Scholars Unravel Middle East
Podcast by Adel Aali, History Behind News Program
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Did you know that Arabic has more than 60 terms for 'love'. And did you know before Isalm Arabs had love poetry competition, and the best poems were written in gold and hung frmo the Kaaba? But what about love after the advent of Islam? Did you konw that romantic love is discussed in the Qur'an? 🚩About our guest: My guest is Dr. Abla Hasan [https://ablahasan.com/], a Fulbright Scholar, a professor and the Coordinator of Arabic Studies Language & Culture Program at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Her research focus includes Qur'anic Studies, Islamic feminism, and Arabic studies, topics about which she has written several books. 🚩Rise & Fall of Bashar al-Assad: Listen to Dr. David Lesch [https://bit.ly/HbN-S4E24] tell the amazing history of his meetings with Syria's dictator. 🚩Jordan: a country always on the brink of revolution: Listen to Dr. Jillian Schwedler [https://bit.ly/UME-S1E31]tell the story of protests in Jordan and the Hashemite family. 📽️Subscribe to our YouTube channel [https://www.youtube.com/@UnravellingTheMiddleEast] ►Support [https://historybehindnews.com/support] Our Program: We appreciate your financial support [https://historybehindnews.com/support]of our program, for any amount you like. And thank you. Adel Aali Host, Unravelling the Middle East [https://historybehindnews.com/unravelling-mid-east] Host, History Behind News Podcast [https://historybehindnews.com/] Unravelling the Middle East podcast is a production of the History Behind News program. 🎶Music attributions: 1. Opening and closing music of the program: Santur: Peyman Heydarian playing on the Santur some Iranian music. Recorded with a Sony PCM-D50 at the School of Oriental and African Studies of London on April 7th 2011. Music available on at https://freesound.org/people/xserra/sounds/125654/ [https://freesound.org/people/xserra/sounds/125654/] Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0 DEED) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/] This music has been cut in shorter pieces and its volume has been adjusted in different portions of our program. 2. Background music to guest introduction: The Desert | The Grand Score https://www.free-stock-music.com/alexander-nakarada-the-desert.html [https://www.free-stock-music.com/alexander-nakarada-the-desert.html] The Desert | The Grand Score by Alexander Nakarada (CreatorChords) | https://creatorchords.com [https://creatorchords.com] Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com [https://www.free-stock-music.com] Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/] The volume and lengths of this piece have been modified. 3. Background music to promoting History Behind News episodes: The Success by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon [https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon]. Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com [https://www.free-stock-music.com]. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/]. The volume and lengths of this piece have been modified.
The long history of coexistence of between Muslims and Jews, which defies our common understanding of the Middle East, is the subject of this episode. My guest describes the long, intertwined history of Muslims and Jews, and how in comparison to Christian Europe, for several centuries Jews lived in relative peace in the lands of Islam and even thrived. He ends our conversation by asking us all to remember what we forgot. 🚩About our guest: Dr. Pytlik is a professor in Anthropology and Judaic Studies, Director of Judaic Studies, and Director of the Cis Maisel Center for Judaic Studies at Oakland, University, in Rochester, MI. To learn more about him, you can visit his academic homepage [https://www.oakland.edu/socan/faculty/pytlik]. Also, here is his dissertation on Imagining David, the Man and King [https://www.academia.edu/44003735/Imagining_David_the_Man_and_King_Looking_Through_the_Lenses_of_Archaeology_History_and_the_Jewish_Tradition], and also a paper on the Canaanite and Judean Cities of Lachish, Israel [https://www.academia.edu/108269325/The_Canaanite_and_Judean_Cities_of_Lachish_Israel_Preliminary_Report_of_the_Fourth_Expedition_2013_2017]. 🚩History of the Jewish Diaspora: Listen to Dr. Howard Lupovitch tell the amazing history of the Jewish kingdom of Khazar: https://bit.ly/HbN-S3E42 [https://bit.ly/HbN-S3E42] 🚩History of the People of Palestine: Listen to Dr. Maha Nassar tell the story of her people - the People of Palestine: https://bit.ly/UME-S1E15 [https://bit.ly/UME-S1E15] 📽️Subscribe to our YouTube channel [https://www.youtube.com/@UnravellingTheMiddleEast] ►Support [https://historybehindnews.com/support] Our Program: We appreciate your financial support [https://historybehindnews.com/support]of our program, for any amount you like. And thank you. Adel Aali Host, Unravelling the Middle East [https://historybehindnews.com/unravelling-mid-east] Host, History Behind News Podcast [https://historybehindnews.com/] Unravelling the Middle East podcast is a production of the History Behind News program. 🎶Music attributions: 1. Opening and closing music of the program: Santur: Peyman Heydarian playing on the Santur some Iranian music. Recorded with a Sony PCM-D50 at the School of Oriental and African Studies of London on April 7th 2011. Music available on at https://freesound.org/people/xserra/sounds/125654/ [https://freesound.org/people/xserra/sounds/125654/] Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0 DEED) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/] This music has been cut in shorter pieces and its volume has been adjusted in different portions of our program. 2. Background music to guest introduction: The Desert | The Grand Score https://www.free-stock-music.com/alexander-nakarada-the-desert.html [https://www.free-stock-music.com/alexander-nakarada-the-desert.html] The Desert | The Grand Score by Alexander Nakarada (CreatorChords) | https://creatorchords.com [https://creatorchords.com] Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com [https://www.free-stock-music.com] Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/] The volume and lengths of this piece have been modified. 3. Background music to promoting History Behind News episodes: The Success by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon [https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon]. Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com [https://www.free-stock-music.com]. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/]. The volume and lengths of this piece have been modified.
