MEMO in Conversation With

We are discussing contemporary Sufi movements in Iran, how followers translate Sufi teachings into their everyday lives and how Iranian authorities deal with them.

Lovatt is a senior policy fellow with the Middle East and North Africa Programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations. He has focussed extensively on regional geopolitics and advised European policymakers on the conflicts in Israel-Palestine and Western Sahara. He is regularly interviewed and quoted in international media, including by the New York Times, BBC, Christian Science Monitor, Financial Times, AFP, Le Monde, France24 and Al Jazeera.

Join us for a live conversation with Palestinian Al Jazeera journalist in the occupied West Bank Nida Ibrahim where we'll be discussing her experience of covering events in the occupied territories and the escalating violence in the West Bank.

Watch our MEMO in conversation with Noam Shuster-Eliassi, an Israeli stand-up comedian and activist from Jerusalem

Watch our conversation with Dr Suja Sawafta discussing Farha and the Palestinian permission

With Christiana Parreira, Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations and Political Science at the Geneva Graduate Institute

Join us for a live conversation with Professor of International Relations, University of Cambridge, Ayse Zarakol to discuss the world order before and after the West

Dr Hamid will discuss democracy in the Middle East and the US' policy in the region

Al Hayek was a resident writer at the Centre of Arts and Humanities, American University of Beirut

Join us for a live conversation with British Palestinian academic and political activist Dr Azzam Tamimi as we discuss the life and legacy of Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi who died...

As the conference approaches, Egypt’s own environmental record has come under increased scrutiny

Webber is a former barrister who specialised in immigration, refugee and human rights law until her retirement in 2008. She is an honorary vice-president of the Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers. She speaks on migration and human rights issues and has written extensively on the subjects.

Watch our conversation with Giovanni Fassina, Programme Director of the European Legal Support Centre (ELSC), discussing the dismissal of Palestinian journalist Farah Maraqa by German newspaper Deutsche Welle (DW)...

Hamdi is the managing director of the global risk and intelligence company International Interest. He is a geopolitical risk consultant who advises governments on the geopolitical dynamics of Europe and the MENA region, as well as advising companies on commercial issues and aspects.

Lerman is the former founding director of the Institute for Jewish Policy Research and has written widely on anti-Semitism

Join us for a conversation with counterterrorism expert Dr Rizwaan Sabir

Join us for a live conversation with the Vice President of Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East Dr Michael Bueckert

Join us for a live conversation with prominent British journalist and broadcaster Peter Oborne as we discuss his new book 'The Fate of Abraham: Why the West is Wrong...

Join us for a live conversation with Palestinian-Brazilian journalist and writer Eman Abusidu about Palestinians in Latin America and the region's long track record of supporting the Palestinian cause. The...

Stanton is the founding president and chairman of Genocide Watch

 Join us for a live conversation with Professor Ashok Swain as we discuss what is fueling the rise in ethno-nationalist sentiments and authoritarian governments around the world and...

Join us for a conversation with award-winning Australian author and activist Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah as we discuss her latest chapter in Prof. Ilan Pappe's and Dr Ramzy Baroud's recently published book 'Our Vision for Liberation: Engaged Palestinian Intellectuals and Leaders Speak Out'.

Join us for a conversation with Geoffrey Hughes as we discuss the politics of marriage and contemporary life in Jordan in light of his recently published book 'Kinship, Islam, and the...

Join us for a live conversation with Prof. Michael Lynk, the 7th Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories (2016-2022), as we discuss his final...

Join us for a live conversation with Hebron-based Palestinian peace activist Issa Amro as we discuss his many decades of resisting Israeli Apartheid. Amro is the co-founder of the...

Join us for a conversation with Walaa Quisay on theodicy and popular religious politics in Egypt.

Wacth the screening of a short film and a conversation with Scottish-Palestinian actor, singer and writer Amira Al-Shanti about identity and Palestine in the context of her most recent work 'Said the Dove to the Olive Tree'.

Murtaza Hussain is a reporter at the Intercept who focuses on national security and foreign policy. He has appeared on CNN, BBC, MSNBC and other news outlets.

Join us for a conversation with Eric Maddox and Dalia Shurrab as we discuss the Palestine Podcast Academy initiative. The project connects Palestinians across Gaza, Jerusalem and the West Bank for training in podcast production and an extended mentorship programme.

Join us for a live conversation with Ambassador Rizwan Saeed Sheikh to discuss the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation's 14th annual report on Islamophobia. Ambassador Sheikh is a career diplomat from Pakistan...

Join us for a live conversation with Assistant Professor of History at University of Virginia Chris Gratien as we discuss his new book 'The Unsettled Plain: An Environmental History of the...

Our live conversation with journalist and author Ramzy Baroud on Palestine after the Russian invasion of Ukraine