Voices of the Middle East and North Africa

Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – December 14, 2005

On this week’s program, UC Berkeley Histroy Professor Beshara Doumani will talk to George Bisharat, Professor of Law at University of California Hastings College of the Law about the latest development in the case of Palestinian Professor Sami Al-Arian of South Florida University. Later in the program we will hear a conversation with the Bay … Continued


Voices of the Middle East and North Africa

Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – December 7, 2005

On the last day of the month-long Egyptian parliamentary elections, History Professor Beshara Doumani will have a conversation with New York University Professor Khaled Fahmy, a leading historian of modern Egypt, and a close observer of the contemporary Egyptian political scene. The Egyptian government under long-time ruler Hosni Mobarak, a key ally of the United … Continued


Voices of the Middle East and North Africa

Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – November 2, 2005

In this week’s program, we will have a discussion about the current political situation in Syria and Lebanon. Our guests are Political Science Professors Bassam Haddad of Saint Joseph’s University and As’ad AbuKhalil of California State University at Stanislaus. Later in the program, we will have a conversation about Palestinian hip hop with the Palestinian-American … Continued


Voices of the Middle East and North Africa

Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – October 12, 2005

Tonight we will have a discussion with Professor Norman Finkelstein about his latest, groundbreaking book, Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History. Professor Finklestein is a well-known historian who teaches Political Science at De Paul University in Chicago. His books include The Holocaust Industry, A Nation on Trial, and Image … Continued