The Big Picture with Mohamed Hassan

About The Big Picture with Mohamed Hassan

A weekly podcast focused on long-form interviews on history, pop culture and society affecting the MENA region and diaspora communities. It aims to inform and illuminate the region through a non-newsy lens, exploring the MENA region's past, present and future and its people. Each episode begins with a question and an introduction to an expert who will attempt to answer it.

Publisher

Middle East Eye

Category

history · news · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

21 Jan 2023

Latest episode

25 Jul 2025

Latest episodes

84 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   25 Jul 2025

   Why I turned my camera from Hollywood to the street | Misan Harriman

   This week on The Big Picture Podcast we’re joined by celebrated photographer and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Misan Harriman. Harriman has built a global following through his moving black and white photography of the world’s most recognisable faces, becoming the first ever Black photographer to shoot the cover of Vogue. Since then, he made his directorial debut with the emotional short film ruminating on grief, The After, which was nominated for an Academy Award in 2024. His new documentary,...

2. 

   10 Jul 2025

   UN Special Rapporteur exposes a global "economy of genocide" | Francesca Albanese

   Just two days after we sat down with Francesca Albanese, the Trump Administration placed her under sanctions. They accuse the UN Special Rapporteur of waging “economic warfare” on the United States. She says the sanctions are “mafia style intimidation techniques” and vows to continue her work to remind states of their obligations to “stop and punish genocide. And those who profit from it.” So why has the US taken such a drastic move? That has a lot to do with a scathing report Albanese just...

3. 

   4 Jul 2025

   Silicon Valley, Israel and the new AI arms race | Antony Loewenstein

   Author Antony Loewenstein discusses the intersection of Silicon Valley, Israel, and the emerging AI arms race with Mohamed Hassan in an interview.

Who has been a guest on The Big Picture with Mohamed Hassan

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Antony Loewenstein
• Norman Finkelstein
• David Hearst
• William Hartung

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

26 ratings

Spotify

3.4 / 5

136 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 38 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

41

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

89

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

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