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Kalam is a podcast about the culture, history and politics of the Middle East. Hosted by seasoned radio journalist Edgar Mannheimer, Kalam aims to be a source of knowledge and understanding about a region of the world that is so often misunderstood.
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LIVEPODD: Det brittiska mandatet i Palestina (Swedish)
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56:17Direkt från Teater Tribunalen pratar Edgar och Sam om det brittiska mandatet i Palestina under mellankrigsåren. Vad var det för system, och hur bidrog det till Israels bildande och Nakba? Samtalet är inspelat inför en uppsättning av pjäsen Mandatet som behandlar samma tidsperiod, som sålt ut Teater Tribunalen i Stockholm i flera veckor.…
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42. Assad's Torture Chambers with Hiba Dlewati
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45:42Hiba Dlewati is a Syrian living in the US, since she was forced to leave her homeland in 2012 due to her political activity. A former medical student and journalist, Dlewati joined the anti-regime student movement and began protesting against the regime. Until she was caught. Listen to Dlewati's harrowing story exclusively on Kalam Podcast. To watc…
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Jordan Ready for War if Gazans are expelled: Kalam Digest 22
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29:22The reactions to Trump's inflammatory statements have the Middle East reeling. Earlier this week, the US president said that Palestinians "have no alternative" but to relocate to Egypt and Jordan. This is a huge taboo and a red line for the Arab states that have peace treaties with Israel. If you enjoy Kalam Podcast and want to support the show, th…
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Palestinians Return to Northern Gaza: Kalam Digest 21
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29:44Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians return to a more or less completely destroyed northern Gaza. Meanwhile, the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas seems to be holding, with a few exceptions in the form of Israeli violations leading to the deaths of several Palestinian individuals. The hostage-prisoner exchange is proceeding more or less as planne…
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41. The Palestinian Hostages with Milena Ansari
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32:45A lot has been made of the terminology applied to Israeli "hostages" or "captives" and Palestinian "prisoners" or "terrorists". While the Israelis certainly are hostages and captives, thousands of Palestinians are languishing in Israeli prisons without a trial or formal charge. Many are tortured and sexually violated, and many are children and mino…
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Arab Socialism Part I: Origins – Kalam Shorts (Teaser)
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1:10Arab-socialism is deeply intertwined with arab nationalism – to the extent that they are sometimes used interchangeably: Pan-arabism, Arab Nationalism and Arab Socialism, to talk about especially its most well known movements, of the 1950s-1970s. In this series however, we will focus specifically on the rise of a peculiar "arab socialism", as a par…
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At long last it seems we have a ceasefire in Gaza, after over a year of war and genocide. But just as we were all breathing a collective sigh of relief, the Netanyahu regime seemed to sabotage the deal in the last minute. What does this mean? In the 20th instalment of Kalam Digest, Edgar, Sam and Nora take us through the implications of the ceasefi…
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40. The Music of Palestine with singer & actress Reem Talhami
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37:28Music has long been central to Palestinian culture in general and specifically to the culture of resistance. Reem Talhami is a Palestinian actress and singer who gained recognition for her singing during the First Intifada in the late 1980's. Today, she continues to sing and act, despite the situation for Palestinians deteriorating rapidly. During …
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Trump pledges to "unleash hell" in Gaza: Kalam Digest 19
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32:28Minor military operations are still ongoing in Syria as HTS attempts to root out Assad loyalists in the city of Homs. In Gaza the genocide is ongoing, and Israel has forcibly disappeared doctor Hossam Abu Safiya, Director of the Kamal Adwan Medical Complex. Trump has promised to unleash hell in Gaza if hostages are not released – this comes just ov…
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The Bedouin Behind the Curtain: Munadama 4 (Unlocked)
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54:49In the fourth instalment of Munadama, where the team behind Kalam "shoot the shit over alcoholic beverages", Sam, Nora, Edgar and Arthur discuss everything from Arabic grammar to dive bars in Damascus. These episodes are usually exclusively available for our Patreon subscribers, but in the (belated) spirit of the holidays we're unlocking this episo…
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39. The World is Syrianised with Yassin al-Haj Saleh
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43:06The Syrian writer and political theorist, Yassin al-Haj Saleh, has lived a remarkable life. As a student activist affiliated with one of Syria's communist parties, Yassin spent 16 years in Hafez al Assad's prisons. Then, shortly after the revolution of 2011, Yassin's wife, Samira Khalil, was abucted by the Islamist militia Jaysh al Islam. Samira wa…
