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December 2009

This Week: Update on Iran Protest & Speech by Filmmaker Tariq Ali

This week, Voices of the Middle East and North Africa brings you an update about the protests in Iran, and on the governments continued wave of repression from Dr. Mansour Farhang, professor of politics at Benigton College. We also bring you the second part of a speech by noted writer, journalist, and filmmaker Tariq Ali. His lecture was titled “Obama’s War in Afghanistan and Pakistan”. Click here to listen to VOMENA’s update on Iran’s protest, and a speech by filmaker Tariq Ali.

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Iran: Students Attacked in Mashhad Open University

Iran: Students Attacked in Mashhad Open University

Video: Prisoners Getting Freed By Iranian Mob

Prisoners Getting Freed By Iranian Mob

This Week: Talk with filmaker Tariq Ali and author John Berger

This week, Voices of the Middle East and North Africa brings you the first part of a speech by noted writer, journalist, and filmmaker Tariq Ali delivered at the Twelfth Annual Eqbal Ahmad Lecture at Hampshire College on November 17.

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Khalil Bendib’s Weekly Cartoon: Welcome to Bethlehem

Khalil Bendib’s Weekly Cartoon: Welcome to Bethlehem

Iran’s Mousavi fired as head of Arts Institution

From BBC News: The Council for Cultural Revolution, a high-ranking body chaired by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, dismissed Mousavi on Tuesday night, state media said.

This Week: Global Warming in the Middle East

This week on Voices of the Middle East and North Africa, we continue our talks on the impact global warming in the Middle East and North Africa.

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Khalil Bendib’s Weekly Cartoon

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This Week on VOMENA: LGTB in Lebanon & Climate Change in N. Africa

This week on Voices of the Middle East and North we go to Copenhagen to speak with experts about the impact of global warming in North Africa and what . We also speak with the general coordinator of a LGTB movement in Lebanon about the book, Bareed Mista3jil: True Stories, a collection of 41 stories from “lesbians, bisexuals, queer and questioning women, and trans-gender persons from all over Lebanon.”

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Khalil Bendib’s Weekly Cartoon

For more of Khalil Bendib’s cartoons, visit The Pen is Funnier than the Sword.