Podcasts about Kurdistan

The last American troops have left Iraq after a military presence of more than a decade in the country. The exit of the remaining forces from Irbil, in the northern Kurdistan region, follows an agreement between the US and the Iraqi government, signed two years ago, to withdraw foreign troops by the end of this month. KAN's Mark Weiss spoke with Elizabeth Tsurkov from the Van Leer Institute's Forum for Regional Thinking. (Photo: AP)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Les États-Unis quittent définitivement l'Irak et mettent fin à une présence militaire qui avait commencé en 2003, avec le renversement de Saddam Hussein. Les forces militaires américaines s'étaient retirées d'Irak en 2011, avant d'y revenir en 2014 pour lutter contre le groupe État islamique. L'Irak salue l'ouverture d'une nouvelle ère de "souveraineté". Ce retrait s'effectue dans un contexte de guerre avec l'Iran et d'embrasement au Yémen.

The U.S. military has successfully completed its full withdrawal from Iraq, marking the end of its military operations in the nation after more than twenty years of presence. The concluding stage of this departure was accomplished on September 30, 2026, when the last contingent of forces evacuated from Erbil Air Base, their final position in northern Iraq.Coalition military forces were initially stationed in Iraq and Syria beginning in 2014 to counter the Islamic State (IS) organization, which had taken control of extensive territories across both nations and perpetrated horrific massacres and atrocities.Although IS was militarily defeated in Iraq by 2017 and in Syria by 2019, coalition personnel remained to suppress the organization's surviving elements. In 2024, Baghdad and Washington reached an agreement to gradually reduce the coalition's operational footprint, leading to a phased withdrawal from military installations throughout the country, with forces concentrating their remaining activities in the self-governing Kurdistan region in the north. Their complete departure from this final location is set for Wednesday.Iraqi leadership contends that removing coalition forces eliminates the justification that Iran-aligned militant organizations have leveraged to maintain their arsenals. Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi has proclaimed that October 1, immediately following the coalition's exit, should be recognized as Sovereignty Day.This represents "a historic milestone celebrating Iraq's achievement of full sovereignty and reinforcing the strength of the state and its governmental structures," according to statements from the heads of Iraq's executive, legislative, and judicial authorities released on Monday.They further emphasized that “the presence of weapons outside state authority must be addressed… in line with timelines set by the government, in a manner that strengthens state sovereignty”.

Maurizio Fantoni Minnella"Che cos'è una biblioteca?"Ogni biblioteca nasce da un desiderio impossibile: tenere insieme tutto ciò che è stato scritto, sottrarlo al tempo, renderlo di nuovo leggibile. Proprio per questo la sua storia è anche una storia di fragilità: i libri bruciano, si sbriciolano, vengono dimenticati, censurati, dispersi. Il percorso che segue attraversa sei luoghi, reali e immaginari, in cui la biblioteca si mostra per ciò che è davvero. Non è un deposito, ma un organismo vivo che chiede custodi.I. AlessandriaIl mito fondativo. Una città che voleva possedere il sapere del mondo e che, proprio per questo, ha consegnato alla memoria collettiva la sua perdita. Da allora ogni biblioteca porta in sé il ricordo di un incendio.II. BabeleBorges immagina una biblioteca infinita che contiene tutti i libri possibili, e in cui proprio per questo nessuno riesce a trovare quello che cerca. Altrove confessa di essersi sempre figurato il Paradiso come una specie di biblioteca. È lo sguardo da cui parte Fantoni Minnella: il suo documentario "Libri di sabbia" (2019) prende il titolo da un racconto borgesiano.III. Il desertoNell'Adrar mauritano, a Chinguetti, Ouadane, Tichitt e Oualata, ci sono antiche città carovaniere oggi patrimonio Unesco. Lì manoscritti medievali e libri a stampa arrivati dal Cairo e dalla Mecca sono custoditi da secoli nelle biblioteche private delle famiglie, tramandati di padre in figlio. Sabbia, termiti e desertificazione li minacciano. Il film di Fantoni Minnella nasce da un gesto di ascolto, «Mi sono messo in ascolto del deserto», e dal timore che finiscano come Timbuctù.IV. Il rogoIl 10 maggio 1933 a Berlino e nelle città tedesche si bruciano i libri in piazza. Ogni anno l'Associazione italiana biblioteche ricorda quella notte con la rassegna "Libri salvati", letture pubbliche contro la cancellazione della memoria. Salvare un libro è un atto politico. Lo sapeva Victor Hugo, che nel 1872 dedica un poema alla biblioteca incendiata durante la Comune.V. La biblioteca di casaSono scaffali costruiti in una vita, disordinati, stratificati. La biblioteca privata è un autoritratto involontario, un diario scritto con i libri degli altri. Chi la guardasse senza conoscerci capirebbe molto di noi: dei viaggi, degli amori, delle ossessioni.VI. La sogliaInfine la biblioteca pubblica, luogo di accesso e di democrazia: l'unico spazio in cui chiunque può entrare, sedersi e leggere senza dover comprare nulla. Da qui torna la domanda di fondo del percorso: chi custodisce oggi i libri, e per chi?— Tu viens d'incendier la Bibliothèque ?— Oui.J'ai mis le feu là.— Mais c'est un crime inouï !«Hai appena incendiato la Biblioteca?» «Sì. Ci ho appiccato il fuoco.» «Ma è un crimine inaudito!» Il poema si chiude con la risposta dell'incendiario, che rovescia l'accusa: «Non so leggere».(Victor Hugo, "À qui la faute ?", da "L'Année terrible", 1872)There is no Frigate like a BookTo take us Lands away«Non c'è vascello come un libro per portarci in terre lontane.»(Emily Dickinson, 1873 circa, pubblicata postuma nel 1894)Maurizio Fantoni Minnella (Varese, 1959) è scrittore, saggista, critico cinematografico, documentarista e fotografo. Si è formato negli anni Ottanta ai Cineseminari della Cineteca Italiana di Milano. Ha pubblicato oltre trenta opere tra narrativa, saggistica e reportage di viaggio, tra cui il romanzo "Ritmo binario" (Castelvecchi, 2022), "Destini globali" (Castelvecchi, 2024) e "Un viaggio in inverno" (Passigli, 2025). Ha girato una trentina di documentari tra Palestina, Algeria, Kurdistan, Senegal, Messico e Mauritania. In Mauritania ha realizzato "Libri di sabbia", sulle biblioteche del deserto, accompagnato dalla mostra fotografica "Parole di sabbia". Studioso di letteratura latinoamericana, collabora con "Avvenire" e dirige dal 2013 Poevisioni al Festival Internazionale di Poesia di Genova. Dal 2021 è ambasciatore di Genova nel mondo.Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarehttps://ilpostodelleparole.it/

Vekişîna hêzên Amerîkî û Koalîsyona Navnetewî ya ji Iraq û Herêma Kurdistanê, ku tê plankirin heta 30ê Îlona 2026an bê temamkirin, guherîneke mezin a jeopolîtîk û leşkerî ye. Têkildarî vê mijarê, em jî li ser potansiyela guherînê û hêviyan di vê geşedana dîrokî de, bi Doç. Dr. Kardo Rashid ji Silêmaniyê, û rojnamevan Newroz Sinjar ji Hewlêrê re nîqaş dikin. Hin agahiyên zêdetir li ser vê mijarê dê di beşa din a vê podkastê de bin. Von Kamil Basergan.

Di 10'ê Îlonê de Wezîrê Pêşmergeyan yê Hikûmeta Herêma Kurdistanê Şoriş Îsmaîl ragihand ku pêvajoya yekkirin hêzên Pêşmerge bi dawî bûye. Yekbûn dilê Kurdan xweş dike lê belê fikar jî hene, ka ev yekbûna vê dawiyê ewê yekbûneke rasteqîn be yan partîbazî ewê dîsa bibe asteng li pêşiya berjewendiyên netewî yên Kurdan. Ji Zanîngeha Birmingham'ê huqûqnas Dr. Hoshman Ismail rave dike. Von Celil Kaya.

Raporta Wezareta Darayî ya Herêma Kurdistanê diyar dike ku hevdîtinên wan ên bi Bexdayê re bo diyarkirina budceya texmînî ya sala 2027an ji ber sepandina sîstêma navendî û neheqiya di dabeşkirina mafên darayî de bêencam mane. Di civînan de Herêmê daxwaza 11 trîlyon û 717 milyar dînarî bo mûçeyên fermanberan kiriye, lê Bexda tenê bi 10 trîlyon û 210 milyar dînarî razî bûye. Zêdetir derbarê vê mijarê di raporta Ehmed Xefûr ji Hewlêrê heye.#sbsaudiopodcast

Rêber û çalakvanên Kurd li Parlemana Australya li Canberra kom bûn da ku salvegera çaremîn a mirina Jîna Emînî bi bîr bînin û daxwaza gavên berfirehtir ji bo mafên mirovan li Îranê bikin. Em bi Selah Pûresad re, ku nûnerê Hizbî Demokratî Kurdistan-Îran re, derbarê zextên berdewam ên li ser Kurdan, pêwîstiya Îraneke demokratîk, sekuler, federal û pirçand û girîngiya berdewamiya berxwedana Kurdan de diaxivîn. Herwiha wî behsa bandora nakokiyên di navbera Dewletên Yekbûyî û Îranê de kir û tekezî li ser rola sereke ya gelê Îranê di pêkanîna guhertina siyasî de kir.#sbsaudiopodcast

