Arab Voices aims at bringing the truth, facts, and realities to a wide and diverse range of listeners. It debunks many of the stereotypes, myths, and false information disseminated by certain media outlets, some politicians, and others.
 
Arab Voices is a syndicated program that airs on other radio stations in different cities in the U.S.A. and Europe.

Arab Voices aims at bringing the truth, facts, and realities to a wide and diverse range of listeners. It debunks many of the stereotypes, myths, and false information disseminated by certain media outlets, some politicians, and others.
 
Arab Voices is a syndicated program that airs on other radio stations in different cities in the U.S.A. and Europe.

 “Sisters in the Mirror: A History of Muslim Women and the Global Politics of Feminism” by Dr. Elora Shehabuddin
      
In this episode of Arab Voices (# 1052), we will air some of the remarks delivered at an event organized and hosted by the Arab-American Educational Foundation Center for Arab Studies at the University of Houston on February 2, 2023. It was a book launch discussion of “Sisters in the Mirror: A History of Muslim Women and the Global Politics of Feminism” by Dr. Elora Shehabuddin.
 
Dr. Shehabuddin is Professor of Gender & Women's Studies and Global Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. She was Professor of Transnational Asian Studies and Core Faculty in the Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality at Rice University prior to moving to Berkeley in 2022.
 
The book launch discussion featured a talk by Dr. Elora Shehabuddin about her new book “Sisters in the Mirror: A History of Muslim Women and the Global Politics of Feminism”, and contributions from Dr. Elora Halim Chowdhury, Professor of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston, Dr. Kamran Asdar Ali, Professor of Anthropology, Middle East Studies and Asian Studies at The University of Texas at Austin, and Dr. Susan Ferguson, Associate Professor Emerita, Digital Media and Journalism at Wilfrid Laurier University.
 
We will air in this episode the remarks of Dr. Elora Shehabuddin, Dr. Elora Chowdhury, and Dr. Susan Ferguson.
 
We will skip the remarks of Dr. Kamran Asdar Ali because of the time, but we will post a link to the entire event on our website www.ArabVoices.net once it is published by the Arab-American Educational Foundation Center for Arab Studies at the University of Houston.Arab Voices aims at bringing the truth, facts, and realities to a wide and diverse range of listeners. It debunks many of the stereotypes, myths, and false information disseminated by certain media outlets, some politicians, and others.
 
Arab Voices is a syndicated program that airs on other radio stations in different cities in the U.S.A. and Europe.

1st Segment: Interview with Michael Ibrahim
     
We will speak with Michael Ibrahim, National Arab Orchestra Founder and Music Director. We will talk about the National Arab Orchestra, and the upcoming Houston event Treasures of the East: Timeless Classics of the Arab World, which will highlight some of the Arab world’s most treasured pieces of music with a performance that will showcase the rich beauty and diverse heritage of the Arab world with special guest artists, Ranine Chaar and Mohamed Mohsen. Treasures of the East builds bridges between communities by providing a forum for people to connect through the joy of Arab music and the atmosphere of such performances the National Arab Orchestra is famed for.
 
2nd Segment: In Memoriam: Arab Voices Interview with Senator James Abourezk
     
We will air an interview we conducted previously with U.S. Senator James Abourezk who passed away on February 24, 2023, at the age of 92.

Senator James Abourezk was the son of Lebanese Arab immigrants. Between 1948 and 1952, James served in the United States Navy during the Korean War and was elected as a United States Representative from South Dakota in 1970. He served in that role for one term before being elected as a United States Senator for South Dakota in 1972, where he served until 1979. James made history as the nation’s first Arab American Senator. James Abourezk was the founder of the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC).

During that interview, we talked about several issues including the U.S.-led War on Iraq, the rhetoric of attacks on Iran, the Lebanese-Syrian relations, Nuclear weapons in the Middle East and Israel's Nuclear Arsenal, the Israel Lobby and its effect on U.S. Policy, Israel's attack on the USS Liberty and the U.S. cover-up, and the U.S. Patriot Act and status of Arab Americans.
     
Arab Voices aims at bringing the truth, facts, and realities to a wide and diverse range of listeners. It debunks many of the stereotypes, myths, and false information disseminated by certain media outlets, some politicians, and others.
 
Arab Voices is a syndicated program that airs on other radio stations in different cities in the U.S.A. and Europe.

1st Segment: Devastating Earthquake in Turkey & Syria and How to Help
     
In this episode of Arab Voices, we will talk about the deadly earthquake that hit Turkey & Syria and ways you can help.
 
