Voices of the Middle East and North Africa
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Voices of the Middle East and North Africa
Voices of the Middle East and North Africa is a weekly program hosted by Malihe Razazan and Mira Nabulsi. It explores the richly diverse and fascinating world of culture and politics of the Middle East and North Africa through a complex web of class, gender, ethnic, religious and regional difference...
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A conversation with Cihan Tugal about the mass protests in Turkey
The detention of Ekrem İmamoğlu, Istanbul's mayor and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's most formidable rival, on March 19th sparked the largest demons...
Toxic Supply Chains of War in Iraq
Toxic Supply Chains of War in Iraq by VOMENA Team at KPFA
What Is Israel's Endgame in Lebanon?
Bassam Haddad is an associate professor in the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University.
He is the author of Bus...
Yanis Varoufakis on unbridled capitalism's descent into fascism and genocide
Yanis Varoufakis on unbridled capitalism's descent into fascism and genocide by VOMENA Team at KPFA
Journalists risking their lives to report on Gaza & companies and countries supplying oil to Israel
Journalists risking their lives to report on Gaza & companies and countries supplying oil to Israel by VOMENA Team at KPFA
How Joe Biden Became a Steadfast Israel Defender
https://jacobin.com/author/branko-marcetic
Artists demanding an end to Gaza genocide
Artists demanding an end to Gaza genocide by VOMENA Team at KPFA
Standing in the Dust – Photography of Yalda Moaiery
Standing in the Dust – Photography of Yalda Moaiery by VOMENA Team at KPFA
The Role of International Actors In The War in Sudan
The Role of International Actors In The War in Sudan by VOMENA Team at KPFA
How Islamophobia Is Driving a Mental Health Crisis Among Michigan’s Muslim Youth
On this edition of Voices of the Middle East and North Africa, we speak with Dr. Eli Cahan about why Arab and Muslim Americans face significantly high...
The Corporate Power Brokers Behind AIPAC’s War on the Squad
On this edition of Voices of the Middle East and North Africa, we have a conversation with Jacobin staff writer BRANKO MARCETIC about his In These Ti...
Refugee Labor in Turkey and Europe’s Plastic Waste
On this edition of Voices of the Middle East and North Africa, we have a conversation with independent journalist Adnan Khan about his recent article...
Asylum seekers in Greece, remembering Palestinian revolutionary Ghassan Kanafani
The Mediterranean Sea has become a huge cemetery for many thousands of migrants and asylum seekers who have been risking their lives trying to cross i...
Are Israel and Hezbollah on the brink of an all-out war?
Tensions between Israel and Hezbollah are at all-time high. Israel and Lebenese Hezbollah have been exchanging fire since October 8 the, when Israel...
Hossam el-Hamalawy on Egypt’s role in Israel's war on Gaza
Hossam el-Hamalawy on Egypt’s role in Israel's war on Gaza by VOMENA Team at KPFA
Students face backlash for supporting Palestinian rights, Stage reading of Woman Life Freedom
Students face backlash for supporting Palestinian rights, Stage reading of Woman Life Freedom by VOMENA Team at KPFA
What does it take to end the war on the Palestinians in Gaza?
What does it take to end the war on the Palestinians in Gaza? by VOMENA Team at KPFA
Gaza: Besieged since 2007, now under Israel’s “total blockade”
Gaza: Besieged since 2007, now under Israel’s “total blockade” by VOMENA Team at KPFA
American Anthropologist Association voted in favour of boycotting Israeli academic institutions
American Anthropologist Association voted in favour of boycotting Israeli academic institutions by VOMENA Team at KPFA
Making sense of the devastating floods in Libya
Making sense of the devastating floods in Libya by VOMENA Team at KPFA
Israeli' assault on Jenin refugee camp & 'Sinbad Voyage' mural in Berkeley
Israeli' assault on Jenin refugee camp & 'Sinbad Voyage' mural in Berkeley by VOMENA Team at KPFA
Prof Natalie Koch explores the relationship between Arizona and Saudi Arabia in "Arid Empire"
In recent months, Fondomonte Arizona, a subsidiary of Saudi Arabia-based Almarai dairy Company has been getting renewed attention for growing alfalfa...
Professor Cihan Tugal on the outcome of the general election in Turkey
On May 28th, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was re-elected for a third term by winning 52% of the popular vote- His main rival Kemal Kılıçdar...
Part 1- Professor Khahlid Medani discusses the root cause of the ongoing crisis in Sudan
Part 1- Professor Khahlid Medani discusses the root cause of the ongoing crisis in Sudan by VOMENA Team at KPFA
Why did the US invade Iraq, 20 years ago? A conversation with Sinan Antoon+Omar Sirri
The 2003 invasion and occupation of Iraq resulted in massive death and destruction, and fueled sectarian tensions, which culminated in a violent civil...
Ilan Pappe on the latest developments in Israel
Even by Israel’s abysmal standards, provocations against the people of Palestine have seen a dramatic
escalation since the arrival of Bibi Netan...
Cihan Tuğal on the earthquakes in Turkey & why they were so destructive
Guest:
Cihan tugal, professor of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author The Fall of the Turkish Model: How the Ar...
The Islamization of the eduction system in Iran, following the 1979 revolution
Guest:
shahrazad Mojab, professor of Adult Education and Community Development and Women and Gender Studies at the University of Toronto
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From Mali to Dubai: The United Arab Emirates & African gold
Now approaching seventy tons annually, gold has replaced cotton as Mali’s leading export, turning that country into Africa’s third-largest gold produc...
The political and economic crisis in Lebanon
The country of Lebanon has been in social and economic upheaval over the past few years,
sending many of its beleaguered citizens into internati...
Ilan Pappe on Israel’s new government, Laura Albast on the media coverage of Palestine
With the arrival of notorious fascists in prominent positions of power in Israel, Western news
media everywhere seem surprised at the extreme te...
The plight of imprisoned environmentalists in Iran & refugees in Europe
The plight of imprisoned environmentalists in Iran & refugees in Europe by VOMENA Team at KPFA
What explains the dangerous levels of air pollution In Iran's main cities?
What explains the dangerous levels of air pollution In Iran's main cities? by VOMENA Team at KPFA
Political prisoners in Iran & Amir Rashidi discusses internet restrictions in Iran
Political prisoners in Iran & Amir Rashidi discusses internet restrictions in Iran by VOMENA Team at KPFA
The toxic legacies of the U.S. war in Iraq: A conversation with Kali Rubaii
The toxic legacies of the U.S. war in Iraq: A conversation with Kali Rubaii by VOMENA Team at KPFA
Reactions to Iran's Soccer team at the FIFA World Cup amid anti-government protests in Iran
Guest: Arang Keshavarzian
History of student movement in Iran- Part 2
History of student movement in Iran- Part 2 by VOMENA Team at KPFA
History of student protest movement in Iran ( part 1) & climate justice and human righs
Guests
Dr Kaveh Abbasian, former student activist, filmmaker, researcher, and lecturer in Film and Media Practice at the University of Kent in...
protests and internet censorship in Iran
Guest: Amir Rashidi, the director of digital rights and security at Miaan Group
COP27 shines spotlight on human rights abuses in Egypt
Guest:
Hossam el-Hamalawy is an Egyptian journalist, photographer and socialist activist