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A Casa de Sabedoria, epicentro do saber no Império Abássida, nos ensina que a civilização é o mosaico de um tapete tecido por vozes diversas, desafiando a noção de que o progresso seja um privilégio ocidental-europeu, e nos convida a recriar seu espírito de tradução, escutar e colaborar em um mundo fragmentado, onde o futuro depende de nossa capacidade de unir línguas, lógicas e sonhos, como fizeram os sábios de Bagdá há mais de mil anos. Venha conosco numa jornada incrível pela história! Patronato do SciCast: 1. Patreon SciCast 2. Apoia.se/Scicast 3. Nos ajude via Pix também, chave: contato@scicast.com.br ou acesse o QRcode: Sua pequena contribuição ajuda o Portal Deviante a continuar divulgando Ciência! Contatos: contato@scicast.com.br https://twitter.com/scicastpodcast https://www.facebook.com/scicastpodcast https://instagram.com/scicastpodcast Fale conosco! E não esqueça de deixar o seu comentário na postagem desse episódio! Expediente: Produção Geral: Tarik Fernandes e André Trapani Equipe de Gravação: Citação ABNT: Imagem de capa: Freepik Para apoiar o Pirulla, use o Pix abaixo: pirula1408@gmail.com Em nome de Marcos Siqueira (primo do Pirulla) [caption id="attachment_65160" align="aligncenter" width="300"] QR code PIX[/caption] Site: https://www.pirulla.com.br/ Expotea: https://expotea.com.br/https://www.instagram.com/expoteabrasil/ Referências e Indicações Sugestões de literatura: Gutas, Dimitri. Greek Thought, Arabic Culture: The Graeco-Arabic Translation Movement in Baghdad and Early Abbasid Society. Routledge, 1998. Al-Khalili, Jim. The House of Wisdom: How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance. Penguin Books, 2011. Kennedy, Hugh. When Baghdad Ruled the Muslim World: The Rise and Fall of Islam's Greatest Dynasty. Da Capo Press, 2005. Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition, “Abbasids,” Brill, 2012. Kennedy, Hugh. The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates. Routledge, 2016. O’Leary, De Lacy. How Greek Science Passed to the Arabs. Routledge, 1949. Nasr, Seyyed Hossein. Science and Civilization in Islam. Harvard University Press, 1968. Fahd, Toufic. “Botany and Agriculture.” In Encyclopedia of the History of Arabic Science, edited by Roshdi Rashed. Routledge, 1996. Morgan, Michael Hamilton. Lost History: The Enduring Legacy of Muslim Scientists, Thinkers, and Artists. National Geographic, 2007. Said, Edward W. Orientalism. Penguin Books, 1978 (para crítica ao eurocentrismo). Saliba, George. Islamic Science and the Making of the European Renaissance. MIT Press, 2007. Sugestões de filmes: Documentário: "Science and Islam" (BBC, 2009 mas disponível em plataformas como YouTube (com legendas em inglês) apresentada pelo físico Jim Al-Khalili cujo trabalho serviu de fonte, ver acima) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_1RSVo3dLg&ab_channel=BanijayScience O Físico (2013) tem na Amazon Prime, filme segue um jovem cristão europeu que viaja ao mundo islâmico no século XI para estudar medicina com Ibn Sina (Avicena) em Isfahan (Irã). Sugestões de vídeos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxJ2OC7iXo0 1001 Inventions and the Library of Secrets Sugestões de links: Encyclopaedia Iranica, “Abbasid Caliphate,” disponível em: https://iranicaonline.org/articles/abbasid-caliphate. Encyclopaedia Iranica, “Bayt al-Ḥekma,” disponível em: https://iranicaonline.org/articles/bayt-al-hekma. Encyclopaedia Iranica, “Mathematics in Islam,” “Astronomy,” e “Cartography,” disponível em: https://iranicaonline.org. Encyclopaedia Iranica, “Dinawari,” disponível em: https://iranicaonline.org/articles/dinawari. Encyclopaedia Iranica, “Baghdad,” disponível em: https://iranicaonline.org/articles/baghdad. Encyclopaedia Iranica, “Bayt al-Ḥekma,” disponível em: https://iranicaonline.org/articles/bayt-al-hekma. Sugestões de games: Assassin´s Creed: Mirage Prince of Persia Age of Empires 2 Crusader Kings 2/3 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In episode 33 you will learn the political history of Muslim Iberia under Emir Abd al-Rahman II, as well as the diplomacy, administration and taxation of Umayyad al-Andalus. SUPPORT NEW HISTORY OF SPAIN: Patreon: https://patreon.com/newhistoryspain Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/newhistoryspain PayPal: https://paypal.me/lahistoriaespana Bitcoin donation: bc1q64qs58s5c5kp5amhw5hn7vp9fvtekeq96sf4au Ethereum donation: 0xE3C423625953eCDAA8e57D34f5Ce027dd1902374 Join the DISCORD: https://discord.gg/jUvtdRKxUC Follow the show for updates on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/newhistoryspain.com Or Twitter/X: https://x.com/newhistoryspain YOUTUBE CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/@newhistoryspain Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/new-history-of-spain/id1749528700 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7hstfgSYFfFPXhjps08IYi Spotify (video version): https://open.spotify.com/show/2OFZ00DSgMAEle9vngg537 Spanish show 'La Historia de España-Memorias Hispánicas': https://www.youtube.com/@lahistoriaespana TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Hook 00:32 Opposition to Emir Abd al-Rahman II 07:57 Territorial Reorganization and the Founding of Murcia 11:06 The Viking Attack of 844: The Sacking of Seville 19:49 Nasr, the Great Eunuch of Abd al-Rahman II 23:14 Diplomatic Relations of the Emirate of Córdoba 28:05 Taxation and Administration in Umayyad al-Andalus 42:44 The Verdict: Who Broke the Andalusi Social Contract? 44:00 Outro
In the first episode of Occupied Tech, a new podcast brought to you by Tech for Palestine in collaboration with Palestine Deep Dive, Paul Biggar speaks to Hossam Nasr – a former Microsoft employee who was fired in 2024 after organising a vigil for Palestinians killed in Gaza. Nasr exposes the company's major role in Israel's genocide and apartheid and discusses efforts to organise workers and activists to resist its complicity. No Azure for Apartheid (Noaa) is a worker-led group of tech workers within Microsoft, co-founded by Nasr. Its members are committed to exposing the complicity of specific technologies, including Microsoft's AI software Azure. _________________________ Occupied Tech In each episode, Paul Biggar introduces a new guest to break down the mechanics of the tech industry and how it powers Israel's genocide, apartheid and occupation – looking at the companies, investors and individuals behind it. And most importantly, spotlighting the people resisting this oppression. _________________________ Episode 1. Microsoft: Powering Israel's Genocide? Nasr exposes the company's major role in Israel's genocide and apartheid and discusses efforts to organise workers and activists to resist its complicity through the organisation he co-founded No Azure for Apartheid (Noaa). Noaa is a worker-led group of tech workers within Microsoft. Its members are committed to exposing the complicity of specific technologies, including Microsoft's AI software Azure. More than just a profit-seeking organisation, Nasr identifies Microsoft as a genocidal digital weapons manufacturer – as the most trusted tech provider for the Israeli government and military, Nasr explains how Microsoft aids Israel's combat and intelligence activities, storing illegally collected data to surveil Palestinians and more. Episode 1. was recorded back in June 2025, but new revelations reported recently in The Guardian also expose how Microsoft Azure servers in Europe have been storing ‘a million calls an hour' in an expansive Israeli surveillance operation against Palestinians – data used by Israel to conduct lethal strikes in its ongoing genocide on Gaza. _________________________ Support Palestine Deep Dive from as little as £1 per moth: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/support _________________________ Hossam Nasr is an Egyptian software engineer and an alumnus of Harvard's Computer Science programme. He is a former Microsoft employee and co-founder of No Azure for Apartheid, a movement of Microsoft workers demanding that Microsoft end its direct and indirect complicity in Israeli apartheid and genocide. https://www.noazureforapartheid.com Paul Biggar is the founder of Tech For Palestine, a coalition of thousands of founders, engineers, product marketers, investors and other professionals who are working in support of Palestinian liberation. He is an Irish software engineer who founded the unicorn company CircleCI in 2011, before being fired from its board in 2023 for support of Palestine. https://www.techforpalestine.org
Kids are endlessly curious—and somehow always getting into things. But what should you do if your child swallows something they shouldn't? On this episode of Young & Healthy, host Bo McMillan sits down with pediatric GI specialist, Dr. Alex Nasr, to talk through what parents and caregivers need to know in these scary moments. Dr. Nasr dives into the most common objects kids swallow—coins, batteries, magnets and the newest shiny craze, water beads. He explains why batteries are especially dangerous and what steps to take if you suspect your child has swallowed a foreign object. Listeners will learn when it's time to visit urgent care or the emergency room, and what treatment to expect. Plus, Bo and Dr. Nasr share practical tips to help prevent kids swallowing things they shouldn't—and why it can be more common during the holidays. So, grab your headphones (wired ones, if you can) and tune in to this vital conversation to help keep your family safe and healthy. Resources: To learn more about the Drug and Poison Information Center (DPIC) at Cincinnati Children's, visit https://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/service/d/dpic For free, confidential assistance 24/7/365, please call 1-800-222-1222 to speak with an expert at Ohio Poison Centers.
