Iyad El-Baghdadi and Ahmed Gatnash study global authoritarianism, with a focus on the MENA region, and dive deep into universal strategies and tactics of authoritarians, as well as the best ways to resist.
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043 - Ukraine is Dividing the Gulf States from the West (00:41:00)
As Russia's invasion of Ukraine caused global energy prices to spike, the US looked to its traditional gulf partners to increase supply. However, Mohamed bin Zayed and Mohamed bin Salman chose not to ...
042 - Working for Libyan Accountability, with Elham Saudi (00:42:57)
In this episode, Ahmed Gatnash speaks to Elham Saudi, co-founder and director of Lawyers for Justice in Libya, about the fight for accountability and how human rights defenders can work towards accoun...
041 - Authors' Retrospective of the The Middle East Crisis Factory (00:56:14)
In this episode, Iyad and Ahmed interview each other about their own book, The Middle East Crisis Factory. They discuss the origin and context of the book, detail various struggles that were overcome ...
040 - The Middle East Crisis Factory: an Interview on Gaslit Nation (00:59:00)
This is a repost of an interview on the Gaslit Nation podcast, hosted by Sarah Kendzior and Andrea Chalupa. Iyad discusses the origin of the Middle East Crisis Factory book, the context of the Middle ...
039 - The Changing Activism Paradigm (01:04:53)
Iyad and Ahmed discuss human rights and political activism around the world, and why it seems to fail so often.Follow us on Twitter @ArabTyrantMan, and join our Patreon to support our work and gain ac...
038 - Changing Horizons (00:31:16)
A continuation of the previous episode, Iyad and Ahmed discuss new changes in world politics, human rights activism and the podcast!Follow us on Twitter @ArabTyrantMan and join our Patreon to support ...
037 - The Podcast Returns (00:37:10)
Iyad and Ahmed kickstart the podcast again after a long hiatus - with updates on various developments at the Kawaakibi Foundation, in their personal lives and in global human rights.Follow us on Twitt...
036 - What does Justice For Jamal Khashoggi look like? (00:18:08)
Iyad El-Baghdadi and Ahmed Gatnash discuss the release of the ODNI report confirming US intelligence's conclusion that MBS directly ordered the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. Now that two years of gasligh...
035 - The Xinjiang Victims Database, with Gene Bunin (00:51:29)
In this episode, Ahmed talks to Gene Bunin, founder of the Xinjiang Victims Database - a unique initiative to track the crimes being committed against individuals in the western region of China and in...
034 - Reflections on the podcast, US elections and the future... (00:38:12)
Ahmed Gatnash and Iyad El-Baghdadi reflect about the podcast, how far it's come, and plans for the future, as well as discussing Joe Biden's election victory and Trump's defeat, and what they mean for...
033 - The Left's Tribal Anti-Imperialism (00:59:49)
In September, Ahmed spoke to Joey Ayoub, Lebanese writer and researcher, about tankies, genocide denial, red-brown alliances and the uncomfortable affinity between large parts of the political left an...
032 - Lebanon vs Sectarian Warlord Oligarchy (00:45:35)
Ahmed talks to Timour Azhari and Joey Ayoub about the massive popular movement against the entire political order which has rocked Lebanon for over 2 weeks. It has led to the end of the government alr...
031 - Lessons from Egypt's latest protests (00:17:00)
Ahmed Gatnash speaks about the recent protests in Egypt, which surprised almost everyone but show that the lessons of 2011 have still not been fully absorbed.
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030 - Is Your Phone Safe? Inside Saudi's Phone Hacking Scandal (00:32:10)
Human Rights Foundation and Arab Tyrant Manual present this panel from this year's Oslo Freedom Forum, in which Iyad el-Baghdadi and Karen Attiah discuss the Saudi government's use of surveillance sof...
029 - Art vs Repression, from Egypt to Hong Kong - with Amr Waked & Denise Ho (00:42:58)
Celebrities are notoriously shy of politics, advised to stay neutral for the sake of their careers. But what do you do when you can no longer be silent?
Denise Ho, a singer and actress from Hong Kong...
028 - In the Mirror: What Went Wrong with the Arab Spring? (00:39:53)
At the Oslo Freedom Forum last year, 7 activists from the Arab region found ourselves in a room together. This is the discussion which followed - on identity, exile, activism, trauma and healing, whet...
027 - Iyad's Statement on Saudi Threats (00:18:34)
This episode is a recording of Iyad El-Baghdadi's recent press conference, in which he speaks about the recent revelations from intelligence agencies that the Saudi government potentially poses a thre...
026 - The Power of Nonviolence, with Jamila Raqib (00:46:23)
What is the purpose of nonviolence? What are its limits? Surely it couldn't work against someone as brutal as the Nazis...could it?
In this episode, Iyad and Ahmed speak to Jamila Raqib, Executive D...
025 - Bombs, Ballots and Bullets: the Battle for Libya's Future (00:59:07)
Ahmed Gatnash (@gatnash) discusses Libya with Nadine Dahan (@NadineDahan), a journalist and independent analyst focussed on Libya, human rights and transitional justice in the MENA region.
As well a...
024 - Why There Are Few Ex-Presidents in Africa (00:52:05)
Abderrahmane Weddady, the brother of regular Arab Tyrant Manual contributor Nasser Weddady, has been charged with "spreading fake news" and jailed pending trial in his home country of Mauritania. His ...
023 - Raed Fares: The Man Who Built a Civil Society in a War Zone (00:20:55)
On Friday, November 23nd, Raed Fares was assassinated in northern Syria by masked gunmen suspected of being affiliated with al-Qaeda. This episode features an interview we recorded with him at the Osl...
022 - Fauré Must Go! (01:03:04)
In Togo, protests are gathering steam against the 50-year rule of the Gnassingbé family. In this episode, Farida Nabourema, a blogger and human rights activist who has been a fearless critic of corrup...
021 - Is There a Light at the End of 2019's Tunnel? (00:46:11)
Ahmed and Iyad do a roundup of major news from 2018, and discuss the outlook for the world in 2019. Where were we vindicated over the last year? Which countries will have popular uprisings this year? ...
020 - Sudan, Mother of Arab Revolutions (00:52:59)
Sudan is in the middle of an uprising. That alone is notable, but Sudan is also one of the most fascinating and under-studied countries in the region, and has had more successful uprisings than any ot...
019 - The Kawaakibi Foundation Story (00:49:41)
In this very special episode, we go through the history of our project from the early days of the Arab Spring through to the present. Our project is a child of the Arab spring, and if you're intereste...
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