The post-2001 war in Afghanistan was fought between the government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, the Taliban, and NATO led by the US from 2001-2021.
Gender Apartheid and Cultural Relativism under the Taliban and Iranian Regimes
While practices of mainstream Muslims across the world defy the limitation of fundamental rights, authoritarian and in certain cases sultanistic regimes in the Muslim
Lior Sternfeld on controversies in universities on the Israel-Palestine war
Omar Sadr and Lior Sternfeld discuss the recent controversies in the American campus on the war in Gaza LIOR STERNFELD is a Professor of History and Jewish Studies at Penn State University. He is a social historian of …
Human Rights, Relativism and the Taliban with Michael Goodhart
Omar Sadr talks to Michael Goodhart on human rights as a political contestation Michael Goodhart is Professor of Political Science and of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies. His core research interests include democracy, human rights, (in)justice, and emancipatory …
Transitional Justice, Human Rights and Land Grabbing with Huma Saeed (Book Discussion)
Omar talks to Huma Saeed on Transitional Justice, Human Rights and Socio-Economic Harm Huma Saeed is an affiliated researcher at the Leuven Institute of Criminology, Belgium. Suggested readings: Huma Saeed, Transitional Justice and Socio-Economic Harm: Land Grabbing …
Zan, Zendagi, Azadi: Protests in Iran with Mohamad Machine-Chain
Omar talks to Mohamad Machine-Chain on protests in Iran. Mohamad Machine-Chian is a research scholar at the Center for Governance and Markets, University of Pittsburgh. He has authored several books on privatization, constitutionalism, immigration, and economic …
Rights, Legal Scholarship and the Study of the Taliban with Haroun Rahimi
Omar Sadr talks to Haroun Rahimi about the notion of rights, how the contestation between the liberal and Islamic notions of right took place, how the law scholars studied the totalitarian Taliban, and finally why …