RADIO INTIFADA POST-INAUGURAL SPECIAL
intifada=shaking off - oppression/silence

Thursday, January 22, 2009 3-4pm PDT

KPFK 90.7fm Los Angeles, 98.7 Santa Barbara
and streaming live at www.kpfk.org

GAZA, THE MIDDLE EAST AND THE NEW ADMINISTRATION

On the heels of the inauguration of Barack Hussein Obama, Radio Intifada will be exploring what lies ahead for Gaza and the Middle East with journalist Rami Almeghari in Gaza, political leader Mustafa Barghouti in the West Bank, and USC political scientist Laurie Brand:

Rami Almeghari  is a journalist in Gaza and a frequent contributor to several media outlets including the Palestine Chronicle, The Electronic Intifada and Free Speech Radio News.

Mustafa Barghouthi is a physician and political activist in Palestinian civil society and grassroots democracy. He is the Secretary General of the Palestinian National Initiative.

Laurie Brand is Professor & Director, School of International Relations at USC. She is a widely published author on the Middle East and North Africa

Produced by Hamoud Salhi and Co-hosted with Sherna Gluck, SWANA Collective