EPISODE · Jan 8, 2026 · 59 MIN
Who Made Iran’s 1979 Revolution? Rethinking What “Revolution” Means | HbN S2E33
from Scholars Unravel Middle East · host Adel Aali, History Behind News Program
Who were the Iranians of the 1979 Revolution? Was it an Islamic revolution? 🚩About My Guest: Dr. Naghmeh Sohrabi is a professor of Middle East History and the Director for Research at the Crown Center for Middle East Studies at Brandeis University. This interview was initially published in our History Behind News Channel in October 2022, during the Mahsa Amini protests in Iran. She is the author of the book "Taken for Wonder: Nineteenth Century Travel Accounts from Iran to Europe " and numerous articles on Iranian history, politics, and culture. Her second book project it is tentatively titled “The Intimate Lives of a Revolution: Iran 1979”, which we talk about in this interview. And here is her academic website. Adel Aali Host Support My Program: I rely on your support to continue this program. So thank you in advance. ******🎶Music attributions: 1. Opening and closing music of the program: Santur: Peyman Heydarian playing on the Santur some Iranian music. Recorded with a Sony PCM-D50 at the School of Oriental and African Studies of London on April 7th 2011. Music available on at https://freesound.org/people/xserra/sounds/125654/Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0 DEED) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This music has been cut in shorter pieces and its volume has been adjusted in different portions of our program. 2. Background music to guest introduction: The Desert | The Grand Scorehttps://www.free-stock-music.com/alexander-nakarada-the-desert.htmlThe Desert | The Grand Score by Alexander Nakarada (CreatorChords) | https://creatorchords.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/The volume and lengths of this piece have been modified. 3. Background music to promoting History Behind News episodes: The Success by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon. Musicpromoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The volume and lengths of this piece have been modified.
What this episode covers
Who were the Iranians of the 1979 Revolution? Was it an Islamic revolution? 🚩About My Guest: Dr. Naghmeh Sohrabi is a professor of Middle East History and the Director for Research at the Crown Center for Middle East Studies at Brandeis University. This interview was initially published in our History Behind News Channel in October 2022, during the Mahsa Amini protests in Iran. She is the author of the book "Taken for Wonder: Nineteenth Century Travel Accounts from Iran to Europe " and numerous articles on Iranian history, politics, and culture. Her second book project it is tentatively titled “The Intimate Lives of a Revolution: Iran 1979”, which we talk about in this interview. And here is her academic website. Adel Aali Host Support My Program: I rely on your support to continue this program. So thank you in advance. ******🎶Music attributions: 1. Opening and closing music of the program: Santur: Peyman Heydarian playing on the Santur some Iranian music. Recorded with a Sony PCM-D50 at the School of Oriental and African Studies of London on April 7th 2011. Music available on at https://freesound.org/people/xserra/sounds/125654/Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0 DEED) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This music has been cut in shorter pieces and its volume has been adjusted in different portions of our program. 2. Background music to guest introduction: The Desert | The Grand Scorehttps://www.free-stock-music.com/alexander-nakarada-the-desert.htmlThe Desert | The Grand Score by Alexander Nakarada (CreatorChords) | https://creatorchords.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/The volume and lengths of this piece have been modified. 3. Background music to promoting History Behind News episodes: The Success by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon. Musicpromoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The volume and lengths of this piece have been modified.
NOW PLAYING
Who Made Iran’s 1979 Revolution? Rethinking What “Revolution” Means | HbN S2E33
No transcript for this episode yet