In this week’s program, we pay homage to late Italian film-maker Gillo Pontecorvo and present an incredible 40th anniversary Battle of Algiers 3-DVD package featuring a digitalized version of this classic film, which has revolutionized political cinema and continues to have unexpected political reverberations 41 years after its initial release. Among the dozen or so … Continued
On tonight’s program, Dr. Samera Esmeir will talk with filmmakers Eyal Sivan and Michel Khleifi, about their poignant documentary film "Route 181, Fragments of a Journey in Palestine-Israel". In this four and half hour documentary, the filmmakers travel together, tracing the virtual line that follows the borders envisaged in the United Nations Resolution 181. Resolution … Continued
In this week’s program, we pay tribute to prominent Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, who was assassinated in Istanbul, Turkey on Friday Jan 19th. Later in the program, we will speak with History Professor Thabit A. J. Abdullah of York University in Toronto and Hanna Edward, General Director of Iraqi Al Amal Association in Baghdad and … Continued
In this week’s program, UC Berkeley History Professor Beshara Doumani will talk with Dr. Mustafa Barghouti about the political situation in occupied Palestine and the outlook for the future of that beleaguered country. Dr. Barghouti is a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council and Secretary-General of the Palestinian National Initiative. To read one of his … Continued
In this week’s program, we will hear an update from Left Turn Magazine editor Rayan El Amine in Beirut on the current political situation and the massive demonstrations and sit-ins that started Dec 1st and are continuing. Later in the program, we will talk to artist and activist Kayhan Irani about her one-woman show monologue … Continued
In this week’s program, by popular demand we bring you back two of our listeners’ favorite segments of the year 2006. First, an interview with Haifa University History Professor Ilan Pappe on his stunning new book, The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, which demystifies the history of the Nakbah, the 1948 catastrophe that befell Palestinians, when … Continued
In this week’s program, we will speak with Iranian labor unionist Ebrahim Madadi about the continuing struggle of transit workers in Tehran to defend their rights to form and maintain an independent workers organization and better their lives. Ebrahim Madadi is the Vice-President of the Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company. The … Continued
In this week’s program, we will feature an interview with Lebanese American journalist and broadcaster Ghiida Fakhry, who is the main anchor of the newly launched AlJazeera International TV network, and we will talk with her about her network’s potentially dramatic influence on the international political scene. Later in the program, we will speak with … Continued
In this week’s program, Armin will speak to UC Santa Cruz Professor Paul Ortiz on the question of colonialism, past and present, through the eyes of two of the 20th century’s most powerful and seminal thinkers on the subject: Edward Said and Frantz Fanon. Later in the program, an interview with two local activists, Manny … Continued
A discussion on the current situation in Lebanon in the larger context of the tumultuous Middle East with Bassam Haddad, Assistant Professor in the Department of political science at St. Joseph’s University and Visiting Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University. Dr. Haddad is also director and executive producer of a new documentary series on Arabs and … Continued
