On this week’s program, Shahram Aghamir will speak with History Professor Thabit A. J. Abdullah of York University in Toronto on his just released book entitled Dictatorship, Imperialism and Chaos: Iraq since 1989. During the program, we will also hear selections from the Ilham: The Voice of Iraq, a new album by internationally renowned Iraqi … Continued
On tonight’s program, Khalil Bendib speaks with Haifa University History Professor Ilan Pappe about his stunning new book, The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, which demystifies the history of the Nakbah, the 1948 catastrophe that befell Palestinians, when over half of the population was forcibly expelled from its lands. In this new volume, slated to come … Continued
On tonight’s program, we will hear a discussion on the Kurdish issue across three neighboring states, Iran, Iraq and Turkey. Shahram Aghamir speaks with Professor Amir Hassanpour of the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations at the University of Toronto, Canada, and Dr. Burhan Elturan, a researcher on Kurdish language, history, politics and society … Continued
On this week’s program, we will take a look at the Afghanistan, five years after the invasion and occupation of that country. Fatima Mojaddedi will speak with Dr. Siddieq Noorzoy, Emeritus Professor of Economics at the University of Alberta. Later on the program, we will talk to Iranian-American poet Mahnaz Badihian about her poetry and … Continued
On this week’s program, Khalil speaks with four experts on post-9/11 profiling: Activist Raed Jarrar, who was singled out two weeks ago for wearing a political T-shirt upon boarding a plane in New York, and three Bay Area-based American attorneys specializing in post 9/11 profiling: Sanctuary for Community Advancement president and founder Banafsheh Akhlaghi, Lawyers’ … Continued
On this week’s program, Zeina Zaatari will speak to Lina Abou-Habib, the Executive Director of the Collective for Research and Training on Development and Action and an advisor for the Global Fund for Women in San Francisco. Lina Abou-Habib worked with various groups attempting to ensure humanitarian aid, relief work and resources towards contributing to … Continued
On this week’s program, we will look at the latest in the continuing standoff over Iran’s nuclear program. Yesterday, Iran gave a 23-page written response to an offer by the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany for trade and other concessions if it suspends the enrichment of uranium. The UN Security Resolution 1696 … Continued
On August 11, after 31 days of Israel’s war on Lebanon, the United Nations Security Council Passed Resolution 1701. To discuss the meaning of this resolution and its implications for Lebanon, Israel as well as the U.S. government and its plans for what the Bush administration calls a "New Middle East", Shahram Aghamir speaks to … Continued
Four weeks ago, the U.S. funded and armed Israeli military launched a full-scale war against Lebanon, its infrastructure, its social fabric and its people. On this week’s program, Dr. Azmi Beshara will be in conversation with Dr. Samara Esmeir about the destructive political operations of the war, the alignments within Israel that gave birth to … Continued
