Hot Take: Dr. Sophia Azeb on Palestinian Liberation and Sports

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4.5 • 729 Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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In this Hot Take, Shireen Ahmed interviews Dr. Sophia Azeb, assistant professor of Black studies in the Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Chicago and regular contributor to The Funambulist magazine. They discuss the recent trauma in Palestine, how athletes have addressed the violence, Black and Palestinian transnational solidarity, and how sports are wielded politically. This episode was produced by Tressa Versteeg. Shelby Weldon is our social media and website specialist. Burn It All Down is part of the Blue Wire podcast network. For show notes, transcripts, and more info about BIAD, check out our website: www.burnitalldownpod.com To help support the Burn It All Down podcast, please consider becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/burnitalldown For BIAD merchandise: https://www.bonfire.com/store/burn-it-all-down/ Find us on Twitter: twitter.com/BurnItDownPod; Facebook: www.facebook.com/BurnItAllDownPod/; and Instagram: www.instagram.com/burnitalldownpod/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's up, y'all?
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0:43.1	Hello, Flamebrowers, Shereen here.
0:52.1	Today I have Dr. Sophia Azeb, who is an assistant professor of black studies in the Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Chicago.
0:55.1	Her current book project, another country,
1:01.0	Constellations of Blackness and Afro-Arab cultural expression, examines how blackness and black identity is variously translated, mobilized, circulated, and contested by African-American,
1:08.1	Afro-Caribbean, African and Afro-Arab cultural and political figures
1:13.1	across North Africa and Europe in the 20th century. She's a regular contributor to the
1:18.1	Phanambulist magazine. She's a dear friend, an educator, community organizer, and she loves
1:25.0	popcorn. Doctora. Hello. Hello, Shereen. It's so good to be here.
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