Open discussions with listeners/callers regarding the Middle East, Iraq, Palestine and the US foreign policy.

Dr. As'ad AbuKhalil
Arab-American scholar, professor of political science at California State University, Stanislaus, and visiting professor at UC, Berkeley.

Fareed Zein-Elabdin, president of the Sudanese American Community Development Organization of Greater Houston, and Dr. James Jennings, president of Conscience International who just returned to the U.S. from a visit to Sudan

Laila Al-Qatami
Communications Director for the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC)

The increased racist and hostile remarks made by several U.S. main stream media towards Iraqis, Palestinians, other Arabs and Muslims in recent weeks.

Mordechai Vanunu
Israeli Nuclear Whistleblower, who worked as a nuclear technician at Dimona, Israel's secret nuclear installation.

Israeli Nuclear Weapons program, Vanunu's kidnapping and jail term of 18 years for revealing information about Dimona, and what he witnessed there.
 
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Open discussions with listeners/callers regarding the US elections and the Middle East.

Tariq Ali
Long-time anti-war activist, political campaigner, historian and novelist, who has written over a dozen books on world history and politics, including "Bush in Babylon: The Recolonization of Iraq".

Speech made by Tariq Ali on the Occupation of Iraq, and open phone lines for the listeners to say what's on their mind regarding the Middle East and the US presidential elections

Barbara Lubin
Founder and Executive Director of the Middle East Children’s Alliance who lead fact-finding delegations to occupied Palestine and Iraq, bringing hundreds of people from the United States to the Middle East to learn first-hand about the realities there. 

The dire situation in occupied Palestine and Iraq, especially as the children casualties count in both countries is on the rise.

Dr. Maher Hathout
Retired physician & prominent leader of the American Muslim community, senior advisor for the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) and Spokesman for the Islamic Center of Southern California.

Islam's view of the killings and beheadings in Iraq and elsewhere, Jihad vs. Terrorism, the status of American Muslims, and the U.S. elections.

Mordechai Vanunu
Israeli Nuclear Whistleblower, who worked as a nuclear technician at Dimona, Israel's secret nuclear installation.  Mr. Vanunu will speak to Arab Voices LIVE from occupied Jerusalem after he was released from Jail, and in defiance of the Israeli Government's restrictions ordering him not to do so.

Israeli Nuclear Weapons program, Vanunu's kidnapping and jail term of 18 years for revealing information about Dimona, and what he witnessed there.

Dr. Stephen Zunes
Associate professor of politics and chair of the Peace & Justice Studies Program at the University of San Francisco, who serves as the Middle East editor for the Foreign Policy in Focus Project

The escalation of words and pressure placed on Syria by the U.S. and Israel, as well as the so called "War on Terrorism" that has devastated Iraq.

Ali Abunimah
Vice-president of the Arab-American Action Network, a well-known media analyst, and co-founder of Electronic Intifada.

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Salam Al-Marayati
Executive Director of the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) in Los Angeles

The untold stories from occupied Iraq, and the effects of the U.S. occupation on the people of Iraq

Dr. James Jennings
President of Conscience International, and coordinator of  "U.S. Academics Against the War"

Wayne Madsen
Washington, DC-based investigative journalist and columnist who served in the National Security Agency (NSA) during the Reagan administration who wrote the introduction to "Forbidden Truth"

Denis Halliday
Former head of the U.N. oil-for-food program in Iraq and former U.N. Assistant Secretary General

While some celebrate the hand over to Iraqis, Mr. Halliday says: "Continuing U.S. occupation of a somewhat 'sovereign' Iraq is a prescription for disaster; the Iraqi people cannot be expected to focus on resolving their differences and building on aspects of unity when aggressive, intrusive and controlling alien occupation continues."

Ibrahim Hooper
Spokesman for CAIR (the Council on American-Islamic Relations) in Washington.

The increased tension and violence in the Middle East, including the horrific killings/beheadings in Saudi Arabia and Iraq, Islam's position on this, and how that affects Muslims living in the U.S.

