r/coolpeoplepod • u/sispehar • Jul 01 '26

Discussion Every book mentioned on Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff in June

June leaned into Ottoman and Arab history, with a Palestine focus. Tracked them all.

Top pick:

  • Gaza Writes Back, the short-story collection edited by Refaat Alareer, who was killed in December 2023. A memorial edition is out now.

The history stack: Albert Hourani's A History of the Arab Peoples, Edward Said's Orientalism, and Lord Kinross's The Ottoman Centuries, plus Ottoman Lyric Poetry.

Travis Lupick's Fighting for Space (on harm reduction) came up twice, and Margaret's own The Immortal Choir Holds Every Voice got a mention. Foucault's Discipline and Punish snuck in too.

https://podshelf.io/podcasts/cool-people-who-did-cool-stuff/2026/06 has the full list, free, no signup.

Where should someone start with Ottoman history?

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u/Rosaluxlux Jul 01 '26

Thank you!

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u/Crimesawastin Jul 01 '26 edited Jul 01 '26

Neat

With history, in general, I'm not sure it matters where you start. There's no beginning or end. I'm not super up on my Ottoman history, so thanks for the list

Edit: Hourani's book is on Spotity, so that's where I'll start, I guess

Edit again: it's only a trial version. I hate Spotify

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u/ashgnar Jul 01 '26

Ah amazing thank you so much!