The massive 7.8 earthquake caused major damage in Turkey & Syria, and according to officials, the death toll has surpassed 20,000 in both countries with tens of thousands more injured, and the recovery efforts are still underway with many people still buried under the rubble. Thousands of buildings were destroyed, and tens of thousands of people can no longer go back to their damaged homes.
  
Arab Voices extends its deepest condolences and sympathy to the families of the victims of this devastating earthquake. Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Turkey & Syria.

2nd Segment: Removal of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar from the House Foreign Affairs Committee
     
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, a Democratic Representative from Minnesota, who is an Arab-American, Muslim-American, African-American, and critical of Israeli atrocities against the Palestinian people, was ousted on February 2, 2023, from the House Foreign Affairs Committee by House Republicans, who accused her of being anti-Semite. Many argue that her removal has nothing to do with anti-Semitism, but because she is outspoken, standing for what’s right and what’s wrong, and because she is critical of the Israeli atrocities against the Palestinian people.
 
In this episode of Arab Voices, we will talk about that, and we will air the remarks delivered on the House floor by some of the lawmakers that debated the resolution on her removal. We will air the remarks of Representatives Gregory Meeks (New York), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (New York), Cori Bush (Missouri), Pramila Jayapal (Washington), Mark Pocan (Wisconsin), Ayanna Pressley (Massachusetts), Betty McCollum (Minnesota), Janice Schakowsky (Illinois), Rashida Tlaib (Michigan), and we will also air Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s response.
 
We will also air the remarks delivered at a press conference held in front of the U.S. Congress, by a coalition of American Muslim, Arab-American, Jewish, and Iranian-American groups responding to the ouster of Representative Omar from her position on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. We will air the remarks of Robert McCaw, Government Affairs Director at the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Jasmine Hawamdeh, Communications Manager for the Arab American Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), Edward Ahmed Mitchell, National Deputy Executive Director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, Iman Awad, Deputy Director of Emgage Action, Mohammad Ali, Director of Policy and Government Relations at the Muslim Public Affairs Council, Donna Farvard, National Organizing Director at the National Iranian American Council Action, Emily Kaplan, Senior Legislative and Electoral Grassroots Organizer at Jewish Voice for Peace Action, and Mongi Dhaouadi, President of the Tunisian United Network and Executive Director of the Libyan American Alliance.Arab Voices aims at bringing the truth, facts, and realities to a wide and diverse range of listeners. It debunks many of the stereotypes, myths, and false information disseminated by certain media outlets, some politicians, and others.
 
Arab Voices is a syndicated program that airs on other radio stations in different cities in the U.S.A. and Europe.

The Belmarsh Tribunal D.C. — The Case of Julian Assange
     
In this episode of Arab Voices (# 1048), we will air some of the remarks delivered at The Belmarsh Tribunal D.C. — The Case of Julian Assange, held in Washington D.C. on January 20, 2023, organized by Progressive International and the Wau Holland Foundation.
 
Julian Assange is WikiLeaks Founder who exposed war crimes committed by U.S. forces in Iraq. He is being held in a British jail, was charged by the United States government with the publication of classified documents and exposing war crimes committed by U.S. forces, in Iraq. Assange faces up to 175 years in prison if convicted of violations of the Espionage Act. In June 2022, the British government approved the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States to face espionage charges.

In 2010, WikiLeaks released government materials related to American military operations in the Middle East, including a video showing American pilots in Iraq making jokes as they opened fire on a group of non-combatants that included civilians and journalists, as well as on Iraqis who came to their aid, killing numerous civilians and seriously wounding two children.

Nearly 20 experts spoke at the Belmarsh Tribunal D.C. — The Case of Julian Assange, including Ben Wizner, lead attorney at ACLU of Edward Snowden, Jeffrey Sterling, lawyer and former CIA employee, Katrina vanden Heuvel, editorial director and publisher at the The Nation, Margaret Kunstler, civil rights attorney, Stefania Maurizi, investigative journalist, Il Fatto Quotidiano, Jeremy Corbyn, member of the U.K. Parliament and founder of the Peace and Justice Project, Steven Donziger, human rights attorney, Kristinn Hrafnsson, editor-in-chief at WikiLeaks, Jesselyn Radack, national security and human rights attorney, Chip Gibbons, policy director of Defending Rights & Dissent, Kevin Gosztola, managing editor of Shadowproof, John Shipton, father of Julian Assange, Betty Medsger, investigative reporter, Daniel Ellsberg, Pentagon Papers whistleblower, Suchitra Vijayan, writer, photographer & activist, and Noam Chomsky, linguist and activist. Amy Goodman, Host of Democracy Now! and Srecko Horvat, co-founder of DiEM25, co-chaired the tribunal.
 
