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We are announcing the launch of The War on Palestine Podcast, an approximately 20-minute regular program available on video or audio that comprises updates on what is happening on the ground in Palestine as well as some focused analysis on how to make sense of those developments. The podcast features Noura Erakat, Ziad Abu-Rish, and Bassam Haddad. Research for this program was conducted by Mayss al-Alami, Sarah al-Yahya, Anas Alkhatib, Raneem `Ayyad, and Alaa Attiah Mitwali. The update component of the program will address key developments in a combination of the following areas: Gaza and the rest of Palestine. The United Nations and legal advocacy. Regional state's policies and statements The US media landscape Grassroots reverberations and mobilizations We will present the analysis component during the last 5 minutes of the program. It will take stock of the developments presented both for the immediate moment and the broader trajectory of the struggle for Palestinian liberation. This program is meant to be a resource for educators, activists, researchers, and laypersons wanting to follow closely as the catastrophic situation continues to unfold.

The country of Lebanon has been in social and economic upheaval over the past few years, sending many of its beleaguered citizens into international exile in search of basic economic survival. VOMENA's Khalil Bendib speaks with Lebanese activist and academic Rayan El-Amine who, after a decade in his native land, has returned to the Bay area with his family, about the travails of a country that is geographically diminutive but has always loomed large in the conscience of the world.

Now approaching seventy tons annually, gold has replaced cotton as Mali's leading export, turning that country into Africa's third-largest gold producer. The primary destination of artisanal gold seems to be the United Arab Emirates. By all evidence, the gold that shines in the souks of Dubai is the product of a complex web of criminal networks, terrorist groups and internationally sanctioned regimes, who use this non-industrially mined gold to launder their money. The Emirates have long been a global hub for transnational African merchants, who travel to Dubai to purchase imported goods such as Japanese-made auto parts or Chinese-made garments. Emirati authorities and commercial players are now exploiting their country's existing commercial status to make the UAE an important node for the trade in precious metals, especially gold. These buyers are actively financing associates in Mali and throughout the Sahel and Sahara regions, driving the expansion of artisanal mining into new areas." Malihe Razazan speaks with Bruce Whitehouse about the reasons why Mali is emerging as the main production hub for Sahelian countries and why Dubai is the number one destination for artisanal gold trade.

Last September, Mahsa-Jina Amini, a twenty-two-year-old woman from the Kurdish region of Iran, died while in the custody of Iran's notorious "morality police." During the funeral in her hometown of Saghez, which was to become the epicenter of the nationwide protests in Iran, women took off their headscarves, chanting ‘Women Life Freedom', a slogan which became an iconic chant both within Iran and beyond. Images of young women protesters openly taking off their headscarves and burning them sent the unmistakable message to the ruling clerics that they could no longer impose their draconian and nonsensical laws on women and girls in Iran. Throughout the country, in the schools, universities, and streets young people became the leaders of protests calling for an end to the oxymoronic "Islamic republic.“ But, as predicted, the brutality employed by the regime's security apparatus to suppress the protests at any cost took on epic proportions. Over 500 protesters have reportedly been killed so far, including 70 children. In addition, to this day four protesters have been executed by the state, with many more also facing the death sentence. Hundreds of protesters were also blinded by Metal Pellets and Rubber Bullets. Furthermore, over the past six months, human rights organizations have documented the pervasive use of torture and abuse of detained protestors. A newly released report by Amnesty International, for example, reveals that the Iranian authorities have, among other torture methods, used sexual violence against imprisoned children. Amnesty International's Deputy Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Diana Eltahawy, has said that "Iran's violence against children exposes a deliberate strategy to crush the vibrant spirit of the country's youth and stop them from demanding freedom and human rights.” Professor Shahrzad Mojab, who is our guest today, says that much of the push for the current protests has come from young people, who are more aware than previous generations of women's issues thanks to social media. "They have their own powerful reason for wanting a change of regime: a desire for a better future." Professor Shahrzad Mojab is a scholar, teacher, and activist, and she's internationally known for her work on the impacts of war, displacement, and violence upon women's learning and education. Malihe Razazan spoke with her about the protest movement, the islamization of the education system as well as the role of young women in the protests, and started by asking her to talk about the genesis of the slogan "Women Life Freedom," and how it encapsulates the spirit and objectives of the protests in Iran.

Even by Israel's abysmal standards, provocations against the people of Palestine have seen a dramatic escalation since the arrival of Bibi Netanyahu's new government three months ago: hundreds of innocent civilians murdered, including many children, an outright anti-Palestinian pogrom in the West Bank that was cheered on by the minister of interior, a brutal attack on worshippers inside one of Islam's holy sites in the middle of Ramadan, as well as statements by a key government official declaring that the Palestinian people simply does not exist. At the same time, a historic wave of protests contesting the new government's attempts to temper with the role of the judiciary claims to defend democracy in the holy land without a single mention of the central question of Palestinian civil and human rights. We asked asked prominent Israeli historian Ilan Pappé for his take on these recent developments.

