror of having their home fragmented into a hundred different cities. When the “Shock and Awe” campaign began in March 2003, Abdul-Ahad was an architect. Within months he would become a translator, then a fixer, then a reporter for The Guardian and elsewhere, chronicling the unbuilding of his centuries-old cosmopolitan city. Beginning at that moment and spanning twenty years, Abdul-Ahad's book decenters the West and in its place focuses on everyday people, soldiers, mercenaries, citizens blown sideways through life by the war, and the proliferation of sectarian battles that continue to this day. Here is their Iraq, seen from the inside: the human cost of violence, the shifting allegiances, the generational change. 1932. TWO RAF OFFICERS. ONE AUSTRALIAN OFFICER, UNIDENTIFIED IRAQI OFFICIAL

The John Batchelor Show
8/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War Hardcover – Deckle Edge, March 14, 2023 by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad

The John Batchelor Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2024 8:00


8/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War Hardcover – Deckle Edge, March 14, 2023 by  Ghaith Abdul-Ahad  https://www.amazon.com/Stranger-Your-Own-City-Travels/dp/0593536886/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A Stranger in Your Own City is award-winning writer Ghaith Abdul-Ahad's vivid, shattering response. This is not a book about Iraq's history or an inventory of the many Middle Eastern wars that have consumed the nation over the past several decades. This is the tale of a people who once lived under the rule of a megalomaniacal leader who shaped the state in his own image; a people who watched a foreign army invade, topple that leader, demolish the state, and then invent a new country; who experienced the horror of having their home fragmented into a hundred different cities. When the “Shock and Awe” campaign began in March 2003, Abdul-Ahad was an architect. Within months he would become a translator, then a fixer, then a reporter for The Guardian and elsewhere, chronicling the unbuilding of his centuries-old cosmopolitan city. Beginning at that moment and spanning twenty years, Abdul-Ahad's book decenters the West and in its place focuses on everyday people, soldiers, mercenaries, citizens blown sideways through life by the war, and the proliferation of sectarian battles that continue to this day. Here is their Iraq, seen from the inside: the human cost of violence, the shifting allegiances, the generational change. 1932 AIR ROUTE AMMAN TO BAGHDAD.

The John Batchelor Show
PREVEW: More from the two-hour conversation with journalist and memorist Ghaith Abdul-Ahad re his careful chronicle and analysis of the calamity of the American occupation of Iraq and especially of the battlefields of Sunni cities. More later tonight.

The John Batchelor Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2024 3:12


PREVEW: More from the two-hour conversation with journalist and memorist Ghaith Abdul-Ahad re his careful chronicle and analysis of the calamity of the American occupation of Iraq and especially of the battlefields of Sunni cities. More later tonight. A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War Hardcover – Deckle Edge, March 14, 2023 by  Ghaith Abdul-Ahad  https://www.amazon.com/Stranger-Your-Own-City-Travels/dp/0593536886/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= 1924 Baghdad.

The John Batchelor Show
PREVIEW: From a two hour conversation with Jounalist and Memoirist Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, reflecting on a 1986 military parade he watched with his father when Ghaith was 11 years-old -- and recipient of an omen. More later

The John Batchelor Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2024 1:55


PREVIEW: From a two hour conversation with Jounalist and Memoirist Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, reflecting on a 1986 military parade he watched with his father when Ghaith was 11 years-old -- and recipient of an omen.  More later A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War Hardcover – Deckle Edge, March 14, 2023 by  Ghaith Abdul-Ahad  https://www.amazon.com/Stranger-Your-Own-City-Travels/dp/0593536886/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= 1917 Baghdad

The Tikvah Podcast
Ghaith al-Omari on What Palestinians Really Think about Hamas, Israel, War, and Peace