During this episode of Arab Voices, we will air the remarks delivered at that Tribunal by Ben Wizner, Jeffrey Sterling, Margaret Kunstler, Stefania Maurizi, as well as the opening remarks by Amy Goodman and Srecko Horvat.
 
Arab Voices will air more remarks delivered at that Tribunal during the next episode of Arab Voices.Arab Voices aims at bringing the truth, facts, and realities to a wide and diverse range of listeners. It debunks many of the stereotypes, myths, and false information disseminated by certain media outlets, some politicians, and others.
 
Arab Voices is a syndicated program that airs on other radio stations in different cities in the U.S.A. and Europe.

1st Segment: Devastating Earthquake in Turkey & Syria and How to Help
     
In this episode of Arab Voices, we will talk about the deadly earthquake that hit Turkey & Syria and ways you can help.
 
The massive 7.8 earthquake caused major damage in Turkey & Syria, and according to officials, the death toll has surpassed 20,000 in both countries with tens of thousands more injured, and the recovery efforts are still underway with many people still buried under the rubble. Thousands of buildings were destroyed, and tens of thousands of people can no longer go back to their damaged homes.
  
Arab Voices extends its deepest condolences and sympathy to the families of the victims of this devastating earthquake. Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Turkey & Syria.
  
Organizations Accepting Donations for Earthquake Relief Efforts:
 
   www.syrianamericanclub.com
   www.hhrd.org
   www.centeraap.org
   www.isgh.org
   www.masnational.org/TE
    

2nd Segment: Removal of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar from the House Foreign Affairs Committee
     
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, a Democratic Representative from Minnesota, who is an Arab-American, Muslim-American, African-American, and critical of Israeli atrocities against the Palestinian people, was ousted on February 2, 2023, from the House Foreign Affairs Committee by House Republicans, who accused her of being anti-Semite. Many argue that her removal has nothing to do with anti-Semitism, but because she is outspoken, standing for what’s right and what’s wrong, and because she is critical of the Israeli atrocities against the Palestinian people.
 
In this episode of Arab Voices, we will talk about that, and we will air the remarks delivered on the House floor by some of the lawmakers that debated the resolution on her removal. We will air the remarks of Representatives Gregory Meeks (New York), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (New York), Cori Bush (Missouri), Pramila Jayapal (Washington), Mark Pocan (Wisconsin), Ayanna Pressley (Massachusetts), Betty McCollum (Minnesota), Janice Schakowsky (Illinois), Rashida Tlaib (Michigan), and we will also air Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s response.
 
We will also air the remarks delivered at a press conference held in front of the U.S. Congress, by a coalition of American Muslim, Arab-American, Jewish, and Iranian-American groups responding to the ouster of Representative Omar from her position on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. We will air the remarks of Robert McCaw, Government Affairs Director at the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Jasmine Hawamdeh, Communications Manager for the Arab American Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), Edward Ahmed Mitchell, National Deputy Executive Director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, Iman Awad, Deputy Director of Emgage Action, Mohammad Ali, Director of Policy and Government Relations at the Muslim Public Affairs Council, Donna Farvard, National Organizing Director at the National Iranian American Council Action, Emily Kaplan, Senior Legislative and Electoral Grassroots Organizer at Jewish Voice for Peace Action, and Mongi Dhaouadi, President of the Tunisian United Network and Executive Director of the Libyan American Alliance.

Arab Voices aims at bringing the truth, facts, and realities to a wide and diverse range of listeners. It debunks many of the stereotypes, myths, and false information disseminated by certain media outlets, some politicians, and others.
 
Arab Voices is a syndicated program that airs on other radio stations in different cities in the U.S.A. and Europe.

A US-Palestinian journalist, media consultant, author, internationally-syndicated columnist, Editor of Palestine Chronicle, and a Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Islam and Global Affairs. He is the author of several books and a contributor to many others. The books he authored include Searching Jenin: Eyewitness Accounts of the Israeli Invasion, The Second Palestinian Intifada: A Chronicle of a People’s Struggle, My Father Was a Freedom Fighter: Gaza’s Untold Story, The Last Earth, a Palestinian Story, These Chains Will Be Broken, and his latest volume, co-edited with Ilan Pappe, is titled Our Vision for Liberation: Engaged Palestinian Leaders and Intellectuals Speak Out.
 
