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Episode: Paulina Banas, "Visualizing Egypt: European Travel, Book Publishing, and the Commercialization of the Middle East in the Nineteenth Century" (American University in Cairo Press, 2025)
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Author of Love, Honour and God, Pashto Writings of Early Modern Times
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Episode: Mikhail Pelevin, "Love, Honour and God: Pashto Writings of Early Modern Times" (Brill, 2025)
Murat Yildiz
Associate professor at Skidmore College; author of The Ottoman World of Sports
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Episode: Murat C. Yildiz, "The Ottoman World of Sports: Refashioning Bodies, Men, and Communities in Late Imperial Istanbul" (U Texas Press, 2026)
Samuel Helfont
Associate Professor of Strategy and Policy, Naval War College Program at the Naval Postgraduate School
Naval Postgraduate School / Naval War College
Episode: Lisa Blaydes and Samuel Helfont eds., "Ba‘thist Iraq Through Archives: Reflections, Explorations, and Opportunities" (Stanford UP, 2026)
Dr. Samantha Iyer
Author of Agrarian Superpower, Food Development and the Global Ascendancy of the United States
Columbia University Press
Episode: Samantha Iyer, "Agrarian Superpower: Food, Development, and the Global Ascendancy of the United States" (Columbia UP, 2026)
Eamonn Gearon
Author of The Arab Bureau; global historian specializing in the Middle East and intelligence history
Author, The Arab Bureau
Episode: Eamonn Gearon, "The Arab Bureau: The Story of Britain's Most Ingenious Intelligence Unit" (Hurst, 2026)
Martin Shaw
Author of The New Age of Genocide
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Episode: Martin Shaw, "The New Age of Genocide: Intellectual and Political Challenges After Gaza" (Agenda Publishing, 2025)
Suzy Hansen
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Episode: Suzy Hansen, "From Life Itself: Turkey, Istanbul, and a Neighborhood in the Age of Erdoğan" (FSG, 2026)
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Episode: Massoud Amin, "Both Your Houses: Iran, America, and the Wages of Unchecked Power" (Wisdom Editions, 2026)

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    Always fascinating, and makes me want to do Middle Eastern Studies at uni!! The range of guests is especially fantastic, and the interview is in-depth, but accessible. Some audio quality problems, but otherwise always excellent

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Mikhail Pelevin, "Love, Honour and God: Pashto Writings of Early Modern Times" (Brill, 2025)
Q: Why doesn't the vernacularization model fit Pashto, and what does a Pashto-centric approach entail?
Vernacularization as a one-sided transfer from a highly developed written language to a vernacular can misrepresent Pashto's development; a Pashto-centric approach emphasizes Pashto authors and their linguistic and cultural agency, viewing Persian influence as integral but not sole driving force in the evolution of Pashto writing.
Mikhail Pelevin, "Love, Honour and God: Pashto Writings of Early Modern Times" (Brill, 2025)
Q: Well, thank you for that. Could you summarize the book's central argument for listeners?
The book frames the emergence of Pashto writing as part of the dissolution of the Persephone dominance, arguing that Pashto developed into a written literary language through the agency of Pashto authors and intellectuals, with a Pashto-centric perspective that foregrounds native authors over a Persian-centric framework.
Eamonn Gearon, "The Arab Bureau: The Story of Britain's Most Ingenious Intelligence Unit" (Hurst, 2026)
Q: How did the Arab Bureau influence the rise of Arab nationalism and the post-war political map?
The Bureau supported Arabic-language propaganda and publications, helped correlate nationalist currents with British wartime aims, and acted as a catalyst that transformed Arab nationalist sentiment into a political project with an international profile, shaping the post-war mandates and borders as well as nationalist expectations.
Eamonn Gearon, "The Arab Bureau: The Story of Britain's Most Ingenious Intelligence Unit" (Hurst, 2026)
Q: What were the main innovations of the Arab Bureau in terms of intelligence gathering and analysis?
Gearon highlights that the Bureau brought together diverse specialists—from physicists to historians—to solve problems, emphasizing language proficiency, local access, and a flexible, small-scale structure that allowed rapid, collaborative intelligence work and effective communication with decision-makers.
Lisa Blaydes and Samuel Helfont eds., "Ba‘thist Iraq Through Archives: Reflections, Explorations, and Opportunities" (Stanford UP, 2026)
Q: How do these archives affect our understanding of policy versus execution, especially with regard to groups like the Kurds or the tribes?
The records show nuanced, place- and group-specific interactions, revealing that policies were often adapted in practice, with differing treatment of Kurds and tribes depending on context, timing, and political calculus.

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A rigorous, academically oriented series that features in-depth conversations with scholars and authors about politically and historically significant topics in the Middle East and surrounding regions. Episodes frequently explore Islamism and labor, minority and nationalist dynamics, Zionism and Palestinian narratives, media representation, exile and diaspora experiences, and Gulf politics and economies. Guests are often book authors, university professors, or researchers, and conversations tend to connect historical context with contemporary issues, often drawing on fieldwork, archival sources, or methodological innovations. A notable strength is its ability to pair theoretical frameworks with concrete case studies, giving listeners both c... more

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