The Tikvah Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2023 47:29


Earlier this month, the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research released a poll of Palestinian attitudes—attitudes towards Israel, towards Hamas, towards the Palestinian Authority, about the Hamas attacks of October 7, about the conduct of the war since that time, and more. The findings are eye-opening. Asked if the October 7 attacks were the right thing to do, in light of all that's happened since, 72% of Palestinians think they were. A further 85% said that they have not seen the videos of the October 7 attacks, and the vast majority do not believe that Hamas committed the atrocities that the videos show. Meanwhile, 66% of Palestinian respondents do not support the idea of a two-state solution. Approximately the same number, 63% of Palestinian respondents, believes that armed struggle is the best means of achieving, in the words of the poll, “an end to the occupation and the building of an independent state.” Ghaith al-Omari is a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, the former executive director of the American Task Force on Palestine, and served as an advisor to the Palestinian negotiating team during the 1999–2001 permanent-status talks (in addition to holding various other positions within the Palestinian Authority). Here, in conversation with Mosaic editor Jonathan Silver, he breaks down some of this data and offers historical and political context for it. Musical selections in this podcast are drawn from the Quintet for Clarinet and Strings, op. 31a, composed by Paul Ben-Haim and performed by the ARC Ensemble.

The Lawfare Podcast
The West Bank and the Israel-Hamas War

The Lawfare Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2023 55:09


Since Hamas's attack on Israel on Oct. 7, the Israel-Hamas war has largely been fought in Gaza, a small strip of land along the border of the Mediterranean Sea. But farther inland, there has been an uptick in hostilities between Israelis and Palestinians in the Palestinian territory of the West Bank. Israeli human rights organization B'Tselem says that at least 13 Palestinian herding communities in the West Bank have been forcibly displaced since the beginning of the war due to Israeli settler violence and intimidation, and nearly 100 Palestinians in the territory are reported to have been killed since the war began by both Israeli military strikes as well as settler violence. The fraught relationship between the Israeli government, Israeli settlers, Palestinians, and the Palestinian Authority are not new. But in part because of those existing issues, the West Bank has the potential to expand and complicate the bounds of the Israel-Hamas war—and some may argue that that is already underway. To understand how the West Bank fits into the ongoing hostilities between Israel and Hamas, Lawfare Associate Editor Hyemin Han spoke to Dan Byman from the Center for Strategic & International Studies, who is also Lawfare's Foreign Policy Editor; Ghaith al-Omari of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy; and Scott R. Anderson, Lawfare Senior Editor and Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution. They talked about the international law that currently governs the rules of engagement in the West Bank, the political responses of the Israeli government and other Arab states, and how West Bank dynamics will impact the broader outcomes of the Israel-Hamas war. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The John Batchelor Show
WARNING TO JERUSALEM IN THE BATTLE OF MOSUL: 5/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad

The John Batchelor Show

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2023 10:50


WARNING TO JERUSALEM IN THE BATTLE OF MOSUL: 5/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War by  Ghaith Abdul-Ahad https://www.amazon.com/Stranger-Your-Own-City-Travels/dp/0593536886/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A Stranger in Your Own City is award-winning writer Ghaith Abdul-Ahad's vivid, shattering response. This is not a book about Iraq's history or an inventory of the many Middle Eastern wars that have consumed the nation over the past several decades. This is the tale of a people who once lived under the rule of a megalomaniacal leader who shaped the state in his own image; a people who watched a foreign army invade, topple that leader, demolish the state, and then invent a new country; who experienced the horror of having their home fragmented into a hundred different cities. When the “Shock and Awe” campaign began in March 2003, Abdul-Ahad was an architect. Within months he would become a translator, then a fixer, then a reporter for The Guardian and elsewhere, chronicling the unbuilding of his centuries-old cosmopolitan city. Beginning at that moment and spanning twenty years, Abdul-Ahad's book centers on the West and in its place focuses on everyday people, soldiers, mercenaries, citizens blown sideways through life by the war, and the proliferation of sectarian battles that continue to this day. Here is their Iraq, seen from the inside: the human cost of violence, the shifting allegiances, the generational change. 1932 Tigris

The John Batchelor Show
WARNING TO JERUSALEM IN THE BATTLE OF MOSUL: 8/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad

