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Kalam

Edgar Mannheimer

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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43:02

KALAM SUEDI 1: Vad är Israel? Med Göran Rosenberg...

Kalam ·

2025/02/12

Välkommen till Kalam Suedi, Kalam Podcast på svenska! I samarbete med tidningen Flamman. Det här första avnisttet släpper vi gratis till alla våra följare, men för att höra kommande avsnitt måste ni prenumerera på Flamman. Det är GRATIS!– Israel begår folkmord, säger Kalam Suedis första gäst, Göran Rosenberg. I dagens avsnitt försöker vi svara på VAD staten Israel är för något, och vad det har varit. För att bättre kunna svara på vart landet är på väg. Vi får även höra om Göran Rosenbergs resor i

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42. Assad's Torture Chambers with Hiba Dlewati

Kalam ·

2025/02/06

Hiba 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 watch the full interview with her, head to our YouTube page. If you enjoy Kalam Podcast and want to support the show, there is an excellent way to do so - by

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Jordan Ready for War if Gazans are expelled: Kalam...

Kalam ·

2025/02/05

The 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, there is an excellent way to do so - by signing up to our Patreon. For just $3/month you'll gain access to full length interviews with all our guests and

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29:44

Palestinians Return to Northern Gaza: Kalam Digest 21

Kalam ·

2025/01/29

Hundreds 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 planned as well.However, the war in the West Bank is ratcheting up, with serious concern for ethnic cleansing.Meanwhile in Syria and Lebanon, the situation

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41. The Palestinian Hostages with Milena Ansari

Kalam ·

2025/01/24

A 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 minors. Milena Ansari is the Israel-Palestine researcher for Human Rights Watch and specialises in documenting and analysing testimonies from Palestinian

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Arab Socialism Part I: Origins – Kalam Shorts (Teaser)

Kalam ·

2025/01/21

Arab-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 part of understanding the back story of the regime that so recently fell in Damascus.In this introductory episode, Sam and Edgar explore the origins of Arab

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56:17

LIVEPODD: Det brittiska mandatet i Palestina (Swedish)

Kalam ·

2025/01/17

Direkt 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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30:41

CEASEFIRE IN GAZA – Kalam Digest 20

Kalam ·

2025/01/16

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 ceasefire agreement and how the f*ck it took this long to bring about.If you enjoy Kalam Podcast and want to support the show, there is an excellent way to do so

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37:28

40. The Music of Palestine with singer & actress Reem...

Kalam ·

2025/01/14

Music 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 our conversation we speak about Palestinian folklore and political expressions of music – as well as what has been lost in today's generation. You can

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32:28

Trump pledges to "unleash hell" in Gaza: Kalam Digest 19

Kalam ·

2025/01/09

Minor 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 over a week before his inauguration on January 20. If you enjoy Kalam Podcast and want to support the show, there is an excellent way to do so - by signing

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54:49

The Bedouin Behind the Curtain: Munadama 4 (Unlocked)

Kalam ·

2025/01/07

In 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 episode for all our listeners. 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

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39. The World is Syrianised with Yassin al-Haj Saleh

Kalam ·

2025/01/05

The 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 was also an activist and hasn't been heard from in over ten years. Yassin was kind enough to speak to us about the fate of his wife and the others abducted,

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38. The Children of Gaza with Renad Qubbaj

Kalam ·

2024/12/19

Why 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 Qubbaj. In 2023, Tamer Institute won the prestigious Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA) for children and young peoples' literature. This episode, along

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26:48

Clashes Between Palestinians on the West Bank: Kalam...

Kalam ·

2024/12/18

The 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. Raqqa, for example, is a majority sunni Arab city under Kurdish control. How will this be resolved in a new Syria?If you enjoy Kalam Podcast and want to

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37. Who are HTS – The New Rulers of Syria? with Orwa...

Kalam ·

2024/12/16

The 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 worrisome, but al-Julani has proven to be a pragmatist. How far will this pragmatism go, however? Orwa Ajjoub, a PhD candidate at Malmö University, where he

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36. The Assad Family – Rulers of Syria With Sune...

Kalam ·

2024/12/12

When 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, the images and stories of the prisoners released after decades in it’s notorious Sednaya prison as have raised awareness global to the plight of the

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35. Genocide in Gaza: Amnesty International with...

Kalam ·

2024/12/10

It'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 genocide in Gaza. We know there’s a lot going on in Syria right now, and we are working on bringing you a special series on the developing situation there

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31:34

Syria: What Now? Kalam Digest 17

Kalam ·

2024/12/09

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 and global players like Turkey, Israel, Russia, Saudi Arabia, the US and Iran as well as what the group who has taken over Syria says it wants to do

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34. The fall of Assad, with Dr. Neil Quilliam

Kalam ·

2024/12/08

The 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 interviews Dr. Neil Quilliam, an analyst and associate fellow at Chatham House as we dive deeper into what this means for the Syrian people. Are they

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23:41

Syrian Rebels Take Aleppo: Kalam Digest 16

Kalam ·

2024/12/03

The 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 Assad's regime?In other news we speak about the fragile ceasefire in Lebanon and the on-going killing of Gaza. If you enjoy Kalam Podcast and want to

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