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Anniversary of Egypt’s Uprising; Protest In Bahrain; New Israeli Law; Remembering Theo Angelopoulos

By vomena on February 1st, 2012

As the world watches Egypt commemorate the first anniversary of the Egyptian mass uprising, we get an update about the country of Bahrain which is going through its own revolutionary struggle against an entrenched monarchy. We will get an update on the protest movement in Bahrain from Professor Toby Jones, a Middle East Historian from [...]

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63rd Anniversary of Palestinian Nakba

By vomena on May 25th, 2011

This week on Voices of the Middle East and North Africa, we look at the historic 63rd anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba. This year on May 15th, to mark the day, thousands of Palestinians held demonstrations at their respective borders. We hear a speech from renowned historian Ilan Pappé addressed the meeting in the Sheffield University in the U.K. and gave a talk titled, The Nakba Revisited: Past, Present and Future Course of the Israeli and Palestinian Conflict.

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Photographing the Palestinian Refugee Experience

By vomena on May 19th, 2011

This week UC Berkeley history professor Beshara Doumani will have a discussion with Professor Issam Nassar of Illinois State University and co-editor of the book, I Would Have Smiled: Photographing the Palestinian Refugee Experience. A collection of essays from a variety of individuals discussing how images taken by Myrtle Winter-Chaumeny, a staff writer for UNHCR.

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Artistic Director of Jenin Refugee Camp Killed; Songs from Lena Chamamyan

By vomena on May 13th, 2011

In this week’s program, we hear a conversation with Juliano Mer Khamis, leading Palestinian rights activist, actor, filmmaker and Artistic Director of Freedom Theater in the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West bank. He was shot to death in Jenin last month as he was leaving the theatre. In this interview that was recorded six years prior to his tragic death, Juliano Mer Khamis talks about his award-winning film, Arna’s Children, which he and Danniel Danniel co-directed.

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Remembering Juliano Mer Khamis; Abu Dhabi Guggenheim Museum Boycott

By vomena on April 7th, 2011

This week we remember Juliano Mer Khamis, leading Palestinian rights activist, actor, filmmaker and Artistic Director of Freedom Theater in the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West bank. He was shot by unknown assailants in Jenin on Monday, April 4, as he was leaving the theatre. ater in the program, Khalil Bendib speaks with Ayreen Anastas and Rene Gabri who are among more than 1,000 artists calling for a boycott of the $800 million Guggenheim Museum being built in Abu Dhabi over the rights of migrant workers at the constructions site.

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Youth Uprising in the Middle East

By vomena on February 23rd, 2011

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

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Interviews with Eyal Weizman & Firoozeh Dumas

By vomena on February 3rd, 2011

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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20th Century Jerusalem; Iranian Filmmakers Jailed

By vomena on February 3rd, 2011

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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Gaza in Crisis

By vomena on February 3rd, 2011

Wednesday, December 15th, 2010 This week we hear a talk by an Israeli historian talks about his book “Gaza in Crisis: Reflections on Israel’s War Against Palestinians.” http://archives.kpfa.org/data/20101215-Wed1900.mp3

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This Week: Book Review of “The Arabs & Holocaust”

By vomena on October 19th, 2010

This week on Voices of the Middle East & North Africa, an interview with writer and activist Gilbert Achcar, professor of Development Studies and International Relations of the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London. He discuss his new book, “The Arabs and Holocaust.”

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