In this week’s program, we discuss the wave of protests that has been shaking Syria since the middle of March. Shahram Aghamir speaks with Professor Bassam Haddad. Bassam Haddad is Director of the Middle East Studies Program at George-Mason University and teaches in the Department of Public and International Affairs at George Mason University. He … Continued
In this week’s program, we remember Juliano Mer Khamis, leading Palestinian rights activist, actor, filmmaker and Artistic Director of Freedom Theater in Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West bank. He was shot by unknown assailants in Jenin on Monday, April 4, as he was leaving the theatre. We bring you a conversation that U.C. … Continued
The young between the ages of 15 and 29 make up more that 50% of the population in several countries of the Middle East and North Africa. What is the status of these young people in these neoliberal times? Can what is taking place in the Middle East and North Africa be considered a youth … Continued
This week’s program: Democracy in the Middle East and North Africa; Tunisia, Egypt, Iran, Yemen, Bahrain…, but does that concept extend to Israel/Palestine and can democracy be reconciled with colonialism, or is that a contradiction in terms? In his latest book, Out of the Frame, prominent Israeli scholar Dr. Ilan Pappe examines this question in … Continued