The 2003 invasion and occupation of Iraq resulted in massive death and destruction, and fueled sectarian tensions, which culminated in a violent civil war. More than 300,000 Iraqis have died from direct war violence and 9.2 million people have been internally displaced, according to Brown University's Costs of War Project. The brutal invasion and occupation of Iraq entrenched the country in a cycle of sectarian violence and impacted every aspect of life in Iraq, from governance to health care, infrastructure, economy and the environment and long term trauma In a recent piece in the Guardian, one of today's guests Professor Sinan Antoon writes, “I had always hoped to see the end of Saddam's dictatorship at the hands of the Iraqi people, not courtesy of a neocolonial project that would dismantle what had remained of the Iraqi state and replace it with a regime based on ethno-sectarian dynamics, plunging the country into violent chaos and civil wars." This week, we bring you the first part of our conversation about the reasons behind the catastrophic invasion of Iraq.

Clashes between Sudanese armed forces and the Rapid Support Forces spread to different regions in the country, creating a humanitarian crisis of immense proportions. Hundreds have died and tens of thousands of Sudanese are attempting to escape the violence. Host Shahram Aghamir spoke to Prof. Khalid Medani about this topic.

On May 28th, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was re-elected for a third term by winning 52% of the popular vote. His main rival Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu garnered 48%. Two weeks earlier, the right wing Islamist-Nationalist coalition consisting of Erdogan's ruling Justice and Development party (AKP) and its allies had won the majority in the parliamentary election. Shahram Aghamir spoke with Professor Cihan Tuğal about these outcomes and how and why Erdoğan was able to secure a third term in office despite a worsening economy and now chronic hyperinflation, the government's disastrous response to the deadly earthquakes, as well as his increasingly authoritarian rule. Courtesy of Voices of the Middle East & North Africa (VOMENA).

The catastrophic loss of life in the recent earthquakes in Turkey and Syria on February 6th have sparked numerous questions, such as: What can possibly explain such a high number of casualties and the widespread destruction of old and new buildings? Host Shahram Aghamir spoke to Cihan Tuğal about this topic.

There is still talk here about the Intifada or what has become known as Lebanon. As we enter the third week of the economic collapse, we continue our narration of the events and chapters of the uprising, accompanied by new melodies, sounds and music that were specially prepared for these fast days. Loss is the title of this week that we present day by day through these seven episodes.

There is still talk here about the Intifada or what has become known as Lebanon. As we enter the third week of the economic collapse, we continue our narration of the events and chapters of the uprising, accompanied by new melodies, sounds and music that were specially prepared for these fast days. Loss is the title of this week that we present day by day through these seven episodes.

There is still talk here about the Intifada or what has become known as Lebanon. As we enter the third week of the economic collapse, we continue our narration of the events and chapters of the uprising, accompanied by new melodies, sounds and music that were specially prepared for these fast days. Loss is the title of this week that we present day by day through these seven episodes.

There is still talk here about the Intifada or what has become known as Lebanon. As we enter the third week of the economic collapse, we continue our narration of the events and chapters of the uprising, accompanied by new melodies, sounds and music that were specially prepared for these fast days. Loss is the title of this week that we present day by day through these seven episodes.

There is still talk here about the Intifada or what has become known as Lebanon. As we enter the third week of the economic collapse, we continue our narration of the events and chapters of the uprising, accompanied by new melodies, sounds and music that were specially prepared for these fast days. Loss is the title of this week that we present day by day through these seven episodes.

There is still talk here about the Intifada or what has become known as Lebanon. As we enter the third week of the economic collapse, we continue our narration of the events and chapters of the uprising, accompanied by new melodies, sounds and music that were specially prepared for these fast days. Loss is the title of this week that we present day by day through these seven episodes.

There is still talk here about the Intifada or what has become known as Lebanon. As we enter the third week of the economic collapse, we continue our narration of the events and chapters of the uprising, accompanied by new melodies, sounds and music that were specially prepared for these fast days. Loss is the title of this week that we present day by day through these seven episodes.

The intifada in its second week. With a new week and musical tunes specially prepared for these hot days, we will follow the course of events day by day through these seven episodes. This series of audio recordings takes place during the days of the uprising and the economic collapse that struck Lebanon in the Fall of 2019. At that time, Mohamad Ali-Nayel kept a diary in which he wrote down what was happening around him. Three years later, he recorded these episodes on a daily basis with the addition of a few voices and music composed to accompany the narration.

The intifada in its second week. With a new week and musical tunes specially prepared for these hot days, we will follow the course of events day by day through these seven episodes. This series of audio recordings takes place during the days of the uprising and the economic collapse that struck Lebanon in the Fall of 2019. At that time, Mohamad Ali-Nayel kept a diary in which he wrote down what was happening around him. Three years later, he recorded these episodes on a daily basis with the addition of a few voices and music composed to accompany the narration.

The intifada in its second week. With a new week and musical tunes specially prepared for these hot days, we will follow the course of events day by day through these seven episodes. This series of audio recordings takes place during the days of the uprising and the economic collapse that struck Lebanon in the Fall of 2019. At that time, Mohamad Ali-Nayel kept a diary in which he wrote down what was happening around him. Three years later, he recorded these episodes on a daily basis with the addition of a few voices and music composed to accompany the narration.

The intifada in its second week. With a new week and musical tunes specially prepared for these hot days, we will follow the course of events day by day through these seven episodes. This series of audio recordings takes place during the days of the uprising and the economic collapse that struck Lebanon in the Fall of 2019. At that time, Mohamad Ali-Nayel kept a diary in which he wrote down what was happening around him. Three years later, he recorded these episodes on a daily basis with the addition of a few voices and music composed to accompany the narration.