Dr. Ramzy Baroud’s work has been published in hundreds of newspapers and journals worldwide, has contributed to and was referenced in hundreds of books and academic journals, and has been a guest speaker at many universities around the world. He is also a regular guest on many television and radio programs nationally and internationally.
 
Topics:
We will speak with Dr. Baroud about many issues and points, including why Israel is escalating its attacks on the Palestinians throughout the West Bank, and particularly in Jenin, the reasons for the increased armed resistance to the Israeli occupation in the West Bank, Israeli theft of Palestinian artifacts and destruction of their archaeological sites, Israel’s “soft” annexation of the West Bank, the Israeli ”great Jerusalem plan”, home demolitions, the ongoing destructions in Sheikh Jarrah, Silwan, Khan Al-Ahmar, Masafer Yatta, and other places, Israeli control of Palestinian water resources, Israeli colonies and the criminal acts of the Israeli colonizers, Palestine 48, the new Israeli government and its new measures and policies imposed on the Palestinians, the impunity Israel has, the support of the US to Israel’s crimes and its refusal to recognize Palestinians in the West Bank as occupied, Palestinian resistance and steadfastness, possible solutions to the crisis, and more.Arab Voices aims at bringing the truth, facts, and realities to a wide and diverse range of listeners. It debunks many of the stereotypes, myths, and false information disseminated by certain media outlets, some politicians, and others.
 
Arab Voices is a syndicated program that airs on other radio stations in different cities in the U.S.A. and Europe.

1st Segment: Another Israeli Massacre
     
In this episode of Arab Voices, we will talk about the latest Israeli massacre committed against the Palestinians, where on January 26, 2023, Israeli occupation forces stormed the Palestinian city of Jenin and its refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, shot and killed at least 9 Palestinians, including a 60-year-old Palestinian woman, and wounded at least 20 others (some are in critical condition). Israeli occupation forces prevented ambulances and paramedics from reaching the wounded or transporting them to hospitals, fired at an ambulance, and even fired gas bombs at the pediatric section of Jenin Government Hospital, causing suffocation cases from gas inhalation among Palestinians, including mothers and children.
 
2nd Segment: Oppositions to Texas Senate Bill 147
     
We will talk about the proposed new legislation in the State of Texas (Senate Bill 147) that will ban governments, businesses, and individual citizens of China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia from buying real estate in Texas. Many are warning that such legislation could easily be expanded to include citizens of other countries, and there are talks about similar legislation that might be introduced to the US Congress.
 
In today’s episode of Arab Voices, we will air the reactions and some of the remarks about Senate Bill 147 delivered on January 23, 2023, by several elected officials, organizations, and community members at a press conference held in Houston, Texas, the 4th largest and most diverse city in the United States, and largest city in Texas. We will air the remarks of State Representative Gene Wu, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, Congressman Al Green, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, Texas Representative Dr. Suleman Lalani (among first Muslims elected to Texas Legislature), William White, Director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Houston), Lesley Briones, Harris County Commissioner Pct. 4 and former judge, Phillip Andrews with Fort Bend County Republican Party, Alice Chen, City of Stafford Council Member, Niloufar Hafizi, Iranian-American and Civic Engagement Director at Emgage Texas, Ling Luo, Chair of the Asian Americans Leadership Council, and Zafar Tahir, Pakistani-American Businessman.

Arab Voices aims at bringing the truth, facts, and realities to a wide and diverse range of listeners. It debunks many of the stereotypes, myths, and false information disseminated by certain media outlets, some politicians, and others.
 
Arab Voices is a syndicated program that airs on other radio stations in different cities in the U.S.A. and Europe.

 “Women in Coalitions: Challenges and Successes" (part 2 of 2)
     
During last week’s episode of Arab Voices (#1,043), we aired the remarks delivered at a panel discussion titled “Women in Coalitions: Challenges and Successes”. That panel was part of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) 2022 Alex Odeh Memorial Conference and Gala held in October 2022 in California, where they explored the issues that impact the community, while honoring Alex Odeh and celebrating Arab American excellence and achievement. The panel was moderated by Cheryl Faris, and it explored how organizational and individual bonds overlap to effect and influence redistricting designations for voting rights, monitoring the police, and pressuring elected officials toward legislation that ensures effective changes for justice. The speakers on this panel were Buki Domingos, co-founder of San Diego’s Racial Justice Coalition, Jeanine Erikat, Palestinian-Muslim American serving as the Policy Lead at the Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans (PANA), and Tazheen Nizam, Executive Director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, CAIR-San Diego.
  