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Uppesittarkväll 2024 finns ute redan nu på patreon, fyra (!) timmars podd med gäster som Jens Magnusson, Natalie Serrate, Dan Magnusson, Hasse Backe och Rasmus Rydén. Vi bjuder på groggtips och siar om framtiden. Lyssna och njut av världens bästa uppesittarkväll.By radio1930
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Uppesittarkväll 2024 finns ute redan nu på patreon, fyra (!) timmars podd med gäster som Jens Magnusson, Natalie Serrate, Dan Magnusson, Hasse Backe och Rasmus Rydén. Vi bjuder på groggtips och siar om framtiden. Lyssna och njut av världens bästa uppesittarkväll.By radio1930
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Uppesittarkväll 2024 finns ute redan nu på patreon, fyra (!) timmars podd med gäster som Jens Magnusson, Natalie Serrate, Dan Magnusson, Hasse Backe och Rasmus Rydén. Vi bjuder på groggtips och siar om framtiden. Lyssna och njut av världens bästa uppesittarkväll.By radio1930
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Uppesittarkväll 2024 finns ute redan nu på patreon, fyra (!) timmars podd med gäster som Jens Magnusson, Natalie Serrate, Dan Magnusson, Hasse Backe och Rasmus Rydén. Vi bjuder på groggtips och siar om framtiden. Lyssna och njut av världens bästa uppesittarkväll.By radio1930
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38. The Children of Gaza with Renad Qubbaj
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36:51Why are Palestinians among the most educated populations in the world? Many people cite community education initiatives that came out of the non-violent resistance movement in the late 80's, the First Intifada. One such organisation is Tamer Institute and earlier this year we had the pleasure of speaking to the General Director of Tamer, Renad Qubb…
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Clashes Between Palestinians on the West Bank: Kalam Digest 18
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26:48The Palestinian Authority is cracking down on non-state militias in Jenin on the occupied West Bank – find out why Fatah is fighting Fatah. Israel is making incursions into Syria and bombing its weapons arsenal to bits – why is it doing this, and what does it mean? Finally, the Kurdish-controlled area in northeastern Syria is coming into question. …
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37. Who are HTS – The New Rulers of Syria? with Orwa Ajjoub
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46:01The Islamist militia HTS (Hay't Tahrir al-Sham≈Committee for the Liberation of Syria) has toppled the dictatorial Assad regime. Its leader, 42-year-old Ahmed al-Sharaa, better known by his nom de guerre, Abu Mohammed al-Julani, started his career under the leadership of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, head of ISIS. This extremist jihadist background is worri…
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36. The Assad Family – Rulers of Syria With Sune Haugbølle
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32:39When Bashar al Assad’s government fell just a couple of days ago, after a two week whirlwind campaign by opposition forces which surprised the entire world, it signalled the end of more than 54 years of rule by the Assad family and it’s the so called Ba’th-party. While it has been no secret that Syria under Assad was a repressive and violent state,…
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35. Genocide in Gaza: Amnesty International with Agnes Callamard
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29:33It's official, at least if you ask the world's leading human rights organisation, Amnesty International: Israel is guilty of committing the crime of genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza. In today's episode the Secretary General of Amnesty International herself, Agnes Callamard, walks us through the organisation's damning report on the ge…
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The regime of Bashar al Assad has fallen and Syrians around the world are celebrating. So what happens now? Anything is possible in such times, and we must hope for the best for the people of Syria who so desperately deserve freedom, dignity and the right to choose their government. In today's episode we look at what recent events mean for regional…
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34. The Fall of Assad with Dr. Neil Quilliam
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36:51The Syrian conflict has reignited as opposition forces under the leadership of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) broke out of Idlib, capturing key cities like Aleppo, Hama and finally Damascus, with minimal resistance. What does the apparent fall of the Assad Family's half-century hold on power mean for the country? In today's episode, Nora Adin Fares in…
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Syrian Rebels Take Aleppo: Kalam Digest 16
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23:41The ripple effects of Israel's wars in the Middle East are spinning out of control. Just last week, the Islamist Syrian rebel group Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) retook the city of Aleppo, the second-largest city in Syria. How did they manage to do so, and how does the severe weakening of Hezbollah play into it? Will this spell the end of Bashar al A…
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Likud – Party of Netanyahu – Part 2: Kalam Shorts (Teaser)
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0:46In the second part of this miniseries Samuel and Edgar discuss the development of the Likud Party since its landslide victory in 1977. What demographic and political shifts cause its rise to dominance. How did the party of Benjamin Netanyahu come to dominate Israeli politics as massively as it has done for the last couple of decades? How did it ach…
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A lot has happened since our last news summary on Kalam Podcast. The ICC has officially issued an arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant and as of today, a ceasefire deal has taken effect in Lebanon. If you enjoy Kalam Podcast and want to support the show, there is an excellent way to do so - by signing up to our Patreon. For just $…