The intifada in its second week. With a new week and musical tunes specially prepared for these hot days, we will follow the course of events day by day through these seven episodes. This series of audio recordings takes place during the days of the uprising and the economic collapse that struck Lebanon in the Fall of 2019. At that time, Mohamad Ali-Nayel kept a diary in which he wrote down what was happening around him. Three years later, he recorded these episodes on a daily basis with the addition of a few voices and music composed to accompany the narration.

The intifada in its second week. With a new week and musical tunes specially prepared for these hot days, we will follow the course of events day by day through these seven episodes. This series of audio recordings takes place during the days of the uprising and the economic collapse that struck Lebanon in the Fall of 2019. At that time, Mohamad Ali-Nayel kept a diary in which he wrote down what was happening around him. Three years later, he recorded these episodes on a daily basis with the addition of a few voices and music composed to accompany the narration.

The intifada in its second week. With a new week and musical tunes specially prepared for these hot days, we will follow the course of events day by day through these seven episodes. This series of audio recordings takes place during the days of the uprising and the economic collapse that struck Lebanon in the Fall of 2019. At that time, Mohamad Ali-Nayel kept a diary in which he wrote down what was happening around him. Three years later, he recorded these episodes on a daily basis with the addition of a few voices and music composed to accompany the narration.

خلال المقابلة تحدثنا بروفيسور ايزيس عن أهم المراحل المفصلية في حياتها، والتي تتأثر من الأحداث السياسية العالمية والمحلية والتي تهز كيان المرأ من الداخل وتتحول هذه الأحداث الى دافع وشغف لتوظيف المعرفة لخدمة العدالة الاجتماعية. تؤمن ايزيس بأن الانتاج المعرفي النقدي حول فلسطين بإستطاعته أن يتخطى حدود فلسطين الجغرافية والقومية، ومن الأنجع أن يتقاطع مع صراعات الشعوب المقموعة الاخرى حول العالم، حيث ان هذه الصراعات تنصب في ذات المحاور: التحرر من مباني القوة المهيمنة عالمية وإنتاج مجتمعات محتوية لأفرادها. وهنا، يكون دور البحث الأكاديمي في العلوم الاجتماعية عامة - والنسوية خاصة -  هاما لينقل أصوات الشرائح المهمشة وأن يسعى للتغيير في الواقع. تطرح ايزيس خلال المقابلة أسئلة قيمة حول فهمنا للانتاج المعرفي النقدي الفلسطيني - من منظور عابر للحدود ومتحد للأطر البنيوية والمهيمنة-  وكيف يتم توظيف النظريات المختلفة وأساليب البحث الخلاقة من أجل إتاحة المعرفة للجميع، مثلا عبر الفن والمسرح.  بروفيسور ايزيس نصير:أستاذة مشاركة، تعلم دراسات المرأة والجندر وكذلك الدراسات الدولية في جامعة دينيسون في الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية  (Denison University). بعض منشوراتها; تحرير كتاب "في غربة الوطن: الإثنية والجندر لدى الفلسطينيين في اسرائيل" بشراكة مع روضة كناعنة: كتابة وتحرير مسرحية "Weaving the Maps: Tales of Survival and Resistance" بشراكة مع ليلى فرح: وقامت ايضا بترجمة "مذ لم أمت: Ever Since I Did Not Die" لرامي العاشق. وتعمل الان مع باربراه شاو (Barbara Shaw) على تحرير مقالات عن الشراكة النسوية في التعليم والتعلُم. أبحاث ايزيس تركز على الفلسطينيين في إسرائيل، اللاجئات العراقيات في الأردن والولايات المتحدة، اللاجئات السوريات والفلسطينيات في ألمانيا، الدراما التلفزيونية السورية ما بعد 2011 وغيرها. تعمل ايزيس في لجنة تحرير مجلة International Feminist Journal of Politics. كما وعملت سابقا كباحثة لحقوق المرأة في الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا ضمن مؤسسة Human Rights Watch، وضمن شبكة Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network. سماح عباس: مرأة فلسطينية ولدت في قانا الجليل في شمال فلسطين المحتلة. تسكن القدس منذ سنوات. أنهت بإمتياز لقبها الأول ولقب ماجستير من الجامعة العبرية في القدس في الخدمة الاجتماعية العلاجية وتخصصت في الدراسات النسوية. أطروحة الماجستير خاصتها ركزت على دراسة تجربة الإعاقة اليومية لدى الفلسطينيين المقدسيين البالغين مع اعاقة بصرية و/أو حركية. فيها إرتكزت سماح على شهادات 15 مشارك/ة واستعانت بحقول معرفية نقدية مثل دراسات الإعاقة العالمية، النظرية النسوية، البرادايم الاستعماري الاستيطاني وغيرها. سماح ناشطة نسوية وناشطة في مجال حقوق الأشخاص مع إعاقة، وتعمل اليوم كأخصائية مٌعالجة لأطفال متضرري الصدمات الجنسية في القدس.

