Voices of the Middle East and North Africa

Voices of the Middle East and North Africa

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Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – “The Battle for Justice in Palestine and the San Francisco International Film Festival”

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  Host Khalil Bendib speaks with Ali Abunimah, co-founder and director of The Electronic Intifada about his new book, “The Battle for Justice in Palestine” We’ll ask him about the movement for boycott, divestment, and sanctions against Israel and the future of Palestine. Later in the program, Malihe Razazan interviews Rachel Rosen, director of programming … Continued

Voices of the Middle East and North Africa

Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – “Saudi Arabia’s Regional Ambitions and National Poetry Month”

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  On today’s show, we will explore Saudi Arabia’s regional ambitions in the Middle East and how US-Saudi relations are evolving. Tensions have arisn between the two countries – how will it effect their long-standing alliance? Host Khalil Bendib interviews Toby Jones, a historian of the modern Middle East at Rutgers Univeristy. He is the author … Continued

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Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – “Tunisia’s New Constitution and Twitter banned in Turkey”

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Unlike its less fortunate neighbors to the east, since the fall of its long-time dictator Tunisia has so far managed to stay free of major violence and disorder. Host Khalil Bendib looks at the recently passed Tunisian constitution with Tunisian political scientist, Nadia Marzouki, a Jean Monnet Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. … Continued

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Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – Why is the Dead Sea Dying?

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  The famous Dead Sea, a salt lake between Jordan and the occupied West Bank and present-day Israel, has been shrinking at the alarming rate of 1.5 meters a year in recent decades. So why is the Dead Sea dying? Malihe Razazan talks to Palestinian enviromentalist, Muna Dajani, about the Red Sea-Dead Sea Water Conveyance Project, a 10 billion dollar … Continued

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Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – “Palestinian soccer players under attack and social justice worker detained in Cairo”

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Host Khalil Bendib speaks with Dave Zirin, The Nation’s sports editor, about the shooting of two teenage Palestinian soccer players by the Israeli occupation forces as well as a famous Palestinian soccer team in Chile, Club Deportivo Palestino, which also came under attack for printing the map of Palestine on their soccer jerseys.  Later in the … Continued

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Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – Syria’s “Second Front” and Al Mutanabbi Street

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Host Malihe Razazan interviews Syrian-born frontline correspondent Mohammed Ali about his latest reporting trip in the el Attari village near Aleppo in northern Syria which is the subject of his front line documentary, “Syria’s Second Front”.   Later, Khalil Bendib will have a conversation with local poet, book seller and activist Beau Beausoleil, about a … Continued

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Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – “Deconstructing Myths and Language of the Israeli-Palestine ‘Peace Process'”

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In today’s show we bring you a speech from Rashid Khalidi, a prominent Middle East historian and the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University. He spoke recently at the University of Denver’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies about his new book, “Brokers of Deceit: How the U.S. Has Undermined Peace in … Continued

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Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – “Corruption in Turkey and Living with Death in Iraq”

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On this week’s program, Shahram Aghamir speaks with Erdem Yörük, an assistant professor of sociology at Koç University in Turkey about the political graft in that country and how it all unfolded. Malihe interviews acclaimed Iraqi novelist Sinan Antoon about the inspiration for his new novel,”The Corpse Washer”. He writes about the accumulated tragedy of loss.