During this episode of Arab Voices (#1,044), we will air the remaining questions and answers that followed the remarks we aired last week at the panel “Women in Coalitions: Challenges and Successes”. The questions addressed voting, empowering communities, engaging elected officials, political education, elevating young women leaders, advice to young women starting in the political world, and the rise in anti-Muslim hate in India.
 
2nd Segment: Ajit Sahi on Hindutva
     
One of the questions and answers addressed in the “Women in Coalitions: Challenges and Successes” panel (previous segment) was on the rise of anti-Muslim hate in India, where nearly 200 million Muslims are facing persecution, illegal arrests, and unlawful demolition of Muslim houses. Many are calling what is happening in India a genocide against Muslims.
 
During this episode of Arab Voices, we will air a speech about Hindutva, an ideology that advocates for Hindu supremacy. That talk was delivered at the ICNA-MAS Convention held in Baltimore, Maryland in May 2022, by Ajit Sahi, Advocacy Director at the Indian American Muslim Council.
 
3rd Segment: Directory of American Muslim Elected Officials
     
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States, and Jetpac, held a news conference on October 25, 2022, in Washington, D.C., to announce the release of the first national directory of local, state and federal elected Muslim officials and judges in the United States. CAIR and Jetpac’s directory documented 189 elected officials holding local and state office across 30 states. These officials include members of Congress, state legislators, mayors, councilors, school board officials, judiciary members, and law enforcement.

During this episode of Arab Voices, we will air the remarks delivered at that press conference announcing the release of the first national directory of local, state and federal elected Muslim officials and judges in the United States.
 
An updated/final list of 82 local, state legislative, statewide, judicial, and federal American Muslim electoral victories counted in 2022 midterm election, was released by CAIR and Jetpac, and that list is posted here.Arab Voices aims at bringing the truth, facts, and realities to a wide and diverse range of listeners. It debunks many of the stereotypes, myths, and false information disseminated by certain media outlets, some politicians, and others.
 
Arab Voices is a syndicated program that airs on other radio stations in different cities in the U.S.A. and Europe.

“Women in Coalitions: Challenges and Successes"
     
The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), the largest Arab American grassroots civil rights organization in the United States committed to defending the rights of people of Arab descent and promoting their rich cultural heritage, held its 2022 Alex Odeh Memorial Conference and Gala on October 7th and 8th 2022 in California, where they explored the issues that impact the community, while honoring Alex Odeh and celebrating Arab American excellence and achievement.
 
There were great speakers and excellent topics discussed at that conference, and in this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,043), we will air the remarks delivered at the panel titled “Women in Coalitions: Challenges and Successes”.
  
The panel was moderated by Cheryl Faris, and it explored how organizational and individual bonds overlap to effect and influence redistricting designations for voting rights, monitoring the police, pressuring elected officials toward legislation that ensures effective changes for justice, and more. The speakers on this panel were Buki Domingos, co-founder of San Diego’s Racial Justice Coalition, Jeanine Erikat, Palestinian-Muslim American serving as the Policy Lead at the Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans (PANA), and Tazheen Nizam, Executive Director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, CAIR-San Diego.
  
About the moderator and panelists:
   
Cheryl Faris was raised in a Lebanese community in Fall River, MA. After earning a BA degree from Bridgewater State University and a Master’s from NYU, she moved to Los Angeles and obtained a JD degree from Loyola Law School. She practiced law for 25 years at an international telecommunications company, then switched careers to teach Law and Psychology at a college prep high school in West Los Angeles. While there, she founded and ran an award-winning Mock Trial program. Cheryl served on the board of the Southern Christian Leadership Council, and for many years sat on the National Board of ADC, working closely with Alex Odeh and Jim Abourezk. She was the first woman president of the Arab-American Lawyers’ Association of Southern California, and is currently the chair of the board of Impro Theatre. She performs in long-form improvised plays in the styles of Dickens and Shakespeare, and can fluently speak in iambic pentameter.

