In tonight’s program, we will bring you a conversation with Turkish-born University of Indiana professor Burhan Elturan about Turkey’s recent cross-border attacks against the Kurdistan Workers Party’s positions in Northern Iraq. Later in the program, Iraqi Artist Wafaa Bilal will talk to us about his recent project as part of the new series of visual, … Continued
Israeli scholar Ilan Pappe talks about the history of the occupation of Palestine.
In this week’s program, Khalil Bendib will have a conversation with Bard College Professor of Social Studies Joel Kovel, the author of Overcoming Zionism: Creating a Single Democratic State in Israel/Palestine. In an assault on academic freedom by organizations mobilized to suppress criticism of Israel’s policies, Professor Kovel has been targeted for challenging the historical … Continued
Asef Bayat, Academic Director of the International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern world at Leiden University, The Netherlands, talks about his new book Making Islam Democratic: Social Movements and the Post-Islamist Turn. In this groundbreaking work, professor Bayat meticulously outlines social struggles in Iran by student organizations, youth and women’s groups, … Continued
In tonight’s program, Khalil Bendib will talk with the University of Iowa Anthropologist, Dr. Ahmed Kanna, about the dark side of Dubai’s economic "miracle." Dr. Kanna is the author of Dubai in a Jagged World that was published in the Summer 2007 edition of the Middle East Report. Later in the program, Malihe Razazan will … Continued
