On this week’s podcast, Ann Wainscott talks about her new book, Bureaucratizing Islam: Morocco and the War on Terror (Cambridge University Press,…
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Season 6: Middle East Books
Burning Shores: A Conversation with Frederic Wehrey (S. 6, Ep. 20)
On this week’s podcast, Frederic Wehrey talks about his new book, The Burning Shores: Inside the Battle for the New Libya, (Farrar,…
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Why Terrorists Quit: A Conversation with Julie Chernov Hwang (S. 6, Ep. 19)
On this week’s podcast, Julie Chernov Hwang talks about her new book, Why Terrorists Quit: The Disengagement of Indonesian Jihadists, (Cornell Press, 2018) on the factors that convince jihadists to move away from the extremist ideologies of groups like Jemaah Islamiyah and Mujahidin KOMPAK.
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Revolution Without Revolutionaries: A Conversation with Asef Bayat (S. 6, Ep. 18)
On this week’s podcast, Asef Bayat talks about his new book, Revolution Without Revolutionaries: Making Sense of the Arab Spring, (Stanford University Press, 2017) a comparative analysis on the 2011 revolutions and those of the 1970s.
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Bedouins into Bourgeois: A Conversation with Calvert W. Jones (S. 6, Ep. 17)
On this week’s podcast, Calvert W. Jones discusses her new book, Bedouins into Bourgeois: Remaking Citizens for Globalization, (Cambridge University Press, 2017) on the state-led social engineering campaign in the United Arab Emirates.
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A Half Century of Occupation: A Conversation with Gershon Shafir (S. 6, Ep. 16)
On today’s podcast, Marc Lynch speaks with Gershon Shafir about his latest book, A Half Century of Occupation: Israel, Palestine,…
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Salafism in Jordan: A Conversation with Joas Wagemakers (S. 6, Ep. 15)
On this week’s podcast, Joas Wagemakers talks about his new book, Salafism in Jordan: Political Islam in a Quietist Community, on the quietist ideology that…
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Islamist Political Mobilization: A Conversation with Quinn Mecham (S. 6, Ep. 14)
On this week’s podcast, Quinn Mecham talks about his new book, Institutional Origins of Islamist Political Mobilization, on the politicization of Islam. “So often…
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The Arab National Media: A Conversation with Fatima El-Issawi (S. 6, Ep. 13)
On this week’s podcast, Fatima El-Issawi talks about her new book, Arab National Media and Political Change on the role of…
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Jihadist Poetry: A Conversation with Elisabeth Kendall (S. 6, Ep. 12)
On this week’s podcast, Elisabeth Kendall speaks about her research on poetry by militant jihadists, particularly in Yemen. “There was…
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