Connections Episode 117
MAGA World Cup
Mouin Rabbani Interviews Tony Karon
Friday, 8 July 2026
2:00 PM ET | 20:00 CET
Join us on Wednesday, 8 July for a conversation with Tony Karon about the FIFA World Cup. This episode of the Connections podcast examines how and why the current World Cup has descended into a political fiasco, and the impact this is having on FIFA and the integrity of football.
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
Wieland Hoban is a composer, author and academic translator in the fields of philosophy, art music and literature. He is chairman of the organization Jewish Voice for a Just Peace in the Middle East, based in Germany, which he also represents in the umbrella organization Global Jews for Palestine (GJP). Hoban is the author of Germany’s Jewish Problem: Genocides Past and Present, published this year by OR Books.
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.