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Middle East Panorama radio show on Resonance FM 104.4 www.resonancefm.com Every Friday 3.30pm - 4.30pm London time (GMT) Repeated on Monday 7.00am to 8.00am Beyond Chutzpah - On the misuse of anti-semitism and the abuse of history - by Norman G. Finkelstein ( Part 01 ). The professor of political science at DePaul University, and author of The Holocaust Industry and Image and Reality of the Israel/Palestine Conflict , Finkelstein gave a talk followed by Q & A. "Imperial College's recent decision to impose a new dress code on the college campus in the interests of security has given rise to calls of discrimination against Muslim women who wear the veil. The new code prohibits any item of clothing which partially or completely covers the face." A live debate.

Middle East Panorama radio show on Resonance FM 104.4 www.resonancefm.com Every Friday 3.30pm - 4.30pm London time (GMT) Repeated on Monday 7.00am to 8.00am Interview with Falah Alwan , president of the Federation of Workers Councils and Unions in Iraq and the Union of the Unemployed of Iraq. "The documentary, Fallujah: the Hidden Massacre, by the state broadcaster RAI, cited one Fallujah human-rights campaigner who reported how residents told how "a rain of fire fell on the city". On 14 November 2005, demonstrators organised by the Italian communist newspaper, Liberazione, protested outside the US Embassy in Rome..."The 'war on terrorism' is terrorism," one of the newspaper's commentators declared." Interview with Sonia Previato from the Journal Falce Martello , Italy. "Iraqis forcible removed on overnight flights", reports The Guardian and the International Federation of Iraqi Refugees. Songs from Lebanon, Palestine and Tunisia by

Middle East Panorama radio show on Resonance FM 104.4 www.resonancefm.com Every Friday 3.30pm - 4.30pm London time (GMT) Repeated on Monday 7.00am to 8.00am Interview with Uri Avnery from Gush Shalom , Israel, on what he described as 'Labour Upheaval' in the Labor Party primaries where the members of "Eastern" descent voted massively for Amir Peretz and defeated Shimon Peres. Interview with Fadi al-Qadi, Tunisia, on UN-sponsored World Summit on the Information Society . Al-Qadi is the regional advocate for the Middle East and North Africa in Human Rights Watch. Voices in Exile . An evening organised by The Refegee Project on 16 of November in London: speeches on migration, asylum and war, and poetry and musical performance by Kurdish and Iranian poets and singers, among others.

Middle East Panorama radio show on Resonance FM 104.4 www.resonancefm.com Every Friday 14:00 - 15:00 (GMT) The Israeli Government is trying to de-legitimize and dismantle the Workers Advice Center (WAC - Ma’an). (WAC - Ma'an in Arabic) provides support for the many unorganized workers in Israel. WAC is open to any worker, although Arabs in particular suffer from lack of union representation. Two documnetary films followed by a discussion, the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London: Occupation: Dreamland is "an unflinchingly candid portrait of a squad of American soldiers deployed in the doomed Iraq city of Falluja during the winter of 2004." (Testimonies from) Falluja : One of the most violent acts of the current occupation of Iraq was the almost complete destruction of the city of Falluja in last November's siege and assault by US forces. Elias Khoury’s novel Gate of the Sun (English Edition). A talk and QA chaired by Tari Ali. Gate of the Sun presents a mosaic of p

Middle East Panorama radio show on Resonance FM 104.4 www.resonancefm.com worlwide Every Friday 14:00 - 15:00 (GMT) Talk and discussion from a meeting organised by the Organisation of Women's Rights-Iran on Wednesday 19th October 2005. Azar Majedi spoke against political Islam, for a secular society, and for women's rights. Why is Islamic Shari’a law in contradiction with women’s rights? Religious arbitration in Canada?! What happened? The discussion went further to touch on whether Iraq is free today. The meeting was hosted at Conway Hall, home to the South Place Ethical Society, London. World Premier: The Skies are Weeping by Philip Munger, The Singer of Wind and Rain by Gregory Youtz, Israeli, Palestinian and Yemenite tunes performed by Tsivi Sharett and the TS Ensemble, Traditional Palestinian Dance by Dabka group, Al-Hurriya . "A Concert for Justice and Peace...In memory of the lives lost during the occupation of Gaza and the West Bank." Introduced by Cindy Cor

Middle East Panorama radio show on Resonance FM 104.4 www.resonancefm.com Every Friday 3.30pm - 4.30pm London time (GMT) Repeated on Monday 7.00am to 8.00am Interview with the Iraqi writer and political activist Suad Khiary (76 years old) Here she speaks of her experience, war, terrorism and imperialism, the Iraqi working class, the Iraqi Communist Party, the Arab left and the future of Iraq, and Venezuela. >> Listen to the interview A hunger strike in Tunisia. Eight opposition figures began an indefinite hunger strike on 18 October 04 to demand respect for freedom of expression and association in Tunisia and the release of all prisoners of conscience. The hunger strikers include Lotfi Hajji, the head of the Tunisian Journalists Union (SJT). Music: pieces from Mucians of the Nile - Luxor to Isna.

