Unlike its less fortunate neighbors to the east, since the fall of its long-time dictator Tunisia has so far managed to stay free of major violence and disorder. Host Khalil Bendib looks at the recently passed Tunisian constitution with Tunisian political scientist, Nadia Marzouki, a Jean Monnet Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. … Continued
The famous Dead Sea, a salt lake between Jordan and the occupied West Bank and present-day Israel, has been shrinking at the alarming rate of 1.5 meters a year in recent decades. So why is the Dead Sea dying? Malihe Razazan talks to Palestinian enviromentalist, Muna Dajani, about the Red Sea-Dead Sea Water Conveyance Project, a 10 billion dollar … Continued
Host Khalil Bendib speaks with Dave Zirin, The Nation’s sports editor, about the shooting of two teenage Palestinian soccer players by the Israeli occupation forces as well as a famous Palestinian soccer team in Chile, Club Deportivo Palestino, which also came under attack for printing the map of Palestine on their soccer jerseys. Later in the … Continued
Host Malihe Razazan interviews Syrian-born frontline correspondent Mohammed Ali about his latest reporting trip in the el Attari village near Aleppo in northern Syria which is the subject of his front line documentary, “Syria’s Second Front”. Later, Khalil Bendib will have a conversation with local poet, book seller and activist Beau Beausoleil, about a … Continued
Voices of the Middle East and North Africa Special
In today’s show we bring you a speech from Rashid Khalidi, a prominent Middle East historian and the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University. He spoke recently at the University of Denver’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies about his new book, “Brokers of Deceit: How the U.S. Has Undermined Peace in … Continued
On this week’s program, Shahram Aghamir speaks with Erdem Yörük, an assistant professor of sociology at Koç University in Turkey about the political graft in that country and how it all unfolded. Malihe interviews acclaimed Iraqi novelist Sinan Antoon about the inspiration for his new novel,”The Corpse Washer”. He writes about the accumulated tragedy of loss.
Historian Illan Pappe gives a lecture about the fallacy of the two state solution in resolving Israel/Palestine conflict. Later in the program, host Khalil Bendib speaks with Dr. Abdul Jabar and student Ashley Suarez to discuss the future of Middle East Studies at San Francisco City College. Malihe Razazan interviews Musa Syeed about his short film … Continued
Nearly three years after the fall of Mubarak, with the deep state and the military openly back in control, Egypt seems to have come full circle. How did that happen and what is the situation on the ground really like, as Egyptians go to the polls again to vote on a new proposed constitution? Vomena’s … Continued
