Simon BrookeOct 15

Early in the second #UkraineWar of this century, Timothy Snyder did a really amazing public lecture series on the history of #Ukraine, which greatly helped my understanding.

Can anyone point to a similarly good lecture series (in English) on the history of #Palestine? I know #EmpirePod have done one, but they're lightweights and I wouldn't really trust them.

#GazaGenocide

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJczLlwp-d8&list=PLh9mgdi4rNewfxO7LhBoz_1Mx1MaO6sw_

Timothy Snyder: The Making of Modern Ukraine. Class 1: Ukrainian Questions Posed by Russian Invasion

YouTube
Show threadMaggie GordonOct 15
@simon_brooke I am just starting to read Edward Said’s The Question of Palestine.
Show threadSimon BrookeOct 15

@barfilfarm I am struggling to read book-length stuff these days -- which upsets me greatly, but that's the truth of it. I suppose the solution would be audio books!

I could get it as an audio book from audible.

https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Question-of-Palestine-Audiobook/B0DNZXDR6C

The Question of Palestine

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. A major work by one of the great public intellectuals of the twentieth century, The Question of Palestine was the first book to narrate the modern Palestinian experience in English. Edward Said’s project to ‘bring Palestine into history&rsquo...

Audible.co.uk
Show threadMaggie Gordon
@simon_brooke That would be a better way to engage, I think. His writing is excellent and I hope to move on to his other work.
Oct 15 at 1:29pmWeb
Show threadColm DonoghueOct 15

@barfilfarm @simon_brooke

I think @ayoub.bsky.social has lots of background
He's from Lebanon, but a Palestinian
He has resources in From The Periphery podcast and website