Jeanine Erikat is a Palestinian-Muslim American serving as the Policy Lead at the Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans (PANA). In that role, Jeanine leads PANA's community listening sessions, advocacy campaigns, redistricting efforts, and engages the community in PANA’s policy priorities to fight for the economic, social, and civic inclusion of refugee and immigrant communities. An alumnus of the Women Foundation of California's Solis Policy Institute, Jeanine holds a B.S. in Public Health Sciences as well as a B.A. in History from the University of California, Irvine. A passionate advocate for health education, she devotes her free time volunteering at multiple organizations dedicated to uplifting both the Arab and Muslim communities

Nigerian-born Buki Domingos is the co-founder of San Diego’s Racial Justice Coalition. Fluent in five languages, she draws upon her personal experiences to build resources for victims of domestic violence and human trafficking. As a member of San Diego County's Citizens' Law Enforcement Review Board, Buki assists coalitions in vetting candidates and shaping legislation on policing and discrimination. In 2017 she attended the National Feminist Organizing School in Philadelphia sponsored by Grassroots Global Justice, and in 2019 was selected as one of the official representatives for San Diego at the National Women’s March in Washington, D.C. Buki began her career as a singer/songwriter who worked with artists such as Elton John and Whitney Houston. She now works full time as a healthcare professional while also volunteering with the Indigenous Health Care Support group. In addition to all that she does, Buki created, and continues to run, the KNSJ Radio show “Alafia: Voices of the African Diaspora” which focuses on the struggles that communities of color are immersed in and the organizations and individuals that support those communities

Tazheen Nizam is the Executive Director of CAIR - San Diego. Tazheen has deep roots in the San Diego Muslim American Muslim community and has worked extensively with the interfaith community, and has been an active voice in San Diego politics. She is the Founder & Co-Chair of the North County Immigration Task Force, where she has advocated for immigrants’ rights. She serves as Community Development Block Grant Commissioner for the City of Vista. She also serves on multiple non-profit boards, including the San Dieguito Interfaith Ministerial Association, South Vista Communities, the Tri-City Islamic Center, and others. Prior to joining CAIR-SD , Tazheen worked as a finance consultant and accounting professional for over 20 years. Tazheen is an alumnus of the Boards and Commissions Leadership Institute (BCLI) and the Rockwood Fellowship Institute. Tazheen holds a B.S. in Business Administration with an emphasis in Accounting and an M.B.A. with an emphasis in Organization Management & Finance. She also holds certifications in Non-Profit Management, Paralegal Studies, and Mediation.

Arab Voices aims at bringing the truth, facts, and realities to a wide and diverse range of listeners. It debunks many of the stereotypes, myths, and false information disseminated by certain media outlets, some politicians, and others.
 
Arab Voices is a syndicated program that airs on other radio stations in different cities in the U.S.A. and Europe.

Arab Voices aims at bringing the truth, facts, and realities to a wide and diverse range of listeners. It debunks many of the stereotypes, myths, and false information disseminated by certain media outlets, some politicians, and others.
 
Arab Voices is a syndicated program that airs on other radio stations in different cities in the U.S.A. and Europe.

Arab Voices aims at bringing the truth, facts, and realities to a wide and diverse range of listeners. It debunks many of the stereotypes, myths, and false information disseminated by certain media outlets, some politicians, and others.
 
Arab Voices is a syndicated program that airs on other radio stations in different cities in the U.S.A. and Europe.

Arab Voices aims at bringing the truth, facts, and realities to a wide and diverse range of listeners. It debunks many of the stereotypes, myths, and false information disseminated by certain media outlets, some politicians, and others.
 
Arab Voices is a syndicated program that airs on other radio stations in different cities in the U.S.A. and Europe.

Arab Voices aims at bringing the truth, facts, and realities to a wide and diverse range of listeners. It debunks many of the stereotypes, myths, and false information disseminated by certain media outlets, some politicians, and others.
 
Arab Voices is a syndicated program that airs on other radio stations in different cities in the U.S.A. and Europe.

Arab Voices aims at bringing the truth, facts, and realities to a wide and diverse range of listeners. It debunks many of the stereotypes, myths, and false information disseminated by certain media outlets, some politicians, and others.
 
Arab Voices is a syndicated program that airs on other radio stations in different cities in the U.S.A. and Europe.

Topic: "Lebanon: Turning Crisis Into Recovery"
     
The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), the largest Arab American grassroots civil rights organization in the United States committed to defending the rights of people of Arab descent and promoting their rich cultural heritage, held its 2022 Alex Odeh Memorial Conference and Gala on October 7-8, 2022, in California, where they explored the issues that impact the community while honoring Alex Odeh and celebrating Arab American excellence and achievement.
  
There were great speakers and excellent topics discussed at that conference, and we plan to air some of them on this program. In this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,036), we will air the remarks delivered at the panel titled “Lebanon: Turning Crisis Into Recovery”.
  
At that panel, Dr. Souhail Toubia moderated an examination of the multiple crises facing Lebanon, which included the various paths towards recovery. The panel explored the humanitarian crisis, Lebanese-American aid, the political and social upheaval, as well as economic and recovery options. Dr. Toubia was joined by Sarah M. A. Gualtieri, Associate Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity, History, and Middle East Studies at the University of Southern California, James E. Rauch, Professor of Economics at the University of California, San Diego, and Hassan Essayli, all of whom provided invaluable insight into the unfolding situation in Lebanon.
 