تمّ إجراء المقابلة معه قبل وفاته بعدة أشهر، تحدّث د. عبد الستّار قاسم عن النقاط المفصلية في مسيرة حياته، والتي أثّرت على مجمل النشاطات التي يقوم بها على المستويين الشخصي والعام. ‏وتحدّث عن قلة الإنتاج المعرفي النقدي حول فلسطين وعن صعوبة إنشاء مساحة نقدية فلسطينية تشجع الفكر النقدي مع توضيح حيثيات المجتمع الفلسطيني الذي يحول دون ذلك، بالإضافة إلى شحّ تمويل المراكز البحثية والندوات والمؤتمرات العلمية. ووضّح أنّ المؤسسات العلمية هي ليست مؤسسات فلسطينية بقدر ما هي مؤسسات فصائلية أو قبلية، وهذا يؤثر على الإنتاج، وحتى لو أعطى إنتاج فالإنتاج يكون هزيلًا على المستوى العلمي العالمي المطلوب، وإنما يكون منحازًا مسبقًا، ويُكتب لصالح هذا الفصيل أو ذاك، لأنه في النهاية يريد أن يرضي الجهة التي تمول مركز الأبحاث، وهذا الشيء كان عصيّا على قبول د. عبد الستار قاسم. وفي هذا السياق أشار د. قاسم إلى ضرورة عدم تسييس المؤسسات التعليمية؛ فالتسييس –برأيه- يخرّب المؤسسات العلمية والتعليمية (المدارس والجامعات). والمفترض بهذه المؤسسات أن تقوم وفق أسس ومبادئ ومنطلقات علمية. عبد الستار قاسم: كاتب ومفكر ومحلل سياسي وأكاديمي فلسطيني من بلدة دير الغصون قضاء طولكرم، وأستاذ العلوم السياسية والدراسات الفلسطينية في جامعة النجاح الوطنية في نابلس، وهو معروف بمواقفه الرافضة للمفاوضات مع إسرائيل، ومواقفه المنتقدة للسلطة الوطنية الفلسطينية. وُلد عام 1948، وتوفي عام 2021. صدر له 25 كتابًا، وحوالي 130 بحثًا علميًا، وآلاف المقالات أبرزها: الفلسفة السياسية التقليدية، سقوط ملك الملوك (حول الثورة الإيرانية)، الشهيد عز الدين القسام، مرتفعات الجولان، التجربة الاعتقالية، أيام في معتقل النقب، حرية الفرد والجماعة في الإسلام، المرأة في الفكر الإسلامي، سيدنا إبراهيم والميثاق مع بني إسرائيل، الطريق إلى الهزيمة، الموجز في القضية الفلسطينية، قبور الثقفين العرب. لبابة صبري: فلسطينية مقدسية، محاضرة في جامعة بيت لحم في فلسطين، وباحثة في مجال علم الاجتماع وعلم الإنسان، متخصصة بعلم اجتماع الفن والأدب والمسرح، رسالة الدكتوراة حول أنثروبولوجيا ممثلي مسرح الحكواتي في القدس، ورسالة الماجستير حول سيسولوجيا روايات الفلسطيني غسان كنفاني بعنوان "الرؤية الفكرية والمخيم الفلسطيني في روايات غسان كنفاني". المقالات البحثية المنشورة: "علم اجتماع مجموعات التكيف/ النازحين في فلسطين داخل حدود 67: دراسة مقارنة بين أهالي قرية صرعة وقرية لفتا في مخيم قلنديا للاجئين" 2006، "علم اجتماع الأدب: دراسة لنظرية جولدمان" 2007، "صناعة الحب والكراهية" 2008، "البنية الفكرية في روايات غسان كنفاني" 2008، "مراجعة نقدية لمقال صناعة الثقافة ل Adorno و Horkheimer: التنوير بوصفه خداعاً جماهيرياً" 2009، "بنية الثقافة والمجتمع في المدينة الفلسطينية" 2016.

What has Security in Context achieved in the past two years? And what does the future hold for the project? In this episode, we hear from some of the key people leading Security in Context's research network, including: Omar Dahi, Project Director of Security in Context and Economics Professor at Hampshire College; Shana Marshall, Associate Director of the Institute for Middle East Studies and Assistant Research Faculty member at the George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs; Pete Moore, Associate Professor of Politics at Case Western Reserve University; Lisa Hajjar, Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara; Firat Demir, Professor of Economics at the University of Oklahoma and co-director of University of Oklahoma's Center for Peace and Development; Rabie Nasser, economist, researcher and co-founder of the Syrian Center for Policy Research; and Fernando Brancoli, Assistant Professor of International Security and Geopolitics at the Institute of International Relations and Defense at the University of Rio de Janeiro.

In August 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden signed an act expanding benefits and healthcare to U.S. veterans exposed to toxins in burn pits. But what about Iraqi exposure to burn pits? Kali Rubaii's research addresses their longterm diffuse exposure at all stages of their life, with effects that are varied and widespread. Rubaii has worked closely with Iraqi families since 2009, leading a team of doctors, epidemiologists and activists to conduct a case control study among families experiencing birth defects that may be linked to burn pits and bombings. In this interview, she speaks with Malihe Razazan about her work. Courtesy of Voices of the Middle East & North Africa (VOMENA). ---- Kali Rubaii earned her PhD in Anthropology from University of California, Santa Cruz and her BA in International Relations from University of California, Davis. Specialization: displacement, ecologies of war, spatial politics, forensic ethnography, health justice, Middle East. Kali Rubaii is an assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology at Purdue University, interested in sharpening resistance strategies that target the vulnerable nexus between coercive power and the physical world. Her research explores the environmental impacts of less-than-lethal militarism, and how military projects (re)arrange political ecologies in the name of “letting live.” Her book project, Counter-resurgency, examines how farmers in Anbar, Iraq struggle to survive and recover from transnational counterinsurgency projects. She is currently conducting fieldwork for two ethnographic projects: Taking toxicity as an analytic for material politics, she is working with a team of doctors, epidemiologists, and environmental activists to document the links between the epidemic of birth defects in Fallujah and military environmental damage. She is also researching the corporate-military enterprise of concrete production in post-invasion Iraq and how it enforces global regimes of class and citizenship.

