The Race and Rights Podcast

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The Race and Rights podcast explores the myriad issues that adversely impact the civil and human rights of America’s diverse Muslim, Arab, and South Asian communities here as well as abroad. Host Sahar Aziz engages with academics and experts that provide critical analysis of law, policy, and politics that center the experiences of under-represented communities in the United States and the Global South.
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Epsode 27: Islamophobia, Race and Global Politics (with Nazia Kazi)

The Race and Rights Podcast

02/11/25 • 26 min

This week’s episode offers a powerful introduction to the scope of Islamophobia in the United States. The legacy of Barack Obama and the mainstream media’s typically negative portrayals of Muslims offer incisive examples into the vast impact of Islamophobia – connected to the long history of racism – both within the borders of the United States, and as a matter of foreign policy and global politics. Host Sahar Aziz addresses these issues with “Islamophobia, Race and Global Politics” author and Stockton University Professor Nazia Kazi.

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#Islamophobia #Muslims #foreignpolicy #naziakazi

Episode 26: Hate Crimes, Terrorism and the Framing of White Supremacist Violence (with Shirin Sinnar)

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01/28/25 • 28 min

In the face of pervasive racial violence in American society, the effort to address and subdue white supremacist extremism has been underserved by the framing of “hate crimes,” and the movement to re-frame these events as domestic terrorism, as these terms do not meet the heavy task of eliminating the perpetuation of institutional oppression.

Host Sahar Aziz will discuss with Law Professor Shirin Sinnar what she has coined the “frame analysis,” where she argues against these labels as insufficient means of challenging the predominant racial and social order in the U.S.

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Episode 25: What Lies Ahead for Syria: A Conversation with Dr. Omar Dahi

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01/13/25 • 53 min

A complex array of domestic, regional, and international factors contributed to the rise of Hafez Al Assad as president of Syria in 1970 and the ultimate demise of his son, Bashar Al Assad on December 8, 2024 – thirteen years after the Syrian people unsuccessfully rose up peacefully as part of the regional phenomena commonly referred to as the Arab Spring. Located at the center of geopolitical competition between Israel, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Iran, the nation of Syria will continue to play an instrumental role in regional politics, which in turn impacts U.S. interests in the oil-rich Middle East.

Host Sahar Aziz (https://saharazizlaw.com/) speaks with Professor Omar Dahi about what lies ahead for the Syrian people, who like other Arabs in the region, yearn for self-governance, peace, and security for their nation.

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Episode 16: Refuge: How the State Shapes Human Potential (with Heba Gowayed)

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09/10/24 • 39 min

Drawing on a global and comparative ethnography, Professor Heba Gowayed explores how Syrian men and women seeking refuge in a moment of unprecedented global displacement are received by countries of resettlement and asylum—the U.S., Canada, and Germany. It shows that human capital, typically examined as the skills immigrants bring with them that shape their potential, is actually created, transformed, or destroyed by receiving states’ incorporation policies. Since these policies derive from historically informed and unequal approaches to social welfare, refugees’ experiences raise a mirror to how states (re)produce inequality.
#Refugee #Immigrant #Syrian #MuslimBan #HebaGowayed

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Episode 30: Race, Women and the Global War on Terror (with Sherene Razack)

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03/25/25 • 41 min

This episode of the Race and Rights podcast features Professor Sherene Razack discuss how racialized Muslim bodies and gender are constructed by global white supremacy that produces and sustains networks, affinities and ideas in the so-called Global War on Terror.

Sherene Razack is a Distinguished Professor and the Penny Kanner Endowed Chair in Women’s Studies at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and author of the Nothing Has to Make Sense: Upholding White Supremacy through Anti-Muslim Racism (University of Minnesota 2022).

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Episode 24: Trauma in Gaza: Palestinian Diaspora Experiences

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12/30/24 • 52 min

In what a growing consensus of international legal scholars describe as a genocide, the systematic destruction of Gaza by the Israeli military has killed over 55,000 Palestinians and injured over 100,000 Palestinians in less than 15 months. The Israeli government’s severe restrictions on the entry of humanitarian aid into the blockaded Gaza Strip have produced unprecedented malnutrition, disease, and starvation of 2.3 million Palestinians.

