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Middle East Panorama radio show on Resonance FM 104 or http://www.resonancefm.com/ Every Friday 14.00 - 15.00 London time (GMT) Interview with Greg Palast "He is the best journalist in North America", according to Hugo Chavez, the president of Venezuela. Invistigative reporter for the BBC, Media Channel advisor, journalist for the British newspaper the Observer. He went undercover for the British newspaper and worked his way inside the Prime Minister's inner circle and busted open Toni Blair's biggest scandal 'Lobbygate' . He is also known for his New York Times bestseller "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy" published in 2003. The book deals with corporate corruption, finance, globalization, political corruption, and the 'stolen' United States presidential election of 2000. His recent articles include: "Unreported: the Zarqawi Invitation", "The Assassniation of Hugo Chavez", "Was the Invasion of Iraq a Jewish Consp

Middle East Panorama radio show on Resonance FM 104 or http://www.resonancefm.com/ Every Friday 14.00 - 15.00 London time (GMT) In The West Bank Wall , Dolphin explores the Palestinian experience of the Wall and places the debate in its international context. Dolphin's writing is informed by his work for the UN, where for three years he monitored and compiled reports on the Wall's impact on the humanitarian conditions in refugee camps, towns and villages. What are the real intentions behind the Israeli security argument? Is it a means of securing territory permanently through an illegal annexation of East Jerusalem? Ray Dolphin provides some answers, offering a unique critical account of the impact of the wall and how it affects plans for a Palestinian state and for future peace in the Middle East. >> Listen World Cup 2006: "German hotel removes alcohol, porn for Saudi team", "Islamists denounce 'evil' world cup" and "Iranian film directo

Middle East Panorama radio show on Resonance FM 104 or www.resonancefm.com Every Friday 14.00 - 15.00 London time (GMT) On June 02, 2006, two events took place. They were very similar. The first was in Forest Gate, East London, in Engalnd. The second was in Canada. In both cases the police raided Muslim places claimimg attacks by terrorists were in preparation. In both cases no evidence of chemical weapons or illegal or suspicious activity of any kind has been found.Marjaleena Repo: "A galloping police state is emerging, in a fashion, familiar to those who know their history, of 1930’s Germany." The Observer newspaper 11 June 2006: "Better a bungled raid than aother terrorist outrage." Alex Grant: "It is vitally important for the imperialists to create an enemy to justify their wars against the poor of the world and they do this by creating racism and fear at home." Mike Marqusee: "That democratic vision is profoundly at odds with the ideology being

Middle East Panorama radio show on Resonance FM 104.4 http://www.resonancefm.com/ Every Friday 14.00 - 15.00 London time (GMT) Campaign for Peace and Democracy: "Neither US Aggression not Theocratic Repression." Campaign against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran: "Opposing Theocratic Repression in Iran or Playing into Hands of US Warmongers?" >> Listen to the debate. Blood and Religion - The Unmasking of the Jewish and Democratic State (Pluto Press 2006). Interview with Jonathan Cook, a former staff journalist of the Guardian and Observer newspapers, from Nazareth, Israel. >> Listen to Jonathan Cook . Direct from a picket in front of the BBC, London, in support of the Iranian women .

Middle East Panorama radio show on Resonance FM 104.4 http://www.resonancefm.com/ Every Friday 14.00 - 15.00 London time (GMT) ' Le Cirque du Paradis ' is a parody. The play is set in a circus after a new circus master (the CM) has taken over. The whole play was broadcast as Clear Spot show on Resonance FM on 26 April 2006.It is written and produced by Noel Macken.This part is selected by Middle East Panorama show on Resonance FM, London 09 June 2006. >> Listen Part from 02 June 2006 meeting at Friends Meeting House, London. A speech by Shirin Ebadi , an Iranian activist who was awarded Nobel Peace Prize in October 2003. Listen >> In Persian >> In English >> Some attendants and protesters' views .

Middle East Panorama radio show on Resonance FM 104.4 http://www.resonancefm.com/ Every Friday 14.00 - 15.00 London time (GMT) Interview with Michael Schwartz , Professor of Sociology and Faculty Director of the Undergraduate College of Global Studies at Stony Brook University, has written extensively on popular protest and insurgency, and on American business and government dynamics. His work on Iraq has appeared at numerous internet sites, including Tomdispatch, Asia Times, MotherJones.com, and ZNet; and in print in Contexts, Against the Current, and Z Magazine. His books include Radical Protest and Social Structure, and Social Policy and the Conservative Agenda (edited, with Clarence Lo). >> Listen Interview with Alon Lessel from Israel . Boycotting the Israeli academe, what is behind Fatah-Hamas clash, 'are the US and Israel provoking a civil war?', 'true peace under certain conditions', 'a nuclear armed Iran is an intolerable threat' A. Lesel, a rev