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I avsnitt 92 ”Livepodd” så snackar vi Live på East Fronts medlemsfest. Gäster i podden är, Zingo, Zvämpa, Sigge, Jaktlund, Walinder och Rodic. Dessutom lite stök!By radio1930
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33. The Palestinian Theatre with Iman Aoun
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35:05Palestinian theatre has been around for thousands of years through the tradition of the Hakawati, the storyteller. In modern times, the Palestinian theatre has inevitably served as an liberatory artistic platform. Palestinian theatre cannot be separated from the Palestinian struggle more generally. But as today’s guest, Iman Aoun argues, there’s a …
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I avsnitt 91 ”plötsligt händer det” så snackar vi om det Allsvenska avancemanget, vilka spelare vill vi behålla i truppen? Vi diskuterar vad vi behöver värva och delar ut priset för årets insatts (en bärs). Dessutom East Front-nytt!By radio1930
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32. (Arabic) Cinema of Palestine with Ola Salama
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31:03This episode is in Arabic! Sorry to all our non-Arabic speakers. You can watch the full episode with English subtitles on Youtube. Is there such thing as Palestinian cinema? And what has the genoc!de in Gaza meant for film in the strip? Ola Salama, herself from Gaza, is the Executive Director of Film Lab Palestine, an organisation aimed at revitali…
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I avsnitt 90 ”Grosshandlargrogg” så är vi inte bittra och förbannade, utan mer förväntansfulla inför avslutningen. Malte gör comeback och ger lyssnarna fyra heta groggtips inför lördagens match mot Degerfors.By radio1930
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Trump Wins – What Does this Mean for the Middle East? Kalam Digest 14
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33:17What will a Trump presidency mean for the war in Gaza and Lebanon and for the Middle East more broadly? Probably complete disaster, but still worth a discussion. Sam and Edgar spend the lion's part of the 14th installment of Kalam Digest speaking about Trump's stunning and decisive victory. As well as the crucial Arab vote which mostly sided with t…
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The Destruction of Gaza Continues: Kalam Digest 13
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30:11Unbelievably, the destruction and killing of Gaza continues and is, in fact, escalating. Israel's relentless and genocidal war seems to know no bounds. In this week's news summary, Sam, Edgar and Nora speak about the impending doom that is the US elections. Muslims for Trump and floating piles of garbage aka Rudy Giuliani. The political opposition …
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31. The Politics of Resistance with Abdaljawad Omar
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27:04What are the politics of Palestine, who can take over a Palestinian state when it is conceived? Aboud Hamayel, also known under his pen name Abdaljawad Omar is a writer and theorist and a Lecturer of Philosophy at Bir Zeit University on the Occupied West Bank. Abdaljawad gives us a detailed outline of the history of different political currents in …
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Likud – Party of Netanyahu – Part 1: Kalam Shorts (Teaser)
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1:07In this the first part of a miniseries Samuel and Edgar discuss the origins of Likud Party. For the last 30 years the Likud has dominated Israeli politics, and thus set the tone for the international politics of the region, not to mention the question of Palestine. Today it is an ultra-conservative party with neoliberal economics, bent on making th…
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30. Israel's End Goal in the Middle East with Ralph Baydoun
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36:41Once again we are delighted to have Lebanese political analyst and researcher Ralph Baydoun on the show. Ralph joins us live from Beirut, a city under constant Israeli bombardment. In today's episode Ralph and Edgar speak about Israel's plan to redraw the map of the Middle East, and how this can have unintended consequences as other powerful actors…
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Redrawing the Map of the Middle East: Kalam Digest 12
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19:16The attack in the Turkish capital, Ankarra, considered by Turkish authorities to be a terrorist attack, seems to have been carried out by Kurdish militants affiliated with PKK. This has led to Turkey striking Kurdish positions in Syria and Iraq. At the same time, Israel is attempting to redraw the map of the Middle East - something Turkey wants to …
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Sectarianism in Lebanon Part II: Kalam Shorts (teaser)
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1:43There are 18 recognised religious "sects" in Lebanon, including various Christian denominations, Shia and Sunni Muslims, the Druze and Jews. Sects in this context does not refer to a kind of cult but rather different religious groupings. How did the Lebanese republic organise itself and how did the sectarian system contribute to the bloody civil wa…
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Israel Strikes Tent Hospital in Gaza: Kalam Digest 11
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22:41This week we saw harrowing images of Gazans literally burning alive when Israel struck a makeshift hospital in Northern Gaza. One person was in a hospital bed hooked up to an IV when the flames engulfed and ultimately killed him. Why are we seeing this brutal escalation, and how is this affecting the front in Lebanon? Israel demanded that the UN pe…