While only a few mainstream American media outlets have covered what has come to be known as the Second Nakba – harking back to Israeli militia's ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in 1948 – even fewer journalists have covered the experiences of the Palestinian diaspora in North America.

Host Sahar Aziz talks with Dr. Ghada Ageel, who was born and raised in Gaza, about the pain and trauma experienced by Palestinians in Canada, the United States, and other diasporic communities as they witness the Israeli army’s horrific violence against their families and friends trapped in Gaza.

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#Palestine #Gaza #Genocide #Israel #CSRR

Episode 23: The Fall of Syria's Assad Regime: A Syrian American Perspective

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12/16/24 • 48 min

On December 8, 2024, the Syrian people overthrew Bashar Al Assad, bringing to an end a brutal fifty-four-year dictatorship. Although the Syrian people partook in the wave of revolutions during the Arab Spring, their efforts to bring about democracy in Syria were hijacked by a host of external actors in what deteriorated into a violent proxy war between Russia, Iran, Israel, Saudi Arabia, and the United States.

As a result, over 300,000 Syrians were killed, and 13 million Syrians became refugees or internally displaced within the country, as explained in CSRR’s 2019 report “Toward Empowerment and Sustainability: Reforming America’s Syrian Refugee Policy.”

Our guest, Feras Mousilli, is the founder and managing partner of the Lloyd & Mousilli law firm, a recipient of a Fulbright award from the U.S. State Department, and a leader in the Syrian diaspora in the United States. Mr. Mousilli provides the unique perspectives of Syrian Americans who have been waiting for the fall of the Assad regime for decades. He offers his insights into what led to the overthrow of Bashar al Assad and what to expect next in Syria.

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Episode 22: The Illusory Peace in the Israeli Palestinian Conflict

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12/03/24 • 27 min

The present state of the unfulfilled peace brokering process between Palestine and Israel stands to undermine any meaningful progression toward the two-state solution proffered by dominant actors in the West. Host Sahar Aziz, in discussion with the former Egyptian Ambassador Hesham Youssef, explores the argument that Western ambivalence to the issue of Palestinian sovereignty has significantly eroded the path toward a peace agreement.
#Palestine #Israel #Gaza #CSRR

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Episode 21: Blind Spot: America and the Palestinians (with Khaled Elgindy)

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11/19/24 • 27 min

The bilateral relationship between the U.S. and Israel has effectively blinded it to the most detrimental factors to the dissolution of the peace-brokering process, most notably the impact of Israeli occupation on Palestinian sovereignty and the legitimacy of international human rights law. Host Sahar Aziz will discuss these complex dynamics with author and political scientist Khaled Elgindy by decentering a unilateral perspective on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from a socio-historical lens.
#Palestine #BlindSpot #Gaza #Israel #KhaledElgindy

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Episode 28: The Two Faces of American Freedom (with Aziz Rana)

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02/27/25 • 32 min

Let’s take stock of the American experience within the global history of colonialism – specifically by examining the intertwined relationship in U.S. constitutional practice between internal accounts of freedom and external projects of power and expansion. This episode reinterprets American political traditions from the colonial period to modern times by placing race, immigration, and national security in the context of shifting notions of empire and citizenship. Host Sahar Aziz addresses these issues with “The Two Faces of American Freedom” author and Boston College Law Professor Aziz Rana.

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How many episodes does The Race and Rights Podcast have?

The Race and Rights Podcast currently has 30 episodes available.

What topics does The Race and Rights Podcast cover?

The podcast is about News, Society & Culture, Law, Podcasts, Civil Rights, Politics and Race.

What is the most popular episode on The Race and Rights Podcast?

The episode title 'Epsode 27: Islamophobia, Race and Global Politics (with Nazia Kazi)' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on The Race and Rights Podcast?

The average episode length on The Race and Rights Podcast is 41 minutes.

How often are episodes of The Race and Rights Podcast released?

Episodes of The Race and Rights Podcast are typically released every 14 days.

When was the first episode of The Race and Rights Podcast?

The first episode of The Race and Rights Podcast was released on Feb 13, 2024.

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