The story of the Flood told before the Bible! Gilgamesh caused an uproar in Europe. Translation of the Epic of Gilgamesh in 1872 riled up Christian Europe - embroiling Prime Minister Gladstone and Kaiser Wilhelm II. Gilgamesh, which was written in cuneiform, is an ancient story that was told and taught in Mesopotamia for 3,000 years. But it was lost to history for more than 2,000 years until 1854. It's an ancient tale of gods and kingly adventure that weaves through topics familiar to our modern psyches and sensibilities - leadership, violence, quest for mortality, love, homosexuality, environment and religion. It's a wonder why a movie or a Netflix series hasn't been produced about Gilgamesh! 🚩About my guest: Dr. Sophus Helle [https://classics.princeton.edu/people/faculty/visitors/sophus-helle ] is a postdoctoral fellow at Princeton University. He is a prolific author with major works in history on subjects as diverse as Babylonian epics, climate change and medieval philosophy. He is author of Gilgamesh [https://sophushelle.com/gilgamesh/], a book about an ancient Mesopotamian epic. 🚩Other episodes about anicent Middle East: ▶️Peace & diplomacy in ancient times [https://bit.ly/UME-S1E9] ▶️Ancient climate change and religion [https://bit.ly/UME-S1E19] ▶️No religious war in ancient Middle East [https://bit.ly/UME-S1E20] ▶️How polytheism gave way to monotheism in Middle East [https://bit.ly/UME-S1E33] [https://bit.ly/UME-S1E20] 🖱️Support [https://historybehindnews.com/support] Our Program: We appreciate your financial support [https://historybehindnews.com/support]of our program, for any amount you like. And thank you. Adel Aali Host, Scholars Unravel Middle East [https://hhttps://www.youtube.com/@ScholarsUnravelMiddleEastistorybehindnews.com/unravelling-mid-east] Host, History Behind News Podcast [https://historybehindnews.com/] 🚩Subscribe to our YouTube channel [https://www.youtube.com/@UnravellingTheMiddleEast] 🎶Music attributions: 1. Opening and closing music of the program: Santur: Peyman Heydarian playing on the Santur some Iranian music. Recorded with a Sony PCM-D50 at the School of Oriental and African Studies of London on April 7th 2011. Music available on at https://freesound.org/people/xserra/sounds/125654/ [https://freesound.org/people/xserra/sounds/125654/] Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0 DEED) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/] This music has been cut in shorter pieces and its volume has been adjusted in different portions of our program. 2. Background music: The Desert | The Grand Score https://www.free-stock-music.com/alexander-nakarada-the-desert.html [https://www.free-stock-music.com/alexander-nakarada-the-desert.html] The Desert | The Grand Score by Alexander Nakarada (CreatorChords) | https://creatorchords.com [https://creatorchords.com] Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com [https://www.free-stock-music.com] Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/] The volume and lengths of this piece have been modified. 3. Background music: The Success by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon [https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon]. Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com [https://www.free-stock-music.com]. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/]. The volume and lengths of this piece have been modified.
