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
A first-person account from the very heart of the Egyptian revolution, in Cairo’s aptly named Tahrir Square. (Tahrir meaning Liberation):Khalil Bendib talks to activist, blogger and regular contributor Hossam el Hamlawy who has been organizing and defending the popular movement in the streets of Cairo alongside many other of his brothers and sisters.Then Shahram Aghamir … Continued