Iran has for decades been one of the most significant—and tricky—foreign policy challenges facing America and the West. Unfortunately, most people do not know much about the country's true goals. Join us as Vali Nasr examines Iran's political history to explain the actions and ambitions of the country's leaders. He says behind the veneer of theocracy and Islamic ideology, modern Iran pursues a grand strategy with the twin goals of internal security and international activism. Nasr, author of Iran's Grand Strategy, draws on memoirs, oral histories, and original in-depth interviews with leading Iranians to uncover facts and events that have been previously overlooked. He examines the impact of its war with Iraq, the subsequent American actions against Iran and its invasion of Iraq in 2003, and ensuing events. He says these events have shaped the outlook in Tehran, creating a pervasive fear of the United States and its ambitions for the Middle East. Want to understand Iran and how best to engage with it? Don't miss this program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Surah 26 The Poets v218-220 Session 25 And we see your movements amongst those who prostrate themselves (Surah 26:219). The Messenger ﷺ is the best in ancestry (Baihaqi). Poetry from Abbas (ra) after the return journey from Tabook... Before it, you ﷺ enjoyed the shade of Paradise, within the glade where first the leaves were plucked (ie for you were already within the Blessed loins of Adam [A.S] before the fall) And then you alighted upon earth, neither a human being, nor a piece of flesh nor a clot. A drop that sailed within the Ark whilst mighty floods washed Nasr away, and put pay to his worshippers (Nasr was one of the idols in the time of Nooh [A.S] Soorah Nooh [as] 71 23). From loin to womb you ﷺ travelled through the ages and all the while worlds and generations passed on, each by each. O coolness for the Friend's [Ibrahim A.S] furnace, O reason for protection from the fire despite its burning! Until your line, preserved from any fault, arrived to Khinzhif, a plateau above a wide expanse ("khinzhif literally means "to walk quickly" - it is a epithet for the wife of Ilyaas ibn Mudhar a distant grandfather of our Beloved Messenger ﷺ, given to her because of the way she would run between her 3 sons. The word thus then became a symbol of fine lineage. Upon your birth, the earth was bathed in brightness. and by your light the far horizons shone. And we, beneath this brightness and this radiance burn gladly in the glory of your guiding light (Tabarani). The Immaculate Lineage... Muhammad ﷺ Son of Abdullah (ra) Son of Abdul Muttalib Son of Haashim Son of Abd Manaaf Son of Qusayy Son of Kilaab Son of Mur 'rah Son of Ka'ab Son of Lu 'ayy Son of Ghaalib Son of Fihr Son of Malik Son of Nadhr Son of Kinaanah Son of Khuzaymah Son of Mudrikah Son of Ilyaas Son of Mudhar Son of Nizaar Son of Ma ad'di Son of Adnaan (Bukhari - Sahih).
Esed b. Amr şöyle demiştir: “Ebû Hanîfe (r.a.)'in kırk yıl yatsı namazının abdesti ile sabah namazı kıldığı bilinmektedir. O bütün gece bir rek‘atta Kur'ân'ın tamâmını okuyup hatmederdi. Geceleyin ağlaması dışarıdan duyulur, komşuları ona acırdı.”Ebû Hanîfe (r.a.)'in oğlu Hammad (r.âleyh) şöyle anlatmıştır: “Babam Ebû Hanîfe (r.a.) irtihâl edince Hasen b. Umare (r.âleyh)'den cenâzesini yıkaması ricâsında bulunduk. Hasen b. Umâre, cenâzeyi yıkadıktan sonra ‘Allâh (c.c.) sana rahmet eylesin ve seni bağışlasın. Otuz yıldan bu yana oruçsuz bir günün geçmedi ve kırk yıldan beri geceleyin yatağa girip sağ yanına yatmadın. Senden sonra gelenleri yordun. Kurraları rezil rüsvây ettin' demiştir.”İmâm Ebû Yusuf (r.âleyh) şöyle anlatmıştır: “Bir gün Ebû Hanîfe (r.a.) ile birlikte yürüyorduk. Âniden birisinin diğerine ‘Bu zât Ebû Hanîfe (r.a.)'dir. Geceleri uyumaz' dediğini işittim. Bu söz üzerine Ebû Hanîfe (r.a.), ‘Vallâhi benden söz edilirken yapmadığım bir şey söylenmemeli' dedi ve bundan sonra geceleri namaz, duâ ve yakarışla ihyâ etmeye başladı.”Mis‘ar (r.âleyh) şöyle anlatmıştır: “Bir gece mescide girince namaz kılmakta olan bir adam gördüm. Kur'ân'ın baştan itibaren yedide birini okuyunca kendi kendime artık herhalde rükû eder dedim. Sonra üçte birini, daha sonra yarısını okudu. Sonra aynı rek‘atta Kur'ân'ı sonuna kadar okuyup hatmetti. Bir de ne göreyim, bu adam Ebû Hanîfe (r.a.) değil miymiş!”Hârice b. Mus‘ab, “Kur'ân'ı bir rek‘atta baştan sona dört kişi hatmetmiştir. Bunlar Hz. Osman, Temim ed-Dârî, Sa‘îd b. Cübeyr ve Ebû Hanîfe (r.a.e.)'dir” demiştir. Yahyâ b. Nasr (r.âleyh), “Ebû Hanîfe (r.a.) Ramazan'da Kur'ân'ı altmış kez hatmetmiş olabilir” demiştir.(Muhammed Abdurreşid En-Nûmanî, İmâm-ı Azam Ebû Hanîfe (r.a.)'in Hadis İlmindeki Yeri, s.109-110)
Peter Vindahl se ve Spartě podepsal pod dva mistrovské tituly. Spoustou chyb se ale podílel i na minulé nevydařené sezoně. A tu novou v Jablonci zahájil dalším laciným gólem, který opět inkasoval.Umí vytáhnout světový zákrok. Stejně tak se ale Peter Vindahl občas odprezentuje fatální chybou při rozehrávce nebo pustí gól z kategorie laciných. Celkově se o něj tým poslední dobou nemůže právě opřít.Sparta v uplynulém soutěžním ročníku reálně inkasovala o 4,1 více, než by podle metriky takzvaných očekávaných gólů inkasovat měla. Společně s Českými Budějovicemi a Slováckem byla v tomto parametru nejslabší v lize.Sparta ohlásila, že v kádru provede velký řez. Zatím prodala Vitíka a Laciho, neprodloužila smlouvu s Wiesnerem a na Letné skončil ještě Imanol Garcia.Nosiči vody s hostujícím dlouholetým novinářem Pavlem Hartmanem, disponujícím navíc vysokou trenérskou kvalifikací, rozebírají nejen nedávnou minulost Sparty, ale i její šance a rozpoložení před čtvrtečním vstupem do kvalifikace Konferenční ligy v Aktobe v Kazachstánu.Na přetřes přišla i aktuální forma dalších českých pohárových účastníků, velkokapacitně zahazované penalty na mistrovství Evropy fotbalistek nebo překvapivý přestup Dávida Hancka do saúdskoarabského klubu al-Nasr. Poslechněte si celou aktuální epizodu Nosičů vody!---Nosiči vodyFotbalový podcast Seznam Zpráv. Jaromír Bosák, Luděk Mádl a Karel Tvaroh každý týden o českém a světovém fotbalu. Příběhy, aféry, důležité postavy na hřišti i v zákulisí.Odebírejte na Podcasty.cz, Apple Podcasts nebo Spotify.Sledujte nás na Twitteru! Najdete nás tam jako @Nosicivody.Máte návrh, jak podcast vylepšit? Nebo nás chcete pochválit? Pište na audio@sz.cz.
In this episode of International Horizons, RBI director John Torpey talks with Vali Nasr, Majid Khadduri Professor of International Affairs and Middle East Studies and former dean at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies, about Iran's dangerous crossroads after its latest clash with Israel and the United States. Nasr argues that Western narratives about Iran as a reckless theocracy miss the calculated grand strategy behind its actions — a strategy rooted in centuries of imperial ambition, deep-seated insecurity, and anti-American resentment. He explains why the Islamic Republic has survived despite public disillusionment and why hopes of regime change are naïve. Nasr warns that Iran's nuclear ambitions are now more entrenched than ever, as ordinary Iranians begin to see the bomb as their only shield against annihilation. With the U.S. unwilling to invade but also disinclined to negotiate in good faith, Nasr lays out the stark choice Washington faces: a nuclear Iran or another disastrous Middle East war. Nasr recently published Iran's Grand Strategy: A Political History (Princeton University Press), and is also the author of The Dispensable Nation: American Foreign Policy in Retreat (Penguin 2014), and The Shia Revival: How Conflicts within Islam Will Shape the Future (W.W. Norton, 2016 [2006]). 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 of International Horizons, RBI director John Torpey talks with Vali Nasr, Majid Khadduri Professor of International Affairs and Middle East Studies and former dean at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies, about Iran's dangerous crossroads after its latest clash with Israel and the United States. Nasr argues that Western narratives about Iran as a reckless theocracy miss the calculated grand strategy behind its actions — a strategy rooted in centuries of imperial ambition, deep-seated insecurity, and anti-American resentment. He explains why the Islamic Republic has survived despite public disillusionment and why hopes of regime change are naïve. Nasr warns that Iran's nuclear ambitions are now more entrenched than ever, as ordinary Iranians begin to see the bomb as their only shield against annihilation. With the U.S. unwilling to invade but also disinclined to negotiate in good faith, Nasr lays out the stark choice Washington faces: a nuclear Iran or another disastrous Middle East war. Nasr recently published Iran's Grand Strategy: A Political History (Princeton University Press), and is also the author of The Dispensable Nation: American Foreign Policy in Retreat (Penguin 2014), and The Shia Revival: How Conflicts within Islam Will Shape the Future (W.W. Norton, 2016 [2006]). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/world-affairs
Direct US involvement in Israel's unprovoked attack on Iran was a dangerous decision, argues Vali Nasr, professor of international affairs and Middle East history at Johns Hopkins University. Hours before a ceasefire between the US, Israel and Iran was announced, Nasr told host Steve Clemons that “the US doesn't have a regime change option in Iran” and should be wary of humiliating Tehran, which would lead to long-term consequences. Nasr argues that the 12-Day War was meant to establish Israel's dominance as the premier Middle East power, backed by Washington, with no room for challengers. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on X : https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #aljazeera #aljazeeraenglish #aljazeeranewslive
Iran presents one of the most significant foreign policy challenges for America and the West, yet very little is known about what the country's goals really are. Vali Nasr examines Iran's political history in new ways to explain its actions and ambitions on the world stage, showing how, behind the veneer of theocracy and Islamic ideology, today's Iran is pursuing a grand strategy aimed at securing the country internally and asserting its place in the region and the world.Drawing on memoirs, oral histories, and original in-depth interviews with Iranian decision makers, Nasr brings to light facts and events in Iran's political history that have been overlooked until now. He traces the roots of Iran's strategic outlook to its experiences over the past four decades of war with Iraq in the 1980s and the subsequent American containment of Iran, invasion of Iraq in 2003, and posture toward Iran thereafter. Nasr reveals how these experiences have shaped a geopolitical outlook driven by pervasive fear of America and its plans for the Middle East.Challenging the notion that Iran's foreign policy simply reflects its revolutionary values or theocratic government, Iran's Grand Strategy: A Political History (Princeton UP, 2025) provides invaluable new insights into what Iran wants and why, explaining the country's resistance to the United States, its nuclear ambitions, and its pursuit of influence and proxies across the Middle East. Vali Nasr is the Majid Khadduri Professor of International Affairs and Middle East Studies at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). He served as the eighth Dean of Johns Hopkins SAIS between 2012 and 2019 and served as Senior Advisor to U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Ambassador Richard Holbrooke between 2009 and 2011. He has written a number of books on U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. He has advised senior American policymakers, world leaders, and businesses, including the President, Secretary of State, senior members of the Congress, and presidential campaigns. He has written for New York Times, Foreign Affairs, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post, among others. Professor Nasr serves as the co-director of the SAIS Rethinking Iran Initiative at Johns Hopkins University, sits on the board of a number of academic institutions, has won a number of prominent grants, and holds a chair named after Henry Kissinger at the library of Congress. Sidney Michelini is a post-doctoral researcher working on Ecology, Climate, and Violence at the Peace Research Institute of Frankfurt (PRIF). Book recommendations: The World After Gaza by Pankaj Mishra The Great Transformation: China's Road from Revolution to Reform by Odd Arne Westad and Chen Jian Super Agers: An Evidence-Based Approach to Longevity 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
