On The Kulna Podcast, we work through the questions of our time with people committed to liberation for all of us. The feed currently carries two series: 1. How to Liberate: reads authoritarian resurgence, imperial collapse, genocide, disinformation and economic instability against longer histories of power and ideology instead of the news cycle. We look at how power is built and concentrated, what story it tells to justify itself, and who is resisting it. We also take on the slower work of imagining and building alternatives. Guest interviews and team conversations, hosted by Ahmed Gatnash and Iyad el-Baghdadi. 2. Shefa Talks: Systems of domination leave wounds in bodies, families, cultures and movements, and wounds left unaddressed reproduce harm. Shefa brings together trauma wisdom, spiritual grounding and psychedelic-assisted approaches to recovery, because we believe that wounded movements cannot build free societies. Hosted by Isabelle Davodi. If you subscribed for The Arab Tyrant Manual, you're in the right place. This feed is now home to Kulna's audio. Past episodes remain available below. Kulna means "all of us." Join us at kulna.co.
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Signup to Generate a PitchOn The Kulna Podcast, we work through the questions of our time with people committed to liberation for all of us. The feed currently carries two series: 1. How to Liberate: reads authoritarian resurgence, imperial collapse, genocide, disinformation and economic instability against longer histories of power and ideology instead of the news cycle.
Recent episodes include "Do No Harm: Leyla Hussein on Burnout, Shame, and Who Gets to Be Cared For | Shefa Talks Episode 1" (27 October 2026, 53 minutes), "Why can't Saudi Arabia defend itself? with Iyad el-Baghdadi" (24 October 2026, 37 minutes), and "HTL: Episode 1: Introducing 'How to Liberate', Feat. Iyad el-Baghdadi, Khaled Albaih & Ahmed Gatnash" (30 September 2026, 75 minutes).
The Kulna Podcast publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 46 minutes.
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Episode #49
<p>Shefa Talks Episode 1, KULNA's podcast series, opens with Isabelle Davodi, a former Doctors Without Borders field worker, sitting down with Dr. Leyla Hussein, a psychotherapist and two-decade campaigner against FGM...
<p>This month, Houthi missiles shut Riyadh’s main airport and hit Saudi Aramco’s headquarters. Saudi Arabia is one of the world’s biggest military spenders, yet it cannot reliably secure its own territory...
Episode #47
<p>This is 'How to Liberate', the Arab Tyrant Manual, relaunched.</p><p>In our inaugural episode, the team behind How to Liberate introduce themselves, the podcast, and how it will see the world.</p><p>They trace where...
Episode #46
<p>We recorded this episode in the middle of one of the most consequential moments in the history of this region. In this episode, we ask the question on everyone's mind: "Do the Gulf States Have a Future?" Not in the...
Episode #44
<p>It's been four years since our last episode — and we're back with something bigger.</p><p>In this episode, recorded before the ceasefire announcement, Iyad El-Baghdadi and Ahmed Gatnash break down the ongoing...
<p>As Russia's invasion of Ukraine caused global energy prices to spike, the US looked to its traditional gulf partners to increase supply. However, Mohamed bin Zayed and Mohamed bin Salman chose not to - refusing...
<p>In this episode, Ahmed Gatnash speaks to Elham Saudi, co-founder and director of Lawyers for Justice in Libya, about the fight for accountability and how human rights defenders can work towards accountability in...
<p>In this episode, Iyad and Ahmed interview each other about their own book, The Middle East Crisis Factory. They discuss the origin and context of the book, detail various struggles that were overcome through the...
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<p>This is a repost of an interview on the Gaslit Nation podcast, hosted by Sarah Kendzior and Andrea Chalupa. Iyad discusses the origin of the Middle East Crisis Factory book, the context of the Middle East's struggle...
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<p>Iyad and Ahmed discuss human rights and political activism around the world, and why it seems to fail so often.</p><p>Follow us on Twitter @ArabTyrantMan, and join our Patreon to support our work and gain access to...
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<p>A continuation of the previous episode, Iyad and Ahmed discuss new changes in world politics, human rights activism and the podcast!</p><p>Follow us on Twitter @ArabTyrantMan and join our Patreon to support our work...
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<p>Iyad and Ahmed kickstart the podcast again after a long hiatus - with updates on various developments at the Kawaakibi Foundation, in their personal lives and in global human rights.</p><p>Follow us on Twitter...
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Iyad El-Baghdadi and Ahmed Gatnash discuss the release of the ODNI report confirming US intelligence's conclusion that MBS directly ordered the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. Now that two years of gaslighting by the Trump...
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In this episode, Ahmed talks to Gene Bunin, founder of the Xinjiang Victims Database - a unique initiative to track the crimes being committed against individuals in the western region of China and investigate the fate...
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Ahmed Gatnash and Iyad El-Baghdadi reflect about the podcast, how far it's come, and plans for the future, as well as discussing Joe Biden's election victory and Trump's defeat, and what they mean for the MENA region...
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In September, Ahmed spoke to Joey Ayoub, Lebanese writer and researcher, about tankies, genocide denial, red-brown alliances and the uncomfortable affinity between large parts of the political left and authoritarianism...
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Ahmed talks to Timour Azhari and Joey Ayoub about the massive popular movement against the entire political order which has rocked Lebanon for over 2 weeks. It has led to the end of the government already, but can it...
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Ahmed Gatnash speaks about the recent protests in Egypt, which surprised almost everyone but show that the lessons of 2011 have still not been fully absorbed. For a text version of the article...
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Human Rights Foundation and Arab Tyrant Manual present this panel from this year's Oslo Freedom Forum, in which Iyad el-Baghdadi and Karen Attiah discuss the Saudi government's use of surveillance software. They go into...
Celebrities are notoriously shy of politics, advised to stay neutral for the sake of their careers. But what do you do when you can no longer be silent? Denise Ho, a singer and actress from Hong Kong, and Amr Waked, an...
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