Date:

July 1, 2009   

Raed Jarrar
Born and raised in Iraq, Mr. Jarrar is currently based in Washington D.C. He is a political analyst; contributing writer for Foreign Policy in Focus; member of the steering committee of the NY-based coalition United For Peace and Justice; and serves as Iraq consultant for the American Friends Service Committee.

The current situation in occupied Iraq, the U.S. troops "withdrawal" from some Iraqi cities, the increase of attacks in Iraq in the last few days, the U.S. military basis in Iraq, the Iraqi oil, and much more.

Date:

June 24, 2009   

Dr. James Zogby
Founder and president of the Arab American Institute, co-founder and served as the Executive Director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, a lecturer and scholar on Middle East issues, U.S.-Arab relations and the history of the Arab American community, author of several books and articles, and host of the award winning "Viewpoint” TV program.

Dr. Zogby has just retuned to the U.S. from a trip to the Middle East. We will talk with him about his own view and the views he heard while in the Middle East about President Obama's foreign policy towards the Middle East; the recent Lebanese elections; the Palestinian-Israeli problem; and much more.

Date:

June 17, 2009   

Dr. Stephen Zunes
Professor of Politics and International Studies at the University of San Francisco, where he chairs the program in Middle Eastern Studies. He serves as a senior policy analyst for the Foreign Policy in Focus project of the Institute for Policy Studies, and is also an associate editor of Peace Review, and chair of the academic advisory committee for the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict.

Elections in Iran, President Obama’s recent visit to the Middle East and his remarks about peace in that part of the world, Occupied Iraq, President Carter’s visit to the besieged Gaza Strip and his meeting with Hamas officials, and the recent Israeli Prime Minister’s remarks about his own plans.

Date:

June 10, 2009   

President Barack Obama's Speech
Remarks made by President Barack Obama on June 4, 2009 at Cairo University in Cairo, Egypt, where he addressed the Arab and Muslim worlds.  In his speech, President Obama called for a new beginning between the United States and Muslims across the world.

Date:

June 3, 2009   

Gilad Atzmon
Israeli expat, writer, philosopher, activist and talented jazz saxophonist.  He will be joining us live in the studio to talk about Palestine and Israel.  Right after his interview with Arab Voices, Gilad Atzmon will do a live performance followed by a talk on Palestine in Houston (click here for the details).

Phillip Tourney
USS Liberty Survivor; an American hero, who served in the US Navy for 8 years. We will talk with him about the 42^nd anniversary of the brutal & deliberate Israeli attack on the US Navy intelligence ship USS Liberty that killed 34 Americans and wounded 174, and his efforts to launch a US investigation.

Date:

May 27, 2009   

George Galloway
British Member of Parliament and activist, who broke the siege on Gaza by leading more than 100 vehicle aid convoy Artery of Life bringing medicine, food, clothing and toys from the UK to Gaza after a 24-day journey through Europe and Africa in March.

Break The Siege of Gaza: A speech given by George Galloway in Houston on May 17, 2009, and Mr. Galloway's new initiative to lead a US convoy of at least 500 vehicles and $10 million of humanitarian aid to Gaza.  More information is at www.vivapalestina-us.org.

Date:

May 20, 2009   

Date:

May 13, 2009   

Ali Khalili
Chairman of the Coalition to Free Imam Zoubir Bouchikhi will be talking with Arab Voices LIVE about the case of Sheikh Zoubir Bouchikhi, a well respected Imam, scholar and teacher in Houston (a native of Algeria) with two master’s degrees, who was arrested and has been held at a private immigration prison in Houston for nearly 5 months.  On March 17, 2009, the Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) set a bond for his release, but then ICE decided to delay his release supposedly based on advice from Washington!
  
BREAKING NEWS - May 13 @ 7:30 pm:
Imam Zoubir has just been released from jail.
Announcement was made LIVE on Arab Voices!
 
Campaign Letter to Free Sheikh Zoubir
  
Video & Photos of Demonstration in Support of Sheikh Zoubir
 
Sheikh Zoubir's interview with Amy Goodman on Democracy Now
 

Membership Drive

Ali Khalili
  

Sheikh Zoubir

Date:

May 6, 2009   

Medea Benjamin
Cofounder of both CODEPINK and Global Exchange. She has been working for several years to promote a U.S. foreign policy that respects human rights. She recently led a 60-person delegation to Gaza, and on Monday, May 4, she interrupted the Israeli President at AIPAC's Conference calling for an end to the Israeli occupation and lifting the siege of Gaza.

