Listen "Iyad El-Baghdadi on dealing with dictators"
Episode Synopsis
Iyad is an internationally-recognised Arab Spring activist and expert on authoritarianism. He is the President of Kawaakibi Foundation and Editor-in-Chief of the Arab Tyrant Manual. He is an outspoken critic of both Islamic movements and secular dictatorships, and has set himself apart from many other activists through his use of humor and sarcasm. He contributes to his own blog site Islam and Liberty and podcast Arab Tyrant Manual on Soundcloud. A stateless Palestinian who was born in Kuwait and raised in the United Arab Emirates, he is now a political refugee in Norway.
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Listen to the song I wrote after being inspired by my conversation with Iyad and all the other Podsongs at https://jackstafford.org/music
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