About the moderator and panelists:
 
Sarah Gualtieri is an award-winning historian, teacher, and author currently serving as a professor in the Departments of American Studies and Ethnicity, History, and Middle East Studies at the University of Southern California. Her research bridges several areas of expertise, notably Middle East Migration Studies and Arab American Studies with a particular focus on questions of race, gender, and power. In 2009 Sarah published her first book, Between Arab and White: Race and Ethnicity in the Early Syrian American Diaspora, which traced how Arabs came to be officially classified as white by the U.S. government, and how different Arab groups interpreted, accepted, and contested this racial classification over the course of the 20th century. Her most recent book, published in 2020, titled Arab Routes: Pathways to Syrian California, traces the stories of Syrian, Lebanese and Palestinian migrants in Southern California, which has won the Arab American Book Award and the Alixa Naff Prize in Migration Studies.
 
James E. Rauch is Professor of Economics at the University of California, San Diego, a Research Associate with the National Bureau of Economic Research, and recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship. In 2019, Oxford University Press published his textbook, The Economics of the Middle East. He has conducted extensive research in the Middle East and was a Visiting Scholar at the Institute of Financial Economics in the American University of Beirut.
 
Hassan Essayli was born in Yater, South Lebanon in 1952. At age 17, he came to California as an exchange student with the American Field Service program, and upon his return to Lebanon, completed his baccalaureate education. Hassan then immigrated to the United States in 1972 to attend California State University, Long Beach, where he received a Bachelor of Arts and a Master's degree in Political Science. Hassan became a member of the American-Arab University Graduates (AAUG) and the National Association of Arab Americans (NAAA), whose goals were to make Americans aware of Arab history and contributions to world civilization. With the Civil war raging in Lebanon, Hassan made it his mission to save young people from becoming casualties of the war by bringing them to study in the United States. He served as a National board member of ADC and won an ADC Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017. He is a member of several civil and human rights organizations such as the American Civil Liberties Union and Amnesty International. He volunteers his time as head of the Sadr Foundation USA, West Coast branch, which aims to raise money for an orphanage in South Lebanon. Hassan is the proud father of two young men, Jad and Kareem, both attorneys, who continue his legacy in Southern California.
 
Dr. Souhail Toubia is a Lebanese American physician and inventor. For the past ten years he has served on the National Board of the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee and has been an ADC member since 1985. Dr. Toubia lives in Orange County, California. He has served on the Orange County ADC board for twelve years and has been actively involved in humanitarian work for thirty years. Dr. Toubia graduated from the University of Brussels, Belgium and did his family practice residency at the University of California, Irvine. He has participated in volunteer work with the Flying Samaritans treating and bringing medical equipment and medications to farmers and villagers in remote areas in Mexico, particularly in Baja California. Currently, Dr. Toubia is a retired physician who, alongside his charitable work, continues to invent, design, and develop medical/dental equipment and implants.

Arab Voices aims at bringing the truth, facts, and realities to a wide and diverse range of listeners. It debunks many of the stereotypes, myths, and false information disseminated by certain media outlets, some politicians, and others.
 
Arab Voices is a syndicated program that airs on other radio stations in different cities in the U.S.A. and Europe.

1st Segment: New Investigation Report on the Extrajudicial Killing of Shireen Abu Akleh
     
On November 3, 2022, in commemoration of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, Al-Haq and Forensic Architecture announced the joint submission of forensic evidence to the International Criminal Court (ICC) based on their investigation of the Extrajudicial Killing of Shireen Abu Akleh, Palestinian-American Journalist who was shot and murdered in May 2022 by the Israeli Occupation Forces. Their investigation reveals new evidence of the circumstances of Shireen’s targeted killing, and their findings establish that the report on the incident published by the Israeli occupation forces is false and deliberately misleading. This investigation by Al-Haq and Forensic Architecture is the first to employ a precise digital reconstruction of the incident and has been able to conclusively support both new and existing claims about the targeting of Shireen Abu Akleh by drawing upon new evidence from a range of sources, including previously unseen footage, unpublished autopsy documents, and original testimonies.
 
In this episode of Arab Voices, we will air some of the information released in this new investigation report.
  
