Podcast appearances and mentions of iyad el baghdadi

This week on the show, I'm joined by two book-lovers, book bloggers and activists to talk about some really important issues: Ola Abou and Ilham Essalih.  We're talking about what books we should read to further understand the war on Gaza, and the war in Syria, and how the movements for liberation in Palestine and Syria are intertwined. At the time of recording (16th October), we were on day 9 of Israel's war against Gaza, with the official death toll having reached nearly 3,000, 700 of whom are children and babies. For 9 days, the besieged Gaza strip has faced relentless attacks and a total land, sea and air blockade, cutting off its supplies of water, food and fuel to 2.3 million people. The situation is beyond horrendous, as hospitals struggle to cope with the injured amid a lack of medical supplies and doctors, and communities are being ordered to leave their homes due to imminent attacks. Even while leaving, passages that were previously declared as safe, have been attacked, sparing no one. There are also increasing reports on attacks in the occupied West Bank, and arrests of over 70 people.  The death toll has now exceeded well over 4,000 people, and schools and hospitals have been ruthlessly attacked. Unfortunately, Palestine is not the only place impacted by Israel at the moment. Israel has been bombing Syria, which since 2011, has been in a devastating state of war and crisis. Twelve years after protesters in Syria first demonstrated and rose up against the four-decade rule of the Assad family, hundreds of thousands of Syrians have been killed and nearly thirteen million people—more than half the country's prewar population—have been displaced. Amid war, the Syrian people are suffering an economic crisis, and a massive earthquake at the start of 2023 cast much of the population in the north into further despair.Follow Ola and Ilham on social media:Ola: www.instagram.com/slowreadingola Ilham: www.instagram.com/ilhamreadsBooks mentioned in this episode:Palestine:ClassicsGhassan Kanafani: Men in the Sun, Palestine's Children Emile Habiby: The Secret Life of Saeed the Pessoptimist Halim Barakat: Days of Dust (was meant to mention this book but I forgot but it's really good!)Poetry of Mahmoud DarwishNon-fiction/memoirs: Palestine writers:Edward Said: The Question of Palestine + his memoir Out of Place Mourid Barghouti: I Saw Ramallah Rashid Khalidi, The Hundred Years' War on Palestine (history)Jewish writers:Ilan Pappe: The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine + Ten Myths About Israel Avi Shlaim: Three Worlds Massoud Hayoun: When We Were Arabs (forgot to mention this, it's another memoir about Jews from Arab lands, really essential for understanding Zionism)Contemporary:Isabella Hammad: The ParisianAdania Shibli: Minor Detail Ahlam Bsharat: Trees of the Absentees + Code Name: Butterfly Mohammed El-Kurd: Rifqa (poetry) Syria:-In Praise of Hatred, Khaled Khalifa-What Strange Paradise, Omar El Akkad-The Middle East Crisis Factory, Iyad El-Baghdadi and Ahmed Gatnash-We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled: Voices from Syria, Wendy Pearlman-Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War, Robin Yassin-Kassab and Leila Al-Shami-You Have Not Yet Been Defeated, Alaa Abd El-Fattah-The Impossible Revolution: Making Sense of the Syrian Tragedy by Yassin al-Haj Saleh-The Book Collectors: A Band of Syrian Rebels and the Stories That Carried Them Through a War by Delphine MinouiSupport the show

