Negotiating Ideas is a Podcast about liberty, democracy, and pluralism in Afghanistan and around the world. I am Omar Sadr, a scholar in exile, forced to flee my homeland overnight due to the Taliban’s brutality. In this podcast, as in my research, I explore how totalitarianism threatens democracy and the ways in which societies reinstitute freedom, democracy, and pluralism. My goal is to create a space for those who value pluralism, democracy, and liberty to find each other to develop solidarity and clarity.
Negotiating Ideas
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Negotiating Ideas is a Podcast about liberty, democracy, and pluralism in Afghanistan and around the world. I am Omar Sadr, a scholar in exile, forced to flee my homeland overnight due to the Taliban’s brutality. In this podcast, as in my research, I explore how totalitarianism threatens democracy and the ways in which societies reinstitute freedom, democracy, and pluralism. My goal is to create a space for those who value pluralism, democracy, and liberty to find each other to develop solidarity and clarity.
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November 9, 2025
The Strategic Work of Human Rights in Afghanistan
<p>Omar Sadr and Richard Bennett discuss human rights independent accountability mechanisms for Afghanistan.</p><p><br></p><p>Richard Bennett has served as UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Afghanistan, documenting Taliban abuses, advocating for accountability, and keeping international attention on Afghanistan's human rights crisis.</p><p>But what does a Special Rapporteur actually do? How does documentation become justice? And how can ordinary people support this work?</p><p>In this conversation, Richard explains his mandate, reflects on four years of this difficult work, and discusses practical pathways to accountability—from the International Criminal Court to universal jurisdiction to people's tribunals. We talk about gender apartheid, cultural erasure, and what role diaspora communities and scholars can play.</p><p>This isn't another depressing litany of Taliban crimes. It's a conversation about how accountability mechanisms work, where leverage exists, and what strategic human rights advocacy looks like when regimes answer to no one.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Readings</strong>:</p><ol><li> <a href="https://www.ohchr.org/en/documents/country-reports/ahrc5880-report-special-rapporteur-situation-human-rights-afghanistan" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Latest UN Special Rapporteur Reports on Afghanistan</a></li><li><a href="https://www.jadaliyya.com/Details/45300/Gender-Apartheid-and-Cultural-Relativism-under-the-Taliban-and-Iranian-Regimes">Gender Apartheid and Cultural Relativism under the Taliban and Iranian Regimes</a>, Jadaliyya, 2023</li><li><a href="https://peacepolicy.nd.edu/2025/11/06/the-need-for-a-new-lexicon-to-describe-the-oppression-of-the-taliban-system/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">The Need for a New Lexicon to Describe the Oppression of the Taliban System</a>, Kroc Institute Policy Brief, 2025</li><p><br></p></ol><p><br></p><p><strong>Connect with us!</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@negotiatingideaspodcast">YouTube</a>, <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/negotiating-ideas/id1631201602">Apple</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/5ex7544tc9ijllJip2VVju">Spotify</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/negotiatingideas/">Instagram</a>, and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/negotiatingideas">Facebook</a></p><p><strong>X/</strong> <strong>Twitter</strong>: @negotiateideas & @OmarSadr</p><p><strong>Website</strong>: https://negotiatingideas.com/</p><p><strong>Email</strong>: info@negotiatingideas.com</p>
October 12, 2025
34. Khurasan's Jewish Heritage: The Ancient Hebrew Manuscript in Bamyan
<p>Omar Sadr and<strong> </strong><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/herschel-hepler-81aa8811a" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><strong>Herschel Hepler</strong> </a>discuss Afghanistan's Liturgical Quire, the oldest Hebrew and Judeo-Persian prayer manuscript in the world.This remarkable manuscript compiles three prayer genres into a single bounded book which in Judaism is called codex: morning prayers for the Sabbath, poetry for Sukkot, and a Passover Haggadah mysteriously written upside down. But beyond its religious significance, this book represents something rare—a tangible bridge between Persian/Afghan/Afghanistani and Jewish cultural heritage.</p><p><strong>Readings</strong>:</p><ol><li> <a href="https://collections.museumofthebible.org/artifacts/25290-afghanistan-liturgical-quire " target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Afghanistan Liturgical Quire</a>, Museum of the Bible.</li><li><a href="https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/war-papers" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">War Papers:</a> A trove of medieval scrolls, smuggled out of Afghanistan into the hands of London art dealers, could shed new light on a once-vibrant Jewish heritage by Jonathan Lee</li><li>The Afghanistan <a href=" https://brill.com/display/title/63209?language=en" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Liturgical Quire</a>: Its Codicology, Texts and History Series: <a href="https://brill.com/view/serial/EJM" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Études sur le judaïsme médiéval</a>, Volume: 103. Volume Editor: <a href="https://brill.com/search?f_0=author&q_0=Rahel+Fronda" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Rahel Fronda</a></li><li>The <a href=" https://www.ohchr.org/en/special-procedures/sr-cultural-rights" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">UN Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights</a>, and the mandate to advance the “human rights-based approach to cultural heritage.”</li></ol><p><br></p><p><strong>Connect with us!</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@negotiatingideaspodcast" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">YouTube</a>, <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/negotiating-ideas/id1631201602" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Apple</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/5ex7544tc9ijllJip2VVju" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Spotify</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/negotiatingideas/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Instagram</a>, and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/negotiatingideas" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Facebook</a></p><p><strong>X/</strong> <strong>Twitter</strong>: @negotiateideas & @OmarSadr</p><p><strong>Website</strong>: https://negotiatingideas.com/</p><p><strong>Email</strong>: info@negotiatingideas.com</p>
September 18, 2025
33. Between Borders: Haim Abraham, the Afghanistan Jewish Merchant
<p>Omar Sadr and Dahlia Abraham-Klein discuss Dahlia's grandfather, a Persian-speaking Central Asian Jewish merchant. The Stateless Central Asian Merchant: The Life of Haim Aghajan Abraham (1897-1986).</p><p>Dahlia Abraham-Klein is a writer on Central Asian Jewish history and Jewish values. Her articles have appeared on Tablet, Chabad, Jewish Journal, and The Times of Israel. She is a teacher at Partners in Torah offering a personalized learning experience on the system of life through Jewish wisdom.</p><p><strong>Connect with us!</strong></p><p>Google, Apple, Spotify, Anchor</p><p><strong>Twitter</strong>: @negotiateideas & @OmarSadr</p><p><strong>Website</strong>: https://negotiatingideas.com/</p><p>Email: info@negotiatingideas.com</p><p><br></p>
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