Episodes
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This week on The New Arab Weekly podcast, we discuss the recent findings from an investigation by the International Court of Justice into Israel’s occupation of the Occupied Palestinian Territories and apartheid regime, the Houthi drone attack that hit Tel Aviv and the Israeli response on the Yemeni port of Hodeida, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to the US Congress.
Joining us to unpack the last seven day in the Middle East, we have Senior Journalist and Editor Nadda Osman (@naddaxosman) and News and Features Associate Editor Zainab Mehdi (@zaiamehdi).
Picks of the Week
Family remembers Muhammad, Gaza man with Down syndrome left to die by Israeli forces
Echoing Palestinian perseverance: Iraqi novelist Sinan Antoon on NYU Gaza protests arrest and upcoming translation of Palestinian story
Could the Nile dam dispute between Egypt and Ethiopia escalate?
If you have any burning questions that you'd like the team at The New Arab Weekly to answer, then drop us an email at [email protected].
You can subscribe to the show on Apple, Spotify, Google, and wherever else you get your podcasts.
This podcast is hosted and produced by Hugo Goodridge (@hugogoodridge).
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This week on The New Arab Weekly podcast, we look at the recent massacre in Al-Mawasi, the Ashura celebrations around the region, another highly problematic headline about Gaza from the BBC, the recent resolution on a two-state solution in the Israeli Knesset, this week’s EU and US sanctions on illegal settlers, and the recent Trans-Mediterranean Migration Forum in Libya.
This week we’re joined by The New Arab journalist and reporter Nick McAlpin (@NickGMcAlpin) and Louay Faour (@LouayFaour).
Picks of the Week
Mosul's minorities: Challenges and coexistence after fall of Islamic State
Baghdad's new approach to Turkey's offensive in Iraqi Kurdistan
What to do about the Taliban's gender apartheid
If you have any burning questions that you'd like the team at The New Arab Weekly to answer, then drop us an email at [email protected].
You can subscribe to the show on Apple, Spotify, Google, and wherever else you get your podcasts.
This podcast is hosted and produced by Hugo Goodridge (@hugogoodridge).
To get in touch with the producer, follow, then tweet us at @TNAPodcasts.
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This week on The New Arab Weekly podcast we talk about the Labour landslide at lasts week’s UK election, the independent candidates who stood on a Gaza ticket, the Iranian elections that saw a reformist win the presidency, and the Israeli order for Gaza City to be evacuated in the week that the war passed the nine month mark since the start of the Israeli invasion.
This week, we’re joined by The New Arab’s Analysis Editor Charlie Hoyle (@CharlieCHoyle) and Head of News Paul McLoughlin (@PaullMcLoughlin).
Picks of the Week
What Starmer's Labour victory means for UK policy in the Middle East
Israel moves a step closer to officially annexing the West Bank
'Disappeared, buried, detained': The horrors of Gaza's missing children
If you have any burning questions that you'd like the team at The New Arab Weekly to answer, then drop us an email at [email protected].
You can subscribe to the show on Apple, Spotify, Google, and wherever else you get your podcasts.
This podcast is hosted and produced by Hugo Goodridge (@hugogoodridge).
To get in touch with the producer, follow, then tweet us at @TNAPodcasts.
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This week on The New Arab Weekly podcast we talk the UK election, how the main parties have tackled issues surrounding the ongoing war in Gaza, the recent UN meeting with the Taliban and the notable absence of women, and the violent mobs in Turkey that have target Syrian communities and the Syrians who have targeted Turkish forces in northern Syria.
This week, we’re joined by The New Arab’s reporter and journalist Nick McAlpin (@NickGMcAlpin) and reporter and journalist Rosabel Crean (@CreanRosabel).
Picks of the Week
Why Dubai, Jeddah and Muscat are in desperate need of climate-proof investment
Inside The Telegraph's 'discredited' Beirut airport Hezbollah weapons allegations
Egypt's evolving diplomatic approach to Sudan's war
If you have any burning questions that you'd like the team at The New Arab Weekly to answer, then drop us an email at [email protected].
You can subscribe to the show on Apple, Spotify, Google, and wherever else you get your podcasts.
This podcast is hosted and produced by Hugo Goodridge (@hugogoodridge).
To get in touch with the producer, follow, then tweet us at @TNAPodcasts.
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This week on The New Arab Weekly podcast, we discuss Netanyahu's recent comments that the intensity of the war in Gaza would decrease and the recent ruling by the Israeli High Court, which said that Haredi Jews would no longer be exempt from military service. Also Egypt's fuel shortages and the intense heatwave that has lead to blackouts across the country, as well as deaths. Finally, we talk about the recent primary race in New York, which saw pro-Palestine Congressman Jamaal Bowmen lose his place on the Democratic ticket, after AIPAC spent tens of millions of dollars supporting his opponent.