Speak, even when your voice shakes, and you feel like rage crying. This special episode provides greater historical context to Israel and Palestine, elevates voices on the frontlines of the humanitarian crisis, demands an immediate ceasefire and a united global democratic alliance to end the genocide of Palestinians, and amplifies the calls for a political solution.  The crisis cannot be solved militarily. The bombs raining down on the open air prison of Gaza is a genocide–another Nakba, the Arabic word for “catastrophe”–which in 1948 saw the brutal mass forced displacement of around a million Palestinians with the founding of Israel. We're witnessing the long awaited war by indicted corrupt criminal and Putin ally Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's longest serving prime minister, desperate to cling to power, even if that means turning Israel into another theocratic dictatorship in the region. The racist, genocidal movement that assassinated former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin for signing the Oslo Accords, a path towards peace and potentially a two-state solution, brought Netanyahu to power. And now his government of Stephen Millers is determined to finish off Palestinians, mass-murdering several thousands, including a significant number of children.  Secretary of State Antony Blinken published a call for a ceasefire on Twitter, only to delete it after Republicans protested. That and more of the US response, what it means for the civilians on both sides of the conflict, the US election and more are discussed in this extra furious episode. This week's bonus episode will include answers to questions submitted by listeners subscribed at the Democracy Defender level and higher, and a special on-the-ground look at the upcoming Virginia state elections and the recent voter-purge by Governor Glenn Youngkin. To get access to that, support the show at the Truth-teller level or higher on Patreon by subscribing at Patreon.com/Gaslit! Thank you to everyone who supports the show – we could not make Gaslit Nation without you! Show Notes: Audio Clips:  Ali Velshi on Israel's apartheid of Palestinians: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKkjPtleWEU Israeli settler steals the home of a Palestinian woman in East Jerusalem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzO9KhXhiik Doctors without Borders: A doctor in Gaza https://twitter.com/MSF_USA/status/1713396854711296310 Watch Sands of Sorrow featuring Dorothy Thompson (1950) https://www.un.org/en/exhibits/page/watch-video-%E2%80%93-long-journey Former MI6 chief Sir Alex Younger says that there is no military solution to Israel/Palestine: https://twitter.com/BBCr4today/status/1712482696700842096?t=eJ1GfsWrLzCoNDfj9o-tAg&s=19 A 19 year old survivor of the Hamas massacre blamed Netanyahu, demands a political solution: https://twitter.com/BenzionSanders/status/1713255988608848069 Israel's Ambassador to the UK denies there's a humanitarian crisis in Gaza: https://twitter.com/SaulStaniforth/status/1713811260662255910?t=R8v3bQH4QwP7K5Udf7ivgQ&s=19 Israeli journalist harassed in Tel Aviv for calling for peace: https://twitter.com/orlybarlev/status/1713323223218082255 Peaceful Israeli protest broken up by police: https://twitter.com/NTarnopolsky/status/1713311362242216151?t=qB2TwZzYQJ6IU4VdKQpQWg&s=19 Yuval Noah Harari on Christiane Amanpour https://twitter.com/amanpour/status/1712538821923885287?t=GgwX7j8W-Q09JJ7P3ZuZzA&s=19 Closing clip: An Israeli who lost his parents calls for an end to the war: https://twitter.com/helenachumphrey/status/1713747777195307130?t=tmxkpSAsINT2F5nEkRalzQ&s=19 The Middle East Crisis Factory: The Iyad El-Baghdadi Interview https://www.gaslitnationpod.com/episodes-transcripts-20/2021/4/8/the-middle-east-crisis-factory-the-iyad-el-baghdadi-interview Indicted Criminal Netanyahu Starts a War to Cling to Power https://www.gaslitnationpod.com/episodes-transcripts-20/2021/5/19/indicted-criminal-netanyahu-starts-a-war-to-cling-to-power Peter Beinart, NYT: “Most of Gaza's residents aren't from Gaza. They're the descendants of refugees who were expelled, or fled in fear, during Israel's war of independence in 1948. They live in what Human Rights Watch has called an “open-air prison,” penned in by an Israeli state that — with help from Egypt — rations everything that goes in and out, from tomatoes to the travel documents children need to get lifesaving medical care. From this overcrowded cage, which the United Nations in 2017 declared “unlivable” for many residents in part because it lacks electricity and clean water, many Palestinians in Gaza can see the land that their parents and grandparents called home, though most may never step foot in it.” https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/14/opinion/palestinian-ethical-resistance-answers-grief-and-rage.html Netanyahu Is Losing the War at Home Incompetence against Hamas and indifference to Israeli suffering has the public boiling over. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/10/in-the-israel-hamas-war-netanyahu-is-losing-at-home.html The Real Dividing Line in Israel-Palestine https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/israel-palestine-hamas-and-hardliners-against-peace-by-slavoj-zizek-2023-10?barrier=accesspaylog Israel is ordering Gazans to flee south. But they're bombing us here too. Refugees from the north are already arriving in Khan Younis, where the missiles never stop and we're running out of food, water, and power. https://www.972mag.com/gaza-flee-south-khan-younis/ Ukraine and Israel both must face a Russian foe https://www.nydailynews.com/2023/10/16/ukraine-and-israel-both-must-face-a-russian-foe/ The Massacre in Israel and the Need for a Decent Left https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/12/opinion/columnists/israel-gaza-massacre-left.html The Secrets Hamas Knew About Israel's Military: Hamas gunmen surged into Israel in a highly organized and meticulously planned operation that suggested a deep understanding of Israel's weaknesses. Here is how the attacks unfolded. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/13/world/middleeast/hamas-israel-attack-gaza.html Journalist casualties in the Israel-Gaza conflict https://cpj.org/2023/10/journalist-casualties-in-the-israel-gaza-conflict/ Israeli journalist Israel Frey attacked by far-right Israeli extremists in Tel Aviv for calling for an end to the war https://twitter.com/Ha_Matar/status/1713476098976047267?t=qmoRLraXDE8Ynm7OeSDVuw&s=19 6 Year Old Palestinian-American Boy Stabbed 26 Times by White Landlord https://abc7chicago.com/joseph-czuba-will-county-news-plainfield-murder-boy-stabbed/13921802/ 2022 Saw Highest Number of Palestinians Killed in West Bank by Israeli Forces Since Second Intifada https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-01-04/ty-article-magazine/.premium/2022-saw-highest-number-of-palestinians-killed-by-israeli-forces-since-second-intifada/00000185-7cf9-d464-a197-fefb0f290000 Hamas starting to 'understand the severity of their situation,' says negotiator https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg6LzfDHg3U How False Testimony and a Massive U.S. Propaganda Machine Bolstered George H.W. Bush's War on Iraq https://www.democracynow.org/2018/12/5/how_false_testimony_and_a_massive Channel 4 News: "Where is people's humanity?" Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf has shared his mother-in-law's “last video” from Gaza, as Israel warns Palestinians to evacuate northern Gaza ahead of an anticipated ground offensive. https://twitter.com/Channel4News/status/1712791120357236821?t=4_iUv0ESF6AFKB7TMQQrTg&s=19 Daniel Adamson @danielsilas Some of the most measured voices I'm hearing on here, the ones who seem most serious about ending this agony, seem to come from Israelis whose loved ones have just been murdered or abducted by Hamas. Some examples… https://twitter.com/danielsilas/status/1712601486935421077?t=1hPscVI9w--Vc4VdX7YytQ&s=19 FIGHT DISINFORMATION: Comprehensive ongoing list of the most prevalent viral imagery of Syria falsely attributed to the Israel-Gaza war. This image is of child victims of the Assad regime's gas attack against Eastern Ghouta a decade ago, not Israeli or Gazan victims of war. https://twitter.com/KareemRifai/status/1712934425489534989 Israeli settler's attempt to justify forcible takeover of a Palestinian home sparks online anger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9q9PDBsDe8 From 2003: U.S. stays steadfast in support of Abbas https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/09/IHT-us-stays-steadfast-in-support-of-abbas.html CIP Calls for Truce in Israel-Hamas Fighting to Allow for Humanitarian Relief. See our full statement below: https://twitter.com/CIPolicy/status/1713594164183486549/photo/1 Iyad El Baghdadi on Twitter: This message was written by a Palestinian to a Jewish friend. Then that Jewish friend passed it on to Palestinians friends. I don't know the person who originally wrote it. And now I'm passing it on to you. As the rhetoric becomes genocidal, root yourself in humanity. Pass it on. https://twitter.com/iyad_elbaghdadi/status/1713236580914041300 In 1996, Netanyahu became Israel's youngest prime minister, running on a platform against flailing peace attempts, especially the Oslo accords that gave some limited autonomy to the Palestinians. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/20/benjamin-netanyahu-becomes-longest-serving-israeli-pm Explainers:  The origins of the Hamas-Israel war explained | ABC News Australia https://youtu.be/zsNj8DiJv-A?si=JowVDyLzjmzU9xIy Let's Talk About the Israel-Palestine Conflict | The Daily Show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeZ4yXyzUG0 Revealing the history behind Hamas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUtYF0V0reg From 2017: Mapping Middle East Peace Possibilities https://www.wsj.com/graphics/twostate/