Hukûmeta Iraqê hewl dide ku PKK û komên din ên girêdayî bi wan ku li Şingalê ne çekên xwe radest bikin, pêkhateyên xwe yên çekdarî hilweşînin û endamên xwe tevlî hêzên Iraqî bikin. Li alîyekî din, Hukumeta Herêma Kurdistanê vegerandina 33 ciwanên kurd ragihand, ku zêdetirî mehekê di zîndanên Lîbyayê de mabûn. Li gorî amarên Fermangeha Medya û Zanyariyê, heta niha 335 kes ji Lîbyayê hatine rizgar kirin.#sbsaudiopodcast

Livet är ett samspel mellan levande och döda. Kristoffer Leandoer varnar för faran att hamna mitt emellan. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. ESSÄ: Detta är en text där skribenten reflekterar över ett ämne eller ett verk. Åsikter som uttrycks är skribentens egna.Låt de döda begrava sina döda, säger Jesus. Mohammed anser att den vackraste graven är den som försvinner från jordens yta. Där döden finns, finns inte vi, hävdar Epikuros och i den tidiga buddhismen lämnades kadavren att förmultna på egen hand.Människans kunskap om sin egen historia beror i hög grad på att vi aldrig förmått följa dessa bud. Vi behöver veta var vi har våra döda, vi behöver sortera dem: till vilken sida hör de? Vi spar oss ingen möda när det gäller sinnrika metoder att hedra, begrava och minnas: ossuarier, kolumbarier, katakomber, kummel, pyramider, mumier och skeppssättningar, kungagravar, monument och mossbelupna stenar på lantkyrkogårdar. Av respekt för de hädangångna begraver prerafaeliten Edward Burne-Jones till och med en tub målarfärg i sin trädgård när han förfärad får klart för sig att pigmenten i kulören mumiebrunt, även kallad egyptiskt brunt, faktiskt kommer från riktiga mumier: en tillverkning som för övrigt upphörde först på 1960-talet. De döda finns överallt, inte bara i marmor och mull. Vart vi än går omges vi av dem, och på sätt och vis är det tur.För det vi tycker oss veta om de levande, vet vi i hög grad tack vare de döda. År 1878 påträffades en grav från 900-talet i Birka med beteckningen Bj.581, där uppenbarligen en mäktig krigare begravts med två ridhästar: alltså en man. På tvåtusentalet började man tvivla på likets könstillhörighet och år 2017 avgjordes frågan med en genomisk analys: krigaren var definitivt en kvinna, kunskapen om vikingatidens könsroller måste omprövas än en gång. Det finns något rörande i ivern och svårigheten att tolka dessa kvarlevor. I en grotta i Kurdistan upptäcktes år 1951 liken efter både neanderthalare och homo sapiens. Hos en neandarthalare påträffades pollen, vilket ledde till slutsatsen att neanderthalarna till skillnad från våra förfäder ägnat sina döda en sista blomsterhälsning och på hela taget varit fredligare och mer kärleksfulla, rena stenåldershippies, vilket sannolikt var skälet till att de utrotats av oss. En färgstark mänsklig historia fick blomma ur lite pollen som enligt mindre romantiskt lagda arkeologer sannolikt kom från exkrement från asätare som kalasat på kvarlevorna– farväl omsorg om de döda, farväl blomsterfolk!Historien om vår samlevnad med de döda tar riktig fart först när människan blir bofast. Raskt ackumuleras kadavren kring våra bosättningar, snart är de i majoritet, utgör ett logistiskt problem och en hälsofara. Romarriket var först med att förvisa de döda och deras gravar extra muros, utanför stadsmurarna, vilket blev allmän praxis i de flesta städer. Men vad hjälpte det när städerna bara växte och begravningsplatserna snart införlivades i stadsbilden igen? Förr eller senare bodde vi med de döda. 1780 var den parisiska kyrkogården Saint Innocents så överfull att dess väggar brast och gatorna översvämmades av en störtflod med likvax och förruttnade kvarlevor i sådan omfattning att husen kollapsade och invånarna hotades att dränkas. Effektivare demonstration av de ohygienska levnadsvillkoren kunde inte tänkas: så är det heller knappast en slump att de levande parisarna reste sig för att spränga sina bojor bara några år efter att de döda parisarna gjort det.Det råder ingen tvekan om att det som vällde ut över gator och torg var resterna av naturliga kroppar. Endast beträffande kungar skilde man sedan medeltiden på den naturliga och den politiska kroppen. Kungens naturliga kropp kunde ju åldras, förfalla och dö och för att ingen oro då skulle uppstå i riket, ingenl tvekan om tronföljd och maktskifte, var det viktigt att visa för alla att kungens politiska kropp inte påverkats: därför tillverkades porträttlika miniatyrdockor, som rentav placerades på kungens kista: Kungen är död, leve kungen! Detta var skälet till att kungen avrättades med halshuggning i både engelska franska revolutionen: sedan det kungliga huvudet avskilts var det slut med såväl den naturliga som den politiska kroppen.Att man kände sig tvungen att skapa teorin om två parallellt existerande kungliga kroppar visar på hur farofyllt tillståndet mellan döden och begravningen är: det är då vad som helst kan hända. I alla kulturer är det de obegravda som går igen, hemsöker, spökar.År 1658 talar den engelske läkaren Thomas Browne vackert om dessa rastlösa andar i sin skrift ”Gravurnor” och säger att ”strängt taget är de ännu på denna sida om döden”.Det finns alltså två sidor, hitomdöden och bortomdöden.Den franske religionssociologen Robert Hertz delade år 1907 in döden i två faser, den fysiska och den symboliska. Följande år utvecklade hans kollega Arnold van Gennep schemat till tre faser: separation, övergång och införlivande. Vi skiljs från de levande, vi befinner oss i övergångsfasen mellan liv och död och vi införlivas slutligen bland de döda genom en ritual och en sista vila, vanligtvis i en grav.Detta sätt att se tillmäter graven en fundamental betydelse, den får rentav avgöra vår ontologiska status. Ligger vi i den, ja då är vi solitt placerade på andra sidan döden.Graven gör två saker med oss.Dels flyttar den oss det där avgörande lilla stycket bort från alla andra – nu tillhör vi inte längre hitomdöden, där vad som helst kan hända, utan nu är vi tryggt placerade i bortomdöden. Dels gör den oss till en del av det mänskliga livet, en grav kan man besöka, sätta blommor på, ringa kyrkogårdsförvaltningen om, man kan gräla om dess skötsel på samma sätt som man tidigare grälade om hemtjänst och äldreboende – den som ligger i en grav förblir på många sätt en del av familjen.Hur ser framtiden ut för vår samlevnad med de döda? I den lika uppslagsrika som läckra boken Graveyards. A History of LIving with the Dead pekar historieprofessor Roger Luckhurst pekar ut några tydliga dödstrender. Dels något han kallar International Cemetery Style som inspireras av vår egen Skogskyrkogården och handlar om lugn och integrering i naturen, dels den mer hysteriskt bejakande mexikanska dödskulten Santa Muerte, och slutligen trenden bland de mycket rika att utnyttja teknologins allra nyaste landvinningar till att helt enkelt slippa döden, antingen i form av nedfrysning medelst kryonik eller möjligheten att fortsätta småprata med en älskad livspartner i AI-version. Detta trots att redan Gilgamesheposet i historiens gryning visste att ingen kan lura döden, varken hitom den eller bortom.Kristoffer Leandoerförfattare, kritiker och översättare

In this episode of Pastors Talk, Jonathan Leeman and Mark Dever are joined by David Lawrence, pastor of Erbil Baptist Church, and Jeremy Barker of the Mustard Seed Foundation, to discuss gospel work in Kurdistan — the semi-autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq. 

​Jeremy Kyle reacts as hundreds of protesters have clashed with police in Portsmouth after a mega-dinghy carrying 140 migrants reached the UK from Normandy.Around 500 demonstrators are believed to have joined a protest in the area on Sunday night, with some dressed in all black – similar to those who joined an anti-illegal migrant protest which blocked the Port of Dover on Saturday.The large boat of migrants – believed to be the longest-ever Channel crossing by people-smugglers – was intercepted in the Solent between the Isle of Wight and Portsmouth earlier on Sunday.It comes as only one in 100 asylum claims are genuine, according to a whistleblower who has revealed widespread fraud and dysfunction in the system. He said he had encountered a large number of Iraqi Kurds claiming asylum who said they had been in a relationship with the daughter of the prime minister of the Kurdistan region.Shabana Mahmood was last night accused of kowtowing to the Labour Left-wing after failing to bring forward 'urgent' immigration reforms. The Home Secretary promised tough new measures aimed at tightening immigration laws almost a year ago. Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said Ms Mahmood had 'chickened out'.Wake up with Talk Breakfast in full on YouTube, DAB+ radio, Samsung TV Plus or the Talk App on your TV from 6am every morning. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Andy White joined the British Army in 1993 and served three tours in Iraq with the 1st Battalion, The Light Infantry.Seeking a new challenge, Andy then transferred to the Australian Defence Force. After successfully completing selection for the Special Air Service Regiment, and following the reinforcement cycle in 2009, Andy was posted to 1 SAS Squadron, where he spent the majority of his Australian military career. During his first deployment to Afghanistan in 2010 Andy was awarded a Commendation for Distinguished Service. He returned to Afghanistan in 2011 and 2013 as a K9 handler and patrol second-in-command, before deploying to Kabul in late 2013 and into 2014 alongside an Australian 'other government agency' on his fourth and final Afghanistan deployment.From 2014 onwards, Andy instructed prospective SAS operators on selection and the reinforcement cycle, specialising in close quarter battle and tactical training. He also led intelligence operations across Asia, Southeast Asia, the South West Pacific and throughout the Middle East.In 2021, Andrew deployed to Kurdistan in northern Iraq as a Task Element Commander, working alongside British and American Special Operations Forces conducting counter-ISIS operations.After twenty-nine years of military service and more than fifteen operational tours of duty, Andrew retired from the Australian Defence Force in 2022 as a Freefall Troop Sergeant.As well as writing, Andy consultants in the training and counter-terrorism fields. He lives in Western Australia with his wife Tracy and is the father of six children.Andy's socials: @onceapilgrimAndy's book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Outside-Wire-Andy-White/dp/1761473875Listen to Andy's book on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/65Ga5zUCwTQjv8PKBD2rEtSupport the show

