Ep28 Iyad El-Baghdadi on activism, threats and Jeff Bezos phone
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Notice: Some issues with the sound until 6 minutes into the podcast, then it gets better :)
Part 1 of our two-part conversation with Iyad El-Baghdadi. We talk about the recent revelation in Dagbladet regarding Saudi Embassy immunity case. Why Iyad is a target and how he came to know Arab spring activism. We also talk about what has happened the last decade in the middle East, why people protest and why autocrats repress.
(00:00) Dagbladet revelation (02:40) The state of affairs for political refugees in the west (06:08) Iyads background as an entrepreneur and how he began his activism (10:06) Arrested in UAE and sent too Malaysia (14:40) The counter-revolution (17:33) Being a palestinian refugee and an Arab Spring-activist (19:51) What made Iyad pop-up on the Saudi radar in 2018, and the uprise and downfall of Mohammed bin Salman (29:55) Hacking of Jeff Bezos mobile, with some Minareten exclusive information (37:04) Reckoning of colonial past (41:30) False pride in autocratic leaders (44:55) Is Norway the perfect place for activism?
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