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On the second of October 2018, Jamal Khashoggi, arguably Saudi Arabia's most prominent journalist and an outspoken critic of the country's government, walked into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul to collect documents he needed to get married. But he never reappeared.Investigators later concluded that Jamal Khashoggi had been ambushed, forcibly restrained, drugged and asphyxiated. His body was then dismembered, stuffed into bags and discarded by fifteen Saudi assassins connected to the crown prince, Mohammed bin-Salman, or MBS.Six months after the murder, Iyad el-Baghdadi, a prominent writer and a friend to Jamal Khashoggi, was visited by the Norwegian Security services at his home in Oslo, where they informed him that there was a credible threat to his life. Here he describes what happened and how his life has changed since then.

As Russia's invasion of Ukraine caused global energy prices to spike, the US looked to its traditional gulf partners to increase supply. However, Mohamed bin Zayed and Mohamed bin Salman chose not to - refusing President Joe Biden's calls and even raising prices, whilst making overt gestures of support for Putin. In this episode, Iyad El-Baghdadi and Ahmed Gatnash discuss how the war in Ukraine has pushed a wedge between the US and its traditionally-close gulf allies, and what this means for the future of the Middle East. Episode timetags: 02:40 - The economic context of Russia's invasion of Ukraine 04:40 - Alternative sources of energy & autocracies 08:00 - The gulf oil producers are acting differently 09:30 - Why Saudi's reaction is a bad idea 12:30 - Changing dictatorships through economic engagement 14:00 - Europe's reaction to war & the dictators' underestimations 18:20 - The shift in relationships from unconditional to transactional 21:00 - MBS taking political changes personally 23:55 - The Atlantic interview, disinformation, and MBS' continued self-owns 27:30 - US security guarantee isn't in doubt, but it's not enough 33:25 - The failure of dictatorship as a management system 38:10 - Is Saudi Arabia maximising profit for its national budget? Support the Arab Tyrant Manual on Patreon: https://patreon.com/kawaakibi Our other podcast, Intergalactic Tarboush: http://tarboush.co/

On this episode Elif and Michael talk with Ahmed Gatnash, co-founder of Kawaakibi Foundation about his new book 'The Middle East Crisis Factory' co-authored with Iyad El Baghdadi. They discuss the main themes in the book, the key linkages between the recent protest movements in Iraq, Lebanon, Sudan and Algeria and the wave of protests that swept the region in 2011, the role of civil society and diaspora in challenging the authoritarian regimes, the perception of Islamists as populist political actors, the relationship between ideology and democratic practices as well as key points to look out for in the coming decades. 

Why is the Middle East a crisis factory, and how can it be fixed? What does the future look like for its 500 million people? And what role should the West play? Iyad El-Baghdadi and Ahmed Gatnash tell the story of the modern Middle East as a series of broken promises. They chart the entrenchment of tyranny, terrorism and foreign intervention, showing how these systems of oppression simultaneously feed off and battle each other. Exploring demographic, economic and social trends, the authors paint a picture of the region's prospects that is alarming yet hopeful. Finally, they present ambitious and thoughtful ideas that reject both aggressive military intervention and cynical deals with dictators. This book, written by two children of the region, is about the failures of history, and the reasons for hope. The Middle East Crisis Factory offers a bold vision for those seeking peace and democracy in the Middle East. Iyad El-Baghdadi is a Palestinian writer, activist and entrepreneur, and co-founder/president of the Kawaakibi Foundation. He was jailed and expelled from his lifelong home in the UAE for human rights activism, and today lives in Oslo, where he was granted asylum. He is a fellow at Norwegian liberal think tank Civita and board member at Munathara, the Arab debate NGO. He tweets @iyad_elbaghdadi. Ahmed Gatnash is a British-Libyan activist and entrepreneur. He is co-founder and director of operations of the Kawaakibi Foundation, and hosts its Arab Tyrant Manual podcast. He tweets @gatnash. Rim Turkmani is a Research Fellow at the Conflict and Civil Society Research Unit in the Department of International Development at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She directs the Syria conflict research programme at the Unit. Her policy-oriented research work focuses on identity politics, legitimate governance, transforming war economy it into peace economy and the relationship between local and external drivers of the conflict.