Joining us to unpack the last seven day in the Middle East, we have Senior Editor and Journalist Nadda Osman (@naddaxosman) and Opinions Editor Benjamin Ashraf (@ashrafzeneca).
Picks of the Week
The Hajj heat disaster highlights the need for climate change action in Mecca
Let Julian Assange's freedom not be a defeat for what he started
Ten years after the Yazidi genocide, has Iraq allowed Islamic State to evade international justice?
If you have any burning questions that you'd like the team at The New Arab Weekly to answer, then drop us an email at [email protected].
You can subscribe to the show on Apple, Spotify, Google, and wherever else you get your podcasts.
This podcast is hosted and produced by Hugo Goodridge (@hugogoodridge).
To get in touch with the producer, follow, then tweet us at @TNAPodcasts.
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This week on The New Arab Weekly podcast, we discuss the dissolution of Israel's war cabinet with and the ceasefire deal negotiations to end the war in Gaza, the clashes between Israel and Lebanon and the rising fears that Israel is about to launch an offensive against Hezbollah in Lebanon, and the recent heatwave that has hit Hajj pilgrims that has killed over a thousand people.
Joining us we have The New Arab's International Editor Yazan al-Saadi and journalist and reporter Lwai Faour.
Picks of the Week
Is Turkey gearing up for a new military offensive against Syria's Kurds?
Claudia Sheinbaum: Mexico's new president is no pal of Palestine
Pakistan cricket's World Cup woes mirror its soap opera politics
If you have any burning questions that you'd like the team at The New Arab Weekly to answer, then drop us an email at [email protected].
You can subscribe to the show on Apple, Spotify, Google, and wherever else you get your podcasts.
This podcast is hosted and produced by Hugo Goodridge (@hugogoodridge).
To get in touch with the producer, follow, then tweet us at @TNAPodcasts.
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This week on The New Arab Weekly podcast, we discuss the recent massacre in Rafah and Israel's ongoing assault of the south Gaza, the fresh call by the International Court of Justice for a ceasefire, the unclear red lines of the US, and the recent deadly clashes on the Egypt-Gaza border between Israeli and Egyptian forces.
Joining us, we have The New Arab's Investigations Editor Andrea Glioti (@andreaglioti) and Senior Journalist and Editor Nadda Osman (@naddaxosman).
Picks of the Week
Israel banned Al Jazeera so it can have free rein in Rafah. The media coverage of the tent massacre proves it
How UN aid in Syria is increasingly going to regime cronies
Strict separation is not the answer for Palestine and Israel
If you have any burning questions that you'd like the team at The New Arab Weekly to answer, then drop us an email at [email protected].
You can subscribe to the show on Apple, Spotify, Google, and wherever else you get your podcasts.
This podcast is hosted and produced by Hugo Goodridge (@hugogoodridge).
To get in touch with the producer, follow, then tweet us at @TNAPodcasts.
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This week on The New Arab Weekly podcast, we look at the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and what it means for Iran, the news that the International Criminal Court is seeking arrest warrants for Hamas and Israeli leaders, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and finally, the recent deadly Israeli assault on the West Bank town of Jenin and the news that Ireland, Norway, and Spain would recognise Palestinian statehood.
Joining us, we have The New Arab's Opinions Editor Benjamin Ashraf (@ashrafzeneca) and Analysis Editor Charlie Hoyle (@CharlieCHoyle).
Picks of the Week:
Why I called out Suella Braverman's gaslighting live on TV
The systematic torture of Gazans in Israel's secret prisons
Netzah Yehuda veteran was among ‘guards’ who intimidated Jerusalem Armenians in November 2023
If you have any burning questions that you'd like the team at The New Arab Weekly to answer, then drop us an email at [email protected].
You can subscribe to the show on Apple, Spotify, Google, and wherever else you get your podcasts.
This podcast is hosted and produced by Hugo Goodridge (@hugogoodridge).
To get in touch with the producer, follow, then tweet us at @TNAPodcasts.
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This week on The New Arab Weekly podcast, we look at the fighting between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and Sudanese government forces in Darfur, a spat between Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the 'day after' plan in Gaza, and the upheaval created in Kuwait with the news that both parliament and the constitution had been suspended.
Joining us, we have The New Arab's journalist and reporter Oliver Mizzi (@OllyMizzi99), and journalist and reporter Assiah Hamed (@AssiahHamed).