Iran presents one of the most significant foreign policy challenges for America and the West, yet very little is known about what the country's goals really are. Vali Nasr examines Iran's political history in new ways to explain its actions and ambitions on the world stage, showing how, behind the veneer of theocracy and Islamic ideology, today's Iran is pursuing a grand strategy aimed at securing the country internally and asserting its place in the region and the world.Drawing on memoirs, oral histories, and original in-depth interviews with Iranian decision makers, Nasr brings to light facts and events in Iran's political history that have been overlooked until now. He traces the roots of Iran's strategic outlook to its experiences over the past four decades of war with Iraq in the 1980s and the subsequent American containment of Iran, invasion of Iraq in 2003, and posture toward Iran thereafter. Nasr reveals how these experiences have shaped a geopolitical outlook driven by pervasive fear of America and its plans for the Middle East.Challenging the notion that Iran's foreign policy simply reflects its revolutionary values or theocratic government, Iran's Grand Strategy: A Political History (Princeton UP, 2025) provides invaluable new insights into what Iran wants and why, explaining the country's resistance to the United States, its nuclear ambitions, and its pursuit of influence and proxies across the Middle East. Vali Nasr is the Majid Khadduri Professor of International Affairs and Middle East Studies at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). He served as the eighth Dean of Johns Hopkins SAIS between 2012 and 2019 and served as Senior Advisor to U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Ambassador Richard Holbrooke between 2009 and 2011. He has written a number of books on U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. He has advised senior American policymakers, world leaders, and businesses, including the President, Secretary of State, senior members of the Congress, and presidential campaigns. He has written for New York Times, Foreign Affairs, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post, among others. Professor Nasr serves as the co-director of the SAIS Rethinking Iran Initiative at Johns Hopkins University, sits on the board of a number of academic institutions, has won a number of prominent grants, and holds a chair named after Henry Kissinger at the library of Congress. Sidney Michelini is a post-doctoral researcher working on Ecology, Climate, and Violence at the Peace Research Institute of Frankfurt (PRIF). Book recommendations: The World After Gaza by Pankaj Mishra The Great Transformation: China's Road from Revolution to Reform by Odd Arne Westad and Chen Jian Super Agers: An Evidence-Based Approach to Longevity Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history
Iran presents one of the most significant foreign policy challenges for America and the West, yet very little is known about what the country's goals really are. Vali Nasr examines Iran's political history in new ways to explain its actions and ambitions on the world stage, showing how, behind the veneer of theocracy and Islamic ideology, today's Iran is pursuing a grand strategy aimed at securing the country internally and asserting its place in the region and the world.Drawing on memoirs, oral histories, and original in-depth interviews with Iranian decision makers, Nasr brings to light facts and events in Iran's political history that have been overlooked until now. He traces the roots of Iran's strategic outlook to its experiences over the past four decades of war with Iraq in the 1980s and the subsequent American containment of Iran, invasion of Iraq in 2003, and posture toward Iran thereafter. Nasr reveals how these experiences have shaped a geopolitical outlook driven by pervasive fear of America and its plans for the Middle East.Challenging the notion that Iran's foreign policy simply reflects its revolutionary values or theocratic government, Iran's Grand Strategy: A Political History (Princeton UP, 2025) provides invaluable new insights into what Iran wants and why, explaining the country's resistance to the United States, its nuclear ambitions, and its pursuit of influence and proxies across the Middle East. Vali Nasr is the Majid Khadduri Professor of International Affairs and Middle East Studies at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). He served as the eighth Dean of Johns Hopkins SAIS between 2012 and 2019 and served as Senior Advisor to U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Ambassador Richard Holbrooke between 2009 and 2011. He has written a number of books on U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. He has advised senior American policymakers, world leaders, and businesses, including the President, Secretary of State, senior members of the Congress, and presidential campaigns. He has written for New York Times, Foreign Affairs, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post, among others. Professor Nasr serves as the co-director of the SAIS Rethinking Iran Initiative at Johns Hopkins University, sits on the board of a number of academic institutions, has won a number of prominent grants, and holds a chair named after Henry Kissinger at the library of Congress. Sidney Michelini is a post-doctoral researcher working on Ecology, Climate, and Violence at the Peace Research Institute of Frankfurt (PRIF). Book recommendations: The World After Gaza by Pankaj Mishra The Great Transformation: China's Road from Revolution to Reform by Odd Arne Westad and Chen Jian Super Agers: An Evidence-Based Approach to Longevity 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
Iran presents one of the most significant foreign policy challenges for America and the West, yet very little is known about what the country's goals really are. Vali Nasr examines Iran's political history in new ways to explain its actions and ambitions on the world stage, showing how, behind the veneer of theocracy and Islamic ideology, today's Iran is pursuing a grand strategy aimed at securing the country internally and asserting its place in the region and the world.Drawing on memoirs, oral histories, and original in-depth interviews with Iranian decision makers, Nasr brings to light facts and events in Iran's political history that have been overlooked until now. He traces the roots of Iran's strategic outlook to its experiences over the past four decades of war with Iraq in the 1980s and the subsequent American containment of Iran, invasion of Iraq in 2003, and posture toward Iran thereafter. Nasr reveals how these experiences have shaped a geopolitical outlook driven by pervasive fear of America and its plans for the Middle East.Challenging the notion that Iran's foreign policy simply reflects its revolutionary values or theocratic government, Iran's Grand Strategy: A Political History (Princeton UP, 2025) provides invaluable new insights into what Iran wants and why, explaining the country's resistance to the United States, its nuclear ambitions, and its pursuit of influence and proxies across the Middle East. Vali Nasr is the Majid Khadduri Professor of International Affairs and Middle East Studies at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). He served as the eighth Dean of Johns Hopkins SAIS between 2012 and 2019 and served as Senior Advisor to U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Ambassador Richard Holbrooke between 2009 and 2011. He has written a number of books on U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. He has advised senior American policymakers, world leaders, and businesses, including the President, Secretary of State, senior members of the Congress, and presidential campaigns. He has written for New York Times, Foreign Affairs, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post, among others. Professor Nasr serves as the co-director of the SAIS Rethinking Iran Initiative at Johns Hopkins University, sits on the board of a number of academic institutions, has won a number of prominent grants, and holds a chair named after Henry Kissinger at the library of Congress. Sidney Michelini is a post-doctoral researcher working on Ecology, Climate, and Violence at the Peace Research Institute of Frankfurt (PRIF). Book recommendations: The World After Gaza by Pankaj Mishra The Great Transformation: China's Road from Revolution to Reform by Odd Arne Westad and Chen Jian Super Agers: An Evidence-Based Approach to Longevity
Hosted by Robert Morris and Ruairi McElhone, The More Freedom Foundation Podcast cuts through the noise to bring sharp, insightful takes on global politics. Each week, we dive deep into the stories behind the headlines—unpacking the forces shaping our world with clarity, context, and just enough irreverence to keep it real.In this week's episode, we turn our focus to Mali—a key battleground in the shifting power dynamics of the Sahel region. Russia's ambitions in West Africa are faltering, and the Wagner-backed presence isn't turning the tide as expected. Could JNIM (Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin) take control of northern Mali? Why is Russia struggling? And what does it mean for the region, the West, and the wider geopolitical chessboard?Whether you're a policy wonk, a global affairs enthusiast, or just tired of shallow takes on complex issues, this is your podcast.PatreonWebsiteBooksTwitterTikTok
Alone in the Middle East! Imperial Iran… Safavids, Qajars, and even the Pahlavis - alone in the Middle East. And then, the Ayatollahs. Again, Iran alone in the Middle East.
Conflict broke out between Israel and Iran on Friday, with Israel launching an attack on Iran's nuclear and military facilities and Iran responding in turn. Vali Nasr, a Middle East expert and professor at Johns Hopkins University, sits down with Ravi Agrawal to discuss. Nasr is the author, most recently, of Iran's Grand Strategy: A Political History. FP Staff: Israel Strikes Iran Iselin Brady and Daniel Byman: How the Israel-Iran War Might End Steven A. Cook: Israel Is Going for the Death Blow on Iran Jeffrey Lewis: Nuclear Claims Are a Smoke Screen for Hopes of Toppling Iran John Haltiwanger: Iran's Military Just Lost Its ‘Brain Trust' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
With a battered economy and a restless population, Iran is as desperate as the United States to come together, Johns Hopkins University Professor Vali Nasr argues. Nasr told host Steve Clemons that US President Donald Trump's administration is eager to reach an arms control deal with Iran, and Iran is eager to grow economically. “Both of them have arrived, after 40 some years, at a juncture where they need to change the direction of their relationship,” Nasr said. Join the conversation on Nasr's latest book, Iran's Grand Strategy: A Political History, which explains how Iran's anti-Americanism “is not ideological or theological”. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on X : https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #aljazeera #aljazeeraenglish #aljazeeranewslive
Warum gibt's gerade in den ostdeutschen Bundesländern so viele rechtsextreme Straftaten? Die SPD-Abgeordnete Rasha Nasr – Tochter syrischer Einwanderer und selbst im Osten geboren und aufgewachsen – hat immer wieder mit Alltagsrassismus zu kämpfen. Für sie ist klar: Vor allem die CDU in Ostdeutschland redet die politische Lage schön. Das Thema Migration hat den Wahlkampf dominiert, über Integrationsmaßnahmen wurde aber zu wenig gesprochen, beklagt Nasr. Darüber, wie Integration gelingen kann, was die SPD tun kann, um cooler zu werden, und warum ihrer Meinung nach Dickköpfigkeit besonders ein ostdeutsches Phänomen ist, spricht sie mit Jan Schipmann in dieser Folge ABSOLUTE MEHRHEIT! ABSOLUTE MEHRHEIT ist ein Podcast über politische Visionen, persönliche Überzeugungen und ein Gedankenspiel darüber, in welche Richtung sich dieses Land entwickeln soll. Hosts: Jan Schipmann, Aline Abboud, Victoria Reichelt Jeden Dienstag, überall wo es Podcasts gibt. ABSOLUTE MEHRHEIT wird produziert von HyperboleMedien GmbH für funk. funk ist ein Gemeinschaftsangebot der Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (ARD) und des Zweiten Deutschen Fernsehens (ZDF). funk hat auf die datenschutzrechtlichen Bestimmungen dieser Plattform sowie die Erhebung, Analyse und Nutzung von Userdaten keinen Einfluss. Im Rahmen unserer Möglichkeiten gehen wir mit der größten Sensibilität mit Deinen Daten um. Weitere Informationen zum Thema Datenschutz findest Du auf unserer Website: https://www.funk.net/datenschutz Schaut hier vorbei und schreibt uns: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/die.da.oben TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@die.da.oben YouTube: www.youtube.com/@DieDaOben
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Two races done. Indy car entertainment factor vs F1 for the first two races. Helmet Marko and the Pope. Nasr. Broke-ass owners. Graham Rahal, the plusses and minuses. Power. In defense of Thermal. Who is doing what so far? The Long Beach picks. And more...@hiroindycar
Question un peu osée vous direz-nous. Mais Porsche Penske Motorsport a réalisé une nouvelle prestation de haute volée pour aller remporter les 12 Heures de Sebring le week-end en Floride pour la deuxième manche de l'IMSA 2025.Mieux, l'alliance germano-américaine a signé le doublé avec ses deux 963, matant la concurrence qui a encore dû s'incliner. A l'image de ce que sera le reste de la saison américaine ? Analyse et explications dans le nouveau numéro de notre podcast Track Limit.Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.