​​في هذا الحوار يخوض القس متري راهب في مسيرته الحياتية كلاهوتي ومفكّر وراعي لكنيسة في بيت لحم، فالانتفاضة الأولى والثانية عرضت رعيّته في بيت لحم لعنف الاحتلال الشرس والمدمّر وفرضت أسئلة روحية جديدة التي دفعته الى تأسيس ما يسميه بال"اللاهوت السياقي"(Contextual Theology). "قراءة الكتاب المقدّس في عيون فلسطينية" بالنسبة للقس راهب تحصل من خلال خلق حوار ما بين التعاليم الروحيّة المسيحية والتاريخ الفلسطيني العريق والحديث حيث تصبح التجربة الفلسطينية المعاصرة مفتاحًا معرفيًّا وروحيًّا لفهم الانجيل. يتحدّث القس راهب أيضًا عن مركزية التحليل التاريخي الجيوسياسي للكتاب المقدّس، فهو انعكاس، بل منتوج، لصيرورة تاريخية محددة ما زالت تستمر حتى يومنا هذا لشعبٍ يحاول فهم واقعه وبناء أمل للخلاص داخله في ظل عنف الإمبراطوريات المختلفة التي توالت في سيطرتها عليه ومارست حروبها المختلفة على أرض وطنه. يناقش القس أيضًا في هذا الحوار أهمية الإنتاج المعرفي والفني الفلسطيني في صيانة الهوية التاريخية الفلسطينية، ودور جامعة دار الكلمة في بيت لحم التي يترأسها في بناء المشروع الجماعي الاجتماعي والسياسي الذي يجمع بين الفن والبحث والفكر واللاهوت لصيانة السردية الفلسطينية بشكلٍ يعود الى الجذور العريقة والمتعددة الطبقات من دون إقصاء أي طبقة، مشروع يدفع الأجيال القيادية القادمة لإعادة تخيّل التاريخ الفلسطينية والمستقبل الفلسطيني بشكل نقدي، ديناميكي وتحرري ينطلق من السؤال المصيري الأهم: "أيّ فلسطين نريد؟" متري راهب: القس والدكتور متري الراهب هو من مواليد وسكّان بيت لحم، وهو لاهوتي وباحث فلسطيني ومؤسس ورئيس لجامعة دار الكلمة في بيت لحم. حصل القس على درجة الدكتوراه في اللاهوت من جامعة فيليبس في ماربورغ عام 1987، ألمانيا، ودكتوراه فخرية من جامعة كونكورديا في شيكاغو عام 2003. عمله البحثي والكتابي كثيف جدًّا، حيث ألف العشرات من المقالات، وعمل كمدير تحرير لمجلة اللقاء للدراسات الدينية والتراثية في الأرض المقدسة، وحرر ما يزيد عن ٢٤ كتابًا وألّف حوالي ال ١٦ كتاب: من بينها: "الصليب في السياقات: المعاناة والفداء في فلسطين", "الإيمان بوجه الإمبراطورية: الكتاب المقدس بعيون فلسطينية," "اختراع التاريخ: قرن من التفاعل بين اللاهوت والسياسة في فلسطين والكتاب المقدس بعيون فلسطينية," وهو ايضًا موّلّف شريك مع سائر القياديين المسيحين في فلسطين لوثيقة وحركة "كايروس فلسطين" المعروفة ايضًا بوثيقة "وقفة حق". كتبه ومقالاته العديدة ترجمت حتى الآن إلى إحدى عشرة لغة. اما بالنسبة لعمله الرعوي والكنسي، شغل القس متري الراهب كراعي لكنيسة الميلاد الإنجيلية اللوثرية في بيت لحم من 1987 حتى 2017 ورئيسًا لسينودس الكنيسة الإنجيلية اللوثرية في الأردن وفلسطين من 2011 إلى 2016. في عام 2018 انتخب القسيس لعضوية المجلس الوطني الفلسطيني والمجلس المركزي الفلسطيني. أسس القسيس راهب العديد من الجمعيات والمنظمات الثقافية والتعليمية والاجتماعية وحتى الصحية. منها المنتدى الأكاديمي المسيحي للمواطنة في العالم العربي (CAFCAW)، دار الندوة الدولية التي تهدف الى تقدّم المجتمع المدني في فلسطين، مركز دار الكلمة للصحة والعافية، وهو عضو مؤسس وعضو مجلس إدارة مكتبة فلسطين الوطنية، ومؤسس ورئيس منظمة كونسورتيوم ديار.      