How Ariel Sharon defied and deceived Israel's government to expand war in Lebanon - a former IDF Major shares his Lebanon War stories ►How did Israel get entangled in Lebanon? ►What was Israel's original plan for the 1982 Lebanon War and how did it change? ►How did Ariel Sharon trick the Israeli government into a military confrontation with the Syrians in Lebanon? ►Dr. Bregman's eyewitness account of the Lebanon War, including a dinner with Lebanon's president. ►What lessons can we glean from Lebanon's 1982 war for Israel's current military conflict there? 🚩About my guest: Dr. Ahron Bregman [https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/dr-ahron-bregman-1] is a senior teaching fellow in the Department of War Studies at King's College London. Dr. Bregman served in the Israeli army for six years, and took part in the 1982 Lebanon War and reached the rank of Major. He left the IDF after the war to work at the Knesset as a parliamentary assistant. He is the author and editor of many books. In this interview, we discuss Cursed Victory: A History of Israel and the Occupied Territories. 🖱️Support [https://historybehindnews.com/support] Our Program: We appreciate your financial support [https://historybehindnews.com/support]of our program, for any amount you like. And thank you. Adel Aali Host, Scholars Unravel Middle East [https://hhttps://www.youtube.com/@ScholarsUnravelMiddleEastistorybehindnews.com/unravelling-mid-east] Host, History Behind News Podcast [https://historybehindnews.com/] 🚩Subscribe to our YouTube channel [https://www.youtube.com/@UnravellingTheMiddleEast] Image attribution: This episode's cover art image is of Defense Minister Ariel Sharon in Lebanon during the Galilee Peace Operation. By IDF Spokesperson's Unit, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=119476457. [https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=119476457] White border added to image. 🎶Music attributions: 1. Opening and closing music of the program: Santur: Peyman Heydarian playing on the Santur some Iranian music. Recorded with a Sony PCM-D50 at the School of Oriental and African Studies of London on April 7th 2011. Music available on at https://freesound.org/people/xserra/sounds/125654/ [https://freesound.org/people/xserra/sounds/125654/] Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0 DEED) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/] This music has been cut in shorter pieces and its volume has been adjusted in different portions of our program. 2. Background music: The Desert | The Grand Score https://www.free-stock-music.com/alexander-nakarada-the-desert.html [https://www.free-stock-music.com/alexander-nakarada-the-desert.html] The Desert | The Grand Score by Alexander Nakarada (CreatorChords) | https://creatorchords.com [https://creatorchords.com] Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com [https://www.free-stock-music.com] Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/] The volume and lengths of this piece have been modified. 3. Background music: The Success by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon [https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon]. Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com [https://www.free-stock-music.com]. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/]. The volume and lengths of this piece have been modified.
Israel’s “Enlightened” occupation was the brainchild of Moshe Dayan. But Likud's 'revolutionary' 1977 election victory changed that. In this interview, we discuss the following: ►Why was Israel's 1967 victory "cursed'? ►What id Mosheh Dayan mean by an "invisibl occupation"? ►How did the Likud Party's 1977 election victory change the Occupation? ►Did Israel draw lessons from past occupations in history? Or did it start the occupation process from a blank slate? ►Why did Israel unilaterally withdraw from Gaza in 2005? ►And how did Israel handle Hamas in its process of leaving Gaza? ►What is Dr. Bregman's prescription for Israel's future relations with Palestinians? 🚩About my guest: Dr. Ahron Bregman [https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/dr-ahron-bregman-1] is a senior teaching fellow in the Department of War Studies at King's College London with research interests in The Arab Israeli Conflict, The Middle East Peace Process and Security Issues in the Middle East. Dr. Bregman served in the Israeli army for six years, and took part in the 1982 Lebanon War and reached the rank of Major. He left the IDF after the war to work at the Knesset as a parliamentary assistant. He is the author and editor of many books. In this interview, we discuss Cursed Victory: A History of Israel and the Occupied Territories. 🖱️Support [https://historybehindnews.com/support] Our Program: We appreciate your financial support [https://historybehindnews.com/support]of our program, for any amount you like. And thank you. Adel Aali Host, Scholars Unravel Middle East [https://hhttps://www.youtube.com/@ScholarsUnravelMiddleEastistorybehindnews.com/unravelling-mid-east] Host, History Behind News Podcast [https://historybehindnews.com/] 🚩Subscribe to our YouTube channel [https://www.youtube.com/@UnravellingTheMiddleEast] 🎶Music attributions: 1. Opening and closing music of the program: Santur: Peyman Heydarian playing on the Santur some Iranian music. Recorded with a Sony PCM-D50 at the School of Oriental and African Studies of London on April 7th 2011. Music available on at https://freesound.org/people/xserra/sounds/125654/ [https://freesound.org/people/xserra/sounds/125654/] Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0 DEED) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/] This music has been cut in shorter pieces and its volume has been adjusted in different portions of our program. 2. Background music: The Desert | The Grand Score https://www.free-stock-music.com/alexander-nakarada-the-desert.html [https://www.free-stock-music.com/alexander-nakarada-the-desert.html] The Desert | The Grand Score by Alexander Nakarada (CreatorChords) | https://creatorchords.com [https://creatorchords.com] Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com [https://www.free-stock-music.com] Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/] The volume and lengths of this piece have been modified. 3. Background music: The Success by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon [https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon]. Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com [https://www.free-stock-music.com]. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/]. The volume and lengths of this piece have been modified.
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