Présentée comme la ville du futur, vitrine de l'Arabie saoudite dans un monde post-pétrole, Neom devait révolutionner l'urbanisme avec une cité intelligente et écologique capable d'accueillir des millions d'habitants. Mais huit ans après le début du chantier, le projet titanesque semble englué dans des difficultés financières et techniques qui remettent en question sa viabilité. Selon une enquête du Wall Street Journal, 50 milliards de dollars ont déjà été injectés dans Neom, mais ce n'est que la partie émergée de l'iceberg. Un audit interne estime que la construction prendra 55 ans et que le budget total pourrait atteindre 8 800 milliards de dollars. Une somme vertigineuse, 25 fois le budget annuel du royaume, qui fragilise la position financière de l'Arabie saoudite. Déjà confronté à un déficit budgétaire de 27 milliards de dollars prévu pour 2025, le pays peine à trouver une solution viable pour poursuivre son projet phare.Les obstacles ne sont pas seulement financiers. Le chantier souffre d'une pénurie de main-d'œuvre qualifiée, de problèmes d'infrastructure et d'un approvisionnement énergétique insuffisant, ralentissant la progression des travaux. Résultat : les projections démographiques sont drastiquement revues à la baisse. Alors que le plan initial prévoyait 1,5 million d'habitants d'ici 2030, les estimations actuelles parlent de seulement 200 000 résidents. Ces difficultés ont également conduit à un changement de direction. En novembre 2024, Nadhmi al-Nasr, PDG historique du projet, a quitté ses fonctions, remplacé par Ayman al-Mudaifer. Officiellement, ce départ n'est pas lié aux défis financiers, mais il intervient à un moment critique pour Neom.Face aux doutes grandissants, le ministre des Finances saoudien, Mohammed Al Aljaadan, adopte un discours apaisant. Il insiste sur le fait que Neom est un projet à long terme : « Si quelqu'un pense que Neom va être construit, opérationnel et rentable en cinq ans, c'est insensé. Nous ne sommes pas insensés. Nous sommes des gens sages. » Mais cette incertitude pourrait compromettre d'autres projets majeurs, notamment la centrale hydroélectrique "Nestor" qu'EDF doit construire au cœur de Neom. Prévue pour une mise en service en 2029, son calendrier pourrait être impacté par les turbulences actuelles. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.
Em um mercado cada vez mais competitivo, ter um bom produto ou serviço não é suficiente. O que realmente sustenta e diferencia um negócio no longo prazo é seupropósito e seusvalores inegociáveis.Pra falar desse assunto no episódio # 231 conversamos com a Nádia Nasr, sócia fundadora do Café por Elas, onde as mulheres são protagonistas da história.Você tem valores inegociáveis no seu negócio? Conta pra gente quais são!
O Pelas Pistas desta semana chegou com peso de campeão. Os Hosts Christian Fittipaldi, Nelsinho Piquet e Thiago Alves receberam Felipe Nasr, o atual campeão das 24h de Daytona para um papo muito informativo. Nasr contou sobre os desafios da prova, revelou porque precisou ultrapassar o outro carro da sua equipe e como foi a estratégia para conquistar o pódio para a Porsche Penske. Ele também destacou a diferença entre LeMans e Daytona e os outros anos de corrida e a evolução das equipes de Endurance, falou sobre a pilotagem de Felipe Drugovich e sobre as expectativas de Gabriel Bortoleto na Sauber. ATENÇAO MEMBROS! Tem novidade para os membros do canal no Youtube, se você ainda não é membro corre que todo mundo que se tornar membro até sexta-feira (dia 7 de fevereiro) também terá a chance de ganhar um presente super especial enviado pela @UpperCustom. Corre pros minutos finais do vídeo e veja o presentão que temos pra você. Duvido que um apaixonado por automobilismo vai perder essa chance! Gostou do convidado? Deixe seu like, siga o canal e compartilhe com os amigos. Patrocine o Pelas Pistas Entre em contato com nosso time comercial:pelaspistas@pod360.com.br Seja membro deste canal no Youtube e tenha acesso antecipado Loja Oficial Pelas Pistas Podcast Redes sociais: @pelaspistas360 Apresentadores: Thiago Alves, Christian Fittipaldi e Nelsinho Piquet Direção Executiva: Marcos Chehab e Tiago Bianco Direção de Conteúdo: Felipe Lobão Produção: Kal Chimenti Captação e Edição de Vídeo: Pedro Montezino Captação de áudio: Bruno Scarabotto Edição e Sound Design: Bruno Scarabotto Redes sociais e Community Manager: Guilherme Diaz
O Pelas Pistas desta semana chegou com peso de campeão. Os Hosts Christian Fittipaldi, Nelsinho Piquet e Thiago Alves receberam Felipe Nasr, o atual campeão das 24h de Daytona para um papo muito informativo.Nasr contou sobre os desafios da prova, revelou porque precisou ultrapassar o outro carro da sua equipe e como foi a estratégia para conquistar o pódio para a Porsche Penske. Ele também destacou a diferença entre LeMans e Daytona e os outros anos de corrida e a evolução das equipes de Endurance, falou sobre a pilotagem de Felipe Drugovich e sobre as expectativas de Gabriel Bortoleto na Sauber. ATENÇAO MEMBROS! Tem novidade para os membros do canal no Youtube, se você ainda não é membro corre que todo mundo que se tornar membro até sexta-feira (dia 7 de fevereiro) também terá a chance de ganhar um presente super especial enviado pela @UpperCustom.Corre pros minutos finais do vídeo e veja o presentão que temos pra você. Duvido que um apaixonado por automobilismo vai perder essa chance!Gostou do convidado? Deixe seu like, siga o canal e compartilhe com os amigos.Patrocine o Pelas PistasEntre em contato com nosso time comercial: pelaspistas@pod360.com.brSeja membro deste canal no Youtube e tenha acesso antecipado Loja Oficial Pelas Pistas Podcast Redes sociais: @pelaspistas360 Apresentadores: Thiago Alves, Christian Fittipaldi e Nelsinho Piquet Direção Executiva: Marcos Chehab e Tiago BiancoDireção de Conteúdo: Felipe LobãoProdução: Kal ChimentiCaptação e Edição de Vídeo: Pedro MontezinoCaptação de áudio: Bruno ScarabottoEdição e Sound Design: Bruno ScarabottoRedes sociais e Community Manager: Guilherme Diaz
Avec Fouad Hassoun et Sœur Joséphine Nasr
The imposition of economic sanctions has become Washington's preferred method of expressing disapproval over the conduct of other states. But how effective are sanctions in changing behavior or achieving desired outcomes? This week on Departures with Robert Amsterdam, we are pleased to feature the brilliant former diplomat Vali Nasr, the Majid Khadduri Professor of Middle East Studies and International Affairs at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington, DC. Professor Nasr is a co-author, along with Narges Vajoghli, Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, and Ali Velez, of the book How Sanctions Work: Iran and the Impact of Economic Warfare. In this insightful conversation, Nasr explores why Iran serves as a pivotal case study for understanding the role of sanctions in foreign policy, their limitations, and why they often fail to deliver the intended results. He also shares his expert perspectives on several critical geopolitical developments, including Israel's Gaza offensive, the fall of the Assad regime, and the internal dynamics within the Islamic Republic.
