By vomena on February 7th, 2010
This week on Voices of the Middle East and North Africa, we bring you an interview with Haideh Moghissi from York University in Canada, about women’s struggle for equality in Iran. Later in the program we have a conversation with Rachel Leah Jones, directory of the documentary film, Ashkenaz, about the history of Ashkenazi Jews in Israel.
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By vomena on January 13th, 2010
This week on Voices of the Middle East and North Africa, we’ll have a conversation with Ali Abu Nima, co-Founder of Electronic Intifada and activist and Middle East expert Jeff Blankfort, in which they each comment on an interview we first taped and aired last month with Professor Noam Chomsky of MIT on the subject of the boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign. We also speak with Bay Area-based artist Taraneh Hemami about an exhibit she has curated, titled ‘One Day: A Collective Narrative of Tehran.’
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By vomena on January 8th, 2010
This week on Voices of the Middle East and North Africa, Shahram Aghamir will speak with Ali Rezaei a social researcher at the University of Calgary in Canada about the political crisis within the Iranian regime.
Later in the program, leading Bay Area based Algerian Berber musician and song writer Moh Alileche will talk to us about the Berber New year of 2960.
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By vomena on December 7th, 2009
Watch today’s footage of thousands pouring onto the streets in Tehran and other major cities in Iran to protest the fraudulant Iranian Preseidential elections of June 2009. From New York Times, “Witnesses said there was an anger to the protests not seen since the summer months, when protests broke out after the June 12 presidential [...]
By vomena on July 24th, 2009
What is the state of the protest in Iran? On the next Your Call we will discuss this Saturday’s demonstration in support of the Iranian opposition at San Francisco City Hall – a demonstration that some groups on the left have decided to boycott.
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By vomena on July 9th, 2009
Ten years ago, today. (Watch his interview below)
By vomena on June 30th, 2009
Voices of the Middle East & North Africa speaks with Eric Hooglund, professor of politics at Bates College and editor of the scholarly journal, Middle East Critique. We also hear from Iman, a young activist who recently escaped from Iran will share his story with us. Finally we will hear the reaction of two Tehran residents about the historic demonstration that took place two weeks ago.
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By vomena on June 22nd, 2009
Video of candlelight vigil for Iranian Protesters in San Francisco, California on Sunday, June 21st, 2009
By vomena on June 21st, 2009
The recent tragic events in Iran calls for continuous outcry. We must keep up our support for the opposition demonstrators in Iran. Please come and show your support for Human Rights in Iran at a silent candlelight vigil tomorrow! LOCATION: Civic Center Plaza, San Francisco McAllister St. San Francisco, CA 94102 DATE: Sunday, June 21 [...]
By vomena on June 21st, 2009
Akhbare-Rooz: Letter to the United Nations (In Farsi)