Shahram Aghamir speaks with Nima Tootkaboni, who led an organization called Students for Equality and Freedom in Iran during the 2000s, about the current situation in Iran and how it compares to his experiences in the past. Nima Tootkaboni is currently a Ph.D. student in Sociology at the Johns Hopkins University. Courtesy of Voices of the Middle East & North Africa (VOMENA)

Hundreds of millions of dollars have been invested in facial recognition, surveillance tools and internet technology to monitor the Iranian population, block or slow down the internet, suppress dissent and cover up the regime's widespread violent suppression of recent protests. Amir Rashidi spoke with Malihe Razazan about this subject. Amir Rashidi is an internet security and digital rights researcher. He has over 10 years of experience in digital security and rights in Iran. Rashidi is an expert on Iranian Internet censorship, cyber-attacks, and security trends. He has conducted tens of digital security audits, trainings, and rapid response actions for Iranian human rights defenders and organizations. He is in a unique position to assess the security risks and needs of Iranian organizations, especially those who are in contact with at-risk people, such as activists and journalists. Rashidi worked as the internet security and digital rights researcher at the Center for Human Rights in Iran, where he conducts in-depth research, data collection and analysis on internet security and access in Iran, internet policy and infrastructure, and the tools and methods of state-sponsored censorship and hacking. Courtesy of Voices of the Middle East & North Africa (VOMENA). 

Khalil Bendib spoke with Berlin based exiled journalist and democracy activist Hossam El-Hamalawy about Egypt's horrific human rights and environmental record since the 2013 coup. Is the Sinai peninsula such a suitable venue for a worldwide meeting on climate change? Courtesy of Voices of the Middle East & North Africa (VOMENA).

تدور احداث مسلسل التسجيلات الصوتية خلال أيام الانتفاضة والانهيار الاقتصادي الذي ضرب لبنان في خريف سنة ٢٠١٩. في تلك الفترة أبقيت دفتر يوميات دونت فيه ما كان يحدث من حولي. واليوم بعد ثلاثة سنوات قمت بتسجيل هذه اليوميات او الحلقات بشكل يوم بيوم مع إضافة القليل من الأصوات والموسيقى التي تم تأليفها لتواكب السرد. وسنقوم بتنزيل اليوميات على شكل قائمة أسبوعية تتألف من سبع حلقات (أيام). ولا بد من الإشارة الى نوعية التسجيل والإنتاج الصوتي التي ستلاحظون انها ستتحسن تباعا مع مرور الأيام وستتغير التيمة الصوتية مع كل قائمة تشغيل جديدة عند كل أسبوع. ابقوا معنا المزيد سيأتي قريبا. إنتاج وتقديم محمد علي نايل

تدور احداث مسلسل التسجيلات الصوتية خلال أيام الانتفاضة والانهيار الاقتصادي الذي ضرب لبنان في خريف سنة ٢٠١٩. في تلك الفترة أبقيت دفتر يوميات دونت فيه ما كان يحدث من حولي. واليوم بعد ثلاثة سنوات قمت بتسجيل هذه اليوميات او الحلقات بشكل يوم بيوم مع إضافة القليل من الأصوات والموسيقى التي تم تأليفها لتواكب السرد. وسنقوم بتنزيل اليوميات على شكل قائمة أسبوعية تتألف من سبع حلقات (أيام). ولا بد من الإشارة الى نوعية التسجيل والإنتاج الصوتي التي ستلاحظون انها ستتحسن تباعا مع مرور الأيام وستتغير التيمة الصوتية مع كل قائمة تشغيل جديدة عند كل أسبوع. ابقوا معنا المزيد سيأتي قريبا. إنتاج وتقديم محمد علي نايل

تدور احداث مسلسل التسجيلات الصوتية خلال أيام الانتفاضة والانهيار الاقتصادي الذي ضرب لبنان في خريف سنة ٢٠١٩. في تلك الفترة أبقيت دفتر يوميات دونت فيه ما كان يحدث من حولي. واليوم بعد ثلاثة سنوات قمت بتسجيل هذه اليوميات او الحلقات بشكل يوم بيوم مع إضافة القليل من الأصوات والموسيقى التي تم تأليفها لتواكب السرد. وسنقوم بتنزيل اليوميات على شكل قائمة أسبوعية تتألف من سبع حلقات (أيام). ولا بد من الإشارة الى نوعية التسجيل والإنتاج الصوتي التي ستلاحظون انها ستتحسن تباعا مع مرور الأيام وستتغير التيمة الصوتية مع كل قائمة تشغيل جديدة عند كل أسبوع. ابقوا معنا المزيد سيأتي قريبا. إنتاج وتقديم محمد علي نايل

تدور احداث مسلسل التسجيلات الصوتية خلال أيام الانتفاضة والانهيار الاقتصادي الذي ضرب لبنان في خريف سنة ٢٠١٩. في تلك الفترة أبقيت دفتر يوميات دونت فيه ما كان يحدث من حولي. واليوم بعد ثلاثة سنوات قمت بتسجيل هذه اليوميات او الحلقات بشكل يوم بيوم مع إضافة القليل من الأصوات والموسيقى التي تم تأليفها لتواكب السرد. وسنقوم بتنزيل اليوميات على شكل قائمة أسبوعية تتألف من سبع حلقات (أيام). ولا بد من الإشارة الى نوعية التسجيل والإنتاج الصوتي التي ستلاحظون انها ستتحسن تباعا مع مرور الأيام وستتغير التيمة الصوتية مع كل قائمة تشغيل جديدة عند كل أسبوع. ابقوا معنا المزيد سيأتي قريبا. إنتاج وتقديم محمد علي نايل