In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, Lara Friedman talks to Arab Spring veteran activist Iyad El-Baghdadi about the way forward for Palestinians -- both on the ground in Palestine and in the diaspora. Original music by Jalal Yaquoub. Full bios available at https://fmep.org/resource/palestine-at-the-intersection-of-regional-global-and-historical-struggles/

How did the Middle East get broken, and how can it be fixed? What does the future look like for its 500 million – mostly very young – people? And what role should the West play? These are among the questions considered by Iyad El-Baghdadi and Ahmed Gatnash in their new book ‘The Middle East Crisis Factory’. Andrew Mueller is joined by El–Baghdadi to explore a vision for peace and democracy in the region and asks former member of the Tunisian parliament Khawla Ben Aicha how she went about trying to achieve it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gaslit Nation welcomes a special guest whose incredible life story captures the complex, often misunderstood region of the Middle East, the topic of this week’s discussion. Iyad el-Baghdadi, whom some of you may know from his must-read Twitter account, is a Palestinian activist, writer, and the co-author, with Ahmed Gatnash, of the compelling and important new book The Middle East Crisis Factory: Tyranny, Resilience and Resistance.

How are Russia, Saudi Arabia, and North Korea using technology to consolidate their power and influence globally? Panelists: Phillipa Thomas, Iyad El-Baghdadi, Jieun Baek and Andy Greenberg

Iyad El-Baghdadi and Ahmed Gatnash discuss the release of the ODNI report confirming US intelligence's conclusion that MBS directly ordered the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. Now that two years of gaslighting by the Trump administration are finally over, we can turn to the important question: what does justice for Jamal look like? Iyad's article in the Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/26/saudi-arabia-jamal-khashoggi-mbs-biden-freedom-of-expression/?arc404=true Find us on Twitter at @iyad_elbaghdadi, @gatnash and @arabtyrantman. Support our work: www.patreon.com/kawaakibi

Iyad is an internationally-recognised Arab Spring activist and expert on authoritarianism. He is the President of Kawaakibi Foundation and Editor-in-Chief of the Arab Tyrant Manual. He is an outspoken critic of both Islamic movements and secular dictatorships, and has set himself apart from many other activists through his use of humor and sarcasm. He contributes to his own blog site Islam and Liberty and podcast Arab Tyrant Manual on Soundcloud. A stateless Palestinian who was born in Kuwait and raised in the United Arab Emirates, he is now a political refugee in Norway. Listen to the song I wrote after being inspired by my conversation with Iyad and all the other Podsongs at https://jackstafford.org/music

Part 2 of our two-part conversation with Arab Spring activist Iyad El-Baghdadi. In this part we focused on the Arab Spring. This conversation starts with the recent French red carpet for General Sisi, and in this context we talked about how colonialism led to an identity crisis amongst the colonised population. Furthermore we discussed the Arab Spring uprisings that started in the end of 2010, and the different outcomes in different countries. Iyad also explains why he thinks the Arab Spring is a 30 years process, and we briefly talk about the notion of the second wave of Arab Spring. (00:00) Introduction (03:00) Growing up in UAE (04:11) Discrimination in the prisons (10:00) France giving General Sisi the red carpet (14:30) The racism in colonialism (16:40) What happened after the colonialist (23:44) The people who took to the streets in 2011 (30:22) Something decisively went wrong in Syria, and the difference in Libya (35:40) The jihadi office in Damascus (37:40) The Arab Spring is a 30 year process (43:10) The global public sphere (46:37) Censorship 2.0 (52:57) The second wave of the Arab Spring