Interview with Dahr Jamail, an independent US reporter and photographer. US media to accurately report on the realities of the war in Iraq for the Iraqi people and US soldiers, Dahr Jamail went to Iraq to report on the war himself. His dispatches were quickly recognized as an important media resource and he is now writing for the Inter Press Service , The Asia Times and many other outlets. His reports have also been published with The Nation , The Sunday Herald , Islam Online , the Guardian and the Independent to name just a few. On radio as well as television, Dahr reports for Democracy Now!, the BBC, and numerous other stations around the globe. Dahr is also special correspondent for Flashpoints. Dahr has spent a total of 8 months in occupied Iraq as one of only a few independent US journalists in the country. Dahr uses the DahrJamailIraq.com website and his popular mailing list to disseminate his dispatches. >> Listen David Shayler and Annie Machon, former MI5 officers, joi

Middle East Panorama radio show on Resonance FM 104.4 http://www.resonancefm.com Every Friday 14.00 - 15.00 London time (GMT) He defends 'Zionism', but he is anti-neo-zionist, he 'asserts the moral right of the Palestinians to their terrorism'. The charitable organization Oxfam refused to accept a donation of £5,000 accrued in royalties from sales of his book, 'After the Terror'. The director of the Holocaust museum in Frankfort, Micha Brumlik, called him an anti-Semite. When the Palestine Society at SOAS realized that he was a Zionist, an invitation to a meeting of the Palestine Society at the School of Oriental and African Studies, a college of the University of London, was dropped from the list of speakers. His last book, 'Humanity, Terrorism, Terrorist War: Palestine, 9-11, Iraq, 7-7' is to be released in September 2006. 'In the context of the Middle East violence is usually referred to as "terrorism", but the actions of the American an

Middle East Panorama radio show on Resonance FM 104.4 http://www.resonancefm.com/ Every Friday 14.00 - 15.00 London time (GMT) Music 1: The Art of the Santoor , Hossein Ferjami, traditional folk music from Iran. 'Hossein Farjami is one of the big names amongst Iranians around the world, known as a virtuoso player of the santoor, one of the oldest oriental instruments. Apart from the santoor this CD ( The Art of the Santoor , August 2000) presents other traditional Iranian instruments such as the tar, setar (string instruments), ney (reed flute), zarb, and daf (drums).' Music 2: The Bridge (2002), Marcel Khalife, Lebanon. Any bridge, in Arabic communication, most often signifies "the bridge back to the Palestinian homeland."

Middle East Panorama radio show on Resonance FM 104.4 http://www.resonancefm.com/ Every Friday 14.00 - 15.00 London time (GMT) Interview with Munthir al-Kawther, lecturer of philosophy, TV presenter, human rights activist and chairman of Shuhud - the International Organisation to Confront Extremism, and Ibtisam al-Yusuf, an Iraqi political writer and activist living in London. >> Listen

Middle East Panorama radio show on Resonance FM 104.4 http://www.resonancefm.com/ Every Friday 14.00 - 15.00 London time (GMT) 'The Case for Action against Iran'. In this public forum, the invited speakers will address some of the key issues that are related to the current U.S.-Iran dispute, as well as the possible implications for the international non-proliferation regime and stability in the region. Speakers for the event are: Dr Frank Barnaby, Nuclear Issues Consultant to the Oxford Research Group, Professor Abbas Edalat, Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics, Imperial College London, and founding member of the Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran, Sajjad Khan, Editor of New Civilisation Magazine and Ms Carol Naughton, coordinator of the WMD Awareness Programme. >> Listen to Abbass Edalat >> Listen to Sajjad Khan

Middle East Panorama radio show on Resonance FM 104.4 http://www.resonancefm.com/ Every Friday 14.00 - 15.00 London time (GMT) Film Review: 'Dunia, Kiss me not on the Eyes' (2005) by the Lebanese film-maker Jocelyne Saab. 'Kiss me not on the Eyes' opened the Arab Cinema Weekend (17 and 18 March 2006) in London, UK. The event was hosted by The British Academy of Film and Television Arts and organised by Zenith Foundation. A speech by Hani Lazim from the Iraqi Democrats Against Occupation. Hani spoke at Hammersmith and Fulham Town Hall, London, 16 March 2006. >> Listen to Hani Lazim

Middle East Panorama radio show on Resonance FM 104.4 http://www.resonancefm.com/ Every Friday 14.00 - 15.00 London time (GMT) The Anti-war Demonstration, London, 18 March 2006. A new Dawn, anybody? A look into the Israeli election campaign. Jo Glanville in conversation with Daphna Baram. Jo Glanville is a BBC producer with a particular interest in the Middle East. She has made a number of documentaries in the region and has just finished editing an anthology of short stories by women Palestinian writers, to be published by Saqi Books in September. Daphna Baram is an Israeli freelance journalist and commentator (The Guardian, The New Statesman, Haaretz, Yediot) and a writer (Disenchantment: The Guardian and Israel, 2004). Tuesday 21st March, organised by SOAS Palestine Society, London, UK.