Middle East Radio Project hosts talk to Bay Area Arab-American activist Fadi Saba, who is also a member of the KPFA Local Station Board, about the election results and what it means for the people from the Middle East in the US and for the region. Also, Dr. Vera Saeedpour, an American, established the Kurdish … Continued
Join Malihe and Mandana, sitting in for Khalil for this week’s program, during which, we will first hear a conversation with UC Berkeley Professor of History, Beshara Doumani, about his trip to the occupied Palestinian city of Nablus this past summer. His article about the subject will appear in the November issue of the Journal … Continued
We have interviewed Dr. M. Shahid Alam professor of economics at Northeastern University. His new book is called Is There An Islamic Problem? The book has not been published in the US and offers an alternative view to the main stream media. To buy his book or see his other articles you can go to … Continued
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
