Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – October 31, 2007
Israeli scholar Ilan Pappe talks about the history of the occupation of Palestine.
Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – October 24, 2007
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
Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – October 17, 2007
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
Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – September 5, 2007
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
Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – August 29, 2007
In tonight’s program, we will bring you an update on the plight of Mordechai Vanunu, an Israeli former nuclear technician who spent 18 years in prison, including more than 11 years in solitary confinement for revealing details of Israel’s nuclear weapons program to the British press in 1986. On a related topic we’ll also talk … Continued