Connections: Episode #101

Undocumenting Genocide

Mouin Rabbani in Conversation with Richard Sanders

Join us on Monday, 10 March for a conversation with Richard Sanders about the fiasco surrounding the recent BBC documentary, Gaza: How to Survive a War Zone, and the larger issues it raises about the politics of documenting genocide, editorial standards, and the suppression of information. 

Connections offers timely and informative interviews on current events and broader policy questions, as well as themes relevant to knowledge production. It combines journalism, analysis, and scholarship. 

Guest

Richard Sanders is a film-maker, journalist, and author. He has made over 50 films for British terrestrial TV, primarily Channel 4. In recent years he has worked mainly for Al Jazeera's Investigative Unit. His recent work includes an alternative perspective on the antisemitism crisis that afflicted the British Labour Party during the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn, a film on October 7, and a film on the war in Gaza. His Gaza film has been nominated for a Roya Television Society award - Current Affairs: International. 

Host

Mouin Rabbani is a researcher, analyst, and commentator specialising in Palestinian affairs, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and the contemporary Middle East. He has among other positions previously served as Principal Political Affairs Officer with the Office of the UN Special Envoy for Syria, Head of Middle East with the Martti Ahtisaari Peace Foundation, and Senior Middle East Analyst and Special Advisor on Israel-Palestine with the International Crisis Group. Rabbani is Co-Editor of Jadaliyya, and a Contributing Editor of Middle East Report. poor