تدور احداث مسلسل التسجيلات الصوتية خلال أيام الانتفاضة والانهيار الاقتصادي الذي ضرب لبنان في خريف سنة ٢٠١٩. في تلك الفترة أبقيت دفتر يوميات دونت فيه ما كان يحدث من حولي. واليوم بعد ثلاثة سنوات قمت بتسجيل هذه اليوميات او الحلقات بشكل يوم بيوم مع إضافة القليل من الأصوات والموسيقى التي تم تأليفها لتواكب السرد. وسنقوم بتنزيل اليوميات على شكل قائمة أسبوعية تتألف من سبع حلقات (أيام). ولا بد من الإشارة الى نوعية التسجيل والإنتاج الصوتي التي ستلاحظون انها ستتحسن تباعا مع مرور الأيام وستتغير التيمة الصوتية مع كل قائمة تشغيل جديدة عند كل أسبوع. ابقوا معنا المزيد سيأتي قريبا. إنتاج وتقديم محمد علي نايل

تدور احداث مسلسل التسجيلات الصوتية خلال أيام الانتفاضة والانهيار الاقتصادي الذي ضرب لبنان في خريف سنة ٢٠١٩. في تلك الفترة أبقيت دفتر يوميات دونت فيه ما كان يحدث من حولي. واليوم بعد ثلاثة سنوات قمت بتسجيل هذه اليوميات او الحلقات بشكل يوم بيوم مع إضافة القليل من الأصوات والموسيقى التي تم تأليفها لتواكب السرد. وسنقوم بتنزيل اليوميات على شكل قائمة أسبوعية تتألف من سبع حلقات (أيام). ولا بد من الإشارة الى نوعية التسجيل والإنتاج الصوتي التي ستلاحظون انها ستتحسن تباعا مع مرور الأيام وستتغير التيمة الصوتية مع كل قائمة تشغيل جديدة عند كل أسبوع. ابقوا معنا المزيد سيأتي قريبا. إنتاج وتقديم محمد علي نايل

تدور احداث مسلسل التسجيلات الصوتية خلال أيام الانتفاضة والانهيار الاقتصادي الذي ضرب لبنان في خريف سنة ٢٠١٩. في تلك الفترة أبقيت دفتر يوميات دونت فيه ما كان يحدث من حولي. واليوم بعد ثلاثة سنوات قمت بتسجيل هذه اليوميات او الحلقات بشكل يوم بيوم مع إضافة القليل من الأصوات والموسيقى التي تم تأليفها لتواكب السرد. وسنقوم بتنزيل اليوميات على شكل قائمة أسبوعية تتألف من سبع حلقات (أيام). ولا بد من الإشارة الى نوعية التسجيل والإنتاج الصوتي التي ستلاحظون انها ستتحسن تباعا مع مرور الأيام وستتغير التيمة الصوتية مع كل قائمة تشغيل جديدة عند كل أسبوع. ابقوا معنا المزيد سيأتي قريبا. إنتاج وتقديم محمد علي نايل

تدور احداث مسلسل التسجيلات الصوتية خلال أيام الانتفاضة والانهيار الاقتصادي الذي ضرب لبنان في خريف سنة ٢٠١٩. في تلك الفترة أبقيت دفتر يوميات دونت فيه ما كان يحدث من حولي. واليوم بعد ثلاثة سنوات قمت بتسجيل هذه اليوميات او الحلقات بشكل يوم بيوم مع إضافة القليل من الأصوات والموسيقى التي تم تأليفها لتواكب السرد. وسنقوم بتنزيل اليوميات على شكل قائمة أسبوعية تتألف من سبع حلقات (أيام). ولا بد من الإشارة الى نوعية التسجيل والإنتاج الصوتي التي ستلاحظون انها ستتحسن تباعا مع مرور الأيام وستتغير التيمة الصوتية مع كل قائمة تشغيل جديدة عند كل أسبوع. ابقوا معنا المزيد سيأتي قريبا. إنتاج وتقديم محمد علي نايل

In conversation with Shahram Aghamir, Dr. Utku Balaban discusses the connection between industrialization and what some call 'Islamic Revivalism' in Turkey. Babalan argues that focus on the Islamic-Secularist rift overemphasizes the cultural and political causes of tensions between the secularists and Islamists, and overlooks connections between Islamic Revivalism and industrialization of Muslim majority countries after the 1970s. Courtesy of Voices of the Middle East & North Africa (VOMENA). 

On March 1, the Israeli Supreme Court issued a ruling allowing 4 Palestinian families slated for eviction in East Jerusalem to stay in their homes for now. What is the significance of this ruling? Jerusalem-based Palestinian activist Amany Khalifa speaks with Malihe Razazan about Israel's forced expulsion of Palestinians from Jerusalem and the south. Courtesy of Voices of the Middle East & North Africa (VOMENA).

This week, we speak with Jody Sokolower about her new book Determined to Stay: Palestinian Youth Fight for Their Village. Later in the program, Madhdis Keshavarz of the Arab and Middle Eastern Journalists Association joins us to talk about the organization's recent statement in response to the biased coverage of the Ukraine crisis. Courtesy of Voices of the Middle East & North Africa (VOMENA).

