For episode 179, Beirut-based journalist Justin Salhani is joined with New York University professor and journalist Mohamad Bazzi to talk about the situation in Lebanon before and after the ceasefire with Israel.
More links:
- https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/sep/27/israel-lebanon-gaza-war-biden
- https://www.theguardian.com/profile/mohamad-bazzi
- https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2024/11/10/in-lebanon-misleading-and-sporadic-israeli-evacuation-orders-instil-fear
- https://www.aljazeera.com/features/longform/2024/10/26/once-upon-a-time-in-dahiyeh-israels-destruction-of-lebanons-communities
Books recommended by Bazzi:
- The Hundred Years War On Palestine: A History Of Settler Colonial Conquest And Resistance by Rashid Khalidi
- A History of Modern Lebanon by Fawwaz Traboulsi
- Beware of Small States by David Hirst
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Transcriptions: Transcriptions are done by Antidote Zine and will be published on The Fire These Times’ transcript archive.
Credits:
Justin Salhani (host), Ayman Makarem (producer, sound editor), Elia Ayoub (episode design), Rap and Revenge (Music), Wenyi Geng (TFTT theme design), Hisham Rifai (FTP theme design) and Molly Crabapple (FTP team profile pics).
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