Our Picks of the Week:
With €1bn bribe, the EU is rewarding Lebanon's bad behaviour
Nakba yesterday, Nakba today: The story of my grandmother's two keys
How Israel is defying Biden's 'red line' on Rafah
If you have any burning questions that you'd like the team at The New Arab Weekly to answer, then drop us an email at [email protected].
You can subscribe to the show on Apple, Spotify, Google, and wherever else you get your podcasts.
This podcast is produced by Hugo Goodridge (@hugogoodridge).
To get in touch with the producer, follow, then tweet us at @TNAPodcasts.
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This week on The New Arab Weekly podcast, we look at the recent closure of Al Jazeera offices in Israel, the advance of Israeli tanks to the Rafah border crossing, and the US decision to withhold a shipment of bombs to Israel.
We're joined by The New Arab's journalist and reporter Nick McAlpin (@NickGMcAlpin) and senior journalist and editor Nadda Osman (@naddaxosman).
Our picks of the week:
Why do Israel's high-tech, dystopian weapons systems have Biblical names?
Israel is a broken society. And it's not just Bibi to blame
How Egypt's crackdown on Gaza protests shows the fragility of Sisi's regime
If you have any burning questions that you'd like the team at The New Arab Weekly to answer, then drop us an email at [email protected].
You can subscribe to the show on Apple, Spotify, Google, and wherever else you get your podcasts.
This podcast is produced by Hugo Goodridge (@hugogoodridge).
To get in touch with the producer, follow, then tweet us at @TNAPodcasts.
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This week on The New Arab Weekly podcast, we look at the prospect of arrest warrants being handed down to Israeli leaders by the International Criminal Court (ICC), a potential Israeli assault on Rafah and attempts to secure a deal to end the fighting in Gaza, and a new law in Iraq that has criminalised homosexuality.
We're joined by The New Arab's International Correspondents Editor Yazan Al-Saadi and journalist and reporter Assiah Hamed.
Picks of the Week:
Black people globally are demanding reparations. It's time politicians listen
Google fired me for standing against tech complicity in Gaza genocide. But justice cannot be stopped
Why Qatar is the go-to mediator in the Gaza war, and beyond
If you have any burning questions that you'd like the team at The New Arab Weekly to answer, then drop us an email at [email protected].
You can subscribe to the show on Apple, Spotify, Google, and wherever else you get your podcasts.
This podcast is produced by Hugo Goodridge (@hugogoodridge).
To get in touch with the producer, follow, then tweet us at @TNAPodcasts.
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This week on The New Arab Weekly, we look at the recent retaliatory strike on Iran by Israel, the growing protest movement on US university campuses, and the mass graves that were discovered at the Al-Shifa Hospital and the Nasser Medical Complex.
We're joined by The New Arab's Senior Editor Nadda Osman (@naddaxosman) and the Associate News and Features Editor Zainab Mehdi (@zaiamehdi).
'Undo the damage': How a new ad campaign in Lebanon is fuelling violence against Syrian refugees
With prayer ban, British Muslim children become latest target of state-sponsored Islamophobia
Houthis threaten to expand Red Sea operations after mass grave discovered in Gaza
If you have any burning questions that you'd like the team at The New Arab Weekly to answer, then drop us an email at [email protected].
You can subscribe to the show on Apple, Spotify, Google, and wherever else you get your podcasts.
This podcast is produced by Hugo Goodridge (@hugogoodridge).
To get in touch with the producer, follow, then tweet us at @TNAPodcasts.
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This week on The New Arab Weekly we look at the recent Iranian missile and drone attack on Israel, the recent rampage of violence by West Bank settlers, and the heavy rains in across the Gulf that caused deadly flooding in Oman and the UAE.
We were joined by The New Arab's Head of News Paul McLoughlin (@PaullMcLoughlin) and journalist and reporter Rosabel Crean (@CreanRosabel).
Our picks of the week:
'Kill zones': For Israel, there are no innocents in Gaza
Under siege: Life in the shadow of Israeli settler violence in Masafer Yatta
The 1946 Anglo-American Committee and the missed opportunity for a democratic Palestine
If you have any burning questions that you'd like the team at The New Arab Weekly to answer, then drop us an email at [email protected].
You can subscribe to the show on Apple, Spotify, Google, and wherever else you get your podcasts.
This podcast is produced by Hugo Goodridge (@hugogoodridge).
To get in touch with the producer, follow then tweet us at @TNAPodcasts.
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This week on The New Arab Weekly we look at the recent increase in Israeli attacks against Hezbollah in Lebanon, and the war of words, the killing of Hamas chief' Ismail Haniyeh's children and grandchildren, the withdrawal from Khan Younis, the death of Walid Daqqa, and the release of prisoners in Bahrain.
