In this week’s program, Professor Mansour Farhang of Bennington College in Vermont will talk to us about Akabr Ganji, a dissident journalist and a prisoner of conscience, who has been on a hunger strike since June 11, as well as the plight of other political prisoners in Iran. To find out about Ganji’s case and … Continued
In this week’s program, we will hear UC Berkeley History Professor Beshara Doumani in conversation with filmmaker Juliano Mer Khamis about his award-winning film, Arna’s Children, which he and Danniel Danniel co-directed. Arna’s Children is an important and powerful documentary that follows the lives of several Palestinian children in the Jenin refugee camp from their … Continued
Join Malihe and Khalil for this week’s program, during which we have a conversation with Hassan Jum’a Awad Al Asade, President of the General Union of Oil Workers of Iraq, and Fleh Abbood Umara, General Secretary of the same union. Later in the program, we’ll discuss two movies featured in this year’s Jewish Film Festival … Continued
Join Malihe and Khalil for this week’s program, during which we will hear a talk by Kurdish-American activist and freelance journalist Ali Ezzatyar, tilted "Rooms in the House: Cross-State Alliances Among Kurds” which he gave as part of a panel at the New College of California on June 19, 2005. In this presentation, the speaker … Continued
Join Malihe and Khalil for this week’s program, during which we will hear the second part of an interview with Al Jazeera Television’s senior producer Hassan Ibrahim. Later in the program, we will hear an interview with Dr. Zeina Zaatari about the upcoming Arab Women Film series that starts on July 6 at La Peña … Continued
Join Malihe and Khalil for this week’s program, during which we will continue our discussion on Iran’s recent presidential election with political activist and journalist Nasser Mohajer, based in Paris, political activist Dr. Ahmad Shayegan from Tehran as well as Farzaneh and Nahid, two woman activists living in Iran. Later in the program, we will … Continued
Join Malihe and Khalil for this week’s program. On the occasion of Iran’s 9th presidential election, since the inception of the Islamic state, We are going to listen to the first parts of the two-part interviews with long-term political activist and journalist, Nasser Mohajer, based in Paris, France as well as Dr. Ahmad Shayegan, a … Continued
Join Malihe and Khalil for this week’s program, during which we will hear the first part of an interview with Al Jazeera Television’s senior producer Hassan Ibrahim. Later in the program, we will hear an interview with Paul Larudee, an organizer with the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) in Northern California, about volunteering with the ISM … Continued
Join Malihe and Khalil for this week’s program, during which we will hear the second part of a groundbreaking debate on the influence of the Zionist lobby on the U.S. policy in Israel-Palestine between the two contrasting points of view of Jeff Blankfort, a journalist and long time activist, and Professor Stephen Zunes. Stephen Zunes … Continued
Join Malihe and Khalil for this week’s program, during which we will hear the first part of a groundbreaking debate on the influence of the Zionist lobby on America’s policy in Israel-Palestine between the two contrasting points of view of Jeff Blankfort, a journalist and long time activist, and Professor Stephen Zunes. Stephen Zunes is … Continued
