In tonight’s program we featured excerpts from a unique CD, “After the Last Sky: A Mosaic of Palestinian Poetry and Music” created and recorded by Duo Doloroso. Named after a phrase penned by Mahmoud Darwish, the CD “After the Last Sky” treats the listener to readings of Poetry of Resistance and Freedom by eleven Palestinian … Continued
For this week’s program, , we will first hear an interview with Sonali Kolhatkar, who is the co-director of the Afghan Women’s Mission. We will talk to her about the plight of women in Afghanistan nearly three years after the invasion of Afghanistan of Oct 7th. Later in the program, we will speak with Iraqi … Continued
Samuel Huntington is believed to have formalized the new policy of the US toward Middle Eastern countries. In his book “Clash of civilizations” written in 1993, the coming confrontations and wars were predicted or rather suggested. We need to examine Huntington’s work and motivations for constructing such a frame work. To do this task we … Continued
Join co-hosts Malihe and Khalil for this week’s program, during which, we will first hear a conversation with Dr Ali Dinar, Outreach Coordinator of African Studies Center at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Mohamed Elgadi, a Sudanese activist and the founder of “Group Against Torture in Sudan (GATS)”. We will speak with them about … Continued
George Bush administration in the past 4 years has adopted the policy of pre-emption that resulted in war and destruction in different countries. Thousands of people from Iraq and Afghanistan are the victims of this war-driven administration. It is important to see differences between this government and previous ones without having any illusions toward the … Continued
Today’s interviews are produced by Mehmet Bayram, Sureya Sayadi and Susan Galleymore. Our interviews are with three different scholars covering various aspects of Kurdish issues, these guests will be speakers among many others at the Kurdish Human Rights Conference on September 4th and 5th in San Francisco. First we start with Dr. Nicole Watts an … Continued
Join co-hosts Malihe and Ali Ezzatyar, sitting in for Khalil, for this week’s program, during which, we will first hear a conversation with Khalida Jarrar, Director of Addameer Prisoners’ Support and Human Rights Association, about the on-going hunger strike by Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli prisons. Later in the program, there will be an interview … Continued
Johayna Marlow and John Young feature an in-depth interview from besieged Gaza with Dr Mona El-Farra from the Al-Awda hospital near Beit Hannoun, and with our very own Bay Area Professor, Dr Jess Ghannam of the Gaza Community Mental Health Program. These two prominent doctors spoke with us about the current medical conditions in Gaza, … Continued
Join Malihe and Dr Beshara Doumani for this week’s program in which we will hear an interview with Dr. Naseer H. Aruri: Chancellor Professor (Emeritus) of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth about his latest book titled Dishonest Broker : The Role of the United States in Palestine and Israel. In this … Continued
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