Notice: Some issues with the sound until 6 minutes into the podcast, then it gets better :) Part 1 of our two-part conversation with Iyad El-Baghdadi. We talk about the recent revelation in Dagbladet regarding Saudi Embassy immunity case. Why Iyad is a target and how he came to know Arab spring activism. We also talk about what has happened the last decade in the middle East, why people protest and why autocrats repress. (00:00) Dagbladet revelation (02:40) The state of affairs for political refugees in the west (06:08) Iyads background as an entrepreneur and how he began his activism (10:06) Arrested in UAE and sent too Malaysia (14:40) The counter-revolution (17:33) Being a palestinian refugee and an Arab Spring-activist (19:51) What made Iyad pop-up on the Saudi radar in 2018, and the uprise and downfall of Mohammed bin Salman (29:55) Hacking of Jeff Bezos mobile, with some Minareten exclusive information (37:04) Reckoning of colonial past (41:30) False pride in autocratic leaders (44:55) Is Norway the perfect place for activism? Hope you guys like the episode! For more content follow us on Instagram and Twitter (@minareten), and join our Facebook-group (Minaretens Diskusjonsforum)

This episode, I speak at length to the Arab Spring activist Iyad El-Baghdadi about his valuable experience, analysis and forecast about the years ahead. He rose to prominence in the aftermath of the Arab revolutions of 2011 before being summarily arrested and forcibly exiled from his home in the UAE in April 2014. Today he is recognized among the most influential and prominent Arab voices online. He lives in Oslo, Norway, where he has been granted political asylum, and writes regularly for both Norwegian and international media, and his Twitter account received over 180 million views in last year. He is also founder and editor-in-chief of the Arab Tyrant Manual, a platform for the study of authoritarian behaviour and tactics. For more information and to view our archive, visit https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/podcast Follow us on twitter Twitter: https://twitter.com/thinking_muslim/ Presenter: https://twitter.com/jalalayn

Ahmed Gatnash and Iyad El-Baghdadi reflect about the podcast, how far it's come, and plans for the future, as well as discussing Joe Biden's election victory and Trump's defeat, and what they mean for the MENA region and the global struggle for human rights. Support our work on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/kawaakibi

Litteraturhuset i Trondheim og Civita inviterer til debattmøte: Hvordan skal det norske samfunnet forholde seg til terrortrusselen fra IS? I januar trakk FrP seg fra fl.ertallsregjeringen som følge av beslutningen om å hente hjem en IS-kvinne og hennes barn. Saken illustrerer flere dilemmaer og utfordringer. Hvilken sikkerhetsrisiko utgjør fremmedkrigere? Behøver vi en strengere terrorlovgivning – eller er dagens lovverk godt egnet til å håndtere trusselen? Hvilket moralsk og juridisk ansvar har vi for norske fremmedkrigere som har vervet seg til IS? Hvordan kan vi forhindre at norske statsborgere blir radikalisert? På kveldens møte vil Sofie Høgestøl, førsteamanuensis ved det juridiske fakultet ved UiO og forfatter av boken «Fremmedkrigere», og Iyad El-Baghdadi, menneskerettsaktivist og forfatter tilknyttet Civita, samtale om disse spørsmålene og hvordan det norske samfunnet skal forholde seg til IS. Samtalen ledes av rådgiver i Civita, Eirik Løkke, og vil foregår på engelsk.

Civita fellow and human rights activist, Iyad El-Baghdadi, remembers the Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was brutally murdered by the Saudi-regime one year ago. Iyad was also a friend of Jamal and in today`s episode he shares his thoughts about Jamal Khashoggi`s work and dream of an Arab world without tyrants.

..le massicce proteste che a Hong Kong vogliono bloccare la legge per l'estradizione con la Cina; un viaggio fra i migliori reportage internazionali sul massacro dei manifestanti in Sudan e lo stallo nelle trattative con i militari; la protesta degli immobiliaristi di New York contro le nuove tutele per gli inquilini; perché non c'è lotta per l'ambiente senza lotta per la giustizia sociale.