Middle East Panorama radio show on Resonance FM 104.4 http://www.resonancefm.com/ worldwide Every Friday 14.00 - 15.00 London time (GMT) Robert Fisk, the revered foreign correspondent for The Independent, his knowledge and insight of the Middle East is perhaps unrivalled among contemporary commentators. Fisk, who has met Osama bin Laden three times, talks about his experience of covering conflict throughout the region, the Middle East's history and the possibilities for its future. Part of a talk given at the Institute of Education at the book launch of Fisk's Wars for Civilization, London 13 October 2005. >> Listen here .   The Hot Zone , new play explores the stories of British Asians at Guantanamo Bay. The play is based on three British Asians detained in an international detention centre. Iqbal, Waris and Sonny were in the wrong place at the wrong time. They are now incarcerated in a international prison camp. http://www.asiansinmedia.org/news/article.php/theatr

Middle East Panorama radio show on Resonance FM 104.4 http://www.resonancefm.com/ worldwide Every Friday 14.00 - 15.00 London time (GMT) The Committee for a Marxist International, OutRage, Iranian Revolutionary Socialists’ League and the Iranian Civil Rights Committee, took part in a picket outside the Iranian regime’s embassy in London. Interviews. Michel Foucault and the Iranian Revolution: a talk given by Jonathan Ree at the Kufa Gallery on the 6 July 2005 in London.

The play: Crocodile Seeking Refuge. Excerpts, interviews with the cast and members of the audience

The elections in Egypt. The Egyptian economist Samir Amin speaks on ‘The Struggle for Democracy in the Middle East’. >> Listen here (10:54) Interview with Oumnya Talat, member of the Egyptian Kefaya Movement, works at the MBC Broadcasting Centre in Dubai, on the elections in Egypt. A play: Crocodile Seeking Refuge . Interview with the playwright, Sonia Linden.

Coverage of “No deportation of Iraqi and Kurdish Asylum Seekers”. A protest took place in front of Bush House, London, UK. Has Iran got the right to have nuclear weapons? Interviews conducted in Speakers Corner, London. The First International Conference against Terrorism , Manchester, UK. Interview with the organiser, Amir Riadh, a human rights student. Speakers include: Mark Curtis, author of Web of Deceit .

Middle East Panorama radio show on Resonance FM 104.4 http://www.resonancefm.com/ worldwide Every Friday 14.00 - 15.00 London time (GMT) Interview with Murad Shirin from the Iranian Revolutionary Socialist League on Iran's 2005 Elections. >> Listen

Middle East Panorama show on Resonance FM 104.4 Every Friday 14:00 - 15:00 London Time (GMT) In this Friday's edition of Middle East Panorama, Nadim Mahjoub conducts an interview with Mordechai Vanunu. Kidnapped from Rome by Israeli secret agents on September 30th, 1986. Vanunu served eighteen years in prison (eleven and a half in solitary confinement) for revealing Israeli nuclear weapons secrets.Vanunu was elected Rector of Glasgow University in December 2004.On March 17th 2005 Vanunu was charged with violating his release restrictions by granting interviews to foreign media. >> Listen to the interview

Middle East Panorama radio show on Resonance FM 104.4 www.resonancefm.com Every Friday 3.30pm - 4.30pm London time (GMT) Repeated on Monday 7.00am to 8.00am The Failure of Marxism 2004 to address the Middle Eastern issues. Part I: How Can Palestine Be Free? Bethlehem Diaries play: excerpt and interview. Music: Salaam (Sheva) Hinna ya Hinna (Almayadeen), Sebika (Anouar Braham) and more.

Middle East Panorama radio show on Resonance FM 104.4 http://www.resonancefm.com/ worldwide Every Friday 14.00 - 15.00 London time (GMT) Iraq: "invasion, occupation, lies, torture, and beginning of the war of liberation." Hear speakers at Speakers' Corner (in English) and a typical discussion between some Arabs (in Arabic) at Hyde Park Corner (London) on this Tuesday show. Plus intervals of music by the Iraqi Ihsan Imam and co.

Middle East Panorama radio show on Resonance FM 104.4 http://www.resonancefm.com/ worldwide Every Friday 14.00 - 15.00 London time (GMT) Hasan, an Iranian living in London, from the World Peoples Resistance Movement in Britain, speaks about Iraq, the current situation in the Middle East and imperialism. Also a speaker from Fight Racism Fight Imperialism. Contributions by : a Kurdish from Iraq, a Spanish and others.

Middle East Panorama radio show on Resonance FM 104.4 www.resonancefm.com Every Friday 3.30pm - 4.30pm London time (GMT) Repeated on Monday 7.00am to 8.00am The 22nd of April Demonstration: "End the Occupation of Iraq, Stop Torture" in London. Speakers: Lindsey German (Stop the War Coalition), Jeremy Dear (Member of Parliament), Tony Benn, A representattive from the Moslim Association of Britain, Ken Livingston (Mayor of London). Also discusions among Arabs and Americans on Human Rights.

Middle East Panorama radio show on Resonance FM 104.4 www.resonancefm.com Every Friday 3.30pm - 4.30pm London time (GMT) Repeated on Monday 7.00am to 8.00am "The war in Iraq and the occupation of the country." Middle East Panorama interviewed demonstrators who marched against the war last Saturday 20th March and who also have made a link between the war in Iraq and the conditions of the people in UK. Could they stop war by demonstrating for peace?

Two Iranians, Bahzed and Saeed, speak about their experience as well as their views of the students movement in Iran since the revolution of 1979. >> Listen here (36:33)

Middle East Panorama radio show on Resonance FM 104.4 www.resonancefm.com Every Friday 3.30pm - 4.30pm London time (GMT) Repeated on Monday 7.00am to 8.00am Future human rights activists are taking courses on Human Rights Advocacy organised by Education Action International. They are from Yemen, Western Sahara, Tunisia, Iraq, Iran, 'Kurdistan', Palestine, The Sudan. Some of them are refugees in UK. This first part is featuring a meeting of the students with Mick Chatwin, a trainer and consultant, a solicitor who has worked for over 20 years in the area of asylum and immigration law. Formerly he is the Legal Director at the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI). And also a meeting with Lord Dubs of Battersea (Peer), House of Lords, held in Westminster.