The John Batchelor Show

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2023 7:40


WARNING TO JERUSALEM IN THE BATTLE OF MOSUL: 8/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War by  Ghaith Abdul-Ahad https://www.amazon.com/Stranger-Your-Own-City-Travels/dp/0593536886/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A Stranger in Your Own City is award-winning writer Ghaith Abdul-Ahad's vivid, shattering response. This is not a book about Iraq's history or an inventory of the many Middle Eastern wars that have consumed the nation over the past several decades. This is the tale of a people who once lived under the rule of a megalomaniacal leader who shaped the state in his own image; a people who watched a foreign army invade, topple that leader, demolish the state, and then invent a new country; who experienced the horror of having their home fragmented into a hundred different cities. When the “Shock and Awe” campaign began in March 2003, Abdul-Ahad was an architect. Within months he would become a translator, then a fixer, then a reporter for The Guardian and elsewhere, chronicling the unbuilding of his centuries-old cosmopolitan city. Beginning at that moment and spanning twenty years, Abdul-Ahad's book centers on the West and in its place focuses on everyday people, soldiers, mercenaries, citizens blown sideways through life by the war, and the proliferation of sectarian battles that continue to this day. Here is their Iraq, seen from the inside: the human cost of violence, the shifting allegiances, the generational change. 1918 Baghdad Tigris

The John Batchelor Show
WARNING TO JERUSALEM IN THE BATTLE OF MOSUL: 7/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad

The John Batchelor Show

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2023 11:59


WARNING TO JERUSALEM IN THE BATTLE OF MOSUL: 7/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War by  Ghaith Abdul-Ahad https://www.amazon.com/Stranger-Your-Own-City-Travels/dp/0593536886/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A Stranger in Your Own City is award-winning writer Ghaith Abdul-Ahad's vivid, shattering response. This is not a book about Iraq's history or an inventory of the many Middle Eastern wars that have consumed the nation over the past several decades. This is the tale of a people who once lived under the rule of a megalomaniacal leader who shaped the state in his own image; a people who watched a foreign army invade, topple that leader, demolish the state, and then invent a new country; who experienced the horror of having their home fragmented into a hundred different cities. When the “Shock and Awe” campaign began in March 2003, Abdul-Ahad was an architect. Within months he would become a translator, then a fixer, then a reporter for The Guardian and elsewhere, chronicling the unbuilding of his centuries-old cosmopolitan city. Beginning at that moment and spanning twenty years, Abdul-Ahad's book centers on the West and in its place focuses on everyday people, soldiers, mercenaries, citizens blown sideways through life by the war, and the proliferation of sectarian battles that continue to this day. Here is their Iraq, seen from the inside: the human cost of violence, the shifting allegiances, the generational change.   1902 Baghdad

The John Batchelor Show
WARNING TO JERUSALEM IN THE BATTLE OF MOSUL: 6/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad

The John Batchelor Show

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2023 7:00


WARNING TO JERUSALEM IN THE BATTLE OF MOSUL: 6/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War by  Ghaith Abdul-Ahad https://www.amazon.com/Stranger-Your-Own-City-Travels/dp/0593536886/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A Stranger in Your Own City is award-winning writer Ghaith Abdul-Ahad's vivid, shattering response. This is not a book about Iraq's history or an inventory of the many Middle Eastern wars that have consumed the nation over the past several decades. This is the tale of a people who once lived under the rule of a megalomaniacal leader who shaped the state in his own image; a people who watched a foreign army invade, topple that leader, demolish the state, and then invent a new country; who experienced the horror of having their home fragmented into a hundred different cities. When the “Shock and Awe” campaign began in March 2003, Abdul-Ahad was an architect. Within months he would become a translator, then a fixer, then a reporter for The Guardian and elsewhere, chronicling the unbuilding of his centuries-old cosmopolitan city. Beginning at that moment and spanning twenty years, Abdul-Ahad's book centers on the West and in its place focuses on everyday people, soldiers, mercenaries, citizens blown sideways through life by the war, and the proliferation of sectarian battles that continue to this day. Here is their Iraq, seen from the inside: the human cost of violence, the shifting allegiances, the generational change. 1932 Baghdad

The John Batchelor Show
WARNING TO JERUSALEM IN THE BATTLE OF MOSUL: 4/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad

The John Batchelor Show

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2023 6:54


WARNING TO JERUSALEM IN THE BATTLE OF MOSUL: 4/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War by  Ghaith Abdul-Ahad https://www.amazon.com/Stranger-Your-Own-City-Travels/dp/0593536886/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A Stranger in Your Own City is award-winning writer Ghaith Abdul-Ahad's vivid, shattering response. This is not a book about Iraq's history or an inventory of the many Middle Eastern wars that have consumed the nation over the past several decades. This is the tale of a people who once lived under the rule of a megalomaniacal leader who shaped the state in his own image; a people who watched a foreign army invade, topple that leader, demolish the state, and then invent a new country; who experienced the horror of having their home fragmented into a hundred different cities. When the “Shock and Awe” campaign began in March 2003, Abdul-Ahad was an architect. Within months he would become a translator, then a fixer, then a reporter for The Guardian and elsewhere, chronicling the unbuilding of his centuries-old cosmopolitan city. Beginning at that moment and spanning twenty years, Abdul-Ahad's book centers on the West and in its place focuses on everyday people, soldiers, mercenaries, citizens blown sideways through life by the war, and the proliferation of sectarian battles that continue to this day. Here is their Iraq, seen from the inside: the human cost of violence, the shifting allegiances, the generational change. 1932 Baghdad

The John Batchelor Show
WARNING TO JERUSALEM IN THE BATTLE OF MOSUL: 3/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad

The John Batchelor Show

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2023 12:44


WARNING TO JERUSALEM IN THE BATTLE OF MOSUL: 3/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War by  Ghaith Abdul-Ahad https://www.amazon.com/Stranger-Your-Own-City-Travels/dp/0593536886/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A Stranger in Your Own City is award-winning writer Ghaith Abdul-Ahad's vivid, shattering response. This is not a book about Iraq's history or an inventory of the many Middle Eastern wars that have consumed the nation over the past several decades. This is the tale of a people who once lived under the rule of a megalomaniacal leader who shaped the state in his own image; a people who watched a foreign army invade, topple that leader, demolish the state, and then invent a new country; who experienced the horror of having their home fragmented into a hundred different cities. When the “Shock and Awe” campaign began in March 2003, Abdul-Ahad was an architect. Within months he would become a translator, then a fixer, then a reporter for The Guardian and elsewhere, chronicling the unbuilding of his centuries-old cosmopolitan city. Beginning at that moment and spanning twenty years, Abdul-Ahad's book centers on the West and in its place focuses on everyday people, soldiers, mercenaries, citizens blown sideways through life by the war, and the proliferation of sectarian battles that continue to this day. Here is their Iraq, seen from the inside: the human cost of violence, the shifting allegiances, the generational change. 1932 Tigris River

The John Batchelor Show
WARNING TO JERUSALEM IN THE BATTLE OF MOSUL: 2/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad

The John Batchelor Show

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2023 8:34


WARNING TO JERUSALEM IN THE BATTLE OF MOSUL: 2/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War by  Ghaith Abdul-Ahad https://www.amazon.com/Stranger-Your-Own-City-Travels/dp/0593536886/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A Stranger in Your Own City is award-winning writer Ghaith Abdul-Ahad's vivid, shattering response. This is not a book about Iraq's history or an inventory of the many Middle Eastern wars that have consumed the nation over the past several decades. This is the tale of a people who once lived under the rule of a megalomaniacal leader who shaped the state in his own image; a people who watched a foreign army invade, topple that leader, demolish the state, and then invent a new country; who experienced the horror of having their home fragmented into a hundred different cities. When the “Shock and Awe” campaign began in March 2003, Abdul-Ahad was an architect. Within months he would become a translator, then a fixer, then a reporter for The Guardian and elsewhere, chronicling the unbuilding of his centuries-old cosmopolitan city. Beginning at that moment and spanning twenty years, Abdul-Ahad's book centers on the West and in its place focuses on everyday people, soldiers, mercenaries, citizens blown sideways through life by the war, and the proliferation of sectarian battles that continue to this day. Here is their Iraq, seen from the inside: the human cost of violence, the shifting allegiances, the generational change. 1920 Baghdad

The John Batchelor Show
WARNING TO JERUSALEM IN THE BATTLE OF MOSUL: 1/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad

