About Mehdi Sanglaji

PhD candidate in Political Science, at Laval Uni., Canada. Writing a dissertation on political violence; how it is perceived; how it is distinguished from terrorism; how political thinkers from the MENA region have analyzed it; with a focus on Algeria and Iran. It is mostly political theory/philosophy; and I am employing Critical Discourse Analysis as my main methodology. Have one Masters degree in Middle Eastern Studies; and another one in Teaching English as a Foreign Language. Bachelors in Translation. Every once in a while , I translate articles I like into Persian, and publish it on my own website. Though, I have been published by some official (left-leaning) websites in Iran such as “Pecritique.” I read, write, and translate texts mostly on politics, climate change, and Cinema. I am easy to talk to if my friends are to be believed; and pay a little too much attention to the details if my Mom is. At some point in my life, I had to wash dishes to pay up my university tuitions, and the only thing that kept me sane through that drudgery was listening to podcasts while working; chief among them NBN. So, thanks for that. Sincerely

Mehdi Sanglaji is writing a PhD thesis on political violence, religion, and all that jazz. Find me here: @mehdisanglaji on Musk’s new website grab, formerly known as Twitter.

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NBN Episodes hosted by Mehdi:

Peter Hudis, "Frantz Fanon: Philosopher of the Barricades" (Pluto Press, 2015)

January 7, 2023

Frantz Fanon

Peter Hudis
Hosted by Mehdi Sanglaji

Frantz Fanon (1925-1961) was a Caribbean and African psychiatrist, philosopher and revolutionary whose works, including Black Skin, White Masks and Th…

Christopher Harker, "Spacing Debt: Obligations, Violence, and Endurance in Ramallah, Palestine" (Duke UP, 2020)

May 31, 2022

Spacing Debt

Christopher Harker
Hosted by Mehdi Sanglaji

In Spacing Debt: Obligations, Violence, and Endurance in Ramallah, Palestine (Duke UP, 2020), Christopher Harker demonstrates that financial debt is a…

Simon Critchley, "The Faith of the Faithless: Experiments in Political Theology" (Verso, 2014)

May 5, 2022

The Faith of the Faithless

Simon Critchley
Hosted by Mehdi Sanglaji

The return to religion has arguably become the dominant theme of contemporary culture. Somehow, the secular age seems to have been replaced by a new e…

Asef Bayat, "Revolutionary Life: The Everyday of the Arab Spring" (Harvard UP, 2021)

March 11, 2022

Revolutionary Life

Asef Bayat
Hosted by Mehdi Sanglaji

Seamlessly blending field research, on-the-ground interviews, and social theory, Asef Bayat shows how the practice of everyday life in Egypt and Tunis…