Interview with Mahmoud Abdelal /10th Anniversary of Rachel Corrie’s MurderThis week we talk with Mahmoud Abdelal about the upcoming Palestinian Return Conference in Vancouver in May. Mahmoud, based in Montreal, is part of the organizing committee for the conference.Our closing piece of music was dedicated to Rachel Corrie on the 10th anniversary of her murder …
Category: Show Summaries
Mar 08
Voice of Palestine (March 8th, 2013)
This week we have a frank interview with Palestinian diplomat and author, Afif Safieh, who is officially the ambassador for the Palestinian Diplomatic Corps. We will discuss with Afif his new book, The Peace Process: from Breakthrough to Breakdown, as well as the current situation in Palestine.Our closing piece of music is by the late …
Mar 02
Voice of Palestine (March 2nd, 2013)
Dr. As’ad Abu Khalil: The Case Against “Israel” as part of Vancouver’s Israeli Apartheid Week
SPHR-UBC marked Israeli Apartheid Week with a series of events, one of which was a keynote address by Dr. As’ad Abu Khalil, a Lebanese American Professor of Political Science at California State University and the creator of the Angry Arab News Agency blog.
Feb 21
Voice of Palestine (February 21st, 2013)
This week we talk with Kevin Neish who is currently visiting Gaza for several weeks. Kevin, a long time human rights activist from Victoria and a Mavi Marmara survivor, will tell us about what he has seen and experienced in Gaza so far and the objectives for his trip there.Our closing piece of music is …
Feb 15
Voice of Palestine (February 15th, 2013)
This week, we talk with Dr. Bill Dienst, the co-editor of Freedom Sailors, a new book about the Free Gaza movement and its 2008 sailing that first broke the Israeli siege on the civilian Palestinian population. Bill will talk about the book and his upcoming speaking tour in British Columbia, as well as the medical …
Feb 09
Voice of Palestine (February 9th, 2013)
This week, we talk with Sean Clinton from Ireland about the campaign calling for a boycott of Israeli diamonds. Sean will update us on why and how the campaign was formed, the limitations of the Kimberly Process in banning all “blood diamonds†and Canadian and western complicity in maintaining the Israeli diamond trade. For more …
Feb 02
Voice of Palestine (February 2nd, 2013)
This week Voice of Palestine features a wide-ranging interview with Dana Olwan, Asst. Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies at Syracuse University. Dana talks about the role of Palestinian women, the connection of the Palestinian grassroots movement with Idle No More and the indigenous struggle, as well as what is happening on the Palestinian scene …
Jan 26
Voice of Palestine (January 26th, 2013)
This week Voice of Palestine talks with Diana Ralph, member of the national steering committee of Independent Jewish Voices, about their group’s activities, the upcoming tour of Miko Peled and the historic petition Jews for the Palestinian Right of Return. Our closing piece of music is by Omayma El Khalil, They Wore the Keffiyeh, and …
Jan 17
Voice of Palestine (January 17th, 2013)
This week we depart from our expanded interview format and feature a special two-part show. Firstly, an Eyewitness Palestine about the Jan. 13th Israeli attack on the new Palestinian village of Bab al Shams and then a discussion by our two cohosts about the transition of Voice of Palestine to its new web format as …
Jan 08
Voice of Palestine (January 8th, 2013)
This week, our cohost Hanna Kawas will be talking with Khaled Waleed from UFree Network about Palestinian political prisoners, their ongoing hunger strikes and the 24 hour global solidarity vigil and hunger strike that just took place on Jan. 7th. The show concludes with an inspiring piece of music by the Palestinian Baladna troupe, calling …