Bilder av lidande berör oss, men kan också vara exploaterande. Katarina Bjärvall reflekterar över plikten att se och varför Susan Sontag ändrade sig. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. ESSÄ: Detta är en text där skribenten reflekterar över ett ämne eller ett verk. Åsikter som uttrycks är skribentens egna.Under en taggig lugg ser hon mig rakt i ögonen med utforskande blick. Hon vill mig något. De är tre flickor på rad, alla i blåmönstrade klänningar över vida byxor. De andra två tittar ut ur bild, mot den sandgula himlen. Bara hon i mitten ser på mig, då fotografen, nu betraktaren.Turkiska Kurdistan sommaren 1988 var fattigt, förtryckt och krigshärjat. Jag ville dokumentera hur barnen där levde. Storasystrar som bar runt sina småsyskon under den hårda solen, pojkar som svalkade sig med bad i Tigris och så de här tre flickorna som kom tillbaka till sin by i flackt kvällsljus. Barnarbetare på väg hem från bomullsfälten.Jag tänker på bilderna jag tog när jag läser den amerikanska kulturkritikern Susan Sontags båda böcker ”Om fotografi”, från 1977, och ”Att betrakta andras lidande”, från 2003. Böckerna finns samlade i en volym – utan foton, men texterna är så precist skrivna att bilderna framkallas inom mig. Både de välkända, som den av den nakna flickan som flyr undan en napalmattack i krigets Vietnam, och sådana jag aldrig sett förut, som den av en ung kvinna döende av kvicksilverförgiftning i sin mammas famn i japanska Minamata.Vilka skäl finns att fotografera lidande människor och publicera bilderna? Det är frågan Susan Sontag borrar i. Om man skulle ställa den till dokumentärfotografer så är jag säker på att många skulle svara att de vill väcka engagemang. Och att en förutsättning för engagemang en drabbad person som betraktaren kan identifiera sig med. Gärna ett barn, eftersom varje betraktare själv har varit barn och eftersom barn är essensen av oskuld.Ett skenheligt resonemang, menade Susan Sontag 1977. Den dokumentära fotografin utnyttjar enligt henne människors underläge och dövar betraktarens samvete. Uttrycket ”ta en bild” avslöjar girigheten. Ett av hennes exempel utgår från den statliga amerikanska kommittén mot barnarbete som i början av 1900-talet sände ut fotografen Lewis Hine för att dokumentera barn i kolgruvor, bomullsspinnerier och på betfält. Syftet var att låta beslutsfattare i Washington se barnens utsatthet. Rovlysten appropriering, kallade Sontag det.I den andra boken har hon ändrat sig. Hon konstaterar nu att det saknas belägg för det hon tidigare hävdade. Istället är hon övertygad om det dokumentära fotografiets etiska verkanskraft och ger en rad exempel på när det har förändrat historiska skeenden. Fotona av amerikanska barn i industrier och jordbruk bidrog till att barnarbete förbjöds i USA och bilden på flickan med napalm på sin nakna hud var en av flera katalysatorer som fick amerikanerna att protestera mot Vietnamkriget tills det avslutades. Därför är det, menar Sontag, en plikt att se: Ingen vuxen har rätt att unna sig den okunnighet och ytlighet som det innebär att vägra möta andras lidande på bild.Varför har hon ändrat sig? Kanske har hon påverkats av sin partner, den ikoniska porträttfotografen Annie Leibovitz, som hon levde med från 1980-talets slut. Eller så har hon helt enkelt tänkt djupare.Om lidande ska synas måste ju den som lider visa sig. Sontags förmåga till självrannsakan får mig att vända kameran mot mig själv och fråga mig: Är jag villig att låta andra betrakta mitt lidande? Mitt svar är att det beror på. Den gången jag blev utsatt för ett allvarligt brott ville jag gärna ha det dokumenterat på bild, men andra gånger, framför allt när djag är sjuk, värjer jag mig mot uppmärksamhet.Att inte alla lidande människor vill få sitt ansikte spritt över världen stod klart efter publiceringen av ett foto från inbördeskrigets Algeriet 1997. Porträttet togs av den algeriske fotografen Hocine Zaourar dagen efter en massaker i staden Bentalha. En kvinna ser ut att vara på väg att svimma, lutad mot en husvägg. Hennes huvudduk har glidit åt sidan, hennes ögon är halvslutna och blicken oskarp. Ur hennes öppna mun tycks ett kvidande ljuda. Bilden publicerades världen över, med en bildtext som påstod att kvinnan hade förlorat sina åtta barn i massakern. Reaktionerna mot kriget blev kraftfulla.Före internet hade foton färdats enkelriktat från den fattiga världen till den rika, men nu hände något nytt: Bilden kom tillbaka till den porträtterade, som protesterade. Hon sörjde visserligen, eftersom hon förlorat tre släktingar i massakern, men hennes barn levde. Och hon upplevde publiceringen som kränkande. Hennes protest gav många fotografer en insikt: Den jag porträtterar är nu min publik, oavsett hur långt ifrån varandra vi befinner oss.Några decennier senare har AI skapat möjligheter att avbilda lidande utan att något levande ansikte behöver utnyttjas. Det har gjort att två nygamla storheter har tagit revansch: sanningen och verkligheten. Det är bilder av den sanna verkligheten som bär förändringskraft.Jag återvänder till Kurdistan många gånger, men det dröjer trettiosju år innan jag kommer tillbaka till byn där jag fotograferade flickorna. Med mig har jag en bunt papperskopior av mina bilder. Genast blir jag inbjuden i ett hus. Te, nybakat bröd och ost och sylt från byn och så bilderna som går från hand till hand, från mobil till mobil. En kvinna känner förtjust igen sig själv, andra känner igen grannar som flyttat härifrån. Och en man känner igen mig – han minns mina bara ben, säger han.Några månader senare plingar min telefon hemma i Sverige: Hello, Ms Katrina. I'm Sena, the little girl in the picture. Intill meddelandet ser jag min bild på de tre flickorna. Hon i mitten är inringad med rött.Sena berättar att hon fått bilden av en kusin i byn. Minns du när jag tog fotot? frågar jag. Ja, skriver hon, hur skulle jag kunna glömma blygheten, bitterheten, sorgen och ilskan som syns i mina ögon? Hon fortsätter: Jag var sju år och arbetade på bomullsfälten. Jag önskade mig en cykel och ett lugnt liv. Det är skönt att ha blivit vuxen. Hon berättar att hon utbildat sig och jobbar i Istanbul. Och så skickar hon en bild där hon sitter med sin bror och hans familj i en park och äter vattenmelon.Sena ville bli sedd. Hon ville äga sitt liv då, så som hon nu äntligen äger det. Där finns en etik som dokumentärfotot kan hålla sig till: Vill den lidande bli betraktad? Men ibland är det omöjligt att veta. Den napalmskadade Phan Thi Kim Phuc kunde inte ge sitt samtycke till att bilden togs, men hennes livshistoria visar att fotot har gett henne både avancerad sjukvård och en plattform som aktivist till stöd för krigsdrabbade barn världen över. Under en tidsrymd som är typisk för det sekundsnabba hantverk som fotografin är prövas så fotografens professionella omdöme till det yttersta: Kan denna bild göra något gott? I så fall, ta den och sprid den.Katarina Bjärvalljournalist och författareProducent: Ann Lingebrandt

durée : 00:04:16 - Le Grand reportage de France Inter - Le vote en août d'une loi d'amnistie partielle des militants du Parti des travailleurs du Kurdistan a marqué une nouvelle étape dans le processus de paix entre le PKK et l'Etat turc. Les Kurdes attendent désormais la libération de prisonniers et une reconnaissance de leurs droits. - équipe : Timour Öztürk Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France

durée : 00:04:16 - La grande matinale - Le vote en août d'une loi d'amnistie partielle des militants du Parti des travailleurs du Kurdistan a marqué une nouvelle étape dans le processus de paix entre le PKK et l'Etat turc. Les Kurdes attendent désormais la libération de prisonniers et une reconnaissance de leurs droits. - équipe : Timour Öztürk Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France

In this episode we spoke with Marian Scheuer Sofaer, Esquire, and Dr. Einav Yehuda-Shnaidman about The Expulsion of Jews from Iraq, 20th Century: The Agonies of Redemption (Brill, 2024), by Dr. Zvi Yehuda, and translated by Sofaer. Dr. Zvi Yehuda, born in Iraq in 1936, immigrated to Israel as a teenager during Operation Ezra and Nehemiah and went on to complete a PhD in History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, later founding and heading the research institute at the Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center. He began to write the book in 1984, in a conversation with former Knesset Speaker Shlomo Hillel, and grew into a forty-year project of archival research across Israel, the United Kingdom, France, the United States, and Iraq, conducted in Hebrew, English, French, German and Judeo-Arabic. Yehuda passed away before he could complete editing the English translation; his daughter, Dr. Einav Yehuda-Shnaidman, together with Sofaer, brought the English edition to completion. The book situates the modern Iraqi Jewish community within a more discontinuous history than is often assumed. Yehuda's research identified a substantial gap, from the fourteenth through the eighteenth centuries, in which no functioning Jewish community existed in Iraq; the community that flourished into the twentieth century instead descended from waves of immigration beginning after 1740, drawing Jews from Kurdistan, Iran, and Europe, and developing its own distinct Judeo-Arabic dialect. Following Israel's establishment and victory in 1948, Sofaer and Yehuda-Shnaidman described the systematic persecution that followed: mass dismissals of Jews from government employment, punitive import-export regulations, and new restrictions on real estate and mortgages. Yehuda-Shnaidman emphasized that Prime Minister Nuri al-Said was a central architect of this policy, proposing to the United Nations a plan to force Iraq's Jews to leave within four months, stripped of citizenship and property—a plan ultimately abandoned only after Jordan refused to allow the deportation convoys to cross its territory. Central to Yehuda's research is his conclusion that the expulsion was not, as long assumed, a response to Zionist activity, but a deliberate, state-directed policy to remove Iraq's Jews and seize their assets. The book also overturns the long-standing claim that bombs thrown at Jewish targets in Baghdad in 1950–51 were planted by Zionists to encourage emigration; evidence uncovered only in 2013 by an Iraqi journalist instead implicates Arab extremists, and points to the wrongful execution of Jews framed for the attacks.  Altogether, the book documents the expulsion and dispossession of some 150,000 Jews from Iraq, part of the roughly one million Jews forced from Muslim-majority countries across the twentieth century—a history Yehuda insisted be established on primary evidence rather than inherited assumption. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