CHIC, BUT MAKE IT NICE—It's a cliché because it's true: in the fashion world, you've got your show ponies and you've got your workhorses. We mean it as a compliment when we say that Samira Nasr truly earned her place at the helm of the 156-year-old institution, Harper's Bazaar. Don't get us wrong; Samira is seriously glamorous—she's the kind of woman who phrases like “effortless chic” were invented to describe. But she did not cruise to her current perch on connections and camera-readiness alone. Rather, she worked her way up, attending J-school at NYU, then making her way through the fashion closets of Vogue, Mirabella, Vanity Fair, InStyle, and Elle—where we met in the trenches, and got to see firsthand how she mixes old-school, roll-up-your-sleeves work ethic and her own fresh vision. When Samira got the big job at Bazaar in 2020, she became the title's first-ever Black editor-in-chief. The Bazaar she has rebuilt is as close as a mainstream fashion magazine gets to a glossy art mag, but it is far from chilly. As she has long put it, “I just want to bring more people with me to the party.” Which, when you think about it, is a brilliant mantra for a rapidly shifting era in media and culture. How to keep a legacy fashion magazine going circa 2025? Drop the velvet rope.The timing for this mantra could not have been better. After her first year in the role, Bazaar took home its first-ever National Magazine Award for General Excellence. In our interview, Samira talked about remaking one of fashion's most legendary magazines — plus, jeans, budgets, and even the odd parenting tip. We had fun, and we hope you—This episode is made possible by our friends at Mountain Gazette, Commercial Type, and Freeport Press. Print Is Dead (Long Live Print!) is a production of Magazeum LLC ©2021–2024
LRT Radiotekoje - spektaklio premjera. Rašytoja Vaiva Grainytė ir kompozitorius Arturas Bumšteinas pristato kūrinį „Dvidešimt keturi“. Tai - radijo spektaklis balsų chorams ir garsams. Pokalbis su su pjesės idėjos ir teksto autore Vaiva Grainyte.Į LRT GIRDI kreipėsi vilnietis, kuris piktinasi, kad yra priverstas mokėti už elektrą sodo namelį net tada, kai jos nenaudoja. Nuo šių metų liepos visi trys nepriklausomi elektros energijos tiekėjai Lietuvoje savo kainodaroje naudoja mėnesinį abonentinį mokestį. Vyras teiraujasi, ar jam pagrįstai pritaikytas abonementinis mėnesio mokestis už elektros tiekimą.Vienos įmonės idėja buto pirkėjams prie dovanų pridėti dar ir augintinį, sulaukė kritikos viešojoje erdvėje. Sumanymo autoriai teigia, kad mintis gimė iš didelės meilės gyvūnams, o augintiniai būtų dovanojami tik atsakingiems ir to norintiems butų pirkėjams. Gyvūnų gerovės organizacijos atkerta, kad tai skatina gyvūnų dovanojimo kultūrą, iš kurios jau daug metų bandoma išbristi.Nusikelsime į Kretingos rajoną, Nasrėnus, kur veikia bendruomeniniai senjorų globos namai.Ved. Darius Matas
Send us a textNasim Nasr is an Iranian-born Australian artist whose work focuses on the issues facing her home country of Iran and the challenges she has experienced as a woman and female artist. These circumstances ultimately led her to leave Iran at the age of 25. Nasim relocated to Australia with her younger siblings, where she has built a life for herself and her family while establishing herself as a prominent artist.Working across photography, installation, and performance, Nasim has gained significant recognition, with her works recently acquired by the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney. We had the pleasure of speaking with Nasim about her life journey and her beautiful, thought-provoking art. Enjoy listening to her story, and feel free to reach out to Nasim to see her work or for a studio visit. 'Biography:Born in Tehran, Iran 1984Moved to Adelaide, Australia 2009, Currently lives and works in SydneySince graduating with a Master Visual Arts (Research), University South Australia, 2011, Nasim Nasr's art practice has sought to comment upon the transience of cultural identities. With an interest in cultural relationships in contemporary society, her artworks have engaged themes of intercultural dialogue and perspective between the historical and contemporary. Using video, photography, performance, 3D objects and sound, these works highlight notions of cultural difference as experienced in her past and present homelands, between West and East and seeks to create a harmony between the two.Nasim Nasr is a third time finalist at Fisher's Ghost Art Award and will exhibit at Campbelltown Art Centre Oct-Dec 2024 with her new light box; Impulse 2024, In March 2024 Nasr won AUSTRALIAN CONTEMPORARY ARTIST OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION AWARD from the Art's Minister Tony Burke and Shadow Art Minister Paul Fletcher at the Paliment House, Canberra. Nasr's latest video work ‘Impulse' was presented at the 2023 Adelaide Independent Film Festival where it won the best Micro Short Film Award, and was in the official selection at the 2023 A Shaded View on Fashion Film Festival Awards in Paris. In 2017 Nasr won People's Choice Award in The William and Winifred Bowness Photography Art Prize, Monash Art Gallery Melbourne, and her Women in Shadow II video documentation won an award at the 10th Anniversary Edition, A Shaded View on Fashion Film, Maison Jean Paul Gaultier and Club De L'Etoile, Paris, France in 2018. Nasr exhibited in the inaugural Triennial of Asia: We Do Not Dream Alone, Asia Society Museum in New York, October 2020–June 2021, her latest solo presentation Impulse at Mars Gallery, Melbourne March-April 2023. She exhibited at Photo London, Somerset House, London in May 2023. Nasr's latest photograph Impulse (2023) was reproduced on the front cover of ART COLLECTOR magazine in Australia, issue 104 included 8pp profile story on her practice.'
Ça ne fait aucun doute, le sort de Boualem Sansal préoccupe la presse française, et particulièrement les hebdomadaires. L'écrivain, arrêté et emprisonné en Algérie, il y a deux semaines, est à la Une du Point. À côté de sa photo, sourire aux lèvres, figure en gros le mot « otage ». Accusés : « la dictature algérienne et les islamistes ». « Il risquerait la prison à perpétuité », ajoute l'hebdomadaire, qui voit en lui « l'auteur d'une œuvre aussi percutante et courageuse, que sa voix est douce et enveloppante ». À l'origine de sa disgrâce, une interview au média Frontières, proche de l'extrême droite, dans laquelle il parle des frontières de l'Algérie et du Maroc, sujet hautement sensible, et il déclare notamment que « la France n'a pas colonisé le Maroc parce que c'est un grand État ». « Quand la France a colonisé l'Algérie », ajoute-t-il, « toute la partie ouest de l'Algérie ne faisait pas partie du Maroc. C'est facile de coloniser des petits trucs qui n'ont pas d'histoire, mais un État, c'est très difficile ». Une phrase qui ne passe pas du côté des autorités algériennes. « Désormais tout est possible : la perpétuité pour un texto, la prison pour un soupir d'agacement », écrit, toujours dans Le Point, un autre écrivain franco-algérien, Kamel Daoud, dans un appel à la libération de Boualem Sansal, signé de plusieurs prix Nobel, les Français Annie Ernaux et Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio ou encore le Nigérian Wole Soyinka, et de nombreux autres écrivains. « En Algérie, précise le texte de Kamel Daoud, les écrivains et les intellectuels, les éditeurs, les libraires vivent dans la peur des représailles, des accusations d'espionnage et des arrestations arbitraires, des procès et des diffamations et des attaques médiatiques violentes sur leur personnel et leur proche ».CabaleKamel Daoud a donc écrit ce texte, alors qu'il est lui-même dans l'œil du cyclone, comme le rappelle L'Express. Kamel Daoud est le récent lauréat du prestigieux prix Goncourt, en France, pour Houris, « une plongée dans la vie d'une victime de la guerre civile qui ravagea l'Algérie dans les années 1990 », explique L'Express. » Or « une rescapée de la décennie noire », poursuit l'hebdomadaire, « accuse l'écrivain d'avoir tiré son récit des confidences faites à son épouse psychiatre, violant ainsi le secret médical ». « L'écrivain, estime Marianne, est victime de cabales, pour avoir osé aborder une période taboue, la guerre civile des années 1990 (…) les autorités algériennes ont poussé sur le devant de la scène une femme qui a affirmé sur la chaîne One TV, que le récit qui sert de trame au roman, était le sien. Elle accuse Kamel Daoud et son épouse d'avoir ' volé' son histoire ». Or, accuse de son côté Marianne, « le journaliste à l'origine de l'entretien télévisé, n'est autre qu'un conseiller politique du gouvernement d'Abdelmadjid Tebboune. »La « Marocanité » du Sahara OccidentalEn filigrane de ces polémiques : les relations entre l'Algérie et la France. « En pleine crispation diplomatique, écrit L'Express, le régime algérien franchit une étape en s'en prenant à deux grandes voix de la dissidence à la double nationalité, Kamel Daoud et Boualem Sansal ». « L'arrestation de Boualem Sansal, estime Le Point, s'inscrit dans le cadre de la dégradation des relations entre la France et l'Algérie, à propos du Maroc ». « Depuis l'été, poursuit l'hebdomadaire, la crise est bien installée entre Alger et Paris, avec la reconnaissance par le président Emmanuel Macron, de la 'marocanité' du Sahara Occidental ». « Comment devrait-on réagir ? » s'indigne un responsable algérien, « Sourire et dire merci à une position qui appuie une politique coloniale du XXIe siècle ? » Ce même responsable, sous couvert de l'anonymat, précise que « l'intégralité territoriale est une ligne rouge. » « Boualem Sansal, dit-il, peut critiquer comme il veut le système, le manque de démocratie, l'islamisme, draguer l'extrême droite française… mais toucher à la terre algérienne, unie et indivisible, c'est un crime puni par le Code pénal. »Images satellitesÀ lire également dans la presse hebdomadaire cette semaine, un article de M, le supplément du Monde, sur Gaza. « À Gaza », titre M, « un inventaire pour mémoire. Des chercheurs français documentent l'état du patrimoine de l'enclave, classé à l'Unesco, alors que les deux tiers des bâtiments ont déjà été détruits par l'armée israélienne ». Plutôt que de l'inventaire du patrimoine, il s'agit en fait souvent de « l'état des destructions », réalisé notamment grâce aux images satellites de l'ONU. « Parmi les lieux recensés », nous dit M, « le souk Al-Qissariya, marché emblématique situé au cœur de la vieille ville de Gaza, ou encore le cinéma An-Nasr, construit en 1956, symbole de l'âge d'or du 7ᵉ art palestinien ». Les chercheurs qui réalisent cet inventaire, expliquent ainsi : « il en va de notre responsabilité d'écrire l'histoire de chacun de ses endroits et d'aider à préparer au mieux leur restauration ou, au minimum, de conserver leur mémoire ». « L'image satellitaire ouvre une frontière sur l'enclave gazaouie » ajoute M, « à l'heure où 139 journalistes ont été tués par les forces israéliennes dans la bande de Gaza depuis le 7 octobre 2023 et où les médias étrangers sont empêchés d'y entrer ».
durée : 00:12:59 - L'invité d'un jour dans le monde - En Syrie, les frappes israéliennes se multiplient, tandis que, dans le nord-ouest, les forces du régime affrontent des groupes djihadistes.