Hardtalk speaks to human rights activist Iyad El-Baghdadi. Six months after the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul three of Khashoggi’s friends and associates received warnings that their lives could be in danger. The original source was the CIA. One of those warned is Iyad El-Baghdadi, a long-time critic of Arab authoritarian regimes, who lives in political asylum in Norway using social media to challenge what he calls the Arab Tyrants. After the demise of the Arab Spring is his a lost cause ?

This episode is a recording of Iyad El-Baghdadi's recent press conference, in which he speaks about the recent revelations from intelligence agencies that the Saudi government potentially poses a threat to his life. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/07/cia-warns-arab-activist-of-potential-threat-from-saudi-arabia You can find a video version of the press conference and a transcript here: https://arabtyrantmanual.com/videos/iyad-el-baghdadis-statement-in-press-conference-about-saudi-threats/ If they want to kill us, we must be doing something right. Our NGO is small and volunteer-driven, but incredibly impactful, and every dollar of your help counts - our audience are our primary funders, and that helps us stay independent. To support us, go to patreon.com/kawaakibi or donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=efUnmQWmPsjyUiQtW6_QDVckQg_jsZermMDSmq_kxR6ViZjTri_Ur_JZKdF2arTv-hmDo0

This episode welcomes Iyad el-Baghdadi and Belabbes Benkredda to discuss the Arab Spring and its aftermath. Today’s show is the second of 2 parts. We explore the murder of Jamal Kashoggi, whom our guests knew personally; government repression, the situation in Palestine, Iyad el-Baghdadi's life journey, and the US role in the Middle East. Iyad el-Baghdadi is among the most influential human rights activists who rose to prominence during the Arab Spring protests. He is one of the top voices in the online Arab world, and has been published at The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Foreign Policy. He also runs a podcast called The Arab Tyrant Manual, and is a fellow at the Norwegian think tank Civita. Iyad is a stateless Palestinian who was born in Kuwait and raised in the United Arab Emirates, he is now a political refugee in Norway. Belabbes Benkredda is an Algerian-German social innovator, and the founder of The Munathara Initiative, an Arab online and television debate forum that promotes the voices of youth, women and marginalized communities in the Arab public. He was a recipient of the 2013 Democracy Award of the National Democratic Institute, and in 2016 became a World Fellow at Yale’s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs. Belabbes is currently a senior research scholar at Yale Law School.

This episode welcomes Iyad el-Baghdadi and Belabbes Benkredda to discuss the Arab Spring and its aftermath. Today’s show is the first of 2 parts. We explore the use of Twitter and social media in the Middle East, the Arab Spring uprisings, the influence of the Obama administration during the Arab Spring, and the role of Putin and China in the Middle East and world affairs. Part 2 will air next week and cover additional topics. Iyad el-Baghdadi is among the most influential human rights activists who rose to prominence during the Arab Spring protests. He is one of the top voices in the online Arab world, and has been published at The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Foreign Policy. He also runs a podcast called The Arab Tyrant Manual, and is a fellow at the Norwegian think tank Civita. Iyad is a stateless Palestinian who was born in Kuwait and raised in the United Arab Emirates, he is now a political refugee in Norway. Belabbes Benkredda is an Algerian-German social innovator, and the founder of The Munathara Initiative, an Arab online and television debate forum that promotes the voices of youth, women and marginalized communities in the Arab public. He was a recipient of the 2013 Democracy Award of the National Democratic Institute, and in 2016 became a World Fellow at Yale’s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs. Belabbes is currently a senior research scholar at Yale Law School.

How do you get one of the world's most beloved ex-footballers to speak out about an innocent political prisoner in Iran? In this episode (part 2 of a 2-part show), Iyad El-Baghdadi and Maryam Nayeb Yazdi talk about a campaign they ran for Arash Sadeghi, and what activists can learn from it. Maryam can be found on Twitter at @MaryamNayebYazd. Iyad and Ahmed can be found at @iyad_elbaghdadi and @gatnash. Tweet us, or join the conversation on #ArabTyrantMan.

