Part 1 of a 2 part series on the 1915 Armenian genocide. Rising nationalism due to capitalist development in Europe found its reflection in the Ottoman empire as a new, religiously and ethnically pure nation state. As the new "Turkish" identity was fabricated, the previous tolerance for diverse ethnic and religious structure of the Ottoman … Continued
Join Malihe and Khalil for this week’s program, during which we will first hear a conversation with Professor George Giacaman of Birzeit University in Ramallah, who is the founder and a board member of Muwatin, The Palestinian Institute for the Study of Democracy. UC Berkeley history professor Beshara Doumani will talk to professor Giacaman about … Continued
This week, John Young and Johayna Marlow of the Middle East Project bring you a special program on the upcoming presidential election in Palestine. It seems as if every major broadcast network and news organization is intent upon portraying the election as “free and fair.” The reality is that the US, the UK, and Israel … Continued
Join Malihe and Khalil for this week’s program, during which we will first hear a conversation with recently released Israeli nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu, a Moroccan Jew who was imprisoned for 18 years in Israel, including 11 and a half years in solitary confinement. Among other topics, Mr. Vanunu will address his experience as a … Continued
Join co-hosts Malihe and Khalil for this week’s program, during which, we will continue the series on the history of Iran-United States relations. This week, the focus will be on the crisis around Iran’s nuclear program. Later on tonight’s program, we will hear the first part of an interview with internationally acclaimed Turkish writer Orhan … Continued
Christmas in Palestine In this special seasonal program prepared by Johayna Marlow and John Young, we feature exclusive interviews with the Anglican Bishop of Jerusalem – the Right Reverend Riah Abu El-Assal, and with the Mayor of Bethlehem, Hanna Nasser. These eminent Palestinians discuss with us the physical, economic, and demographic effects of the ongoing … Continued
Join co-hosts Malihe and Khalil for this week’s program, during which, we will hear the first of a two-part series on the history of Iran-United States relations since 1953. This week, from the 1953 Anglo-American coup till September 11, 2001. We will be hearing the second part of the series from 9-11 till now on … Continued
This week’s theme is on Kurds, Kurdistan and their culture. In the First part, we play an interview conducted earlier by Mehmet Bayram and Sureya Sayadi when they interviewed Christiane Bird an author and acclaimed journalist who had traveled to Kurdistan of Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran and has written a book about her journey … Continued
Join Malihe and Khalil for this week’s program, in which we will feature a poem by the great Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, titled "The Speech of the Red Indian," then a conversation with Anthony Shadid, the Lebanese-American journalist and the Washington Post correspondent in Baghdad who won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting, and, … Continued
John & Johayna from the Middle East Radio Project pay respect to Yasser Arafat with their analysis and excerpts from eulogies for Yasser Arafat around the world. In the second segment, Susan interviews Elia Arce on her video ‘The Fifth Commandment’ where Elia brings the voices of the active military personnel returning from Iraq. Two … Continued
