Solidarity is a weapon: Yemen fights for Gaza w/ Isa Blumi

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Solidarity is a weapon: Yemen fights for Gaza w/ Isa Blumi

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Isa Blumi is Docent/Associate Professor of Turkish and Middle Eastern Studies at Stockholm University within the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies. He is the author of among other works Destroying Yemen: What Chaos in Arabia Tells Us about the World (2018) Support www.patreon.com/east_podcast

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A critical lens on the history of the present on West Asia and North Africa. Interviews with experts and archival mashups. Created by Sina Rahmani (twitter: @urorientalist)

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Solidarity is a weapon: Yemen fights for Gaza w/ Isa Blumi

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