This week, we look at the youth uprising in the Middle East. As we witness the revolutionary tide sweeping the Middle East and North Africa, and as we follow the heroic struggles of people against authoritarian regimes and client states of Libya, Bahrain, Yemen, Iran, Iraq and other countries in the region, a major social group, which has garnered a lot of attention is the youth
Special Voices of the Middle East broadcast about the historic uprising in Egypt and its implications for the region at large and the world beyond. We’ll be joined by a stellar team of middle East and north African experts, who will analyze and decode for us the meaning and significance of this epic moment in world history.
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This week we give you a first-hand account of the Egyptian Revolution, in Tahrir Square. Tahrir, meaning peace.
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This week we continue our coverage about the revolution in Tunisa. We also speak with a young Egyptian rapper.
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This week we continue our coverage of the historic revoluation in Tunisia.
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This week we have a conversation about the reasons behind the referendum in Southern Sudan. We also get an update about the spreading protests in Tunisia.
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eek we look at the ongoing protests in Tunisia. Also we speak with Iranian-American author Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet of Penn State University about her debut novel, “Martyrdom Street.”
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This week we bring back some of our favorite programming. We speak with Eyal Weizman about her his book, “Hollow Land: Israel’s Architecture of Occupation.” We also speak with a Iranian-American author Firoozeh Dumas, about her latest book, “Laughing Without An Accent: Adventures of Global Citizen.”
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This week we’ll hear a conversation with the Director of the Institute of Jerusalem Studies about Jerusalem at the turn of the 20th century. We also talk about acclaimed Iranian filmmakers, Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasulov both who have been sentence to six years in prison by the Iranian government.
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