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.
This week on Voices of the Middle East and North Africa, we’ll be speaking with Hossam El Hamalawy, an Egyptian journalist and activist, about the nearly completed underground wall between Gaza and Egypt. Later in the program, Shuka Kalantari speaks with Bay Area based technologist Austin Heap about he created Haystack, a software program designed to provide unfiltered internet access to the people of Iran that specifically targets the Iranian government’s internet filtering systems.
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Two Surgeons from the UK, Dr Ghassan Abu Sittah and Dr Swee Ang, managed to get into Gaza during the Israeli invasion. Here they describe their experiences, share their views, and conclude that the people of Gaza are extremely vulnerable and defenseless in the event of another attack. The Lancet Global Health Network removed the report [...]
Aired January 21, 2009 In this program we listen to the second part of a series on reparations for African victims of colonization and slavery. The week prior, we discussed the movement for reparations for slavery in the United States, and in tonight’s segment we look towards the other side of the Atlantic Ocean at [...]
