Israeli forces continue bombarding Lebanon and the attacks are unrelenting in the Gaza. KPFA’s Voices of the Middle East and North Africa will be bringing you thorough analysis of the significance of these actions to the entire region.
The story goes that the great Mahatma Gandhi, when asked what he thought of Western Civilization, once replied: "WESTERN CIVILIZATION? THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA!" Tonight, as we helplessly watch the unfolding genocide of the Arab peoples of Palestine and Lebanon — not to mention Iraq — with the so-called international community largely silent … Continued
In this week’s program, Dr. Samera Esmeir will talk to U.C. Berkeley History Professor Beshara Doumani about the political objectives and consequences of Israel’s military re-invasion of the Gaza strip and related developments in the occupied west bank where Beshara Doumani is currently staying. Later in the program, we will be joined in the studio … Continued
On this week’s program, we will first hear a conversation with Sociology Professor Nacira Guenif Souilamas, of the University of Paris, who will talk to us about the stigmatization of the so-called Arab male within French society, which in large part led to the riots in the French suburbs in November 2005. Later in the … Continued
On this week’s program, we will talk to Israeli History Professor Ilan Pappe, who will share with us some of the encouraging strides made by the movement to boycott and divest from Israel over the past few weeks, in places such as Great Britain, Canada, the United States, and even Israel itself. Later in the … Continued
On this week’s program Dr Samera Esmeir of the Rhetoric Department at UC Berkeley will talk to Marwan Dalal, staff attorney at Adalah (The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel), about the recent ruling by the Supreme Court of Israel in which the Court approved the Nationality and Entry into Israel Law. The … Continued
On this week’s program, we 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 40 years after its initial release. Among the dozen or so features included in this package are interviews of filmmakers … Continued
