Voices of the Middle East and North Africa

Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – August 11, 2004

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


Voices of the Middle East and North Africa

Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – August 4, 2004

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


Voices of the Middle East and North Africa

Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – July 14, 2004

To coincide with the declaration of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on July 9th, we produced a special interview. Johayna Marlow speaks with Jamal Juma’ of PENGON (The Palestinian Environmental NGOs Network), Coordinator of the Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, and with Shariif Omar, President of the Committee against Land Confiscation. Shariif is a farmer … Continued


Voices of the Middle East and North Africa

Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – July 7, 2004

Join co-hosts Malihe and Khalil for this week’s program, during which, we will first hear an interview with Elaine Hagopian, Professor Emerita of Sociology at Simmons College, to discuss the policies of the Syrian regime under the presidency of Bashar Al-Asad. Bashar succeeded his father, Hafiz Al-Asad in July 2000 when the latter passed way … Continued


Voices of the Middle East and North Africa

Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – June 23, 2004

Join co-hosts Malihe and Khalil for this week’s program, during which we will first hear an interview with Political Science Professor, Kiren Aziz Chaudhry of UC Berkeley, on the current socio-political situation in Saudi Arabia and on U.S. foreign policy in the Arabian Peninsula and the Middle East in general. Then, we’ll hear Palestinian poet … Continued


Voices of the Middle East and North Africa

Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – June 16, 2004

Various analysis by different political positions have tried to analyze the recent events in the Middle East. Of these analysis, the liberal approaches have put the main emphasis on the political effects of events like invasion of Iraq or Afghanistan. What has been missing in these discussions is a Marxist analysis and outlook on explaining … Continued


Voices of the Middle East and North Africa

Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – June 9, 2004

Join co-hosts Malihe and Khalil for this week’s program during which we will first hear an interview with Professor Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Chair in Arab Studies at Columbia University, about his new book titled "Resurrecting Empire: Western Footprint and America’s Perilous Path in the Middle East." Later in the program, we will have a … Continued


Voices of the Middle East and North Africa

Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – June 2, 2004

In the 1st part of today’s program, we are going to examine the nature of political Islam. Muslims and Middle Eastern people have been under suspicion and scrutiny attack by the Bush administration here because of their country of origin and religious background. Despite this, it is important to analyze political Islam, its social origins … Continued