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December 25, 2002 |
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Middle Eastern Songs |
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Arabic songs from different
Middle Eastern Arab countries |
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Date: |
December 18, 2002 |
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Guest: |
Dr.
William Cook
Professor of English at the University of La Verne in
California |
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Topics: |
The latest issues on the Middle East,
including Iraq and the Palestinian/Israeli conflict, as
well as the U.S. policy towards the Middle East |
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Date: |
December 11, 2002 |
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Dr. Robert
Jensen
Associate Professor in the School of Journalism at the
University of Texas at Austin, and Director of the College
of Communication Senior Fellows Program |
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Topic: |
The U.S. policy towards the Middle East, especially
towards Iraq and Palestine |
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December 4, 2002 |
| Guest: |
Sam Husseini
Communications
Director for the Institute for Public Accuracy, who's
articles on politics, foreign affairs, public policy, media,
and pop culture have been published in numerous outlets.
Prior to joining IPA, Husseini was media director for the
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. |
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Topic: |
The latest on the Iraqi front and the
Palestinian/Israeli conflict |
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November 27, 2002 |
| Guest: |
Dr. Stephen Zunes
Associate
professor of
politics and chair of the Peace and Justice
Studies program at the University of San
Francisco. |
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| Topic: |
The search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, and
what might happen if the US invaded Iraq. |
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Date: |
November 20, 2002 |
| Guest: |
Sobhi Al-Zobaidi
Award winning Palestinian filmmaker and writer |
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| Topic: |
The new film: Crossing Kalandia |
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Date: |
November 13, 2002 |
| Guest: |
George Rishmawi
Christian-Palestinian from Bethlehem, and activist
promoting non-violent means of resisting occupation |
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| Topic: |
His eye-witness account of the suffering of Palestinian
children and families under the Israeli military
occupation |
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Date: |
November 6, 2002 |
| Guest: |
Najat ElSayed
Council on American Islamic Relations
(CAIR-Houston) |
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| Topic: |
Ramadan. Why do Muslims fast, and
what are the benefits of fasting. |
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Date: |
October 30, 2002 |
| Guest: |
Tim Riley
Democratic nominee running for the United States
Congress |
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| Topic: |
Resolving the Middle East Conflict |
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October 23, 2002 |
| Guest: |
Khalid Turrani
Executive director of the Washington-based American
Muslims for Jerusalem, former director of government
relations and development at the American Muslim
Council, served on the national policy council of the
Arab-American Institute, and the Executive Board of the
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee |
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| Topic: |
Occupied Palestine and the Israeli Actions there |
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Date: |
October 16, 2002 |
| Guest: |
Muna Hamza
Palestinian-American journalist and author who has been
writing about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict since
1985. She is the author of 'Refugee in Our Land:
Chronicles From a Palestinian Refugee Camp in
Bethlehem', and a contributing writer to 'The New
Intifada: Resisting Israel's Apartheid'. Her new book,
'Operation Defensive Shield: Witnesses to War Crimes in
Palestine: will be published in January 2003. Ms. Hamzeh
lived in the Occupied Palestinian Territories between
1989-2000, and witnessed both Palestinian uprisings |
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Topic: |
The situation in Palestine and what is about to happen
in Iraq |
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Date: |
October 9, 2002 |
| Guest: |
Nadia Hijab
Author
who has written widely on the Middle East, author of Womanpower: The Arab Debate on Women at
Work, and Citizen Apart: A Portrait of
Palestinians in Israel. She was editor-in-chief of
the Middle East Magazine and was a frequent commentator
on the BBC while based in London. As a New York
based independent consultant since 1999, she worked for
international development organizations on human rights,
human development, gender, and the media. She is a
member and past president of the Association of Arab
American University Graduates, and a member of the ADC |
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Topic: |
The Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the
Iraqi situation
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Membership
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October 2, 2002 |
| Guest: |
Ray Hanania
Award-winning Palestinian-American Journalist, author and
writer, long time advocate for peace between Arabs and Jews,
served as national president of the Palestinian American
Congress (95-96),
Executive Director of the
National Arab American Journalist Association, and
commentator on the Islamic Broadcasting Network (IBN).
He is also a professional stand-up comedian, and an
American Military Veteran. |
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Topic: |
The rise
of the Arab-American media, and the portray of Arabs in
the U.S. media.