2nd Segment: Professor Rashid Khalidi's Lecture on the Balfour Declaration and the Impact it has had on the Palestinian People (Part 1 of 2)
     
This month, November 2022, marks the 105th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, issued by the British government, and laid the foundation for the establishment of a Jewish-Zionist state at the expense of the indigenous Palestinian population, promising the land of Palestine to the Zionist movement.
  
In November 2017, the United Nations Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People organized a lecture on the Balfour Declaration and the impact it has had on the Palestinian people. The lecture was delivered at the United Nations by Professor Rashid Khalidi, the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University and director of the Middle East Institute of Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs.

In this episode of Arab Voices, we will air Professor Rashid Khalidi’s lecture on the Balfour Declaration and the impact it has had on the Palestinian people.Arab Voices aims at bringing the truth, facts, and realities to a wide and diverse range of listeners. It debunks many of the stereotypes, myths, and false information disseminated by certain media outlets, some politicians, and others.
 
Arab Voices is a syndicated program that airs on other radio stations in different cities in the U.S.A. and Europe.

1st Segment: New Investigation Report on the Extrajudicial Killing of Shireen Abu Akleh
     
On November 3, 2022, in commemoration of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, Al-Haq and Forensic Architecture announced the joint submission of forensic evidence to the International Criminal Court (ICC) based on their investigation of the Extrajudicial Killing of Shireen Abu Akleh, Palestinian-American Journalist who was shot and murdered in May 2022 by the Israeli Occupation Forces. Their investigation reveals new evidence of the circumstances of Shireen’s targeted killing, and their findings establish that the report on the incident published by the Israeli occupation forces is false and deliberately misleading. This investigation by Al-Haq and Forensic Architecture is the first to employ a precise digital reconstruction of the incident and has been able to conclusively support both new and existing claims about the targeting of Shireen Abu Akleh by drawing upon new evidence from a range of sources, including previously unseen footage, unpublished autopsy documents, and original testimonies.
 
In this episode of Arab Voices, we will air some of the information released in this new investigation report.
   
2nd Segment: Professor Rashid Khalidi's Lecture on the Balfour Declaration and the Impact it has had on the Palestinian People
     
This month, November 2022, marks the 105th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, issued by the British government, and laid the foundation for the establishment of a Jewish-Zionist state at the expense of the indigenous Palestinian population, promising the land of Palestine to the Zionist movement.
  
In November 2017, the United Nations Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People organized a lecture on the Balfour Declaration and the impact it has had on the Palestinian people. The lecture was delivered at the United Nations by Professor Rashid Khalidi, the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University and director of the Middle East Institute of Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs.

In this episode of Arab Voices, we will air Professor Rashid Khalidi’s lecture on the Balfour Declaration and the impact it has had on the Palestinian people.

Arab Voices aims at bringing the truth, facts, and realities to a wide and diverse range of listeners. It debunks many of the stereotypes, myths, and false information disseminated by certain media outlets, some politicians, and others.
 
Arab Voices is a syndicated program that airs on other radio stations in different cities in the U.S.A. and Europe.

Interview with Mohammed Nabulsi on the Upcoming Houston Palestinian Festival (largest in North America)
     
We will speak with Mohammed Nabulsi, Palestinian-American attorney, community organizer, Director of Advocacy and Education for the Palestinian American Cultural Center, and Chair of the Houston Palestinian Festival.
 
We will speak with him about the upcoming 10th Annual Houston Palestinian Festival, the largest in North America, scheduled to be held on Saturday and Sunday, November 5 and 6, 2022, at the Crown Festival Park, 18355 Southwest Fwy, Sugar Land, TX 77479.

2nd Segment: "Joint Israel/Lobby Infiltration of Civil Rights Group Exposed" by Edward Ahmed Mitchell
     
The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, and the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy, co-hosted their annual Israel Lobby Conference on March 4, 2022. The 2022 Transcending the Israel Lobby at Home & Abroad conference brought together people from across the country and the world to critically assess the pro-Israel lobby and the U.S. government's unflinching support for Israel. There were several incredible speeches given by activists, artists, journalists, lawyers, politicians, and others.
 
In this episode of Arab Voices (#1,033), we will air the remarks of Edward Ahmed Mitchell on the topic “Joint Israel/Lobby Infiltration of Civil Rights Group Exposed”. Mitchell is the deputy director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, CAIR, the largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States.Arab Voices aims at bringing the truth, facts, and realities to a wide and diverse range of listeners. It debunks many of the stereotypes, myths, and false information disseminated by certain media outlets, some politicians, and others.
 
Arab Voices is a syndicated program that airs on other radio stations in different cities in the U.S.A. and Europe.