In this episode we spoke with Marian Scheuer Sofaer, Esquire, and Dr. Einav Yehuda-Shnaidman about The Expulsion of Jews from Iraq, 20th Century: The Agonies of Redemption (Brill, 2024), by Dr. Zvi Yehuda, and translated by Sofaer. Dr. Zvi Yehuda, born in Iraq in 1936, immigrated to Israel as a teenager during Operation Ezra and Nehemiah and went on to complete a PhD in History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, later founding and heading the research institute at the Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center. He began to write the book in 1984, in a conversation with former Knesset Speaker Shlomo Hillel, and grew into a forty-year project of archival research across Israel, the United Kingdom, France, the United States, and Iraq, conducted in Hebrew, English, French, German and Judeo-Arabic. Yehuda passed away before he could complete editing the English translation; his daughter, Dr. Einav Yehuda-Shnaidman, together with Sofaer, brought the English edition to completion. The book situates the modern Iraqi Jewish community within a more discontinuous history than is often assumed. Yehuda's research identified a substantial gap, from the fourteenth through the eighteenth centuries, in which no functioning Jewish community existed in Iraq; the community that flourished into the twentieth century instead descended from waves of immigration beginning after 1740, drawing Jews from Kurdistan, Iran, and Europe, and developing its own distinct Judeo-Arabic dialect. Following Israel's establishment and victory in 1948, Sofaer and Yehuda-Shnaidman described the systematic persecution that followed: mass dismissals of Jews from government employment, punitive import-export regulations, and new restrictions on real estate and mortgages. Yehuda-Shnaidman emphasized that Prime Minister Nuri al-Said was a central architect of this policy, proposing to the United Nations a plan to force Iraq's Jews to leave within four months, stripped of citizenship and property—a plan ultimately abandoned only after Jordan refused to allow the deportation convoys to cross its territory. Central to Yehuda's research is his conclusion that the expulsion was not, as long assumed, a response to Zionist activity, but a deliberate, state-directed policy to remove Iraq's Jews and seize their assets. The book also overturns the long-standing claim that bombs thrown at Jewish targets in Baghdad in 1950–51 were planted by Zionists to encourage emigration; evidence uncovered only in 2013 by an Iraqi journalist instead implicates Arab extremists, and points to the wrongful execution of Jews framed for the attacks.  Altogether, the book documents the expulsion and dispossession of some 150,000 Jews from Iraq, part of the roughly one million Jews forced from Muslim-majority countries across the twentieth century—a history Yehuda insisted be established on primary evidence rather than inherited assumption. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/jewish-studies

In this episode we spoke with Marian Scheuer Sofaer, Esquire, and Dr. Einav Yehuda-Shnaidman about The Expulsion of Jews from Iraq, 20th Century: The Agonies of Redemption (Brill, 2024), by Dr. Zvi Yehuda, and translated by Sofaer. Dr. Zvi Yehuda, born in Iraq in 1936, immigrated to Israel as a teenager during Operation Ezra and Nehemiah and went on to complete a PhD in History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, later founding and heading the research institute at the Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center. He began to write the book in 1984, in a conversation with former Knesset Speaker Shlomo Hillel, and grew into a forty-year project of archival research across Israel, the United Kingdom, France, the United States, and Iraq, conducted in Hebrew, English, French, German and Judeo-Arabic. Yehuda passed away before he could complete editing the English translation; his daughter, Dr. Einav Yehuda-Shnaidman, together with Sofaer, brought the English edition to completion. The book situates the modern Iraqi Jewish community within a more discontinuous history than is often assumed. Yehuda's research identified a substantial gap, from the fourteenth through the eighteenth centuries, in which no functioning Jewish community existed in Iraq; the community that flourished into the twentieth century instead descended from waves of immigration beginning after 1740, drawing Jews from Kurdistan, Iran, and Europe, and developing its own distinct Judeo-Arabic dialect. Following Israel's establishment and victory in 1948, Sofaer and Yehuda-Shnaidman described the systematic persecution that followed: mass dismissals of Jews from government employment, punitive import-export regulations, and new restrictions on real estate and mortgages. Yehuda-Shnaidman emphasized that Prime Minister Nuri al-Said was a central architect of this policy, proposing to the United Nations a plan to force Iraq's Jews to leave within four months, stripped of citizenship and property—a plan ultimately abandoned only after Jordan refused to allow the deportation convoys to cross its territory. Central to Yehuda's research is his conclusion that the expulsion was not, as long assumed, a response to Zionist activity, but a deliberate, state-directed policy to remove Iraq's Jews and seize their assets. The book also overturns the long-standing claim that bombs thrown at Jewish targets in Baghdad in 1950–51 were planted by Zionists to encourage emigration; evidence uncovered only in 2013 by an Iraqi journalist instead implicates Arab extremists, and points to the wrongful execution of Jews framed for the attacks.  Altogether, the book documents the expulsion and dispossession of some 150,000 Jews from Iraq, part of the roughly one million Jews forced from Muslim-majority countries across the twentieth century—a history Yehuda insisted be established on primary evidence rather than inherited assumption. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/middle-eastern-studies

In this episode we spoke with Marian Scheuer Sofaer, Esquire, and Dr. Einav Yehuda-Shnaidman about The Expulsion of Jews from Iraq, 20th Century: The Agonies of Redemption (Brill, 2024), by Dr. Zvi Yehuda, and translated by Sofaer. Dr. Zvi Yehuda, born in Iraq in 1936, immigrated to Israel as a teenager during Operation Ezra and Nehemiah and went on to complete a PhD in History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, later founding and heading the research institute at the Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center. He began to write the book in 1984, in a conversation with former Knesset Speaker Shlomo Hillel, and grew into a forty-year project of archival research across Israel, the United Kingdom, France, the United States, and Iraq, conducted in Hebrew, English, French, German and Judeo-Arabic. Yehuda passed away before he could complete editing the English translation; his daughter, Dr. Einav Yehuda-Shnaidman, together with Sofaer, brought the English edition to completion. The book situates the modern Iraqi Jewish community within a more discontinuous history than is often assumed. Yehuda's research identified a substantial gap, from the fourteenth through the eighteenth centuries, in which no functioning Jewish community existed in Iraq; the community that flourished into the twentieth century instead descended from waves of immigration beginning after 1740, drawing Jews from Kurdistan, Iran, and Europe, and developing its own distinct Judeo-Arabic dialect. Following Israel's establishment and victory in 1948, Sofaer and Yehuda-Shnaidman described the systematic persecution that followed: mass dismissals of Jews from government employment, punitive import-export regulations, and new restrictions on real estate and mortgages. Yehuda-Shnaidman emphasized that Prime Minister Nuri al-Said was a central architect of this policy, proposing to the United Nations a plan to force Iraq's Jews to leave within four months, stripped of citizenship and property—a plan ultimately abandoned only after Jordan refused to allow the deportation convoys to cross its territory. Central to Yehuda's research is his conclusion that the expulsion was not, as long assumed, a response to Zionist activity, but a deliberate, state-directed policy to remove Iraq's Jews and seize their assets. The book also overturns the long-standing claim that bombs thrown at Jewish targets in Baghdad in 1950–51 were planted by Zionists to encourage emigration; evidence uncovered only in 2013 by an Iraqi journalist instead implicates Arab extremists, and points to the wrongful execution of Jews framed for the attacks.  Altogether, the book documents the expulsion and dispossession of some 150,000 Jews from Iraq, part of the roughly one million Jews forced from Muslim-majority countries across the twentieth century—a history Yehuda insisted be established on primary evidence rather than inherited assumption. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sydney-based Kurdish musicians Rasul Ghafur Nejad and Asrin Rajabi discuss their shared musical journey, from their early passion for music and formal studies in Australia to releasing their first album in 2017. They explain the inspiration behind their latest song, “Imaginary Horse,” describing its themes of love, hope and perseverance. The couple also reflect on the importance of Kurdish music as a way to preserve language, culture and identity, particularly for younger generations living away from Kurdistan. They see music as both a form of emotional expression and a way of keeping Kurdish heritage and identity alive in Australia. - Muzîkjenên Kurd ên li Sydney dijîn, Asrîn Recebî û Resûl Xefûr Nejad, li ser rêwîtiya xwe ya hevbeş a muzîkê, ji hewesa wan a destpêkê ya ji bo muzîkê li Australya heta derxistina albûma xwe ya yekem di sala 2017an de, diaxivin. Ew îlhama li pişt strana xwe ya herî dawî, "Aspî Xeyal", û mijarên wê yên evîn, hêvî û berdewamiyê vedibêjin. Her weha ev cot li ser girîngiya muzîka Kurdî wekî rêyeke ji bo parastina ziman, çand û nasnameyê, bi taybetî ji bo nifşên ciwan ên ku ji Kurdistanê dûr dijîn, difikire. Ew muzîkê hem wekî şêweyeke xwebêja hestyarî û hem jî wekî rêyeke ji bo zindî hîştina mîrat û nasnameya Kurdî li Australya dibînin.