The John Batchelor Show

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2023 9:15


WARNING TO JERUSALEM IN THE BATTLE OF MOSUL: 1/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War by  Ghaith Abdul-Ahad https://www.amazon.com/Stranger-Your-Own-City-Travels/dp/0593536886/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A Stranger in Your Own City is award-winning writer Ghaith Abdul-Ahad's vivid, shattering response. This is not a book about Iraq's history or an inventory of the many Middle Eastern wars that have consumed the nation over the past several decades. This is the tale of a people who once lived under the rule of a megalomaniacal leader who shaped the state in his own image; a people who watched a foreign army invade, topple that leader, demolish the state, and then invent a new country; who experienced the horror of having their home fragmented into a hundred different cities. When the “Shock and Awe” campaign began in March 2003, Abdul-Ahad was an architect. Within months he would become a translator, then a fixer, then a reporter for The Guardian and elsewhere, chronicling the unbuilding of his centuries-old cosmopolitan city. Beginning at that moment and spanning twenty years, Abdul-Ahad's book centers on the West and in its place focuses on everyday people, soldiers, mercenaries, citizens blown sideways through life by the war, and the proliferation of sectarian battles that continue to this day. Here is their Iraq, seen from the inside: the human cost of violence, the shifting allegiances, the generational change. 1900 Baghdad

The Lawfare Podcast
Hamas's Attack on Israel and What Comes Next

The Lawfare Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2023 58:36


This past Saturday, the terrorist group Hamas launched an unprecedented raid from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel that left more than 1000 people—most of them Israeli civilians, many of them women, children, and the elderly—brutally murdered. Dozens more were taken as hostages back into Gaza. A shocked Israel has in turn responded with missile attacks into Gaza that have killed more than 800 Palestinians there, and is planning a broader offensive there. And as people search for more information on what's transpired, there are concerns that events may yet spiral out into a broader regional war—one that, among other consequences, might derail efforts at normalization in the Israeli-Saudi relationship that have been a major focus of the United States in recent weeks.To discuss these tragic events and their potentially seismic consequences, Lawfare Senior Editor Scott R. Anderson sat down with a panel of leading experts: Natan Sachs, a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and Director of its Center for Middle East Policy; Dan Byman from the Center for Strategic & International Studies as well as Lawfare's Foreign Policy Editor; Ghaith al-Omari of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy; and Lawfare's Editor-in-Chief Benjamin Wittes. They discussed the ripple effects the attack is having throughout the region, the role that Iran and other actors may have played, and what it may yet mean for the region and the broader world. Please note that this episode contains content that some people may find disturbing. Listener discretion is advised.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The John Batchelor Show
RANSACKED AND ABANDONEDED IRAQ: 1/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad

The John Batchelor Show

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2023 9:15


RANSACKED AND ABANDONEDED IRAQ: 1/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War by  Ghaith Abdul-Ahad https://www.amazon.com/Stranger-Your-Own-City-Travels/dp/0593536886/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A Stranger in Your Own City is award-winning writer Ghaith Abdul-Ahad's vivid, shattering response. This is not a book about Iraq's history or an inventory of the many Middle Eastern wars that have consumed the nation over the past several decades. This is the tale of a people who once lived under the rule of a megalomaniacal leader who shaped the state in his own image; a people who watched a foreign army invade, topple that leader, demolish the state, and then invent a new country; who experienced the horror of having their home fragmented into a hundred different cities. When the “Shock and Awe” campaign began in March 2003, Abdul-Ahad was an architect. Within months he would become a translator, then a fixer, then a reporter for The Guardian and elsewhere, chronicling the unbuilding of his centuries-old cosmopolitan city. Beginning at that moment and spanning twenty years, Abdul-Ahad's book centers on the West and in its place focuses on everyday people, soldiers, mercenaries, citizens blown sideways through life by the war, and the proliferation of sectarian battles that continue to this day. Here is their Iraq, seen from the inside: the human cost of violence, the shifting allegiances, the generational change. PHOTO:  1900 Baghdad,  IRAQ NO KNOWN RESTRICTIONS ON PUBLICATION. @BATCHELORSHOW

The John Batchelor Show
RANSACKED AND ABANDONEDED IRAQ: 2/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad

The John Batchelor Show

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2023 8:34


RANSACKED AND ABANDONEDED IRAQ: 2/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War by  Ghaith Abdul-Ahad https://www.amazon.com/Stranger-Your-Own-City-Travels/dp/0593536886/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A Stranger in Your Own City is award-winning writer Ghaith Abdul-Ahad's vivid, shattering response. This is not a book about Iraq's history or an inventory of the many Middle Eastern wars that have consumed the nation over the past several decades. This is the tale of a people who once lived under the rule of a megalomaniacal leader who shaped the state in his own image; a people who watched a foreign army invade, topple that leader, demolish the state, and then invent a new country; who experienced the horror of having their home fragmented into a hundred different cities. When the “Shock and Awe” campaign began in March 2003, Abdul-Ahad was an architect. Within months he would become a translator, then a fixer, then a reporter for The Guardian and elsewhere, chronicling the unbuilding of his centuries-old cosmopolitan city. Beginning at that moment and spanning twenty years, Abdul-Ahad's book centers on the West and in its place focuses on everyday people, soldiers, mercenaries, citizens blown sideways through life by the war, and the proliferation of sectarian battles that continue to this day. Here is their Iraq, seen from the inside: the human cost of violence, the shifting allegiances, the generational change. PHOTO:  1902 Baghdad NO KNOWN RESTRICTIONS ON PUBLICATION. @BATCHELORSHOW

The John Batchelor Show
RANSACKED AND ABANDONEDED IRAQ: 3/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad

The John Batchelor Show

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2023 12:44


RANSACKED AND ABANDONEDED IRAQ: 3/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War by  Ghaith Abdul-Ahad https://www.amazon.com/Stranger-Your-Own-City-Travels/dp/0593536886/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A Stranger in Your Own City is award-winning writer Ghaith Abdul-Ahad's vivid, shattering response. This is not a book about Iraq's history or an inventory of the many Middle Eastern wars that have consumed the nation over the past several decades. This is the tale of a people who once lived under the rule of a megalomaniacal leader who shaped the state in his own image; a people who watched a foreign army invade, topple that leader, demolish the state, and then invent a new country; who experienced the horror of having their home fragmented into a hundred different cities. When the “Shock and Awe” campaign began in March 2003, Abdul-Ahad was an architect. Within months he would become a translator, then a fixer, then a reporter for The Guardian and elsewhere, chronicling the unbuilding of his centuries-old cosmopolitan city. Beginning at that moment and spanning twenty years, Abdul-Ahad's book centers on the West and in its place focuses on everyday people, soldiers, mercenaries, citizens blown sideways through life by the war, and the proliferation of sectarian battles that continue to this day. Here is their Iraq, seen from the inside: the human cost of violence, the shifting allegiances, the generational change. PHOTO:  1918 Baghdad NO KNOWN RESTRICTIONS ON PUBLICATION. @BATCHELORSHOW

The John Batchelor Show
RANSACKED AND ABANDONEDED IRAQ: 4/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad

The John Batchelor Show

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2023 6:54


RANSACKED AND ABANDONEDED IRAQ: 4/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War by  Ghaith Abdul-Ahad https://www.amazon.com/Stranger-Your-Own-City-Travels/dp/0593536886/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A Stranger in Your Own City is award-winning writer Ghaith Abdul-Ahad's vivid, shattering response. This is not a book about Iraq's history or an inventory of the many Middle Eastern wars that have consumed the nation over the past several decades. This is the tale of a people who once lived under the rule of a megalomaniacal leader who shaped the state in his own image; a people who watched a foreign army invade, topple that leader, demolish the state, and then invent a new country; who experienced the horror of having their home fragmented into a hundred different cities. When the “Shock and Awe” campaign began in March 2003, Abdul-Ahad was an architect. Within months he would become a translator, then a fixer, then a reporter for The Guardian and elsewhere, chronicling the unbuilding of his centuries-old cosmopolitan city. Beginning at that moment and spanning twenty years, Abdul-Ahad's book centers on the West and in its place focuses on everyday people, soldiers, mercenaries, citizens blown sideways through life by the war, and the proliferation of sectarian battles that continue to this day. Here is their Iraq, seen from the inside: the human cost of violence, the shifting allegiances, the generational change. PHOTO:  1918 Baghdad NO KNOWN RESTRICTIONS ON PUBLICATION. @BATCHELORSHOW

The John Batchelor Show
RANSACKED AND ABANDONEDED IRAQ: 5/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad

The John Batchelor Show

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2023 10:50


RANSACKED AND ABANDONEDED IRAQ: 5/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War by  Ghaith Abdul-Ahad https://www.amazon.com/Stranger-Your-Own-City-Travels/dp/0593536886/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A Stranger in Your Own City is award-winning writer Ghaith Abdul-Ahad's vivid, shattering response. This is not a book about Iraq's history or an inventory of the many Middle Eastern wars that have consumed the nation over the past several decades. This is the tale of a people who once lived under the rule of a megalomaniacal leader who shaped the state in his own image; a people who watched a foreign army invade, topple that leader, demolish the state, and then invent a new country; who experienced the horror of having their home fragmented into a hundred different cities. When the “Shock and Awe” campaign began in March 2003, Abdul-Ahad was an architect. Within months he would become a translator, then a fixer, then a reporter for The Guardian and elsewhere, chronicling the unbuilding of his centuries-old cosmopolitan city. Beginning at that moment and spanning twenty years, Abdul-Ahad's book centers on the West and in its place focuses on everyday people, soldiers, mercenaries, citizens blown sideways through life by the war, and the proliferation of sectarian battles that continue to this day. Here is their Iraq, seen from the inside: the human cost of violence, the shifting allegiances, the generational change. PHOTO:  1918 Bagdad NO KNOWN RESTRICTIONS ON PUBLICATION. @BATCHELORSHOW

The John Batchelor Show
RANSACKED AND ABANDONEDED IRAQ: 6/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad

The John Batchelor Show

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2023 7:00


RANSACKED AND ABANDONEDED IRAQ: 6/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War by  Ghaith Abdul-Ahad https://www.amazon.com/Stranger-Your-Own-City-Travels/dp/0593536886/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A Stranger in Your Own City is award-winning writer Ghaith Abdul-Ahad's vivid, shattering response. This is not a book about Iraq's history or an inventory of the many Middle Eastern wars that have consumed the nation over the past several decades. This is the tale of a people who once lived under the rule of a megalomaniacal leader who shaped the state in his own image; a people who watched a foreign army invade, topple that leader, demolish the state, and then invent a new country; who experienced the horror of having their home fragmented into a hundred different cities. When the “Shock and Awe” campaign began in March 2003, Abdul-Ahad was an architect. Within months he would become a translator, then a fixer, then a reporter for The Guardian and elsewhere, chronicling the unbuilding of his centuries-old cosmopolitan city. Beginning at that moment and spanning twenty years, Abdul-Ahad's book centers on the West and in its place focuses on everyday people, soldiers, mercenaries, citizens blown sideways through life by the war, and the proliferation of sectarian battles that continue to this day. Here is their Iraq, seen from the inside: the human cost of violence, the shifting allegiances, the generational change. PHOTO:  1918 Baghdad NO KNOWN RESTRICTIONS ON PUBLICATION. @BATCHELORSHOW

The John Batchelor Show
RANSACKED AND ABANDONEDED IRAQ: 7/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad

The John Batchelor Show

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2023 11:59


RANSACKED AND ABANDONEDED IRAQ: 7/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War by  Ghaith Abdul-Ahad https://www.amazon.com/Stranger-Your-Own-City-Travels/dp/0593536886/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A Stranger in Your Own City is award-winning writer Ghaith Abdul-Ahad's vivid, shattering response. This is not a book about Iraq's history or an inventory of the many Middle Eastern wars that have consumed the nation over the past several decades. This is the tale of a people who once lived under the rule of a megalomaniacal leader who shaped the state in his own image; a people who watched a foreign army invade, topple that leader, demolish the state, and then invent a new country; who experienced the horror of having their home fragmented into a hundred different cities. When the “Shock and Awe” campaign began in March 2003, Abdul-Ahad was an architect. Within months he would become a translator, then a fixer, then a reporter for The Guardian and elsewhere, chronicling the unbuilding of his centuries-old cosmopolitan city. Beginning at that moment and spanning twenty years, Abdul-Ahad's book centers on the West and in its place focuses on everyday people, soldiers, mercenaries, citizens blown sideways through life by the war, and the proliferation of sectarian battles that continue to this day. Here is their Iraq, seen from the inside: the human cost of violence, the shifting allegiances, the generational change. PHOTO:  1950 Baghdad NO KNOWN RESTRICTIONS ON PUBLICATION. @BATCHELORSHOW