Een superspannend avontuur waarin Soof en Nasr moeten puzzelen voor hun leven! Uitgegeven door Witte Leeuw Spreker: Lune van der Meulen
Award-winning actress and founder of Pattern Beauty Tracee Ellis Ross didn't see Black beauty being represented well in the market – so she built a company from scratch to fix that. In this episode, she shares entrepreneurial lessons with her longtime friend Samira Nasr, who is editor-in-chief of Harper's Bazaar. Their conversation was recorded live on stage at the 2024 Masters of Scale Summit.Read a transcript of this episode: https://mastersofscale.comSubscribe to the Masters of Scale weekly newsletter: https://mastersofscale.com/subscribeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Exploitative work conditions faced by Indians in the Middle East is not new, but the recent reports emerging from Saudi Arabia's ambitious $500 billion Neom project are shocking: a recent documentary alleges that 21,000 foreign workers have died and 1,00,000 have gone missing since 2017, while working on projects that are part of the country's Vision 2030 initiative. Earlier this week Nadhmi al-Nasr, the long-time chief executive of the Neom project departed, and while there was no reason stated, reports indicate Mr. al-Nasr had earned a chilling reputation managing workers of the project. But despite sometimes horrific work conditions, multiple deaths and the continuing use of the kafala system, around nine million Indians continue to compete for jobs in the six Gulf Cooperation Council countries of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. India has one of the highest remittances from its citizens working abroad, in the world, with the figure estimated at $111 billion as of 2022. And yet, policies and laws to protect migrant workers are scarce. Why do young Indians continue to go abroad for semi-skilled or unskilled work – are these last-resort options or are they still seen as lucrative employment offers? Why do there continue to remain minimal protections for those who go to these countries? Has the pattern of migration from India changed? And Does the Indian Emigration Act need an overhaul? Guest: Saurabh Bhattacharjee – associate professor, National Law School, Bengaluru and co-director, Centre for Labour Studies Host: Zubeda Hamid
Mentre Spalletti si gode la sua Italia ritrovata, Mancini non se la passa benissimo in Arabia Saudita tra risultati poco entusiasmanti e litigi in conferenza stampa. Con Marco Civoli commentiamo il momento diverso dei due ct. Anche Zangrillo apre all'arrivo di Balotelli al Genoa, intanto, Pogba si dichiara pronto a tornare in campo con la Juventus e anche a ridursi lo stipendio: prenderanno il treno del ritorno? Chiediamo al direttore di Tuttomercatoweb Niccolò Ceccarini.L'ennesimo episodio di Sinner che batte Medvedev questa volta si è giocato nella cornice d'oro del Six Kings Slam, torneo di esibizione tra i migliori del tennis mondiale a Riyadh. Parliamo di questa novità con Stefano Meloccaro di Sky Sport.Con Gionata Ferroni e Roberto Lacorte torniamo su quanto accaduto lo scorso weekend sulla pista di Road Atlanta in Georgia, con Cadillac Racing che rimonta e vince la Petit Le Mans. Il titolo va invece alla Porsche di Nasr e Cameron.
Welcome back to Mastering eCommerce Marketing! Today, our host Eitan Koter is chatting with Adele Nasr, founder of Adele Consulting Group and partner at Synergy Pickleball. Adele has over 20 years of experience in marketing, starting on the agency side and later moving into brand-side marketing, helping big names like 3-Day Blinds, Home Franchise Concepts, and Aventon grow.In this episode, Adele shares how she's helped brands navigate the fast-paced world of digital marketing, emphasizing the importance of truly listening to customers. She talks about building customer-focused organizations, simplifying messaging, and using zero-party data to really understand what your customers need. Adele also touches on the importance of balancing owned and earned media for long-term success.We also get into her latest venture, Synergy Pickleball, where she's doing something unique—offering subscription programs to make it easier for pickleball enthusiasts to get the gear they need. Adele's passion for both marketing and the brands she works with shines through, and there's a lot to learn here about the value of putting customers at the heart of everything you do.So, if you're looking to understand how to grow your brand in today's competitive environment or you just love pickleball, this episode has plenty to offer. Let's jump right in with Eitan and Adele Nasr!Website: https://www.vimmi.netEmail us: info@vimmi.netPodcast website: https://vimmi.net/mastering-ecommerce-marketing/Talk to us on Social:LinkedIn Eitan Koter: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eitankoter/LinkedIn Vimmi: https://il.linkedin.com/company/vimmiYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@VimmiCommunicationsGuest: Adele Nasr, founder of Adele Consulting Group and partner at Synergy PickleballLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adelenasr Synergy Pickleball: synergypickleball.comAdele's consulting email: adeleconsulting.com Adele's consulting page: https://brand.page/adeleconsultingWatch the full Youtube video here:https://youtu.be/O6SCGQqSGTYTakeaways:Transparency and authenticity are key in brand communication to build trust with customers.Understanding the customer's perspective and simplifying messaging can improve the connection with the audience.Zero party data, competitor research, and user-generated content are valuable sources of information for marketing strategies.Owned media, such as quality content and helpful resources, should be prioritized alongside paid media.Earned media, including social media presence and user reviews, plays a crucial role in building trust and credibility.Adele's new venture, Synergy...
What does recent research say about the role of perirectal spacers in prostate cancer treatment? In this episode of the BackTable Urology Podcast, host Dr. Jose Silva discusses the use of perirectal spacers for prostate radiotherapy with guests Dr. Eric Chenven, Chief of Urology at Broward Health Medical Center, and Dr. Nadim Nasr, a radiation oncologist at Arlington Radiation Oncology. --- This podcast is supported by: Boston Scientific SpaceOAR Hydrogel https://www.spaceoar.com/about-spaceoar-hydrogel/how-spaceoar-hydrogel-works/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=uro-ph-us-spaceoar-dtp&utm_content=nf-cs-prostatecancer_search_en_us_brand_conversion_dtp_uro-spaceoar-651995397243-res&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjw9eO3BhBNEiwAoc0-jTE63KEHSnZ1soXre9ovVRqweY2QctIuZ_iN2QUjk6Px4k6fK1757BoCVNgQAvD_BwE --- SYNPOSIS Their conversation delves into the use of Boston Scientific's SpaceOAR hydrogel to reduce radiation exposure to the rectum. The experts elaborate on the techniques and logistical challenges of placing spacers, as well as their effects on patient outcomes. They also discuss insurance hurdles, use of sedation, fiducial marker placement, and the impact of large prostate size on treatment efficacy. Finally, they touch on Barrigel, the newest spacer option. This episode emphasizes the need for collaboration between urologists and radiation oncologists to improve patient care. --- TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Introduction 06:33 - Importance of Perirectal Spacing 11:17 - Techniques and Protocols 13:00 - Barrigel: The New Option 14:58 - Challenges and Practical Considerations 24:55 - Future Directions --- RESOURCES Boston Scientific SpaceOAR https://www.bostonscientific.com/en-US/products/hydrogel-spacers/spaceoar-hydrogel.html URO108 - Minimizing Radiation Therapy Side Effects https://www.backtable.com/shows/urology/podcasts/108/minimizing-radiation-therapy-side-effects URO123 - Perfecting Rectal Spacer Placement for Optimal Care https://www.backtable.com/shows/urology/podcasts/123/perfecting-rectal-spacer-placement-for-optimal-care
Send us a textDer CEO von Aeroplan, Mark Nasr, betont die Bedeutung des Verzichts auf Zusatzgebühren bei Prämienbuchungen. Kunden betrachten Prämienflüge als „Gewinn“ und erwarten keine zusätzlichen Gebühren außer den Steuern. Das Programm wurde mit dem Ziel einer fairen und transparenten Gestaltung überarbeitet. Nasr erklärt, dass das Wegfallen von Zusatzgebühren nicht nur die Kundenzufriedenheit erhöht, sondern auch den Wert der Aeroplan-Punkte steigert und das Programm für Partner und Kunden attraktiver macht. Trotz einer Buchungsgebühr von 39 CAD für Partnerfluggesellschaften ist Nasr überzeugt, dass Aeroplan mit liberalen Routenvorschriften, Flexibilität und einem einfachen Buchungserlebnis eine überzeugende Wertsteigerung bietet.#Aeroplan #Vielflieger #Treueprogramm #Reiseprämien #AirCanada #Reisetipps #PunkteUndMeilen #PrämienreisenFrage des Tages: Ist es richtig kiffen in den Lufthansa Lounges zu verbieten? Brauchen wir eine echte Business Class in Europa? Sollten Meilentickets wieder kostenlos sein, bis auf die “echten” Steuern?00:00 Willkommen zu Frequent Traveller TV01:36 Luftfracht hat Problem mit Brandsätzen in Paketen04:44 Lufthansa verbietet “kiffen” in der Lounge08:12 EU-Kommission schaut sich China Verkehre genauer an13:38 Qantas A321XLR mit echter Business Class18:00 Air Canada Aeroplan-Chef: “Es sollte ein kostenloses Ticket sein”22:30Fragen des TagesTake-OFF 31.08.2024 – Folge 202-2024Stammtisch Termine: https://FQTWorld.as.me/meetupKanalmitglied werden und exklusive Vorteile erhalten:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQyWcZxP3MpuQ54foJ_IsgQ/joinHier geht es zu eurem kostenlosen Consulting Link - https://FTCircle.as.me/Damit Du von unserem Wissen profitieren kannst, kannst du ein mindestens 60 minütiges und vor allem auf dich zugeschnittenes Punkte, Meilen, Status Coaching buchen. Nach dem Call bekommst du ein Jahr Zugang zu dieser Gruppe und zahlst so nur 10 Euro pro Monat und kannst sofort profitieren. Hier ist nun der Link zu deinem neuen Punkte, Meilen und Status Deals.MY SOCIALSWhatsApp - https://wa.me/message/54V7X7VO3WOVF1FACEBOOK | Lars F Corsten - https://www.facebook.com/LFCorsten/FACEBOOK | FQT.TV - https://www.facebook.com/FQTTVFACEBOOK | FTCircle - https://www.facebook.com/FTCircleTWITTER | Lars F Corsten - https://twitter.com/LFCorstenINSTAGRAM | Lars F Corsten - https://www.instagram.com/lfcorsten/LINKEDIN - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lfcorsten/Clubhouse - @LFCorsten
We'd love your feedback. Let us know what you thought about this episode.With all 12 of Gaza's higher education institutions destroyed by Israeli bombs, what next for students, faculty, and the future of Palestinian learning? In this episode of The Impact Room, host Maysa Jalbout, explores the impact of the war on higher education in Gaza, on both students and teaching staff, as well as the institutions themselves.We features interviews with academics trying to keep university teaching going, against all the odds, hear personal stories about life under bombardment, and offers practical ways everyone can help counter the educide.This episode was recorded on Thursday June 27 – day 265 of the conflict. If you haven't already, make sure you listen to our earlier interviews with Palestinian medic Dr Ghassen Abu Sittah, and PCRF founder, Steve Sosebee.Education is central to Palestinian identity and has been an active form of resilience for a people who have for generations had their homes, rights, and livelihoods stolen. It is well known that despite all the challenges of living under occupation, literacy rates in Gaza are among the highest in the world.In a bid to keep people learning, An Najah National University in the West Bank, in partnership with UNIMED, the Mediterranean Universities Union, and the Palestinian Student Scholarship Fund (PSSF), is spearheading an initiative to share technology and resources to create an e-learning scheme for students in Gaza.The main aim, explains Dr Saida Affouneh, An Najah's dean of the Faculty of Education, is to keep students and lectures in Gaza to protect the long-term health of institutions and stem the brain drain out of Palestine.Dr Ihab Nasr, the Dean of Applied Medical Sciences at Al Alzhar University, is one of many academics who has chosen to leave Gaza. He spoke to The Impact Room from Edmonton, Canada, where he has moved to begin a new life with his wife and five children. Dr Nasr is currently teaching nutrition modules via Birzeit University in the West Bank as part of the Rebuilding Hope initiative. Also working to support students in Gaza is Professor Mahmoud Loubani, a UK-based cardiothoracic surgeon and chair of PalMed Academy, a branch of PalMed Europe, which promotes better healthcare for Palestinians at home and overseas. In March this year, PalMed Academy launched the Gaza Educate Medics (GEM) initiative to establish a virtual medical college, leveraging the expertise of volunteering academics and consultants worldwide to educate Gaza's medical students. Brian Cox was reading “If I must die”, the last poem written by Palestinan academic Refaat Alareer. The Impact Room is brought to you by Philanthropy Age and Maysa Jalbout. Find us on social media @PhilanthropyAge
This conversation with functional medicine expert Dr. Nasr Al Jafari absolutely blew me away!.Dr Nasr is the medical director and functional medicine doctor at DNA Health And Wellness Clinic and In this conversation Dr Nas dispels myths around diets, intermittent fasting, Ozempic and everything in between when it comes to optimising our health and potentially living longer.With more than 20-years' experience and working with some of the worlds renowned physicians, Dr Nas has created the DNA Method, leading a team of doctors applying science-based, researched-backed tools to deliver cutting-edge insights and treatments, empowering patients attain optimal health and longevity. He literally know EVERYTHING you need to know about longevity and how to achieve optimal health.This was such a fascinating conversation, one that was full of insights and simple actionable takeaways to implement no matter your age or stage in life. Enjoy! Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ittakesavillage.me?igsh=NHZ4cDkzaWZweGZy&utm_source=qrDr Nasr Al Jafari https://www.instagram.com/dr_nas_wellness?igsh=ZzU4N3NucHVnMHNqDNA Health And Wellness Clinic https://www.instagram.com/dnahealthclinics?igsh=MWIzb3ZoZXhvdnBvNA==
Have you ever followed an artist down the street or loved them so much they were a part of everyday dinner conversation? I hope so. This week I talked to A&R rep, a real professional, Caterina Nasr about face melting fandom and of course One Direction. Follow Cat on Instagram!Listen to all the songs mentioned on the podcast on the official season 2 playlist!This podcast is hosted by Ashley Hamilton and produced by Bug Anne. Perfect cover art by @helloadrianne.