Guests: Iran War Discussion Colonel Kris Thompson, US Army (Rtd) Dr. Jill Derby, Trustee, American University of Iraq in Kurdistan

Guests: Iran War Discussion Colonel Kris Thompson, US Army (Rtd) Dr. Jill Derby, Trustee, American University of Iraq in Kurdistan

166 parlamenterên Iraqê bi fermî daxwaz ji Serokwezîr Elî Zeydî kirine ku ji bo çareserkirina krîza sotemeniyê li Herêma Kurdistanê, pişka nefta xav ya Herêmê ji 50 hezar bermîlî bo 140 hezar bermîlî rojane zêde bike, an jî rasterast benzînê bişîne Herêmê. Niha nirxa benzînê li Herêma Kurdistanê gelek zêde bûye. Welatî nîgeran in û dest bi xwenîşandanan kirine, û daxwaza kêmkirina nirxa benzînê dikin.

What happens to a person when the country they were born in decides they were never really from there?What does a play about the women of a sacked city, written 2,400 years ago, have to say to an actress walking out of Syria on foot?And how do you stand on a stage in Edinburgh and make an audience laugh about the worst thing that ever happened to you?At the Edinburgh Fringe, Peter Frankopan meets Arwa Omaren, whose one-woman show sets her own escape from Syria inside the story of Hecuba, Queen of Troy — along with William Stirling and Charlotte Eagar, who have spent a decade staging Euripides with refugees.Arwa Omaren found out she was a refugee at twelve, in a playground fight in Damascus. She graduated top of her class from Syria's leading drama school in 2011, signed a television contract, and then the war took all of it. She walked for five weeks through the mountains of Kurdistan. Britain granted her asylum, then she was evicted, and she slept on the street with her dog. Hecuba: Why Am I In Your Country? is what she made of it. Euripides wrote the first play about refugees in 415 BC, the year after Athens massacred the people of Melos. Twenty-four centuries later it is still the play that fits.Hecuba: Why Am I In Your Country? runs at the Gilded Balloon Teviot, Edinburgh Fringe, until 31 August: edfringe.comMore on the Trojan Women Project: trojanwomenproject.orgPeter has written about the play at peterfrankopan.substack.comJoin Legacy Plus for bonus episodes, early access, Q&A's, fewer adverts and more.legacy.supportingcast.fm[0:00] Peter at the Fringe, and a performance he could not stop thinking about[3:23] Oxfam, 2013, and the Greek tragedy that turned out to be about refugees[9:50] Who Hecuba is, and why a queen reduced to nothing is the right story for now[16:18] A playground fight in Damascus, and the day Arwa found out she was a refugee[17:24] Five weeks walking, and the paperwork that told her she belonged nowhere[33:13] Jacko: the dog she left behind in Syria, and the charity that brought him backStay connected with Legacy:Instagram: @originallegacypodcastTikTok: @legacy_productionsExplore more from Peter and Afua — essays, sources, and ideas:Substack: peterfrankopan.substack.com | afuahirsch.substack.comJoin Legacy+ for bonus episodes, early access, Q&A's, fewer adverts and more.legacy.supportingcast.fmStay connected with Legacy:Instagram: @originallegacypodcastTikTok: @legacy_productionsExplore more from Peter and Afua — essays, sources, and ideas: Substack: peterfrankopan.substack.com | afuahirsch.substack.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hongrie, Allemagne, France, Turquie : chaque pays a sa stratégie pour inciter à la procréation mais le désir d'enfants ne suit pas. Reportage en Lituanie et analyse de Thibault Prébay. Également dans cette émission, l'espoir des Kurdes pour la reconnaissance de leur langue en Turquie, et les difficultés de la Silésie à faire accepter la sienne en Pologne. Cette émission est une rediffusion estivale.  Démographie La baisse de la fertilité est une réalité mondiale mais elle préoccupe particulièrement dans une Europe à la population déjà âgée. Dans le nord du continent, en Lituanie, le nombre d'enfants par femme est aujourd'hui tout juste de 1,1. Une statistique loin d'assurer le renouvellement des générations. Alors pour convaincre les jeunes de faire des enfants, comme dans quasiment tous les pays européens, le gouvernement cherche à relancer le désir d'enfants... Il multiplie les mesures et les projets, avec parfois une pointe d'originalité. Reportage à Vilnius, Marielle Vitureau. Entretien avec l'économiste Thibault Prébay, auteur de Démographie, la bombe tranquille (éditions du Rocher).   Minorités En Turquie, l'espoir des Kurdes. L'État turc est engagé dans un processus de paix avec le parti des travailleurs du Kurdistan, en guerre contre Ankara depuis près d'un demi-siècle. Objectif affiché : le désarmement et la dissolution du groupe. Et dans l'ensemble de la population kurde, l'espoir d'une paix retrouvée a ravivé celui d'avoir droit à une éducation en langue maternelle. Mais pour le pouvoir, cette demande reste un tabou. Reportage à Ankara, Anne Andlauer.   En Pologne, le Silésien reste dans l'ombre. C'est une langue parlée par presque un million de personnes, mais l'État polonais refuse de la reconnaitre comme une langue régionale. En février 2026, le président Karol Nawrocki a de nouveau dit non et dénié aux habitants de Silésie la reconnaissance d'une partie de leur culture, et relégué cette langue au rang de dialecte. La semaine dernière, la Prix de Nobel de littérature polonaise Olga Tokarczuk a qualifié la décision présidentielle de « scandaleuse ». À Varsovie, les explications d'Adrien Sarlat.

Hongrie, Allemagne, France, Turquie : chaque pays a sa stratégie pour inciter à la procréation mais le désir d'enfants ne suit pas. Reportage en Lituanie et analyse de Thibault Prébay. Également dans cette émission, l'espoir des Kurdes pour la reconnaissance de leur langue en Turquie, et les difficultés de la Silésie à faire accepter la sienne en Pologne. Cette émission est une rediffusion estivale.  Démographie La baisse de la fertilité est une réalité mondiale mais elle préoccupe particulièrement dans une Europe à la population déjà âgée. Dans le nord du continent, en Lituanie, le nombre d'enfants par femme est aujourd'hui tout juste de 1,1. Une statistique loin d'assurer le renouvellement des générations. Alors pour convaincre les jeunes de faire des enfants, comme dans quasiment tous les pays européens, le gouvernement cherche à relancer le désir d'enfants... Il multiplie les mesures et les projets, avec parfois une pointe d'originalité. Reportage à Vilnius, Marielle Vitureau. Entretien avec l'économiste Thibault Prébay, auteur de Démographie, la bombe tranquille (éditions du Rocher).   Minorités En Turquie, l'espoir des Kurdes. L'État turc est engagé dans un processus de paix avec le parti des travailleurs du Kurdistan, en guerre contre Ankara depuis près d'un demi-siècle. Objectif affiché : le désarmement et la dissolution du groupe. Et dans l'ensemble de la population kurde, l'espoir d'une paix retrouvée a ravivé celui d'avoir droit à une éducation en langue maternelle. Mais pour le pouvoir, cette demande reste un tabou. Reportage à Ankara, Anne Andlauer.   En Pologne, le Silésien reste dans l'ombre. C'est une langue parlée par presque un million de personnes, mais l'État polonais refuse de la reconnaitre comme une langue régionale. En février 2026, le président Karol Nawrocki a de nouveau dit non et dénié aux habitants de Silésie la reconnaissance d'une partie de leur culture, et relégué cette langue au rang de dialecte. La semaine dernière, la Prix de Nobel de littérature polonaise Olga Tokarczuk a qualifié la décision présidentielle de « scandaleuse ». À Varsovie, les explications d'Adrien Sarlat.

Roja Duşemê 3ê Tebaxa 2026an, Nêçîrvan Barzanî, Serokê Herêma Kurdistanê, serdana Şamê kir û ligel Ehmed Şerii, Serokkomarê Sûriyê yê demî civiya. Di civînê de tekeze li ser bihêzkirina peywendiyên dualî, berfirehkirina hevkar ya aborî û herêmî, û parastina mafên hemû pêkhateyan di Sûriyeya nû de hat kirin. Herweha di raportê de behs li ser ku zêdetirî 20 milyon serdankirên Îranê û hejmareke welatên din bo Iraqê bi mebesta beşdarbûnê di merasîmên çeleya Îmam Husên de.