The John Batchelor Show
RANSACKED AND ABANDONEDED IRAQ: 8/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad

The John Batchelor Show

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2023 7:40


RANSACKED AND ABANDONEDED IRAQ: 8/8: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War by  Ghaith Abdul-Ahad https://www.amazon.com/Stranger-Your-Own-City-Travels/dp/0593536886/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A Stranger in Your Own City is award-winning writer Ghaith Abdul-Ahad's vivid, shattering response. This is not a book about Iraq's history or an inventory of the many Middle Eastern wars that have consumed the nation over the past several decades. This is the tale of a people who once lived under the rule of a megalomaniacal leader who shaped the state in his own image; a people who watched a foreign army invade, topple that leader, demolish the state, and then invent a new country; who experienced the horror of having their home fragmented into a hundred different cities. When the “Shock and Awe” campaign began in March 2003, Abdul-Ahad was an architect. Within months he would become a translator, then a fixer, then a reporter for The Guardian and elsewhere, chronicling the unbuilding of his centuries-old cosmopolitan city. Beginning at that moment and spanning twenty years, Abdul-Ahad's book centers on the West and in its place focuses on everyday people, soldiers, mercenaries, citizens blown sideways through life by the war, and the proliferation of sectarian battles that continue to this day. Here is their Iraq, seen from the inside: the human cost of violence, the shifting allegiances, the generational change. PHOTO:  1961 Baghdad NO KNOWN RESTRICTIONS ON PUBLICATION. @BATCHELORSHOW

The John Batchelor Show
1/8: FORTY YEARS OF HORRORS: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad

The John Batchelor Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2023 9:15


Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow 1/8: FORTY YEARS OF HORRORS: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War by  Ghaith Abdul-Ahad  https://www.amazon.com/Stranger-Your-Own-City-Travels/dp/0593536886/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A Stranger in Your Own City is award-winning writer Ghaith Abdul-Ahad's vivid, shattering response. This is not a book about Iraq's history or an inventory of the many Middle Eastern wars that have consumed the nation over the past several decades. This is the tale of a people who once lived under the rule of a megalomaniacal leader who shaped the state in his own image; a people who watched a foreign army invade, topple that leader, demolish the state, and then invent a new country; who experienced the horror of having their home fragmented into a hundred different cities. When the “Shock and Awe” campaign began in March 2003, Abdul-Ahad was an architect. Within months he would become a translator, then a fixer, then a reporter for The Guardian and elsewhere, chronicling the unbuilding of his centuries-old cosmopolitan city. Beginning at that moment and spanning twenty years, Abdul-Ahad's book centers on the West and in its place focuses on everyday people, soldiers, mercenaries, citizens blown sideways through life by the war, and the proliferation of sectarian battles that continue to this day. Here is their Iraq, seen from the inside: the human cost of violence, the shifting allegiances, the generational change.

The John Batchelor Show
2/8: FORTY YEARS OF HORRORS: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad

The John Batchelor Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2023 8:35


Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow 1900 Baghdad 2/8: FORTY YEARS OF HORRORS: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War by  Ghaith Abdul-Ahad  https://www.amazon.com/Stranger-Your-Own-City-Travels/dp/0593536886/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A Stranger in Your Own City is award-winning writer Ghaith Abdul-Ahad's vivid, shattering response. This is not a book about Iraq's history or an inventory of the many Middle Eastern wars that have consumed the nation over the past several decades. This is the tale of a people who once lived under the rule of a megalomaniacal leader who shaped the state in his own image; a people who watched a foreign army invade, topple that leader, demolish the state, and then invent a new country; who experienced the horror of having their home fragmented into a hundred different cities. When the “Shock and Awe” campaign began in March 2003, Abdul-Ahad was an architect. Within months he would become a translator, then a fixer, then a reporter for The Guardian and elsewhere, chronicling the unbuilding of his centuries-old cosmopolitan city. Beginning at that moment and spanning twenty years, Abdul-Ahad's book centers on the West and in its place focuses on everyday people, soldiers, mercenaries, citizens blown sideways through life by the war, and the proliferation of sectarian battles that continue to this day. Here is their Iraq, seen from the inside: the human cost of violence, the shifting allegiances, the generational change.