AIPAC's (American Israeli Political Action Committee) annual policy conference and Medea's participation in it; the U.S. administrations  decision to drop espionage-related charges against two former officials of AIPAC; Medea's recent 60-person delegation trip to Gaza, and the upcoming delegation to Gaza.
 

Membership Drive

Date:

April 29, 2009   

Dr. Hanan Ashrawi
Palestinian legislator, activist and scholar, who served as the official spokeswoman for the Palestinian Delegation to the Middle East peace process in 1991. She chairs the Executive Committee of the Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy (MIFTAH), and she is the Diana Tamari Sabbagh Fellow in Middle Eastern Studies at the Baker Institute.

'Peace in the Middle East: Lessons Learned and New Directions": A lecture given by Dr. Hanan Ashrawi at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University in Houston last month (March 24, 2009).

Date:

April 22, 2009   

Yousef Munayyer
Policy Analyst for the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), the largest Arab-American civil rights organization in the US. Munayyer is completing doctoral work in Government and Politics. He frequently writes on matters of foreign policy in the Arab and Muslim world and civil rights and civil liberties issues in the US. His Op-Eds appear regularly in numerous national newspapers.

The Obama  Administration’s policy and its efforts to change the U.S. foreign policy in relation to the Middle East, the newly released torture memos from the Bush era, the just-held UN conference on racism, and much more.

Date:

April 15, 2009   

Annemarie Jacir
Palestinian-born filmmaker who was named one of Filmmaker magazine's 25 New Faces of Independent Cinema. She has written, directed and produced a number of award-winning films including Until When, Post Oslo History, and Salt of this Sea, which will be premiered on Friday, April 17 during Houston Palestine Film Festival.  Jacir also works as a freelance editor and cinematographer and a teacher of cinema to children in Palestinian refugee camps.

Date:

April 8, 2009   

Adam Kokesh
Corporal in the United States Marine Corps Reserve and a veteran of the Iraq War. He is an activist with and a member of the board of the Iraq Veterans Against the War organization.

A discussion with Adam about his experience in Iraq; Iraq Veterans Against the War organization; President Barack Obama's visit to Iraq and his plans for troop withdrawal from Iraq. 

Date:

April 1, 2009   

Codepink Womens Delegation to Gaza
"Sprouts: Codepink Womens Delegation to Gaza": The story of CODEPINK delegates who went to Gaza, Hollywood stars who supported them, and others, who pressured Israel, Egypt, and the White House. Finally President Obama puts pressure on PM Ehud Olmert, and Israel blinks.

Featured speakers/guests: Jordan Elgrably, LCC, UN Special Rapporteur to Palestine, Richard Falk, Phyllis Bennis, Alice Walker, singer Annie Lennox, KPFK's Don Bustany, actor Eric Roberts, CODEPINK, Ann Wright, Medea Benjamin, Gael Murphy, Pam Rasmussen, and Nile Alwardini.

Date:

March 25, 2009   

Dahr Jamail
Independent journalist who has reported from the Middle East for the last five years.  He writes for the Inter Press Service, and Le Monde Diplomatique, among others. He also reports on radio for Democracy Now!, and has appeared on the BBC and NPR and numerous other stations around the globe.

"Iraq and Beyond: The Real Story by Dahr Jamail": A speech given by Dahr Jamail at the Rothko Chapel in Houston on March 3, 2009. Dahr spoke about the war in Iraq, the current situation in that region of the world, and the implications for human rights.

Date:

March 18, 2009   

Aseel Al Banna
An Iraqi peace activist, co-founder and active member of Iraqi Voices for Peace.  Born and raised in Baghdad, Aseel studied architecture and urban studies and is currently based in Washington, D.C. Aseel has been politically active in her community where she traveled with an Iraqi women's delegation throughout the US to shed light on the horrors of the war in Iraq and its impact on women and children.

The current situation in occupied Iraq on the eve of the 6^th anniversary of the U.S.-lead attack and occupation of Iraq; the horrors of the war and its impact on women and children over the years; the Iraqi refugee crisis; President Obama's plans for U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq, and much more.