A discussion between Belabbes Benkredda, Founding Director of the Munathara Initiative, and Iyad El-Baghdadi, Nasser Weddady and Ahmed Gatnash, on the public sphere, what teaching young people to debate can do for the world, and how to normalise civilised exchange of ideas and evaluation of them on their merits. Belabbes is currently Senior Research Scholar at Yale Law School's Information Society Project, and can be found on Twitter (@AbuLavinia). The Munathara Initiative (@Munathara) can be found at http://www.munathara.com/

In this week’s episode of the Sinica Podcast, taped live in New York at the law offices of Dorsey and Whitney on June 19, Kaiser and Jeremy chat about DEF CON, the world’s premier hacker convention, which was — to the surprise of many — held in Beijing this May, and sponsored by Baidu. They also discuss U.S-China cyber relations throughout the years, including some of the finer emerging contours that define this relationship. Joining us are Kevin Collier, a reporter for BuzzFeed who reported on the conference from Beijing, and Priscilla Moriuchi, a 12-year veteran of the National Security Agency (NSA) who is now head of nation-state threat security at Recorded Future. Recommendations: Jeremy: Arab Tyrant Manual, a podcast hosted by Iyad El-Baghdadi and Ahmed Gatnash that discuss authoritarianism and freedom in the Middle East. Priscilla: Crimetown, a podcast about organized crime and political corruption in Providence, RI in the 80’s and 90’s that is sure to please fans of Serial and S-Town alike. Kevin: Tyler Childers, an authentic country musician who “cut his teeth” in Kevin’s Kentucky hometown. Kaiser: Free Salamander Exhibit, an experimental metal band that Kaiser says has “crazy chops.”

Iyad El-Baghdadi and Ahmed Gatnash discuss nonviolent resistance to oppression - realistic mechanism of change or idealistic and ineffective? What is it, and how does it apply to different struggles today? Got any thoughts or questions? Tweet us @iyad_elbaghdadi, @gatnash. #ArabTyrantManual

Demokratiaktivist, islamsk libertarianer, og blogger. Det er blant noen av titlene brukt for å beskrive Iyad El-Baghdadi, en av de store navnene på Twitter under og etter den arabiske våren. Vi snakker om radikalisering, frihet, reform av islam, om hva han gjør i Norge, og om islamsk libertarianisme. Intervjuet er mitt første på engelsk og er mindre direkte skolerettet enn vanlig, selv om det nok er skolefaglig relevant fremdeles.

Roy Kvatningen møtte menneskerettsaktivisten Iyad el-Baghdadi, som bor i Oslo som politisk flyktning, under Oslo Freedom Forum i New York. I intervjuet snakker han om kommende flyktningkatastrofer, om integrering og hvordan han havnet i Oslo.

Au lendemain de l'attaque terroriste qui s'est déroulée à Manchester, de nombreuses questions se posent quant à la menace islamiste. Je n'ai malheureusement pas toutes les réponses à ces questions, même si j'aimerais pouvoir prétendre le contraire. Mais au fil de mes lectures, il y a des points qui me semblent clairs, et qui même s'ils sont difficiles à réconcilier avec nos intuitions nous permettent de mieux analyser la situation. Au travers de cet épisode j'essaie donc d'aborder ces différents points, ainsi que ma "routine" en cas d'attentat terroriste. Références mentionnées durant le podcast : * Islam and the Future of Tolerance, Sam Harris & Maajid Nawaz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXAP1VWziwI * Exemple de persecution des amhadis https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jul/07/man-admits-murder-of-glasgow-shopkeeper-asad-shah-shawlands * Iyad El-Baghdadi https://twitter.com/iyad_elbaghdadi Abonnez-vous sur iTunes ! http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:127107132/sounds.rss Me retrouver sur les réseaux sociaux : * https://twitter.com/HipstNeoliberal * https://www.facebook.com/lefrenchlibertarien/