A drone strike by an Iran-backed militant group, which resulted in the deaths of three U.S. service members, threatens to push the Middle East into a wider regional conflict. Iran has distanced itself from the attack, while President Biden has said that the U.S. will respond. Middle East experts Vali Nasr and Sanam Vakil join Ravi Agrawal to discuss what Tehran might be thinking at this moment. Nasr is a professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and Vakil is the director of Chatham House's Middle East and North Africa program. Suggested reading: Jack Detsch: 3 Options for How Biden Could Respond to Iran Adam Weinstein and Steven Simon: U.S. Troops Are Dangerously Vulnerable in the Middle East Ravi Agrawal: Ian Bremmer: Attack on U.S. Troops a ‘Red Line' for Biden Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Embark on an intellectual journey into the realm of Sufism. Explore the intricate history, philosophical underpinnings, and mystical practices that have shaped this fascinating tradition. Join me as we delve into the topic of Sufi mysticism, shedding light on its profound impact on Islam & its history.Sources/Recomended Reading: Abu-n Nasr, Jamil M. (2007). "Muslim Communities of Grace: The Sufi Brotherhoods in Islamic Religious Life". C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd. "Al-Qushayri's Epistle on Sufism - Al-Risala Al Qushayriyya Fi 'ilm Al-Tasawwuf". Translated by Alexander Knysh. 2020. The Center for Muslim Contribution to Civilization. Avery, Kenneth S. (2004). "A Psychology of Early Sufi Sama: Listening and altered states". Routledge. Casewit, Yousef (2017). "The Mystics of al-Andalus: Ibn Barrajan and Islamic Thought in the Twelfth Century". Cambridge University Press. Chittick, William (1989). "The Sufi Path of Knowledge: Ibn 'Arabi's Metaphysics of Imagination". Chittick, William (1998). "The Self-Disclosure of God: Principles of Ibn al-'Arabi's Cosmology". State University of New York Press. Cornell, Vincent J. (1998). "Realm of the Saint: Power and Authority in Moroccan Sufism". University of Texas Press. Caner Dagli (translated by) (2004). Ibn 'Arabi - "The Ringstones of Wisdom (Fusus al-Hikam)". Great Books of the Islamic World. Kazi Pubns Inc.Ernst, Carl W. & Bruce B. Lawrence (2003). "Sufi Martyrs of Love: The Chishti Order in South Asia and beyond". Palgrave Macmillan. Homerin, Emil (Translated by) (2001). "'Umar Ibn al-Farid: Sufi Verse, Saintly Life". Classics of Western Spirituality. Paulist Press. Homerin, Emil (2019). "Aisha al-Ba'uniyya: A Life in Praise of Love". Makers of the Muslim World Series. Oneworld Publications. Karamustafa, Ahmet T. (2006). God's Unruly Friends: Dervish Groups in the Islamic Middle Period 1200-1550. Oneworld Publications. Karamustafa, Ahmet T. (2007). "Sufism - the formative period". Edinburgh University Press. Knysh, Alexander (2000). "Islamic Mysticism: A Short History". Brill. Knysh, Alexander (2019). "Sufism: A New History of Islamic Mysticism". Princeton University Press. Lewis, Franklin D. (2000). "Rumi: Past and Present, East and West". Oneworld publications. Malik, Jamal & John Hinnells (ed.) (2006). "Sufism in the West". Routledge.Ridgeon, Lloyd (ed.) (2015). "The Cambridge Companion to Sufism". Cambridge University Press. Schimmel, Annemarie (1975). "Mystical Dimensions of Islam". The University of North Carolina Press. Van Bruinessen, Martin & Julia Day Howell (ed). (2007). "Sufism and the Modern in Islam". I.B. Tauris. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This is the web version of Foreign Exchanges, but did you know you can get it delivered right to your inbox? Sign up today:TODAY IN HISTORYDecember 2, 1805: At the Battle of Austerlitz, Napoleon wins what was arguably his greatest victory against a larger joint Russian-Austrian army. The Allies suffered 36,000 dead/wounded/captured compared with only 9000 for the French. The French victory was so complete that not only did it end the War of the Third Coalition, it allowed Napoleon to create the Confederation of the Rhine among the German states that had become French clients. Emperor Francis II was then forced to dissolve the Holy Roman Empire, which had been in existence continuously since 962 and traced its origins back to Charlemagne's coronation as “emperor of the Romans” in 800.December 2, 1942: Enrico Fermi and his team create the first self-sustaining nuclear reaction at “Chicago Pile-1,” a rudimentary reactor built under the campus of the University of Chicago. This was the first milestone achievement for the Manhattan Project in its race to build a nuclear bomb before Nazi Germany.December 3, 1971: The Pakistani military undertakes preemptive airstrikes against several Indian military installations, beginning the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, itself the final phase of the Bangladesh Liberation War. India was preparing to enter the war on Bangladesh's side anyway, so when I say these strikes were “preemptive” I am not using that term in the phony, George W. Bush “hey they might attack us someday, you never know” sense of the term. The war, to put it mildly, was a complete disaster for the Pakistanis, who were forced to surrender a scant 13 days later and had to give up their claims on “East Pakistan” (Bangladesh) while suffering around a third of their military killed, wounded, or captured. In one of Henry Kissinger's more notorious acts, the Nixon administration opted to support Pakistan despite evidence of its armed forces committing major atrocities against Bangladeshi civilians.December 3, 1984: A Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, spews toxic methyl isocyanate gas overnight, resulting in the deaths of between 3800 and 16,000 people and causing injury to at least 558,000 more. Union Carbide maintains that the leak was caused by deliberate sabotage, though Indian courts subsequently found several officials at the plant guilty of negligence. The “Bhopal Disaster” remains one of the worst industrial catastrophes in history and its adverse effects are still being felt by people in that region to the present day.MIDDLE EASTISRAEL-PALESTINEThe Israeli military (IDF) was advancing on the southern Gazan city of Khan Younis on Sunday, with Hamas officials and residents both reporting indications of nearby fighting and the IDF later confirming that it has sent ground forces into southern Gaza. The IDF has been ordering civilians to evacuate the eastern reaches of Khan Younis, and of course it's posted a helpful interactive map on its website that warns civilians of imminent danger provided those civilians have reliable internet access and haven't lost their special IDF secret decoder rings. Residents of Khan Younis will likely move further south to Rafah, though that city is also under heavy IDF bombardment so it's not really safe either. Israeli officials say the IDF struck more than 400 targets over the weekend, and the official Gazan death toll had risen at last check to 15,523. The real death toll may be substantially higher, given the likelihood of bodies that haven't yet been recovered and the closure of most of the hospitals that were handling casualties.Elsewhere:* Aid shipments into Gaza have resumed. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society says that 100 truckloads of aid entered the territory from Egypt on Saturday and I believe the aim was to bring in a similar number of trucks on Sunday though I have not seen any information yet as to whether that was accomplished.* The Biden administration may be “pressing” Israel and Hamas to resume negotiations, as White House spokes-ghoul John Kirby told NBC on Sunday, but there's no indication it's having any success. After the ceasefire collapsed on Friday the Israeli government recalled its Mossad negotiators from Qatar, and for Hamas's part the Islamist group's political wing has sworn off any future prisoner swaps “until the war ends.”* The administration is continuing to send large quantities of ordinance to the IDF, including massive “bunker buster” bombs. So any claim that it's really pushing the Israeli government to negotiate a ceasefire or even demonstrate greater discernment in its bombardments really doesn't hold up terribly well.* Israel Hayom is reporting that “key figures” in the US Congress have been shown the text of a “new initiative” that would condition future US aid to Egypt, Iraq, Turkey, and Yemen (all of which it identified as “Arab states,” which would be news to the Turks) on the willingness of governments in those four states to enable the ethnic cleansing of Gaza by taking in refugees. That same outlet has also reported (in Hebrew, so here's a summary from Ryan Grim) that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked Minister of Strategic Planning Ron Dermer to put together a plan to “thin the population in Gaza to a minimum,” which if nothing else is an incredible euphemism. The Biden administration has rejected any forced and/or permanent relocation of Gazan civilians, a point that Vice President Kamala Harris reiterated during her visit to the COP28 climate summit in Dubai over the weekend. But it perhaps could be sold on the idea of a “voluntary” (in quotes because in reality it would be anything but) evacuation that is characterized as temporary even if there's no real intention to ever let the evacuees return.* The Guardian says its reporting has confirmed the findings of that bombshell +972 Magazine piece from a few days ago, which reported that the IDF has been using an AI system called “Habsora” (“The Gospel”) to identify targets under a process that's been likened to a “mass assassination factory.” The system is producing targets faster than the IDF can attack them, including private homes where the likelihood of civilian casualties is high. Israeli officials are apparently insisting that the AI is programmed to minimize civilian risk, an assertion that cannot be squared with the high number of civilian casualties incurred so far in this conflict.* Israeli settler mobs attacked two West Bank villages in separate incidents on Saturday, killing at least one Palestinian in one of those attacks. The human rights organization Yesh Din says it's catalogued some 225 settler attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank since October 7, resulting in at least nine deaths.* On a somewhat related note, one of the people killed in last Thursday's shooting in East Jerusalem turns out to have been an Israeli civilian who shot and killed the two Hamas attackers and then was mistakenly gunned down by Israeli soldiers. Video footage apparently shows the man disarming, kneeling, and opening his shirt to demonstrate to the soldiers that he was not a threat, but one of them killed him anyway. The incident has raised issues regarding the trigger happiness of Israeli security forces and the wisdom of the Israeli government's armed vigilante program, which in addition to risking civilian Palestinian deaths also risks more “friendly fire” shootings like this one.* The Washington Post published a story this weekend about the hasty evacuation of al-Nasr Children's Hospital in northern Gaza last month. Without going into some of the grislier details, the staff was forced to evacuate by the IDF and left behind four premature infants who likely would not have survived relocation. They say Israeli officials told them the infants would be taken out in Red Cross ambulances but apparently they were left to die and, eventually, decompose. Reporters discovered their remains during the ceasefire. Israeli officials insist that they never ordered al-Nasr's evacuation and have questioned the veracity of the story, despite video evidence and a recording of a phone call that the IDF itself released in which an Israeli official appears to acknowledge the need to rescue patients from the facility. The Red Cross says it never agreed to assist the evacuation and that conditions in northern Gaza would have made it impossible for its personnel to get to al-Nasr to retrieve the infants.