Category: Show Summaries

Prof. Abdelhamid Siyam on Bahrain and the U.S. Role in the Region

This week, Voice of Palestine talks with Dr. Abdelhamid Siyam, a professor at the Centre for Middle Eastern Studies in Rutgers University. Prof. Siyam, who also worked for the United Nations for 25 years, joins us again to talk about U.S. policies in the region, the movement for democracy in Bahrain and the role of the Arab Gulf regimes in trying to suppress such movements.

Charlotte Kates: Update on Vancouver’s Transit Ads Campaign

This week Voice of Palestine co-host Hanna Kawas talks with Charlotte Kates from the Vancouver-based Palestine Awareness Coalition. Charlotte updates us on the Coalition’s Palestinian maps transit ad campaign and the response to it, as well as ongoing similar campaigns in other North American cities.

Khaled Barakat on Global Week of Action to Free Ahmad Saadat

This week Voice of Palestine interviews Khaled Barakat, a Palestinian activist, journalist and writer based in Vancouver. Khaled talks with us about the Global Week of Action to Free Ahmad Saadat and the situation of Palestinian political prisoners in general.

Prof. David Klein on Zionist harassment of BDS supporters
This week Voice of Palestine talks with Professor David Klein, who teaches at California State University Northridge, and is being targeted by Zionist groups for his support of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.

Kevin Neish on Gaza and the Egyptian-Israeli Siege
This week Voice of Palestine talks with Kevin Neish, the Victoria based human rights activist who just returned from an extended stay in Gaza. In this two-part interview, Kevin, a Mavi Marmara survivor, updates us on the dire situation in Gaza.

Dania Majid on Toronto Palestine Film Festival

This week Voice of Palestine talks with Dania Majid about the Toronto Palestine Film Festival (TPFF). Dania discusses the 2013 program for the film festival and its history, and also updates us on the condition of John Greyson (a TPFF board member) and Tarek Loubani being held in an Egyptian prison without charge.

Abdelhamid Siyam on Oslo Accords: 20 Years After
This week Voice of Palestine talks with Abdelhamid Siyam, a professor at the Centre for Middle Eastern Studies in Rutgers University. Prof. Siyam, who also worked for the United Nations for 25 years, joins us as part of our mini-series on the Oslo Accords: 20 Years After and presents a coomprehensive critique of how and where the Oslo Accords failed the Palestinian people.

Mazin Qumsiyeh on Oslo Accords: 20 Years After

This week Voice of Palestine talks live with Prof. Mazin Qumsiyeh from Palestine, an author, activist and educator at Bethlehem and Birzeit Universities. Mazin discusses the Oslo Accords: 20 years after, the current Palestinian-Israeli “negotiations”, as well as the crisis in Syria.

Shamika Norman and Sandra Turner on IFPB delegation
This week Voice of Palestine talks with Shamika Norman from Georgia and Sandra Turner from New York, both members of the most recent U.S. Inter Faith Peace Builders (IFPB) delegation to Palestine/Israel. They update us on their experiences and impressions during their visit, as well as discussing what motivated them to join the delegation.

Ehab Lotayef on Egypt, Palestine and the Gaza’s Ark

This week Voice of Palestine talks with Ehab Lotayef, an Egyptian Canadian activist and poet from Montreal. Ehab discusses the situation in Egypt including the detention of the two Canadians by the Egyptian military, as well as updating us on the progress of the Gaza’s Ark project. He concludes the segment with a rendition of his new poem “State of Emergency” in both Arabic and English.