Voices of the Middle East and North Africa

Voices of the Middle East and North Africa

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April 19, 2019: The Afghan Films Left Unfinished & the New Play “Scenes from 71 Years”

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This week, we speak with New York-based visual artist Mariam Ghani about her new documentary “What We Left Unfinished”, which is part of a long-term research, film, exhibition and book project centered around five unfinished Afghan feature films shot, but never edited, between 1978 and 1992. Later in the program, we talk about the new play “Scenes from 71 Years” currently on stage at Potrero Stage in San Francisco. The play offers a snapshot of the life under the grip of the Israeli occupation from 1948 until the present.

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April 12, 2019: Omar Al-Bashir is Out, So What’s Next for Sudan? Plus; Palestinians and the Elections in Israel

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After months of street protests, people in Sudan finally got rid of the country’s longtime dictator Omar Al-Bashir. So what is next for Sudan? And what in store for the movement for democracy and social justice there? We will get the answers from Professor Khalid Medani. And with Israeli elections topping the headlines in the past few days, we’ll get a Palestinian perspective on the elections from the Jerusalem based writer Budour Hassan.

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April 5, 2019: What’s Next for Algeria? Plus; Syrian Artist Reflects on the 2011 Mass Uprising

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This week, we get an update on the political developments in Algeria after the official resignation of the President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. We speak with Dr. Thomas Serres from the University of California Santa Cruz. Later in the program, we hear from the Syrian illustrator Dima Nachawi. We talk about the art scene, especially in exile, and the importance of creative work in preserving a nation’s collective memory.

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VOMENA March 29, 2019: The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East; and Yemeni Women Speak Out

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This week, we speak with Eli Clifton, contributor editor of Lobelia, about the recent controversies surrounding Representative Ilhan Omar, who has been questioning the US’s unconditional support for Israel as well as the influence of AIPAC, the powerful lobby that is instrumental in shaping US foreign policy in the Middle East.Later in the program, we’ll hear from 5 Yemeni women activists who speak about the impact that the war has had on their lives and how their view their role as Yemeni women, politically and socially.