Voices of the Middle East and North Africa

Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – September 8, 2004

George Bush administration in the past 4 years has adopted the policy of pre-emption that resulted in war and destruction in different countries. Thousands of people from Iraq and Afghanistan are the victims of this war-driven administration. It is important to see differences between this government and previous ones without having any illusions toward the … Continued


Voices of the Middle East and North Africa

Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – August 25, 2004

Today’s interviews are produced by Mehmet Bayram, Sureya Sayadi and Susan Galleymore. Our interviews are with three different scholars covering various aspects of Kurdish issues, these guests will be speakers among many others at the Kurdish Human Rights Conference on September 4th and 5th in San Francisco. First we start with Dr. Nicole Watts an … Continued


Voices of the Middle East and North Africa

Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – August 18, 2004

Join co-hosts Malihe and Ali Ezzatyar, sitting in for Khalil, for this week’s program, during which, we will first hear a conversation with Khalida Jarrar, Director of Addameer Prisoners’ Support and Human Rights Association, about the on-going hunger strike by Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli prisons. Later in the program, there will be an interview … Continued


Voices of the Middle East and North Africa

Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – August 11, 2004

Johayna Marlow and John Young feature an in-depth interview from besieged Gaza with Dr Mona El-Farra from the Al-Awda hospital near Beit Hannoun, and with our very own Bay Area Professor, Dr Jess Ghannam of the Gaza Community Mental Health Program. These two prominent doctors spoke with us about the current medical conditions in Gaza, … Continued


Voices of the Middle East and North Africa

Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – August 4, 2004

Join Malihe and Dr Beshara Doumani for this week’s program in which we will hear an interview with Dr. Naseer H. Aruri: Chancellor Professor (Emeritus) of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth about his latest book titled Dishonest Broker : The Role of the United States in Palestine and Israel. In this … Continued


Voices of the Middle East and North Africa

Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – July 14, 2004

To coincide with the declaration of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on July 9th, we produced a special interview. Johayna Marlow speaks with Jamal Juma’ of PENGON (The Palestinian Environmental NGOs Network), Coordinator of the Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, and with Shariif Omar, President of the Committee against Land Confiscation. Shariif is a farmer … Continued


Voices of the Middle East and North Africa

Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – July 7, 2004

Join co-hosts Malihe and Khalil for this week’s program, during which, we will first hear an interview with Elaine Hagopian, Professor Emerita of Sociology at Simmons College, to discuss the policies of the Syrian regime under the presidency of Bashar Al-Asad. Bashar succeeded his father, Hafiz Al-Asad in July 2000 when the latter passed way … Continued


Voices of the Middle East and North Africa

Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – June 23, 2004

Join co-hosts Malihe and Khalil for this week’s program, during which we will first hear an interview with Political Science Professor, Kiren Aziz Chaudhry of UC Berkeley, on the current socio-political situation in Saudi Arabia and on U.S. foreign policy in the Arabian Peninsula and the Middle East in general. Then, we’ll hear Palestinian poet … Continued


Voices of the Middle East and North Africa

Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – June 16, 2004

Various analysis by different political positions have tried to analyze the recent events in the Middle East. Of these analysis, the liberal approaches have put the main emphasis on the political effects of events like invasion of Iraq or Afghanistan. What has been missing in these discussions is a Marxist analysis and outlook on explaining … Continued