RADIO INTIFADA Programs, 9/07/06 to 12/28//06
Produced and hosted by members of SWANA Collective, as noted
Note: Many of these programs are available in the Pacifica Radio Archive
9/07/06 Iran: The Nuclear Stand-Off and the Current Political Situation
Host Afshin Matin will interview Professor Sasan Fayazmanesh on the possibility of UN sanctions and or US-Israeli military actions against Iran. In the second segment, Iranian activist and Ph.D. candidate, Niki Akhavan, will discuss the current political situation in Iran under President Ahmadinezhad.
Listeners are invited to call and join in the conversation with our guests in the program's final segment.
Produced and hosted by Afshin Matin
9/15/06 - THE LIFE AND WORK OF NAGUIB MAHFOUZ : EGYPTIAN NOVELIST AND HUMANIST WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
A MEMORIAL: MAHFOUZ left behind a literary and human legacy we can all learn from. In his life and work (spanning 94 years) he sought human understanding, acceptance of the "other" and above all peace. Four Egyptian novelists who knew Mahfouz and felt his influence join us.
Dr. Mohamed Salmawy, “President of the Egyptian Writers Union, editor-in-chief of Al-Ahram Hebdo, playwright, novelist, columnist, critic and political commentator. Mahfouz’s official spokesperson in the latter days of his life.
Dr. Somaya Ramadan, Woman Novelist and winner of the AUC Naguib Mahouz Medal for Literature for novel The Leaves of Narcissus. Journalist and founding member of the Women and Memory Forum an NGO working on the history of women in the Arab World.
Hala El Badri, Egyptian woman novelist. Her novel Montaahâ is published by the AUC Press.
Youssef Abu Raya - Novelist and winner of the AUC Naguib Mahouz Medal for Literature for his novel The Wedding Night. The novel will be released 11 December 2006 on the birthday of Naguib Mahfouz in Cairo by AUC Press.
and featuring music by the late and great Egyptian singer Umm Khathuum
Hosted and Produced by Nile Regina Sayed El-Wardani
9/21/06 - State Terrorism and Human Rights Violations: 5 Years after 9/11
The South Asian region has been of much significance over the last 5 years, as the invasion of Afghanistan advances the US to South Asia’s doorstep in ways unlike any other in recorded history. What are the larger implications that the war on terror has had on the geopolitical situation of South Asia? Today, we’ll peek into this larger question at hand, beginning a series of discussions in future South Asian segments of Radio Intifada concerning the US stronghold and wrangling in the South Asian region. We begin this conversation on the fifth anniversary of 9/11 as a basic perspective on the rise in State Terrorism and the Violation of Human Rights.
With guests:
+ Subhash Kateel, Families for Freedom, NY on the status of deportees and activism
+ Sin Yen Ling, Asian Law Caucus, NY on the relevance of the recent GITMO decision
Hosted by Sejal Patel, produced by Sejal Patel and members of Indian Progressive Study Group for the SWANA
9/28/06 Recent Developments in Turkey - Relation with the EU, Policies towards Kurds
This week's program will focus on the recent developments in Turkey and its relations with the EU, and Turkey’s policies towards the Kurds and Kurdistan. Phones will be opened for listener call-ins.
Guests include:
Hisyar Ozsoy, Kurdish researcher currently in "Diyarbakir province" of Turkish Kurdistan who is doing research there and also working with the mayor of Diyarbakir as a foreign relations advisor.
Produced and hosted by Nyma Ardalan of SWANA
10/05/06 The Palestinian Intifada: Six Years Later
It is six years since the start of the 2nd Intifada in 2000. Since then, a new election gave Hamas an overwhelming victory and the international community has punished Palestinians for exercising their democratic rights. Today, the struggle for survival and authority has produced more and more internal violence, at the same time that the Israeli occupiers continue to assault Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. We will be talking about the current situation and assessing the 2nd Intifada.
Produced by members of SWANA
10/12/06 FUND DRIVE SPECIAL- CULTURE AND RESISTANCE: PALESTINE & AFGHANISTAN
Featuring interviews with the authors of the several books and the DVD feature film we are offering as "premiums:
Sandy Tolan, The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew and the Middle East ($65 pledge)
Hanna Elias, writer-director, The Olive Harvest ($100)
Ellen O'Grady, Outside the Ark: An Artist's Journey in Occupied Palestine ($65)
Sonali Kolhatkar, coauthor, Bleeding Afghanistan (signed copy $90)
Radio Intifada Fund drive special co-produced and co-hosted by Nile El Wardani and Sherna Gluck
10/19, 10/25 FUND DRIVE PRE-EMPTIONS
11/02/06 "Combatants for Peace
At such turbulent times in the Middle East, Radio Intifada is particularly pleased to bring you a sane voice for a just peace. This week, our guests are a Palestinian and an Israeli Jew, who are members of a newly formed organization, "Combatants for Peace". This organization brings together erstwhile paticipants in a violent conflict, who have now come together to call for cooperation, coexistence, and a just peace achieved through non-violent means.
