Egypt
A rabbi and Bible scholar joins us to talk about his trips to biblical Egypt, and about the role of Egypt in the Jewish imagination.
Where Israel once aligned with Turkey and Iran against the Arab states, it now finds itself aligned with those former enemies against Turkey and Iran.
Despite many real disappointments, the turmoil of the past decade has also revealed signs of promise in the Middle East.
Israel’s former ambassador to the United Nations joins us to talk about the politics of water in the Middle East.
He made anti-Zionism the mainstay of Middle Eastern politics.
Fossil fuels and restraining Turkey.
A regional struggle pitting militarists and monarchs against Islamists.
A third of Egyptians think Israelis and Palestinians are equally at fault.
Not the last time Western powers encouraged Israel to make concessions without receiving peace in return.
Saudi TV is sympathetic, while Egyptian TV isn’t.
Would Linda Sarsour or Rashida Tlaib move to a “liberated Palestine”?
Um Haroun.
The pan-Arabist legacy of fatalism and anti-Semitism.
The Purims of Egypt and Carpentras.