We discuss green energy and its relationship to colonialism in North Africa with Hamza Hamouchene. Courtesy of Voices of the Middle East & North Africa (VOMENA). --- Hamza Hamouchene is a London-based Algerian researcher-activist, commentator and a founding member of Algeria Solidarity Campaign (ASC), and Environmental Justice North Africa (EJNA). He previously worked for War on Want, Global Justice Now and Platform London on issues of extractivism, resources, land and food sovereignty as well as climate, environmental, and trade justice. He is the author/editor of two books: “The Struggle for Energy Democracy in the Maghreb” (2017) and "The Coming Revolution to North Africa: The Struggle for Climate Justice" (2015). He also contributed book chapters to “Voices of Liberation: Frantz Fanon” (2014) and “The Palgrave Encyclopaedia of Imperialism and Anti-Imperialism” (2016). His other writings have appeared in the Guardian, Middle East Eye, Counterpunch, New Internationalist, Jadaliyya, openDemocracy, ROAR magazine, Pambazuka, Nawaat, El Watan and the Huffington Post.

From 2011 on, Professor Natasha Iskandar documented labor practices on Qatari construction sites. In her new book, "Does Skill Make Us Human? Migrant Workers in 21st Century Qatar and Beyond," Prof. Iskandar explores how migrants are recruited, trained and used. Listen to the second part of her conversation with VOMENA host Malihe Razazan.  Courtesy of Voices of the Middle East & North Africa (VOMENA)

From 2011 on, Professor Natasha Iskandar documented labor practices on Qatari construction sites. In her new book, "Does Skill Make Us Human? Migrant Workers in 21st Century Qatar and Beyond," Prof. Iskandar explores how migrants are recruited, trained and used. Listen to the first part of her conversation with VOMENA host Malihe Razazan.  Courtesy of Voices of the Middle East & North Africa (VOMENA).

A conversation with well-known South African peace and justice activist Na'eem Jeenah about the erasure of Desmond Tutu's support for Palestinian rights from obituaries in mainstream media.  In the second part of this episode, we speak with Tara Sepehri Far, Senior Iran Researcher at HRW about the death of jailed Iranian poet and filmmaker Baktash Abtin. Courtesy of Voices of the Middle East & North Africa (VOMENA).

Khaled Barakat is a Palestinian-Canadian activist and writer, currently based in Vancouver, who was recently subjected to a media and political campaign aimed at silencing him and those fighting for Palestinian rights in Canada. Attempts to criminalize Barakat originated in an article published in the right-wing newspaper The National Post, and quickly became subject of debate in the Canadian Senate, with a conservative senator going so far as to asking the government to expel Barakat, a Canadian citizen, from the country. The campaign against Khaled Barakat is one of many smear campaigns being launched against pro-Palestinian voices, a phenomenon that seems to be increasing nowadays. Security in Context is a podcast project from the research network of the same name, aimed at promoting new thinking on security from a global perspective. The Security in Context podcast features discussions about key questions on peace and conflict, the political economy of security and insecurity, militarism, and geopolitics particularly as they intersect with the processes of climate change, population movement, and the reorganization of global powers. In order to delve into these topics, we interview writers, researchers, activists and professionals from inside and outside the Security in Context network. Our ultimate goal is to provide a critical representation of security related issues, paying special attention to the Global South, often misrepresented in mainstream media coverage.

In early April 2022, president Kais Saied dissolved the parliament after parliament members challenged the autocratic powers he exercised since his self-coup last July. Lawmakers held an online meeting, defying Saied's warning that the session was illegal, and a majority voted against his power grab, which they said violated the country's Constitution. Elected in a landslide in 2019, the president has been ruling by decree since July, jailing opponents, suspending parts of the Constitution, dismissing the Supreme Judicial Council and restricting press freedom.  Khalil Bendib spoke with Tunisian correspondent Mohammed-Dhia Hemmami about the current political situation in Tunis. Courtesy of Voices of the Middle East & North Africa (VOMENA).

At the end of March 2022, in a bold and historic step backwards for the cause of peace in the Middle East, Morocco was one of four Arab countries meeting in a special summit with Israel and the US. Although distant Iran was central to the discussions held during this meeting, the central issue of Palestine never broached during this summit, which took place in the heart of historic Palestine. Khalil Bendib spoke with Samia Errazouki, a journalist formerly based in Morocco and a PhD candidate in early modern Northwest African history at UC Davis, about Morocco's participation in this summit and what might be motivating the Moroccan regime to go against the wishes of its own people. Courtesy of Voices of the Middle East and North Africa (VOMENA).

VOMENA host Shahram Aghamir speaks with writer and journalist Neda Toloui-Semnani about her memoir "They Said They Wanted Revolution: A Memoir of My Parents" and the journey of writing her family's story before and after the 1979 Iranian Revolution. Courtesy of Voices of the Middle East & North Africa (VOMENA)

According to the late Pakistani writer and revolutionary activist Eqbal Ahmad, the Palestinian struggle for self-determination stirs the emotions of the entire world, particularly the nations and societies of the formerly colonized world. In this episode we explore the Palestinian struggle for liberation from the perspective of solidarity movements. Our guests include: Mouin Rabbani, an independent analyst specialized in Palestinian affairs and the Arab-Israeli conflict; Noura Erakat, a human rights attorney and associate professor at Rutgers University; Lina Meruane, an author and professor at the Madrid branch of the New York University; and Yara Hawari, an academic, writer, and senior policy analyst at Al-Shabaka.