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Sunday 14 March 2010

Sociology Professor Asef Bayat taks about his recently published book, Life as Politics: How Ordinary People Change the Middle East , where he focuses on the diverse ways in which ordinary people, the subaltern- the urban dispossessed, women, the globalizing youth, and other urban grass roots- strive to affect the contours of change in their societies. Sunday on 1014.4 FM between noon and 1 or streamed on www.esonancefm.com The interview is taken from Voices of the Middle East and North Africa and was first broadcast on KPFA Radio, Berkeley, US.

Sunday 28 February 2010

What is going on in Iran today? Is there a revolution? What is the nature of the opposition movement and what is its future? Does it have any support from the West? And more questions will be answered by Maziar Razi, an Iranian with 37 years of militancy within the workers movement, founder of Iranian Workers Solidarity Network and spokesperson of the Iranian Revolutionary Marxist Tendency. Razi argues that in Iran today "we cannot even speak about a pre-revolutionary situation" drawing a parallel with the events of 1978-79. Sunday between 12:00 and 13:00 GMT on 104.4 FM or online: www.resonancefm.com To listen To download

14 February 2010

Middle East Panorama will be reporting on a social gathering on Saturday February 13 in London, a gathering organized by the International Committee for the Third Option "to denounce", what the organizers call "recent executions in support of Iran uprisings and in memory of 120,000 brave men and women who sacrificed their lives for peace and freedom since 1981." Sunday between 12:00 and 13:00 GMT on 104.4 FM or www.resonancefm.com

24 January 2010

Selection from previous shows - "The Myths of Zionism" by John Rose (May 2008) "Class and Sect in the Middle East" by Anne Alexander (Jan 2008) "Politics in the Cinemas of Hollywood and the Arab World" by Lina Khatib (August 2008)

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 .