We're joined by The New Arab's Analysis Editor Charlie Hoyle (@CharlieCHoyle) and Senior Journalist and Editor Nadda Osman (@naddaxosman).
Our picks of the week:
Can Israel's war on Gaza trigger a 'Palestinian Spring' in the Arab world?
In Gaza, we are watching the world's first AI-assisted genocide
Divide and rule: Apartheid Israel hunts down Gazan workers stranded in West Bank for 'lacking work permits'
If you have any burning questions that you'd like the team at The New Arab Weekly to answer, then drop us an email at [email protected].
You can subscribe to the show on Apple, Spotify, Google, and wherever else you get your podcasts.
This podcast is produced by Hugo Goodridge (@hugogoodridge).
To get in touch with the producer, follow then tweet us at @TNAPodcasts.
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This we on The New Arab Weekly we look at the recent legislative elections in Turkey, which proved difficult for Erdogan, the Israeli airstrike on the Iranian embassy in Damascus, and the killing of seven aid workers in Gaza.
We were joined by The New Arab's Opinion's Editor, Nadine Talaat (@nadine_talaat) and journalist and reporter Oliver Mizzi (@OllyMizzi99).
Our picks for this week:
Why criticism of Israel is so rare in Azerbaijan
The US' Red Sea strategy has failed to deter the Houthis
Can the Jordan protest movement force a divorce with Israel?
If you have any burning questions that you'd like the team at The New Arab Weekly to answer, then drop us an email at [email protected].
You can subscribe to the show on Apple, Spotify, Google, and wherever else you get your podcasts.
This podcast is produced by Hugo Goodridge (@hugogoodridge).
To get in touch with the producer, follow then tweet us at @TNAPodcasts.
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This week on The New Arab Weekly, we look at the deadly Islamic State – Khorasan Province attack in Moscow, the Gaza ceasefire resolution that was passed at the United Nations Security Council, and the release of a report by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese, who accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza.
We're joined by The New Arab's Head of News Paul Mcloughlin (@PaullMcLoughlin), and New Arab journalist and reporter Rosabel Crean (@CreanRosabel).
Our picks for this week:
In numbers: How UK right-wing media's pro-Israel Gaza war coverage dehumanises Palestinians
How Israeli settler outposts in the West Bank are surging amid the Gaza war
The real price of Egypt's €7.4 billion agreement with the EU
If you have any burning questions that you'd like the team at The New Arab Weekly to answer, then drop us an email at [email protected].
You can subscribe to the show on Apple, Spotify, Google, and wherever else you get your podcasts.
This podcast is produced by Hugo Goodridge (@hugogoodridge).
To get in touch with the producer, follow then tweet us at @TNAPodcasts.
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This week on The New Arab Weekly podcast, we look at the recent comments made by US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, the Israeli attacks on the Al-Shifa Hosptial in Gaza, and the ceasefire deal put forward by Hamas.
We were joined by Deputy Features Editor Benjamin Ashraf (@ashrafzeneca) and journalist Anam Alam (@itsanamalam).
If you have any burning questions that you'd like the team at The New Arab Weekly to answer, then drop us an email at [email protected].
You can subscribe to the show on Apple, Spotify, Google, and wherever else you get your podcasts.
This podcast is produced by Hugo Goodridge (@hugogoodridge).
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Welcome to the first episode of The New Arab Weekly.
Each week, we take a look at some of the biggest stories of the week and examine what happened and why is it important.
This week we look at the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, the looming prospect for an invasion of Rafah, and the recently announced definition of extremism, as laid out by the UK government.
We're joined this week by The New Arab's Opinions Editor, Nadine Talaat (@nadine_talaat), and New Arab journalist and reporter Oliver Mizzi (@OllyMizzi99).
If you have any burning questions that you'd like the team at The New Arab to answer, then drop us an email at [email protected].
You can subscribe to the show on Apple, Spotify, Google, and wherever else you get your podcasts.
This podcast is produced by Hugo Goodridge (@hugogoodridge).
To get in touch with the producer, follow then tweet us at @TNAPodcasts.
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This week, we’ll be launching The New Arab Weekly, a brand new podcast, that will bring you a collection of biggest stories of the week.
With help from the editorial and reporting teams at The New Arab in London, we’ll break down the stories for you and answer the questions: what happened and why does it matter?
The first episode will be released on Friday March 15th, and will be finding its way to your feeds every Friday after that.
Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast, so you can get notified when a new episode drops.
We’d also like to hear from you. If you have any questions that you want the team at The New Arab to answer, you can now email us at [email protected].
Until Friday, stick with The New Arab, for all the latest new analysis and opinion, from the region.
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