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Episode 141: Historicizing and Contextualizing the Palestinian Struggle with Dr. Ussama Makdisi
Episode 141: Historicizing and Contextualizing the Palestinian Struggle with Dr. Ussama Makdisi
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96 minutes
Released:
Oct 24, 2023
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Podcast episode
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Parvez and Omar had the pleasure of sitting with Dr. Ussama Makdisi, Professor of History at the University of California Berkeley for a detailed, highly enlightening and impassioned discussion of the history of the Palestinian struggle. Dr. Makdisi masterfully contextualizes what is happening right now in Palestine within the broader history of the Western colonialist, Zionist project that has dehumanized, brutalized, and ethnically cleansed the Palestinian people for over 75 years.
About Dr. Ussama Makdisi
Dr. Ussama Makdisi is Professor of History and Chancellor’s Chair at the University of California Berkeley. He was previously Professor of History and the first holder of the Arab-American Educational Foundation Chair of Arab Studies at Rice University in Houston.
About Dr. Ussama Makdisi
Dr. Ussama Makdisi is Professor of History and Chancellor’s Chair at the University of California Berkeley. He was previously Professor of History and the first holder of the Arab-American Educational Foundation Chair of Arab Studies at Rice University in Houston.
Released:
Oct 24, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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