Voices of the Middle East and North Africa

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May 3, 2019: Sudan’s Latest with Elsadig Elsheikh, Plus; A New Opera by Artist Niloufar Talebi

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This week, we bring you a conversation on the latest political developments in Sudan with Elsadig Elsheikh, the Director of the Global Justice program at the Haas Institute at the University of California, Berkeley. Later in the program, award-winning multidisciplinary artist and author Niloufar Talebi joins us to talk about her new opera Abraham in Flames, inspired by the stunning imagery of the late iconic Iranian poet Ahmad Shamlou.

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April 26, 2019: How Islamic was the Iranian Revolution? Interview with Dr. Ervand Abrahamian

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On the first part of our series on the 1979 Iranian revolution and its aftermath, we posed these questions to Professor Ervand Abrahamian, a prominent Iranian historian and emeritus distinguished professor of history at Baruch College and the Graduate Center at the City University of New York. He is the author of Iran Between Two Revolutions, among many other titles. He spoke with Shahram Aghamir.