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29. Asbestos in Gaza with Nora Adin Fares
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33:33The United Nations estimates that 800,000 of bombed-out debris in Gaza may be contaminated with the toxic mineral asbestos. Asbestos is a mineral that poses little threat to humans when undisturbed, but is highly carcinogenic - that is, it leads to severe forms of cancer, mainly in the lungs - when it is released into the atmosphere and inhaled by …
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It's been a year since Hamas launched its attack on October 7, 2023 prompting Israel to commence what a growing number of legal scholars consider to be a genocide. In today's episode, Edgar and Sam discuss the failure of Israel's war on Gaza since Hamas managed to launch rockets at Tel Aviv on the literal one year anniversary. We also discuss the l…
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Sectarianism in Lebanon Part I: Kalam Shorts (teaser)
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1:10There are 18 recognised religious "sects" in Lebanon, including various Christian denominations, Shia and Sunni Muslims, the Druze and Jews. Sects in this context does not refer to a kind of cult but rather different religious groupings. How is it that such a diverse religious and ethnic mix of people came to live in so close proximity to each othe…
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"There are decades when you fuck around, there are weeks when you find out." This is our third Munadama session when Edgar, Sam and Arthur - the creators of Kalam Podcast - sit down for a relaxed discussion of the last few weeks' events. To listen to the full episode, go to patreon.com/kalampodcast For continuous updates, follow us on Instagram @ka…
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Iran Strikes Back at Israel with Nora Adin Fares (Welcome to the show!) and Sam Carlshamre – Kalam Digest 9
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32:15Earlier this week, Iran retaliated against Israel for the killing of the leaders of Hamas and Hezbollah, Ismael Haniyeh and Hassan Nasrallah respectively, by launching the largest ballistic missile barrage in history. It is still unclear what was hit and how much damage was inflicted, due to heavy Israeli military censorship. We do know that the Ir…
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Hassan Nasrallah Assassinated by Israel - Kalam Digest 8
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31:02Last week the Secretary General of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, was killed in an Israeli airstrike. This marks the most high profile political assassination Israel has ever carried out. What does this mean for Lebanon and the broader region? In more news, Israel has launched its ground invasion of Southern Lebanon following airstrikes and heavy art…
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28. Live från Bokmässan med Amer Sarsour (Swedish)
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41:07The Swedish-Palestinian author Amer Sarsour published his much praised debut novel Medan vi brinner earlier this year. At the Gothenburg Book Fair, Edgar had a chance to interview Amer for a live show (in Swedish) about the book and about being Palestinian in Sweden. This episode is in Swedish as the book hasn't yet been translated, apologies to ev…
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27. Lobbying for Palestine with Inès Abdel Razek
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29:08It is no longer viable to advocate for Palestinian liberation with Western politicians and diplomats. Palestinian advocacy networks like the Palestinian Institute for Public Diplomacy (PIPD) is now looking to affect change with cultural figures, Generation Z and the Global South in order to pressure the Global North to change its position on Israel…
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Lebanon: Hundreds killed in Israeli strikes - Kalam Digest 7
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24:26The deadliest day since the 1975-1990 civil war in Lebanon - over 500 people have been killed in 24 hours of Israeli bombardment. We dedicate the majority of today's news summary to the ongoing war in Lebanon. What does Israel wish to achieve? What is life like for Lebanese civilians? If you enjoy Kalam Podcast and want to suppor the show, there is…
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This is a special edition of Kalam Podcast due to the dramatic events in Lebanon, effectively escalating the already intense regional tensions in the Middle East. In this conversation, Lebanese journalist Ralph Baydoun joins Edgar for a frank conversation about the precarious state of Lebanon. A country that went from being a top exporter of arts a…
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Lebanon Pager Terror Attack - Kalam Digest 6
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24:10Terror struck large swathes of Lebanon yesterday as hundreds of explosions went off all over the country. Hezbollah members' pagers (the communication device of choice since Israel easily hacks into smartphones) suddenly exploded in their pockets. This left nearly 3,000 people injured - 200 in critical condition - and killed at least 11 people, inc…
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Hamas Part III - What do They Believe in? - Kalam Shorts (teaser)
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1:13This is a teaser for the final episode of our three-part series on Hamas for Kalam Shorts. Hamas wrote what they refer to as a "covenant" in 1988 with some.. let's say problematic content. In 2017 they released a policy document with wildly different values and ideas. So what do they actually believe in? Listen to the full episode on patreon.com/ka…
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