* I mention the al-Nasr story because it strikes me as especially galling. In general I'm trying not to focus heavily on individual atrocities or allegations of atrocities in compiling these newsletters—there would be no space for anything else otherwise. I hope readers don't mistake that for apathy about any of these stories, going back to and including the atrocities committed/allegedly committed by Gazan militants on October 7 (I know cases of sexual violence have been receiving heavy coverage of late). I feel my role here is to try to provide an overview and for me that means keeping some distance from specific events. I'm sure I don't do that consistently but it is my aim.SYRIAAccording to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, that Saturday morning Israeli missile attack in the vicinity of Damascus killed at least two of its personnel who were in Syria on an “advisory” mission. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the strikes killed two Syrians who were affiliated with Hezbollah as well as two foreigners, presumably these IRGC members, while wounding five other people.YEMENHouthi rebels in northern Yemen fired a barrage of missiles and drones at ships in the Red Sea on Sunday. The group damaged three commercial ships and also fired at least three drones at the US naval destroyer USS Carney, which shot the projectiles down. There's no indication of any casualties and two of the vessels reported only minor damage (I'm unsure as to the status of the third). I would not be surprising if the US military were to retaliate against the Houthis in the near future, and there is a genuine risk that this could lead to a full-blown resumption of the Yemen war—though of course that would require Saudi Arabia's involvement.IRAQIraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shiaʿ al-Sudani reportedly told US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during a phone conversation on Saturday that Baghdad does not appreciate the US military carrying out attacks on Iraqi soil. The US attacked two Iraqi militia-linked targets on November 22 (during this newsletter's holiday pause), “killing nine pro-Iran fighters” in retaliation for attacks against US personnel according to AFP. Those attacks tapered off during the Gaza ceasefire, but as we know that ceasefire is no longer operative.On Sunday, US forces carried out a drone strike on a militia target in Iraq's Kirkuk province, killing at least five people and wounding five more. There was initially no indication as to responsibility (though one didn't exactly have to be Sherlock Holmes to solve this caper), but the US military later confirmed that it was responsible and characterized the strike as preempting “an imminent threat.”ASIAPAKISTANUnspecified gunmen attacked a bus in northern Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan region late Saturday, killing at least nine people and injuring at least 26 others. The bus driver was among those killed, along with the driver of a truck with which the bus collided. There's been no claim of responsibility and the main body of the Pakistani Taliban has taken the rare step of denying any involvement.PHILIPPINESA bombing targeting a Catholic mass killed at least four people and left several others wounded on the campus of Mindanao State University in the southern Philippine city of Marawi on Sunday. Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack via Telegram. The previous day, the Philippine military said its forces killed at least 11 jihadist militants in nearby Maguindanao province in an attack targeting “suspected leaders and armed followers of the Dawla Islamiyah [i.e. ‘Islamic State'] and the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters” to borrow the AP's verbiage. I don't know whether Sunday's bombing was planned in advance or was intended as a direct retaliation for Saturday's incident.AFRICAGUINEA-BISSAUThe president of Guinea-Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, characterized Thursday night's gun battle between elements of the National Guard and his Presidential Palace Battalion as an “attempted coup” in comments to reporters on Saturday. Embaló had been out of the country attending the COP28 summit when the incident took place and said it had delayed his return to Bissau. National Guard commander Victor Tchongo is now in government custody, but Embaló appeared to suggest that there were other coup plotters behind Tchongo and said he would open an investigation into the incident on Monday. The National Guard is part of the Interior Ministry, which AFP says is “dominated” by the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAICG). That party, which won June's parliamentary election and now controls the government, is opposed to Embaló.BURKINA FASOThe military governments of Burkina Faso and Niger announced on Saturday that they are both withdrawing from the G5 Sahel regional counterinsurgency force. That group was formed in 2014 with the aim of pooling resources to battle the various jihadist groups that were threatening Sahelian governments. It began deploying joint forces a couple of years later, but as you might already have concluded it's had minimal impact on the region's jihadist crisis. Mali's ruling junta quit last year, so of the original five member states only Mauritania and Nigeria still remain.ETHIOPIAOfficials in Ethiopia's Oromian regional government have accused the rebel Oromo Liberation Army of killing at least 36 civilians in attacks on three villages that took place on November 24 and 27. The OLA apparently hasn't commented and there's no confirmation of the government claim, but the alleged attacks took place not long after another round of peace talks between the OLA and Ethiopian government broke down, so it's conceivable the group decided to lash out in that moment. The OLA was formed as the military wing of the Oromo Liberation Front in the 1970s but broke away from the group's political leadership when the latter reached a peace accord with the Ethiopian government in 2018. It frequently attacks non-Oromo communities in Oromia, though authorities have only said that the victims of these attacks were Orthodox Christians without reference to ethnicity.EUROPEUKRAINERussian military operations in eastern Ukraine may have hit a couple of speed bumps over the weekend. For one thing, reports that emerged on Friday suggesting that the Russians had seized the town of Maryinka, southwest of the city of Donetsk, appear to have been a bit premature. Ukrainian forces are reportedly still in control of some parts of the town, including a coking plant, though that may change in relatively short order of course. Elsewhere, the Ukrainian military claimed on Saturday that Russian attacks on the city of Avdiivka had completely ceased for a full day. That too could change in a hurry, and indeed may already have changed by the time you read this, but it suggests the Russians were at least regrouping after spending the previous several days in what seemed like intense fighting to try to take the city.The Ukrainian government says it's investigating a claim that Russian soldiers summarily executed two surrendering Ukrainian military personnel. Details are minimal but there's a video of this alleged incident circulating on social media. Needless to say, intentionally killing surrendering soldiers is a war crime.FRANCEA knife-wielding attacker killed one German tourist and wounded two other people near Paris's Eiffel Tower late Saturday. The attacker is a French national who was on a French government “watch list,” had apparently pledged allegiance to Islamic State, and was also “known for having psychiatric disorders” according to Reuters. He cited the conflict in Gaza, among other triggers, to police after his arrest.AMERICASBRAZILBrazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said on Sunday that he has no intention of bringing Brazil into full membership in the OPEC+ bloc and would stick to “observer” status only, one day after he somewhat incoherently told reporters that he wanted to join the group of major oil producing nations to try to encourage them to stop producing oil. OPEC+ extended a membership offer to Brazil on Thursday, which I gather has raised some eyebrows given Lula's stated commitment to combating climate change. Brazil's state-owned oil company, Petrobras, is continuing to pursue new oil exploration, also despite Lula's climate change position, though he says his aim is to invest oil profits in non-fossil fuel energy alternatives (and to encourage OPEC+ nations to do likewise). Oil remains the cause of, and solution to, all of humanity's problems.VENEZUELAVenezuelans, or at least the ones who participated, apparently voted overwhelmingly in Sunday's referendum to support their country's territorial claim on western Guyana's Essequibo region. Election officials said that the vote was 95 percent in favor for all of its five clauses—the most contentious of which was a question about whether or not to declare Essequibo a new Venezuelan state and extend citizenship to its residents—though there's not much insight as to turnout. There's no indication that the Venezuelan government is planning any imminent steps to try to actualize its claim on Essequibo but the referendum has nevertheless caused some consternation in Guyana and internationally.UNITED STATESFinally, HuffPost's Akbar Shahid Ahmed offers some welcome reassurance that the worst Middle East “expert” in Washington is still central to the Biden administration's regional policy:Four men in Washington shape America's policy in the Middle East. Three are obvious: President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and national security adviser Jake Sullivan. The fourth is less well-known, despite his huge sway over the other three ― and despite his determination to keep championing policies that many see as fueling bloodshed in Gaza and beyond.His name is Brett McGurk. He's the White House coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa, and he's one of the most powerful people in U.S. national security.McGurk crafts the options that Biden considers on issues from negotiations with Israel to weapon sales for Saudi Arabia. He controls whether global affairs experts within the government ― including more experienced staff at the Pentagon and the State Department ― can have any impact, and he decides which outside voices have access to White House decision-making conversations. His knack for increasing his influence is the envy of other Beltway operators. And he has a clear vision of how he thinks American interests should be advanced, regarding human rights concerns as secondary at best, according to current and former colleagues and close observers.Indeed, even though McGurk has spent nearly 20 years giving bad advice about the Middle East to a succession of US presidents—and even though his fixation on Saudi-Israeli normalization at Palestinian expense may have helped trigger the October 7 attacks—his influence today appears to be greater than it's ever been. I'm sure that makes all of us feel a little better.Thanks for reading! Foreign Exchanges is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe
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