Luke Tarrant left a great job in finance and walked away from the corporate world, knowing he didn't want to spend his life stuck in an office. He sold everything he owned and spent years riding his motorcycle across the world, chasing the kind of adventure few people ever experience.On a ride through Colombia, everything came to a screeching halt when he was involved in a motorcycle accident that left him fighting for his life. After weeks in a Colombian hospital, Luke ultimately had his leg amputated.Since then, he's grown a massive global social media following by sharing his journey, inspiring millions with his adventures, resilience, and outlook on life.In Chapter 413, Jase and Luke dive into the motorcycle crash that changed everything, the incredible strangers who came together to help save his life, crossing the Darien Gap by boat, ending up at a cartel party in Mexico, learning to walk and ride again with a prosthetic leg, and why he refuses to move on until he returns to Colombia to finish the ride.CHAPTERS:00:00:00 Intro00:03:45 A week together at the Isle of Man TT00:12:41 Cardo Ad00:16:30 The start line, the goodbyes and the cemetery00:20:15 Racing a car at the TT with half a leg00:22:30 Two crashes in one day on the mountain road00:27:27 Back to the start00:29:19 The London School of Economics and the Wolf of Wall Street00:32:02 Walking into his boss's office and quitting00:33:45 Landing in the US with no plan and a Suzuki DR65000:36:00 Buying a house versus buying freedom00:40:30 Ten days in the dirt and how little you need00:44:15 The present self and the remembering self00:48:00 The post that blew up by accident00:52:08 AG1 Ad00:53:06 How he got into motorcycles00:55:30 His dad gets a bike licence and a tattoo01:01:25 The Vietnam tour company that changed both their dads' lives01:04:30 The Ho Chi Minh trail and the bomb craters01:07:48 Venezuela, the caravans and the Darien Gap01:12:49 Selling the American dream01:17:15 Why he would choose Mexico over the US01:20:15 Why it has to be a motorcycle01:25:49 The crash01:29:28 No memory and no vision attached to it01:31:30 Waking up in a different part of Colombia01:33:33 The leg comes off or you die01:34:29 The Instagram story that got him out01:36:00 Sepsis01:41:15 A month of deciding how much more to cut off01:45:05 The air ambulance and the prince's plane01:48:45 Going back to find out what actually happened01:57:48 Motosport Ad01:58:30 Coming home in a wheelchair02:02:59 The night he realised he had become disabled02:07:30 The beach in Mexico02:10:41 The prosthetic, and what is actually left02:14:56 Kurdistan and back in a wheelchair02:18:45 Disabled, and who actually is02:22:30 Jase on the bike he could never have as a kid02:29:15 Half a million followers and the dopamine02:36:45 Losing the warehouse in the fire02:42:04 FIST Ad02:45:00 Why he turns down most brands02:50:56 Mexico, and why he keeps going back02:53:15 The night he followed a stranger to a cartel party03:03:00 Corrupt police and the fake driving licences03:10:25 Devil's breath and getting roofiedSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

When the U.S. wages war in the Middle East that American Christians support, do we remember that some of the people beneath those bombs are fellow Christians? And even when they are not Christians, how can we forget that Jesus calls us to love our neighbor and enemy alike? Mennonite pastor, writer, screenwriter, and activist Nathan Perrin joins Craig for a conversation about the people Western headlines often leave out. Nathan has spent nearly a decade working alongside Assyrians, Kurds, Palestinians, and other Middle Eastern communities through local organizing and visits to northern Iraq. He recounts visiting an Assyrian church that had been rebuilt again and again after attempts to destroy it. A cross in its courtyard covered in bullet holes. Yet when new bombardments began, Christian and Muslim neighbors exchanged keys to their homes so each family would have a place of safety. That act of neighbor-love stands in sharp contrast to the fear often preached in American churches. Craig and Nathan explore why the word evangelical carries painful baggage in parts of the Middle East. Ancient Christian communities have sometimes been treated as mission targets, while humanitarian aid has been tied to conversion. Nathan challenges us to consider whether people abroad encounter Jesus through Western Christianity, or the pressure of empire. The conversation also covers: Christian communities in Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, and Palestine How US military action creates blowback against local Christians and Muslims Dispensationalism and unquestioning Christian support for the State of Israel The difference between loving Jewish neighbors and defending a government Craig's Ramadan meal with a Muslim neighbor Assyrians, Yazidis, Mandaeans, and other overlooked communities Christian nationalism, political personality cults, and closed media silos Books, sermons, documentaries, and films for deeper learning Nathan reminds listeners that ordinary Muslims he has met often describe Christians in simple terms: “Christians are our neighbors.” What would change if the Western church began there?

Dans la nuit du 9 au 10 janvier 2013, au 147 rue La Fayette, dans le Xe arrondissement de Paris, les corps de trois femmes sont retrouvés dans les locaux du Centre d'information sur le Kurdistan. Toutes trois étaient membres du PKK, le Parti des travailleurs du Kurdistan. Les autorités françaises ouvrent une enquête. Conclusion : l'assassinat est l'œuvre d'un professionnel. Pourtant, le premier suspect sur la liste est Omer Güney, le chauffeur et homme à tout faire d'une des victimes. Cette affaire, restée à ce jour non élucidée, n'exclut pas l'hypothèse selon laquelle le suspect aurait agi en tant qu'agent infiltré du MIT, les services secrets turcs. Cette semaine, dans "Nid d'espions”, Charlotte Baris et Charlotte Lalanne, grand reporter au service Monde de L'Express, vous racontent comment les services secrets turcs ont réussi à atteindre la communauté kurde, sur le sol français, en toute impunité. “Nid d'espions” est un podcast de L'Express, consacré au renseignement, et au rôle majeur des espions dans les moments clés de l'Histoire. Retrouvez tous les détails de l'épisode ici et abonnez vous à L'Express Podcasts Cet épisode a été écrit par Mélanie Pierre, présenté par Charlotte Baris et Charlotte Lalanne, monté par Mélanie Pierre et réalisé par Jules Krot. Pour nous écrire : podcast@lexpress.fr Crédits : INA, France Culture, BFMTV, ARTE Musique et habillage : Emmanuel Herschon / Studio Torrent Visuel : Alice LagardeHébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Di raporta Hatice Kamer ji Amedê de li ser daxuyaniya hevbeş a partiyên Kurdistanî ku li dijî êrîşên Îranê derketiye radiweste. Her weha, pêşveçûnên pêvajoya çareseriya pirsgirêka Kurd li Tirkiyê jî têne nirxandin, ku tê de amadekariyên çarçoveya qanûnî, serdanên siyasî û peyama Abdullah Ocalan li ber çavan tên girtin.

Peyamnêr Ehmed Xefûr ji Hewlêrê behsa zêdebûna aloziya ewlehiyê li Herêma Kurdistanê dike, piştî ku hejmareke ji dron û muşek ber bi Hewlêr û Silêmaniyê ve hatin arastekirin. Ew herweha balê dikişîne ser pirsgirêka zêdebûna berazan ku êrîşî erd û berhemên cotkaran dikin, dike. Cotkar dibêjin tevî hewildanên wan ji bo parastina berhemên xwe, beraz hîn jî zirareke mezin didin çandiniyê.

Paolo Brusasco"Ninive"Mito e realtàLa nave di Teseowww.lanavediteseo.euLa città di Ninive sfugge al tempo. È come un girone infernale e paradisiaco in cui vibrano le anime di ieri e di oggi, dei suoi scopritori, dei suoi re, delle sue regine, dei suoi distruttori e dei profeti biblici. Per Byron, gli Assiri piombano sul nemico “come il lupo sul gregge” e le loro coorti sono scintillanti di porpora e d'oro. I profeti la denigrano. Giona lancia invettive contro “quella grande città, nella quale vi sono più di centoventimila persone, che non sanno distinguere fra la mano destra e la sinistra”; mentre per il profeta Naum, Ninive è prostituzione, colpa e castigo. Nelle testimonianze dei Greci la città e sovrani come Sardanapalo appaiono empi e lascivi, in preda a vizio e perdizione. Ma Ninive, capitale d'Assiria, fu soltanto una città sanguinaria votata alla guerra e alla barbarie, spietata dominatrice di popoli come narrato dalla Bibbia e dai classici?Partendo dall'avvincente narrazione della sua scoperta a metà Ottocento, Ninive. Mito e realtà mette in evidenza come dagli annali dei sovrani assiri, così come dai meravigliosi rilievi istoriati che decoravano le loro splendide regge, si delinei una città fulcro di cultura e un centro religioso dedicato alla leggendaria dea Ištar. Ninive è fonte di scienza, di sapere astronomico-astrologico, di pratiche divinatorie e miti primigeni quali L'Epopea di Gilgamesh e il Diluvio universale, ripresi nella tradizione biblica.Paolo Brusasco racconta l'affascinante storia della più grande città del suo tempo che, da villaggio neolitico sulle sponde del Tigri nel nord dell'attuale Iraq, si trasformò con Sennacherib nella capitale del primo impero universale, per diventare con Assurbanipal e la sua celebre biblioteca il faro culturale del mondo antico.Paolo Brusasco è docente di Archeologia e storia dell'arte dell'Asia occidentale e del Mediterraneo orientale antichi all'Università di Genova. Già PhD e Research Fellow dell'Università di Cambridge (UK), ha effettuato scavi archeologici nel Mediterraneo, in Siria e Iraq, e attualmente dirige la Missione Assiria dell'Università di Genova (MAUGE) nel Kurdistan iracheno. È stato inoltre intervistato dal “New York Times” sulla tutela dell'Iraq Museum di Baghdad. Ha al suo attivo numerose pubblicazioni scientifiche e monografie tra cui La Mesopotamia prima dell'Islam (2008), Babilonia. All'origine del mito (2012) e Tesori rubati (2013). Per La Nave di Teseo ha pubblicato Dentro la devastazione (2018) che ha ricevuto il premio Montale Fuori di Casa 2018.Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarehttps://ilpostodelleparole.it/