Suleiman Khatib, our Palestinian guest, spent 10 years in an Israeli jail for having attempted to stab an Israelli soldier when he was 14. Yonatan Shapira, our Israeli guest, served as a helicopter pilot in the Israeli army, where he was involved in numerous rescue and transportation missions. They will share with us stories of their own personal journey, as well as their perspective on their respective societies, on the conflict, on and on the route to a just peace in the Middle East.
Hosted and produced by Hagit
11/09/06 - Military, Economic and Demographic Wars against Palestinians
The “Rains of Summer” assault on Gaza, interrupted briefly for Israel’s war on Lebanon, has been resumed in an even more brutal fashiondubbed now “Rains of Autumn.” This latest military assault is but one dimension of the much broader war against Palestinians. The economic and demographic wars, while less visible are also designed to break the spirit of the Palestinian people, and destroy any hope of their ever building a free and democratic society.
Joining us to discuss the military, economic and demographic war are residents under attack in Gaza and the West Bank, Dr. Mona Elfaraa and Sam Bahour, and Palestinian American political scientist/analyst, Professor Naseer Aruri.
* Dr. Mona Elfaraa is a physician at Al Awda Hospital, Jabalya, Gaza and Gaza blogger - fromgaza.blogspot.com
* Sam Bahour is a Palestinian American resident of El Bireh and a major business leader in the West Bank. He is a leader in the fight against the Israeli campaign to expel Palestinian foreign nationals from the West Bank
* Professor Naseer Aruri, Chancellor Professor (Emeritus) of Political Science, U Mass, Dartmouth is a widely published author. The 2nd edition of the landmark social and political history of Palestine (with Samih Farsoun), Palestine and the Palestinians has just been published by Westview Press.
Co-produced and co-hosted by Sherna Gluck and Michael Shahin
11/16/06 The U.S. Mid-Term Elections and U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East:
A Legacy Of Intervention Continues
Radio Intifada will examine the effect of the mid-term elections on U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East with out guests:
Brian Becker, the national coordinator of the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition and a frequent voice of the anti-war movement appearing on CNN, MSN, PBS and other mass media. Becker has co-authored several books on the effects of the economic sanctions on the people of Iraq.
Michel Shehadeh, a long time Palestinian American activist and one of the defendants in the 20 year old case of the Los Angeles 8. Shehadeh is regularly publishes in the U.S. and the Middle East an analysis of current issues affecting Palestinians and Arab Americans.
Produced and hosted by Muna Coobtee
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12/7006 Iraq: What Next?
We will be discussing the Iraqi war and its impact on regional politics, including Iran, Syria, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia with our guests:
Chris Toensing, Executive Director and Editor of Middle East Report who will discuss the Baker-Hamilton plan that was released on 12/6;
Fatah Rebwar, Kurdish Media Coordinator, U.K., who will discuss the Iraqi internal issue, with an emphasis on new alliance in the Parliament and the civil war;
Dr. Nader Bagherzadeh, University of California, Irvine who will be addressing the Iranian nuclear issue, and the politics behind it.
Produced and hosted by Hamoud Salhi
12/14/06 The Rise of Turkish Nationalism and Politics: The Perspective of Kurdish Writers
Discussion with Kurdish writer Zeynel Abidin Kizilyaprak and journalist Hassan Ghazi.
Produced and hosted by Nyma Ardalan
12/21/06 Muslims, Jews and Christians working together to bring Peace, Justice and Understanding
We will be discussing how Muslims, Jews and Christians can cooperate together to build a lasting peace between all here in our community of Los Angeles and beyond to Southern California, our country and the world at large. Guests:
Imam JIHAD TURK: Religious Leader, The Islamic Center of Southern California and Consultant for the Inter-religious Council of Southern California.
Reverend Dr. GWYNNE GUIBORD: Officer of Ecumenical and Inter-religious Concerns for the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles. Dr. Guibord is also the Consultant for Interfaith Relations for The Episcopal Church/USA.
MALKA FENYVESI: Progressive Jewish Alliance Coordinator for the New Ground Project
Hosted and Produced by Nile El-Wardani with guest co-host Jordan El-Grably
12/28/06 The Past, Present and Future of India's Revolutionary Movements
The current land rights movement in a village known as Singur has rocked the State government of West Bengal, as peasants have been waging a fierce battle against the presumably leftist State government, the police and India’s corporate elite. The people of Singur come from a long and rich legacy of revolutionary struggles, one of which, the Naxalite movement, will be recalled and assessed at its present level by Southern California's own prominent South Asian Historian. A third interview will discuss the future of revolutionary movements in India, the lessons learned, and the hope and belief for people’s power that continues on in the face of on-going neo-liberal and globalization processes.
With guests:
+ Sumit Chowdhury, filmmaker and activist, Kolkata, West Bengal, will discuss the recent campaign against corporate land acquistion in the Singur village
+ Dr. Vinay Lal, Professor of History, UCLA, will assess the revolutionary people's struggles of India's past
+ Prakash Rao, Chair, Communist Gadar Party of India, will discuss the future of revolutionary strategies in India.
Hosted by Sejal Patel, produced by Sejal Patel and members of Indian Progressive Study Group for SWANA