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Membership
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Date: |
September 25, 2002 |
| Guest: |
Noor Kesbeh
Palestinian refugee living in Houston |
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Topic: |
The INS deportation orders for Noor and her
family to leave Houston. |
| Guest: |
Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh
Co-founder of Al-Awda, the Palestine Right to Return
Coalition, member of
the national steering committee of the U.S. Campaign to
End the Occupation, Vice President of the Middle East
Crisis Committee, author of several books including
Sharing the Land of Canaan: Human rights and the
Israeli-Palestinian Struggle, self-syndicated columnist
whose articles appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle,
Boston Globe, and Al-Ahram in Egypt. |
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Topic: |
The occupation of Palestine |
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Date: |
September 18, 2002 |
| Guest: |
Dr. Rania Masri
Award-winning
human rights activist and coordinator of the Iraq Action
Coalition |
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Topics: |
The Iraqi and Palestinian situations |
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Date: |
September 11, 2002 |
| Guest: |
Dr. Ziad Asali
President of the
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC)
Special
live broadcast across the nation |
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Topic: |
First Anniversary of the
September 11th
attacks, and the change in U.S. foreign and
domestic policies |
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Date: |
September 11, 2002 |
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Guest: |
Dr. James
Zogby
Founder and president of the Arab American Institute (AAI) |
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Topic: |
How did the September 11th attacks affected the
Arab-American community in the U.S. |
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Date: |
September 4, 2002 |
| Guest: |
Carolyn Parrish
Member of the Canadian Parliament for the
Federal Riding of Mississauga Centre |
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Topic: |
Her fact-finding mission to the occupied West Bank
and Gaza Strip |
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Date: |
August 28, 2002 |
| Guest: |
Dr. Riad Al-Zaanoun
Palestinian Minister of Health
LIVE
from Gaza city |
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Topic: |
The new
Israeli massacre in Gaza |
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Date: |
August 21, 2002 |
| Guest: |
Kathy Kelly
Founder of
Voices in the Wilderness, coordinator of Iraq
Peace Team, Nobel Peace Prize nominee, who
visited
Iraq many times, and also visited the occupied
Palestinian territories, and was very active there,
traveling to a number of cities, including Ramallah and
Jenin. She witnessed Israeli military actions,
shot at by Israeli snipers, escorted Palestinian
ambulances, and recorded the stories of Palestinians who
were tortured, interrogated, and used as human shields |
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Topic: |
Kathy's experience in Iraq and Palestine.
What did she observe? |
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Date: |
August 14, 2002 |
| Guest: |
Khalil Jahshan
Executive Vice-President of the
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, and
director of its Government Affairs Affiliate, the
National Association of Arab Americans |
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Topic: |
The latest Middle East issues, including the situation
in Iraq and Palestine |
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Date: |
August 7, 2002 |
| Guest: |
Diana Buttu
Legal advisor with the
Negotiations Support Unit of the Negotiations Affairs
Department of the Palestine Liberation Organization |
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| Topic: |
The Palestinian uprising against the
Israeli occupation |
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Date: |
July 31, 2002 |
| Guest: |
Dr. Nasser Al-Kidwa
Ambassador, Permanent Observer of Palestine to the
United Nations |
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| Topic: |
The Palestinian/Israeli conflict and the U.N. role in
resolving it |
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Date: |
July 24, 2002 |
| Guest: |
Ray Hanania
Writer of an award-winning syndicated column analyzing
Middle East events, humorist, satirist and stand-up
comedian who launched his public comedy performances
after September 11 to help break through the growing
hatred and animosity |
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Topic: |
Arab Americans and the media |
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Date: |
July 17, 2002 |
| Guests: |
Shaw Darwish
President of the Houston Chapter of the American-Arab
Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC)
Charles Homsy
Vice President of ADC-Houston |
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Topic: |
Issues facing the Arab-American community in Houston,
and how the U.S. policy towards the Middle East affects
them |
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Date: |
July 10, 2002 |
| Guest: |
Dr. Robert
Jensen
Associate Professor in the School of Journalism at the
University of Texas at Austin, and Director of the College
of Communication Senior Fellows Program |
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Topic: |
The U.S. policy towards the Middle East, and the media
coverage of events there |
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Date: |
July 3, 2002 |
| Guest: |
Ned Khatib
Palestinian-American activist living in Houston, Texas |
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Topic: |
Palestinian Refugees, and the
Israeli/Palestinian conflict |
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Date: |
June 26, 2002 |
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Membership
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Date: |
June 19, 2002 |
| Guest: |
Anees Barghouti
Deputy minister for the Ministry of
Planning and International Cooperation in the Occupied
Palestinian Territories, and former Ambassador of the
Palestine Liberation Organization to the United States
(1992 to 1995) |
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Topic: |
The situation in occupied Palestine |
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Date: |
June 12, 2002 |
| Guests: |
The Listeners |
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| Topic: |
Listeners' live comments, views and questions
about the Middle East |
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Date: |
May 15, 2002 |
| Guest: |
Hossein Ibish
Communications
director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination
Committee |
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Topic: |
U.S. foreign policy towards the Middle East |
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Date: |
April 16, 2002 |
| Guest: |
Hanan Elmasu
Palestinian human rights worker based in Geneva,
Switzerland where she advocates for Palestinian human
rights within the United Nations, a member of the Board
of Trustees of Addameer, an organization that observes
Israeli human rights practices, advocates on behalf of
Palestinian political prisoners and generally promotes
human rights |
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Topic: |
Human Rights violations in occupied
Palestine by the Israeli occupation government |
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