Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – February 11, 2004
History Professor Beshara Dumani of U.C. Berkeley will be in conversation with Professor Ilan Pappe, an Israeli historian teaching at Haifa University, about his new book A History of Modern Palestine: One Land, Two People. It begins with the Ottomans in the early 1800s and traces a path through the arrival of the early Zionists … Continued
Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – February 4, 2004
An interview with Oren Yiftachel, the professor of geography at the University of Ben-Gurion in Israel. He talks about the issue of identity and political ramification of building the apartheid wall. He also touches on the self perception of Israeli people and the issue of one state solution. This is the second time Professor Oren … Continued
Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – January 21, 2004
Guest Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner, an Afghan novel written in English, a story of the friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father’s servant, against the backdrop of Afghanistan’s devastating recent history. Also, Palestinian Hip-Hop artist Will Youmans of Iron Sheik.
Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – January 14, 2004
Today we discuss the situation of the working class in Iran with long-time Iranian labor activist Yadollah Khosro-shahi. Also, the artists of the Iranian diaspora have been active in creating their literature and art in their original language. But the reflection of these artistic activities in their host countries has not been substantial. In the … Continued
Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – January 7, 2004
This week , we have a special program on the devastating earthquake in Iran that took the lives of more than 35,000 people. We talk with prominent Iranian writer Alisharaf Darvisian, and Dr Fariborz Raisdana, economist from Iran, about the efforts of non-governmental organizations to help the survivors of the earth quake and the Islamic … Continued
Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – December 24, 2003
Are all Christians united behind Bush and other "Born Again" or fundamentalist Christians? Is the war being waged against the peoples of the Middle East a religious war? Why are Christian fundamentalists making alliances with zionists in Israel? How do some Christians reconcile the Israeli land grabs from Palestinians? Especially when many Christian leaders, organizations, … Continued
Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – December 17, 2003
A conversation with Sinan Antoon, an Iraqi writer and a poet, and Adam Shapiro, an activist with the International Solidarity Movement about their journey to Iraq and their new documentary film "About Baghdad". The documentary captures what has become of Sinan’s city, Baghdad, as the result of wars, sanctions, decades of oppression and violence, and … Continued
Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – December 10, 2003
FEATURE : Interview with Henry Norr on his return back from occupied Palestine and his experience as a "Gate Watcher" at the Apartheid Wall Israel is building while it is illegally land grabbing from Palestine. Henry Norr is the former San Francisco Chronicle Technology Reporter who was fired from his job after exposing Intel cooperation’s … Continued
Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – December 3, 2003
Tariq Ali’s presentation at U.C. Berkeley on November 13, 2003. His presentation was delivered in a forum titled "Lessons of History, Limits of Power" sponsored by the Institute of International Studies at U.C. Berkeley. Tariq Ali starts his presentation by discussing the American empire. Subsequently, he talks about the U.S. foreign policy and the Anglo-american … Continued