Maurizio Fantoni Minnella"Que viva Latinoamerica!"Gli anni in viaggio attraverso il continente 1985-2026Odoya www.odoya.itDal continente che fu di Simón Bolívar, José Martí e di Ernesto Che Guevara, un viaggio reale e insieme letterario che ha inizio nel lontano 1985 e che si conclude nel 2026. «Quarant'anni in viaggio attraverso il continente» come recita il sottotitolo del volume, un periplo di esperienze, riflessioni sulla cultura, incontri con scrittori, registi, musicisti e gente comune, dal Nicaragua sandinista al Messico zapatista passando attraverso il Venezuela chavista, il Cile dell'Estallido Social, la Bolivia degli altopiani, l'Ecuador di Oswaldo Guayasamín, e ancora, la Cuba del tardo castrismo, il Guatemala della cultura maya, l'Argentina di Atahualpa Yupanqui, e il Brasile di Salvador de Bahia e di Rio de Janeiro, mescolando felicemente il memoir con la narrazione di viaggio, il romanzo con il saggio, proiettati nel vasto mondo fantastico e tragico, immaginifico e quotidiano di “Nuestra América”.IL CORPO E L'ANIMA DELL'AMERICA LATINA DI SIMÓN BOLÍVAR.JOSÉ MARTÍ, ERNESTO CHE GUEVARA, GABRIEL GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ, TRA VITA QUOTIDIANA E POLITICA, POESIA, NARRAZIONE E MEMORIA, IN UN VIAGGIO LUNGO QUARANT'ANNIMaurizio Fantoni Minnella, scrittore, studioso di narrativa latinoamericana e di viaggio, pubblicista, saggista cinematografico e regista, ha al suo attivo la pubblicazione di alcune opere narrative – come L'era volgare; Il tempo di Rachid. Storie d'immigrati e Il viaggiatore delle catastrofi – e di molti saggi cinematografici, tra cui: Bad Boys. Dizionario critico del cinema della ribellione giovanile; Non riconciliati. Politica e società nel cinema italiano dal neorealismo a oggi; Paradise Now. Sulle barricate con la macchina da presa; Spezzare l'assedio. Il cinema del conflitto israelo-palestinese.Ha realizzato ventotto documentari, tra cui Caos totale. La marcia perduta di Gaza; Benvenuti nel ghetto; Libertà di Hevi. Una vita per il Kurdistan; Case che resistono; Gaza a cielo aperto; Noi. I Neri; Esilio. La passione secondo Lucano; Libri di sabbia;  Fantasmi cileni. Frammenti di un golpe lontano.Ha scritto reportage culturali e di viaggio per diverse testate nazionali e internazionali, saggi monografici per riviste specializzate di cinema come Cinecritica. Ha pubblicato, insieme a don Andrea Gallo, Io non mi arrendo. Un'autobiografia in parole e immagini. Con il film Benvenuti nel ghetto ha raccontato la comunità transgender di Genova.Ha tenuto conferenze in varie città europee ed extraeuropee sulla città di Genova, la sua cultura e la sua storia.Per Odoya ha inoltre pubblicato Film documentario d'autore. Una storia parallela.www.fantoniminnelladoc.org.Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarehttps://ilpostodelleparole.it/

Bi dehan berpirs, parlementer û karbidestên bilind ên Îraqê bi biryara Serokwezîr Eli al-Zaidî ji ber gendelî û stendina mal û milkên dewletê hatin girtin. Herweha di raportê de behsa bizavên nebûna Herêma Kurdistanê, ji ber nelihevkirina aliyên siyasî, jî tê kirin.

Berî çend rojan DEM Partî bi navê 'Mîtînga Azadîyê' xwepêşandaneke cemawerî li darxist. Çareseriya demokratik a pirsgirêka Kurd û azadîya rêberê PKK peyamên sereke bûn. Ji aliyekî din ve partiyên Kurdistanî li Wanê kom bûn û nerazîbûna xwe ji siyaseta dewleta Tirkîyê, û ji sîyaseta entegrasyona demokratîk diyar kirin.

The Immigrant Experiences Reading & Resource Guide was created by Kelly Hooker, an avid book reviewer @kellyhook.readsbooks, alongside Rawand Amedi, mental health therapist and refugee from Kurdistan. Hear how they created this guide to foster understanding, build empathy, and open meaningful conversations across ages. Kelly and Rawand carefully selected stories for both children and adults that invite readers to see the world through lived experiences of migration, identity, belonging, and resilience. They remind us that stories have the power to connect us, even across different backgrounds.  Kelly and Rawand wanted to share some resources:  what-to-say-to-kids-about-ice and the Immigrant Experiences Reading Guide. 25 min This episode is eligible for a Certificate of Completion The post Stories Have the Power to Connect Us appeared first on Foster Adopt Minnesota.

Ji ber belavbûna çend tomaran dengî ku tê de îdîaya destdirêjiya li ser xwendekarên keç ên Zanîngeha Silêmaniyê li dijî mamosteyekî kolêja ayînî tê kirin, komîsyoneke lêkolînê hatiye damezrandin. Li aliyekî din nakokiyên di navber Partî û Yekîtiyê de ji bo avakirina kabîneya dehem ya parlemana Herêma Kurdistanê berdewamin. Zêdetir di hevpeyvîna bi peyamnêr Ehmed Xefûr ji Hewlêrê heye.

Examining sectarian divergence in the early modern Middle East, Ayşe Baltacıoğlu-Brammer's study provides a fresh perspective on the Sunni–Shi'i division. Drawing on Ottoman Turkish, Persian, and European sources, Boundaries of Belonging: Sectarianism and Statecraft in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire (Cambridge University Press, 2026) explores the paradox of an Ottoman state that combined rigid ideological discourses with pragmatic governance. Through an analysis of key figures, events, periods, and policies, Boundaries of Belonging reveals how political, economic, and religious forces intersected, challenging simplistic sectarian binaries. Baltacıoğlu-Brammer provides a comprehensive historical account of Ottoman governance during the long sixteenth century, focusing on its relationship with non-Sunni Muslim subjects, particularly the Qizilbash. As both the founders of the Safavid Empire and the largest Shiʿi-affiliated group within the Ottoman realm, the Qizilbash occupied a crucial yet often misunderstood position. Boundaries of Belonging examines their role within the empire, challenging the notion that they were merely persecuted outsiders by highlighting their agency in shaping imperial policies, negotiating their status, and influencing the Ottoman–Safavid rivalry in Anatolia, Kurdistan, and Iraq, and western Iran. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Examining sectarian divergence in the early modern Middle East, Ayşe Baltacıoğlu-Brammer's study provides a fresh perspective on the Sunni–Shi'i division. Drawing on Ottoman Turkish, Persian, and European sources, Boundaries of Belonging: Sectarianism and Statecraft in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire (Cambridge University Press, 2026) explores the paradox of an Ottoman state that combined rigid ideological discourses with pragmatic governance. Through an analysis of key figures, events, periods, and policies, Boundaries of Belonging reveals how political, economic, and religious forces intersected, challenging simplistic sectarian binaries. Baltacıoğlu-Brammer provides a comprehensive historical account of Ottoman governance during the long sixteenth century, focusing on its relationship with non-Sunni Muslim subjects, particularly the Qizilbash. As both the founders of the Safavid Empire and the largest Shiʿi-affiliated group within the Ottoman realm, the Qizilbash occupied a crucial yet often misunderstood position. Boundaries of Belonging examines their role within the empire, challenging the notion that they were merely persecuted outsiders by highlighting their agency in shaping imperial policies, negotiating their status, and influencing the Ottoman–Safavid rivalry in Anatolia, Kurdistan, and Iraq, and western Iran. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/islamic-studies

Examining sectarian divergence in the early modern Middle East, Ayşe Baltacıoğlu-Brammer's study provides a fresh perspective on the Sunni–Shi'i division. Drawing on Ottoman Turkish, Persian, and European sources, Boundaries of Belonging: Sectarianism and Statecraft in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire (Cambridge University Press, 2026) explores the paradox of an Ottoman state that combined rigid ideological discourses with pragmatic governance. Through an analysis of key figures, events, periods, and policies, Boundaries of Belonging reveals how political, economic, and religious forces intersected, challenging simplistic sectarian binaries. Baltacıoğlu-Brammer provides a comprehensive historical account of Ottoman governance during the long sixteenth century, focusing on its relationship with non-Sunni Muslim subjects, particularly the Qizilbash. As both the founders of the Safavid Empire and the largest Shiʿi-affiliated group within the Ottoman realm, the Qizilbash occupied a crucial yet often misunderstood position. Boundaries of Belonging examines their role within the empire, challenging the notion that they were merely persecuted outsiders by highlighting their agency in shaping imperial policies, negotiating their status, and influencing the Ottoman–Safavid rivalry in Anatolia, Kurdistan, and Iraq, and western Iran. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/middle-eastern-studies

Examining sectarian divergence in the early modern Middle East, Ayşe Baltacıoğlu-Brammer's study provides a fresh perspective on the Sunni–Shi'i division. Drawing on Ottoman Turkish, Persian, and European sources, Boundaries of Belonging: Sectarianism and Statecraft in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire (Cambridge University Press, 2026) explores the paradox of an Ottoman state that combined rigid ideological discourses with pragmatic governance. Through an analysis of key figures, events, periods, and policies, Boundaries of Belonging reveals how political, economic, and religious forces intersected, challenging simplistic sectarian binaries. Baltacıoğlu-Brammer provides a comprehensive historical account of Ottoman governance during the long sixteenth century, focusing on its relationship with non-Sunni Muslim subjects, particularly the Qizilbash. As both the founders of the Safavid Empire and the largest Shiʿi-affiliated group within the Ottoman realm, the Qizilbash occupied a crucial yet often misunderstood position. Boundaries of Belonging examines their role within the empire, challenging the notion that they were merely persecuted outsiders by highlighting their agency in shaping imperial policies, negotiating their status, and influencing the Ottoman–Safavid rivalry in Anatolia, Kurdistan, and Iraq, and western Iran. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Serokwezîr Mesrûr Barzani spasiya Tom Barrack Nûnerê Taybet yê DYA bo hevkarîya Amerîka û piştgiriya berdewam a Herêma Kurdistanê kir. Herdu alî li ser girîngiya ji nû ve aktîvkirina Parlamena Kurdistanê, avakirina kabîneya nû ya Hukûmeta Herêma Kurdistanê û bi zûtirîn dem bidawîanîna rewşa siyasî li hev kirin. Her weha raport behsa parastina maf û pêkvejiyana olî û neteweyî ya li Herêma Kurdistanê ku neteweyên cuda bi awayekî azad tê de dijîn.

