2:00 PM Pacific Time: Wednesdays
The richly diverse and fascinating world of culture and politics of the Middle East and North Africa, exploring the complex web of class, gender, ethnic, religious and regional differences which separate and distinguish the ways of life and political and ideological perspectives of people in that part of the world.
Co-hosted by Malihe and Mira.
Join Malihe and Khalil for this week’s program, during which we will hear a talk by Kurdish-American activist and freelance journalist Ali Ezzatyar, tilted "Rooms in the House: Cross-State Alliances Among Kurds” which he gave as part of a panel at the New College of California on June 19, 2005. In this presentation, the speaker … Continued
Join Malihe and Khalil for this week’s program, during which we will hear the second part of an interview with Al Jazeera Television’s senior producer Hassan Ibrahim. Later in the program, we will hear an interview with Dr. Zeina Zaatari about the upcoming Arab Women Film series that starts on July 6 at La Peña … Continued
Join Malihe and Khalil for this week’s program, during which we will continue our discussion on Iran’s recent presidential election with political activist and journalist Nasser Mohajer, based in Paris, political activist Dr. Ahmad Shayegan from Tehran as well as Farzaneh and Nahid, two woman activists living in Iran. Later in the program, we will … Continued
Join Malihe and Khalil for this week’s program. On the occasion of Iran’s 9th presidential election, since the inception of the Islamic state, We are going to listen to the first parts of the two-part interviews with long-term political activist and journalist, Nasser Mohajer, based in Paris, France as well as Dr. Ahmad Shayegan, a … Continued
Join Malihe and Khalil for this week’s program, during which we will hear the first part of an interview with Al Jazeera Television’s senior producer Hassan Ibrahim. Later in the program, we will hear an interview with Paul Larudee, an organizer with the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) in Northern California, about volunteering with the ISM … Continued
Join Malihe and Khalil for this week’s program, during which we will hear the second part of a groundbreaking debate on the influence of the Zionist lobby on the U.S. policy in Israel-Palestine between the two contrasting points of view of Jeff Blankfort, a journalist and long time activist, and Professor Stephen Zunes. Stephen Zunes … Continued
Join Malihe and Khalil for this week’s program, during which we will hear the first part of a groundbreaking debate on the influence of the Zionist lobby on America’s policy in Israel-Palestine between the two contrasting points of view of Jeff Blankfort, a journalist and long time activist, and Professor Stephen Zunes. Stephen Zunes is … Continued
Join Malihe and Khalil for this week’s program, during which we will first feature two weblog entries from the book Baghdad Burning: Girl Blog from Iraq by Riverbend, a 25-year-old Iraqi woman living in Baghdad. Baghdad Burning: Girl Blog from Iraq is a collection of blog entries that roughly span the first year of the … Continued
Join Malihe and Khalil for this week’s Voices of the Middle East and North Africa special marathon program, commemorating the 57th anniversary of the Nakba or the catastrophe of 1948 which resulted in expulsion of more than 700,000 Palestinians from Historic Palestine, massacres of civilians, and the razing to the ground of hundreds of Palestinian … Continued
Join Malihe and Khalil for this week’s “Voices of Middle East and North Africa” special marathon program, which we will feature War, occupation and the future of the Middle East, a talk given by Tariq Ali on April 25th at Stanford University. Tariq Ali is a novelist, historian, veteran activist and an editor for New … Continued
