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رسائل متبادلة بين كارل ماركس وفريدريك أنجلس حول الديانة الإسلامية الثلاثاء 10 آب (أغسطس)  2010 http://alawan.org/article8166.html?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=socialnetwork  تتضمّن مقاربة ماركس وأنجلس للمسألة الدينية مجموعة من الإشكاليات المتّصلة بالفلسفة وتاريخ الأديان، منها ماهية الدين و نشأته ووظائفه، وتستند تلك المقاربة على مستوى منهج التحليل إلى المادّيتين الديالكتيكية والتاريخية. وتتمثّل النتائج الكبرى التي توصّل إليها الفيلسوفان في أنّ الآلهة مصنوعات بشرية وأنّ الدين ظاهرة تاريخية اجتماعية، وأنّه يؤدّي وظيفته في علاقة بالطبقة التي تستعمله، ممّا يعني أنّه يمكن أن يكون له دور تاريخيّ ايجابيّ حينا، ودور سلبيّ أحيانا أخرى، ولكنه في الحالتين يظلّ أفيونا يمنع المؤمنين به من إدراك الحقيقة، ويدفعهم ناحية بحور الأوهام، فالدين شمس وهمية تدور حول الإنسان ما دام الإنسان لا يدور حول حياته الواقعية.  وقد أخضع الفيلسوفان أديانا مختلفة إلى الدراسة منها الإسلام لاستنتاج تلك الأطروحات، وتمكّننا العودة إلى الرسائل المتبادلة بينهما بش

Learn Arabic by an experienced native speaker

Nadim Mahjoub is of a Tunisian origin. He moved to London in 2000. He was an English teacher in Tunisia. Nadim completed his CELTA in London in 2005, taught ECDL and English before moving to teaching Arabic at International House. He was also a visiting lecturer at University of Westminster during the academic year 2009-10. Besides Arabic, Nadim speaks English and French fluently and he uses the communicative approach in teaching Arabic to non-native speakers. Nadim also has some experience in interpreting. Contacts: Tel: 07552450082 E-mail: nadimmahjoub@gmail.com

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 .

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)

Sunday 13 September 2009

Sunday between noon and 1pm on 104.4 FM (London) Or resonancefm.com (worldwide) Alan Hart (BBC Panorama programme and ITN's News correspondent, researcher and producer of "Five Minutes to Midnight" film) is the author of a recent book: " Zionism - The Real Enemy of the Jews ". Here you will listen to Hart's ideas expressed in the book. The show includes an interview with the author. Labour news from Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia, Jordan and Iran. Related: Dilemma of Palestinian Settlement Builders (the BBC) " PA intends to bypass failing peace talks and establish its own state within two years ." ( The Times , UK)

Mazen Kerbaj

F & D by Mazen Kerbaj The Lebanese worker finally finds his daily bread by Mazen Kerbaj Drawings by Mazen Kerbaj