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Voices of the Middle East and North Africa is a weekly program hosted by Malihe Razazan and Mira Nabulsi. It explores the richly diverse and fascinating world of culture and politics of the Middle East and North Africa through a complex web of class, gender, ethnic, religious and regional differences. Voices of the Middle East and North Africa airs on KPFA radio, 94.1 FM, in Berkeley, CA. Online on kpfa.org or on Apple Podcasts.
An Arizona boycott clause: Malihe Razazan gives you a reason to read the fine print.
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A layered look at Turkey's protests and the power structures behind them.
This episode follows the arrest of Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu and the protests that came after it, then widens into a clear account of how Turkey's political system reached this point.
A sober look at how the Iraq war was justified and what it left behind.
The 2003 U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq sits at the center here, and the discussion keeps circling back to how the war was justified on several fronts before becoming normal.
A clear look at boycott politics and the push for fuller Palestine coverage.
This episode uses Boycott to place the boycott movement for Palestinian rights inside a longer history of boycott campaigns and civil disobedience.
Jerusalem-based strategy for a volatile region.
Israel news with biblical voltage.
Jewish public affairs with context and consequence.
Jewish thought under present pressure.
Israelis argue Zionism live, and callers get a say.
Pacifica Radio's Voices of the Middle East and North Africa speaks with UC Berkeley sociologist Cihan Tugal about the detention of Ekrem İmamoğlu, Istanbul's mayor and the CHP candidate for the 2028 Turkish presidential election.
Voices of the Middle East and North Africa examines toxic military supply chains through cultural anthropologist Kali Rubai’s research in Fallujah, Iraq.
Malihera Zazan introduces Bassam Haddad and Sami Hermes to analyze Israel’s war on Hezbollah and Lebanon after pager explosions, assassinations, and airstrikes that killed more than 2,100 people and displaced 1.2 million.
Voices of the Middle East and North Africa opens with the claim that the 2003 invasion and occupation of Iraq killed more than 300,000 Iraqis and displaced 9.2 million people, citing Brown University’s Costs of War Project.
Suhad Baba discusses the documentary Boycott, which follows lawsuits against anti-boycott laws in Arizona, Texas, and Arkansas and links those laws to 33 states with similar statutes.