Ian Williams
U.N. correspondent for the Nation, a New York-based writer covering the United Nations and world affairs.

Israel's plans for expanding the colonies in the occupied Palestinian territories, and Sharon's "disengagement" plan.

Marjorie Cohn
Professor at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, a contributing editor to t r u t h o u t, executive vice president of the National Lawyers Guild, and the U.S. representative to the executive committee of the American Association of Jurists.

The latest developments in Iraq, including the new UN Security Council Resolution.

Audio clips of recorded speeches for the late professor Edward Said, Palestine's foremost political commentator, Tariq Ali, long-time anti-war activist, political campaigner, historian and novelist, Rahul Mahajan, long-time activist, member of the Steering Committee of United for Peace and Justice, and publisher of the blog Empire Notes, and Robert Fisk, chief Middle East correspondent for the London Independent.

Nasser Maher
Chief liaison/representative of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency

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Roger Normand
Executive Director of the Center for Economic and Social Rights

The situation in Iraq and the mistreatment at Abu Graib prison.

Iman's paintings, and how they embrace the rich culture of the Middle East, and how they relate to what is happening there.

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Arsalan Iftikhar
Director of Legal Affairs at CAIR-National (Council on American-Islamic Relations)
   
 
Najat Elsayed
Communications Director for CAIR-Houston
 
The increased hatred and incidents towards Arabs and Muslims in the US, and the media role in this

The new award-winning film "AREA K: A Political Fishing Documentary", a story about how Palestinian fishermen from the refugee camps of Gaza and their Israeli counterparts have to form a business partnership in order to share water for their livelihoods.

The U.S. Foreign Policy towards the Middle East (including occupied Iraq and occupied Palestine).

Joy Gordon
Professor of Philosophy and Co-Director of the Legal Studies Program at Fairfield University

Dr. Gordon says:  "The collapse of Iraq's economy and public services was due to the overall strangulation of the economy, and in particular the aggressive U.S. posture in blocking billions of dollars of crucial materials for Iraq's infrastructure. The real scandal is that the comprehensive sanctions, worsened at every juncture by extreme and unilateral U.S. positions, literally reduced Iraq from a sophisticated, industrialized nation, with excellent health care and education, to a Third World country with the quality of life of nations like Haiti and Somalia."

Diana Buttu
Legal advisor with the Negotiations Support Unit of the Negotiations Affairs Department of the Palestine Liberation Organization

LIVE from Ramallah

A conversation with Cindy and Craig Corrie on the first anniversary of the murder of U.S. citizen Rachel Corrie by the Israeli Occupation Forces in the Gaza Strip.

Ralph Nader
Prominent Lebanese-American, political activist, presidential candidate, consumer advocate, lawyer, one of the most unique, important, and controversial political figures of the past half century.

U.S. foreign policy towards the Middle East and the U.S. Patriot Act.

Nino Kader
Communications Director for the American Task Force on Palestine

Rahul Mahajan
Antiwar activist, member of Nowar Collective, serving on the national boards of Peace Action and the Education for Peace in Iraq Center

Greta Berlin
A U.S. peace activist, member of Women in Black Los Angeles, an Israeli-women's peace group, and volunteer with the International Solidarity Movement, who has visited the occupied Palestinian territories several times, and was shot by the Israeli occupation forces.

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Dr. Alice Rothchild
A Jewish American physician who has worked in the health care reform and women’s movements for many years, but has focused much of her energy on understanding the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.  She is with the steering committee for Visions of Peace with Justice in Israel/Palestine.

Live from the Middle East:  Alice's experience in Palestine/Israel, and what she witnessed there.

Jacqueline Cabasso
Executive director of Western States Legal Foundation, an anti-nuclear advocacy group in Oakland, California.  Jacqueline has been actively speaking and writing widely on nuclear weapons issues.

Adam Shapiro
Jewish-American activist and co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement in Palestine, who also serves on the Board of Directors of Partners for Peace.

Eyewitness Iraq, and the new documentary film called "About Baghdad" Adam is working on after a recent visit to Iraq