his week, we have a conversation with Kamran Ali, an associate professor of anthropology and acting director of the South Asia Institute at the University of Texas at Austin. Later in the program, we’ll bring you the first of two part conversation with Iraqi film maker Mohamed Al-Daradji about his award winning feature film Ibne Babel, or Son of Babylon, a story about a grandmother and grandson in occupied Iraq.
For more of Khalil Bendib’s cartoons, visit The Pen is Funnier than the Sword.
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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For more of Khalil Bendib’s cartoons, visit The Pen is Funnier than the Sword.
April 1st, 2009 In this week’s program, Shahram Aghamir speaks with Imran Aslam, veteran Pakistani journalist and president of Geo TV, Pakistan’ s premier television news channel, as well as Kamran Ali, Associate Professor Anthropology and Middle Eastern Studies at University of Austin in Texas. Imran Aslam and Kamran Ali discuss the U.S. policy in [...]
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