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20 December 2009

Between 26 of December 2008 and 18 January 2009 Israel carried out a military assault on Gaza . Here is a discussion that took place at the time between a Marxist (Heiko Khoo) and a Jewish supporter of Israel. The event took place at Speakers' Corner, Hyde Park, London 04 January 2009, and recorded by Nadim Mahjoub. It was first broadcast on Resonance FM radio. Sunday between noon and 1pm on 104.4 FM (London) Or resonancefm.com (worldwide)

Sunday 13 December 2009

Arabs, Muslims and the Poverty of Liberal Thought' is a talk by Steven Salaita, author of "The Uncultured Wars". Steven Salaita, RAWI Executive Director, is Assistant Professor of English at Virginia Tech. His other books include "Anti-Arab Racism in the USA", "The Holy Land in Transit", and "Arab American Literary Fictions, Cultures, and Politics".

22 November 2009

"The life and the music of Zohar Argov reflect the struggle of Mizrahim in Israel." In this week show Benjamin Rosendahl, a freelance journalist, translator and holder of a degree in Middle Eastern Studies from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem talks about the time and music of Zohar Argov. Sunday between noon and 1pm on 104.4 FM (London) Or resonancefm.com (worldwide)

15 November 2009

Part 2 of an interview with Sami Shalom Chetrit author of Intra-Jewish Conflict in Israel: White Jews, Black Jews (Routledge publication, October 2009) and an essay on the Black Panthers in Israel .

Sunday 08 November

Part 1 of 2 of an interview with Sami Shalom Chetrit author of Intra-Jewish Conflict in Israel: White Jews, Black Jews (Routledge publication, October 2009) and an essay on the Black Panthers in Israel . Part 1 Hello Nadim, Don't know if this will be of interest to you:- Is Israel Marketing a New Conflict? Sam Gardiner, 7 November 2009 http://www.spinwatch.org/blogs-mainmenu-29/sam-gardiner-mainmenu-106/5329-is-israel-marketing-a-new-conflict Enjoyed part one of the Sami Shalom Chetrit interview. It's not easy for westerners such as myself to get an insight into what's happening in the Middle East. Your programme has been infinitely more useful in than all of my years listening to the BBC. Hope you're well, BET

Sunday 01 November 2009

Islam in Power ? An interview with Hadani Ditmars, co-editor of the New Internationalist magazine. News and analysis: Yemen, Egypt and Iran. Sunday between noon and 1pm on 104.4 FM (London) Or resonancefm.com (worldwide)

Sunday 11 October 2009

- Barak Obama has been awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. - Interview with Kaveh Ehsani from DePaul University on the economic and social situation in Iran. The interview was produced by Voices of the Middle East and North Africa on KPFA Radio, Berkeley, USA. - Iran's alleged nuclear programmes.

Sunday 4 October 2009

Music and sounds from the Middle East and North Africa. Iran's Nuclear Threat is a Lie , says John Pilger. Unilever PG Tips Monkey on London Casual-T Tour

Sunday 27 September 2009

An interview with Shiva Balaghi. Ms Balaghi talks to MEP about Maziar Bahari 's film "Football Iranian Style" and also about Bahari's other documentaries: "Paint No Matter What" (about the Iranian artist Khosrow Hassanzadeh) and "Along Came A Spider" (about a serial killer in Iran which was based in part on an art project that Hassanzadeh created). Cumulatively, Maziar's documentaries helped bring greater attention to the vibrant creative cultural, intellectual, and social life in Iran. Shiva Balaghi is a historian of the modern Middle East, with special interests in the interrelated histories of colonialism, nationalism, gender and visual culture. She is a Cogut International Humanities Fellow at Brown University, where she teaches history. She is completing a book on the cultural history of Iran from the mid-nineteenth century through the present. Also in the show, the recent anti-government protests in Iran and the character of the oppositi

Sunday 20 September 2009

Israel-Palestine, settlements expansion, peace talks, Obama' policies in the Middle East, social unrest in Egypt, Lebanon. The State and religion in Egypt. Views by: Amr Hamzawy senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and co-editor with Marina Ottaway of a recent book: "Getting to Pluralism Political Actors" and Jean Shaoul, professor at Manchester University and contributor to the World Socialist Website. Sunday between noon and 1pm on 104.4 FM (London) Or resonancefm.com (worldwide)