After months of deadlock following the November 2025 elections, Iraq's parliament approved a new government under Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi on May 14, 2026 — just as the country has become a battleground in the US-Israel-Iran war. Zaidi inherits a daunting brief: reviving a struggling economy, reining in armed factions, and steering Iraq through a perilous regional landscape. Dr. Renad Mansour, deputy director of the Middle East and North Africa Programme and director of the Iraq Initiative at Chatham House, joins host Alistair Taylor to discuss the war's impact on Iraq — from Iran's militia networks to the surge of attacks on the Kurdistan region — and how it's reshaping Baghdad's ties with Tehran and Washington.   Recorded on June 9, 2026.

Mrparka's Weekly Reviews and Update Week 474 (06.13.2026) (Hunter's Blood 4K, Solo)www.youtube.com/mrparkahttps://www.instagram.com/mrparka/https://twitter.com/mrparka00https://www.facebook.com/mrparkahttps://letterboxd.com/mrparka/https://www.patreon.com/mrparkahttps://open.spotify.com/show/2oJbmHxOPfYIl92x5g6ogKhttps://anchor.fm/mrparkahttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mrparkas-weekly-reviews-and-update-the-secret-top-10/id1615278571Time Stamps 0:00“Hunter's Blood” 4K Review - 0:12“Aesthetics of a Bullet” Blu-Ray Review - 9:51“Solo” Blu-Ray Review - 14:37“The Shoot” and “The Wild Men of Kurdistan” Blu-Ray Reviews - 18:53/ 23:07“Evolution” Review - 25:541983 “Nightmares” Blu-Ray - 30:321983 “Extra Terrestrial Visitors” Blu-Ray Review - 39:001983 “Gold of Love” Review- 43:15Patreon Pick “There's Always Tomorrow" Review - 45:32Questions/Answers/ Comments- 49:02Update - 57:1722 Shots of Moodz and Horror – https://www.22shotsofmoodzandhorror.com/Podcast Under the Stairs – https://tputscast.com/podcastVideo Version – https://youtu.be/hDQX27eB1UsUpdateBlu-Ray Bringing out the Dead 4KThe Wind of AyahuascaLinks Synapse Films - https://synapsefilms.com/Hunter's Blood 4K - https://synapsefilms.com/products/hunters-blood-two-disc-limited-collectors-edition-4k-uhd-blu-ray-sean-longmore-variant-aRadiance Films - https://www.radiancefilms.co.ukAesthetics of a Bullet Blu-Ray - https://mvdshop.com/products/aesthetics-of-a-bullet-limited-edition-blu-raySolo Blu-Ray - https://mvdshop.com/products/solo-blu-rayEureka Films -  https://eurekavideo.co.uk/Adventure Calls! Karl May at CCC Blu-Ray - https://mvdshop.com/products/adventure-calls-karl-may-at-ccc-4-disc-limited-edition-blu-raySeverin -  https://severinfilms.com/The Worlds Of Lucile Hadžihalilović Blu-Ray - https://severinfilms.com/products/the-worlds-of-lucile-hadzihalilovic-4-disc-blu-ray-box-setNightmares Blu-Ray - https://gruv.com/products/nightmares-blu-ray-_1988175440Extraterrestrial Visitors Blu-Ray - https://severinfilms.com/products/extra-terrestrial-visitors-bluThe Gold of Love IMDb - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0251718/There's Always Tomorrow Blu-Ray - https://www.amazon.com/Theres-Tomorrow-Blu-ray-Barbara-Stanwyck/dp/B089M2HZ9NFilm Notes Hunter's Blood 1986 Directed by Robert C. HughesAesthetics of a Bullet 1973 Directed by Sadao NakajimaSolo 1970 Directed by Jean-Pierre MockyThe Shoot 1964 Directed by Robert SiodmakThe Wild Men of Kurdistan 1965 Directed by Franz Josef GottliebEvolution 2015 Évolution Directed by Lucile HadžihalilovićNightmares 1983 Directed by Joseph SargentExtraterrestrial Visitors 1983 Directed by Juan Piquer SimónThe Gold of Love 1983 Directed by Eckhart SchmidtThere's Always Tomorrow 1956 Directed by Douglas Sirk

Daragh Cronin is back with a wild update from his Cork to Everest Base Camp ride. This time he shares with us the extraordinary hospitality of Turkey and Iraqi Kurdistan.  Then every bike travellers nightmare, a flat refusal at the Federal Iraq border crossing derailing his plans for his route. This led Daragh to have to re-route through Dubai and Kuwait City where the intensity of the trip got turned to the max when he found himself trying to cycle through the desert in extreme heat leading to a stint in hospital to be treated for heatstroke. Follow along with Daragh via his instagram - @roaminwithcronin Check out Old Man Mountain's new Manzanita Handlebar Cradle  Support the showBuy me a coffee!I'm an affiliate for a few brands I genuinely use and recommend including:

Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, an in-depth investigatory show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (5/11/26). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth is, or claiming they have the answer, is likely leading you astray, for one reason or another. Stay Vigilant. !function(r,u,m,b,l,e){r._Rumble=b,r[b]||(r[b]=function(){(r[b]._=r[b]._||[]).push(arguments);if(r[b]._.length==1){l=u.createElement(m),e=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0],l.async=1,l.src="https://rumble.com/embedJS/u2q643"+(arguments[1].video?'.'+arguments[1].video:'')+"/?url="+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+"&args="+encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify([].slice.apply(arguments))),e.parentNode.insertBefore(l,e)}})}(window, document, "script", "Rumble");   Rumble("play", {"video":"v77j7ne","div":"rumble_v77j7ne"}); Source Links (In Chronological Order): The Last American Vagabond on X: "@bennyjohnson Let me know when they actually arrest someone Benny. I am sure you will carry on hyping regardless. Some of us, however, truly want these criminals in prison." / X War Correspondent on X: "

Today's Headlines: Three weeks into the Iran "excursion" — Trump's word, not ours — and there's no end in sight. Trump claimed Iran asked for a ceasefire; Iran said that didn't happen. Either way, 5,000 more marines and three more warships are headed to the region, joining the 50,000 U.S. troops already there. Oil is stuck at $100 a barrel, every country Trump asked to help escort tankers through the Strait of Hormuz said no, and the U.S. bombed Iran's Kharg Island oil hub — which Trump said he might hit "a few more times just for fun," as one does. Iran fired a missile at an Italian base in Iraq's Kurdistan region, a drone killed a French soldier in the same area, and Emmanuel Macron had to call Tehran to say that's unacceptable. At home, a federal judge blocked the DOJ's attempt to criminally investigate Fed Chair Jerome Powell, ruling it was a pretext to pressure the Fed on interest rates — the Trump administration is appealing. The FCC chair threatened to pull local TV licenses over Iran war coverage he doesn't like, and Trump threatened media outlets on social media for the same reason. Neither has real teeth yet, but that's sort of the point. Meanwhile, a viral six-hour deposition of two former DOGE employees revealed they used ChatGPT to identify 1,400 grants to cut — including ones for Black civil rights documentaries and Holocaust research — with zero government or academic experience between them. The Wall Street Journal reported that the Trump administration will collect a $10 billion fee from the TikTok deal — on an app valued at roughly $14 billion total. Palantir's CEO went on CNBC to brag that his AI will shift economic power away from educated women who vote Democratic. Kash Patel announced the FBI will now train with UFC fighters. Marco Rubio is on the witness list in his close friend's federal trial for acting as an unregistered foreign agent of Venezuela. A Florida Democrat won the Boca Raton mayoral race by one vote, and the Republican loser said he'd "sleep on" whether to accept the results. And a UCLA study found that diverse film casts outperform at the box office — which landed the same weekend the Oscars completely snubbed Sinners. Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode: The Guardian: Middle East crisis live: Israel says it has launched ‘extensive strikes' on Iran as Trump says US ‘not ready' to make a deal to end war NYT: More Marines and Warships Being Sent to Middle East, U.S. Officials Say Reuters: Airstrike on Italian base in Iraq was deliberate, defence minister says Bloomberg: Oil Erases Gains as Traders Gauge Supply Impact of Kharg Attack CNBC: Iran sends millions of oil barrels to China through Strait of Hormuz even as war chokes the waterway The Sun: Russians ‘forced to use walkie-talkies and paper maps' after Putin's internet blackout as Kremlin intensifies crackdown CNN: FCC chair threatens TV networks amid Iran war coverage — but his warning rings hollow Politico: Court blocks probe of Fed Chair Jerome Powell, DOJ to appeal WSJ: Trump Administration Set to Receive $10 Billion Fee for Brokering TikTok Deal The New Republic: Palantir CEO Makes Shocking Confession on Disrupting Democratic Power 404 Media: I Watched 6 Hours of DOGE Bro Testimony. Here's What They Had to Say For Themselves Deadline: Kash Patel Confirms UFC Fighters Will Train FBI Agents: "Historic Opportunity" Vanity Fair: Marco Rubio's Florida Bestie Is an Accused ‘Foreign Agent' Set to Go on Trial— With Rubio On the Witness List Palm Beach Post: Recount makes Andy Thomson new Boca mayor. Liebelson may fight result Variety: Audiences Prefer Films With Diverse Casts, UCLA Study Finds Subscribe to the Betches News Room and join the Morning Announcements group chat. Go to: ⁠⁠⁠betchesnews.substack.com Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage and edited by Grace Hernandez-Johnson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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