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Iranian activist Reza Shahabi in Evin Prison; Iranian band ‘Abjeez’

By on December 16th, 2010

This week on the occasion of International Human Rights Day, we speak to the wife of jailed labor union activist Reza Shahabi who began a dry hunger strike on December 4th in Evin Prison in Tehran. We also talk to the director of the international campaign for human rights in Iran about the plight of jailed Iranian labor unionists. Also, Shuka Kalantari speaks with Sweden-based Iranian musicians Melody and Safoura Safavi of the band Abjeez.

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Elections in Egypt; HIV/AIDS in the Middle East & North Africa

By on December 8th, 2010

This week, we’ll get an update on the last Sunday’s parliamentary elections in Egypt for our regular contributor in Cairo, activist and journalist, Hossam El Hamalawy. Later in the program, on the occasion of World AIDS Day, we’ll bring you an in depth discussion about the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Middle East and north Africa region with professors Kaveh Khosnood of Yale University and Laith Abu Raddad of Cornell University in Qatar

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Elections in Egypt; Gnawa North African Music

By on November 16th, 2010

This week, we’ll have a conversation with Egyptian journalist and blogger Hossam El Hamalwy about this month’s upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections in Egypt. Later in the program, we’ll bring you the second part of a conversation with ethnomusicologist Dr Tim Abdellah Fuson on the genealogy of Gnawa music OF Northwestern Africa.

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Lebanese Oil Spill; Gnawa music in North Africa

By on November 16th, 2010

We talk to him about the worst oil spill catastrophe ever to befall the Eastern Mediterranean, in July of 2006, which resulted from targeted Israeli air strikes on the giant Lebanese Fuel tanks of Jiyyeh. Later in the program, we bring you the first part of a two-part conversation with ethnomusicologist Dr Tim Abdellah Fuson about the genealogy of Gnawa music in Northwestern Africa.

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Cartoon: Drone in Pakistan

By on November 4th, 2010

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

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Iranian Presidents Visit to Lebanon; Afro-Persian Music: Shanbehzadeh Ensemble

By on October 21st, 2010

This week, we’ll have a conversation about the significance of Iranian president Ahmadinejad’s visit to Lebanon for both countries and for the region in general. Later in the program, will have a conversation with Saeed Shanbehzadeh leader of the Shanbehzadeh Ensemble about the traditional music and dance of Bushehr, a city located in the South Western part of Iran in the Persian Gulf.

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The youngest detainee in Guantanamo Bay; Arab Film Festival

By on October 19th, 2010

This week, we have a conversation with Lisa Hajjar, associate professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, who has been writing about Omar Khadr, the youngest detainee at Guantanamo Bay. Later in the program, we speak with Algerian film maker Lyes Salem, who wrote, directed and starred in the award-winning movie “Masquerades,” which was chosen for the opening night of this year’s Arab film festival.

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

By 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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This Week: Coup D’Etat in Turkey; U.S. Boat to Gaza

By on September 10th, 2010

On this week’s program, we’ll have a conversation with political scientist Gamze Yasar about the upcoming referendum on Turkey’s constitution on Sept 12th, the 30th anniversary of 1980’s military Coup d’etat in Turkey.

Then, later in the program, we’ll speak with filmmaker and co-founder of international solidarity movement Adam Shapiro abou the upcoming U.S. boat to Gaza that will take place some time this fall.

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Weekly Cartoon: Palestinian Pizza

By on September 10th, 2010

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

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