On the Middle East with Amberin Zaman
A podcast by AL-Monitor - Thursdays
207 Episodes
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HRW Turkey director Sinclair-Webb says sexist rhetoric from the top undermines efforts to combat violence against women
Published: 6/3/2022 -
Al-Monitor columnist Elizabeth Hagedorn discusses US policy toward Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Biden’s upcoming travel to the Middle East
Published: 5/26/2022 -
Kurdish researcher Giran Ozcan: Understanding the Kurdish people and their aspirations will benefit the United States’ own interests
Published: 5/17/2022 -
Sinjar now a strategic dispute for Iraq involving regional parties, says Mirza Dinnayi
Published: 5/12/2022 -
Palestinian violence reflects absence of a political horizon, says Daoud Kuttab
Published: 5/5/2022 -
‘We can’t walk away from Saudi Arabia,’ says Steve Clemons
Published: 4/28/2022 -
Human Rights Defender Sarah Leah Whitson says Turkey’s cynical U turn on Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi is no surprise
Published: 4/21/2022 -
Impossible for Turkey to sustain sanctions on Russia, says Kadri Gursel
Published: 4/13/2022 -
Russian conduct in Ukraine could spur calls for accountability in Syria, says Elizabeth Hagedorn
Published: 4/8/2022 -
Abdulaziz Sager on US-Saudi relations, the JCPOA, and the impact of the Ukraine war on regional security
Published: 4/1/2022 -
Syria expert Aron Lund: Syria’s Assad should be nervous about Russian setbacks in Ukraine
Published: 3/22/2022 -
Iran nuclear deal opens possibilities for Gulf regional security, says Mark Fitzpatrick
Published: 3/17/2022 -
Russian position emboldens Iran in nuclear talks, says Dimitri Simes
Published: 3/10/2022 -
A US, NATO No Fly Zone in Ukraine means war with Russia, says RAND’s Sam Charap
Published: 3/3/2022 -
Iraqi Kurdis LGBT rights activist Zhiar Ali says local authorities do nothing to discourage killings
Published: 2/24/2022 -
Intra-Sudanese dialogue, role of military, key benchmarks for transition, says UN Sudan Envoy Volker Perthes
Published: 2/15/2022 -
Gulf climate initiatives a sign of ‘real change,’ says Amy Myers Jaffe
Published: 2/7/2022 -
Ukraine analyst lliya Kusa: Ukrainians see in Turkey and Erdogan what they want for themselves
Published: 2/1/2022 -
Houthis should be part of Yemeni political solution, says Oman Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Albusaidi
Published: 1/26/2022 -
We are witnessing a modern-day exodus of Christians from the Middle East, says Janine di Giovanni
Published: 1/17/2022
AL-Monitor Senior Correspondent Amberin Zaman interviews newsmakers, journalists, and thought leaders from the US and Middle East about the latest news and trends in the region. Amberin travels the region for AL-Monitor, specializing in news and analysis in Turkey, Iraq, Syria, and the Caucasus and writes the weekly Turkey Briefing newsletter. Prior to AL-Monitor, she covered Turkey, the Kurds, and conflicts in the region for The Washington Post, The Daily Telegraph, The Los Angeles Times and the Voice of America, and was The Economist's Turkey correspondent from 1999 to 2016.