Voices of the Middle East and North Africa

Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – May 18, 2005

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


Voices of the Middle East and North Africa

Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – May 4, 2005

Join Malihe and Khalil for this week’s program, during which we will first have a discussion with Billal Al Amin, an activist and an editor of Left Turn Magazine www.leftturn.org from Beirut, Lebanon about the economic situation as well as the condition of Lebanese, Syrian and Palestinian workers in that country. Later in the program, … Continued


Voices of the Middle East and North Africa

Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – April 27, 2005

Join Malihe and Khalil for this week’s program, during which, we will first hear the second part of a two-part interview on Syria’s political situation with Political Science Professor, Bassam Haddad of St Joseph’s University in philadelpia conducted by History Professor Beshara Doumani of UC Berkeley. Later in the program, we will hear the second … Continued


Voices of the Middle East and North Africa

Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – April 20, 2005

Join Malihe and Khalil for this week’s program, during which, we will first hear the first part of a two-part interview on Syria’s Political situation with political science professor, Dr. Bassam Haddad of St Joseph’s University in Philadelphia conducted by History Professor Beshara Doumani of UC Berkeley. Later in the program, we will hear the … Continued


Voices of the Middle East and North Africa

Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – April 13, 2005

Today, April 13th is the anniversary of the day recognized officially as the start of the Lebanese civil war in 1975. After this long and bloody conflict, spotted several times with the illegal Israeli occupation and US assaults and bombings, relative calm came over Lebanon when Lebanese forces were able to defeat the Israeli forces … Continued


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Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – April 6, 2005

Join Malihe and Khalil for this week’s program, during which we will first hear Professor Beshara Doumani discussing the recent attacks on academic freedom in U.S. public universities with professor Rashid Khalidi of Columbia university, which has been the site of an anti Palestinian rights witch-hunt. Later in the program, we will have an interview … Continued


Voices of the Middle East and North Africa

Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – March 30, 2005

This week, Johayna Marlow and John Young of the Middle East Radio Project Collective bring you a special program to mark the 57th anniversary of the Deir Yassin massacre in Palestine (April 9th 1948), one of the most significant dates in Palestinian history. Join us for an extraordinary commemoration in which we present a remarkable … Continued


Voices of the Middle East and North Africa

Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – March 23, 2005

Join Malihe and Khalil for this week’s program, during which we will first hear the second part of our interview with Algerian-born Marnia Lazreg, Professor of Sociology at Hunter College and at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. She is the author of the ground breaking book “The Eloquence of Silence: … Continued


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Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – March 16, 2005

Join co-hosts Sureya and Steve as they focus on workers in the Middle East. We will interview Amjad Al-Jawhary from the Federation of Workers Councils and Unions in Iraq and the Union of the Unemployed (UUI) www.uuiraq.org Al-Jawhary will discuss the economic conditions of the Iraqi workers and the effect of the US economic policies … Continued