Voices of the Middle East and North Africa

04.22.09 - 7:00pm

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Tonight, we are commemorating the 94th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Khalil Bendib is in conversation with Matthew Jendian, Associate Professor of Sociology at California State University, Fresno http://www.csufresno.edu/sociology/fac_staff/faculty/jendian.shtml , as well as Stephan Astourian, Executive Director of the Armenian Studies Program and Adjunct Assistant Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley. Armenian … Continued

04.08.09 - 7:00pm

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04.01.09 - 7:00pm

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In tonight’s program, Shahram Aghamir speaks with Imran Aslam, veteran Pakistani journalist and President of Geo TV, Pakistan’s premier television news channel, as well as Kamran Ali, Associate Professor Anthropology and Middle Eastern Studies at University of Austin in Texas. Imran Aslam and Kamran Ali discuss the U.S. policy in Afghanistan and Pakistan as well … Continued

03.25.09 - 7:00pm

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In this week’s program, Khalil Bendib speaks with History Professor Shlomo Sand of Tel Aviv University about his new book “When and Why the Jewish People was invented.” a surprising best seller in Israel which challenges the conventional wisdom according to which today's Jews are a national group with a biological connection to the original … Continued

03.18.09 - 7:00pm

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In this week’s program, we mark the 6th anniversary of the full-scale invasion and occupation of Iraq.  Shahram Aghamir speaks to independent journalist Dahr Jamail and Nabil Al-Takriti, Assistant Professor of History at the University of Mary Washington Later in the program, Shuka Kalantari and Sanaz Meshkinpour take us through the tradition of NoRouz that … Continued

03.11.09 - 7:00pm

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03.04.09 - 7:00pm

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In this week’s program, Khalil Bendib in conversation with two labor activists who share with us progress made within the labor movements – internationally and domestically – around the issue of solidarity Palestine. Patrick Craven of COSATU (The Congress of South African Trade Unions http://www.cosatu.org.za/cosatuho.htm ) discusses the latest action taken by a South African … Continued

02.25.09 - 7:00pm

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02.18.09 - 7:00pm

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02.04.09 - 7:00pm

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In this week’s program, History Professor Beshara Doumani will be in conversation with Columbia University Professor Rashid Khalidi about his new book entitled Sowing Crisis: The Cold War and American Hegemony in the Middle East. In his new work, Professor Khalidi dissects the crucial dynamics of power in the Cold War between the United States … Continued