Interview with Salim Tamari (in Ramallah) - "Virtual Return to Jaffa"
Nakba 75 Special
     
In this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,066), we will air an interview Hanan Awad conducted with Salim Tamari (in Ramallah) on the topic "Virtual Return to Jaffa".
 
Salim Tamari is a Palestinian sociologist, and historian, who serves as a Research Associate for the Institute for Palestine Studies, and is the editor of the Jerusalem Quarterly.
   
This interview is part of Arab Voices Nakba 75 Special Episodes we are airing during the months of May and June 2023, as we commemorate the 75th anniversary of the ongoing Palestinian Nakba or Catastrophe.
    
All Arab Voices episodes, including the special Nakba 75 episodes are archived on our website www.ArabVoices.net for on-demand listening.

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 Dr. Yasser Abu Jamie (in Gaza) on Mental Health Under Occupation (Part 2 of 2)
Nakba 75 Special
     
In this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,064), we will air part 2 of the interview Hanan Awad conducted with Dr. Yasser Abu Jamie (in Gaza) on "Mental Health Under Occupation". Dr. Abu Jamie is the General Director of the Gaza Mental Health Program, and a leading Palestinian Psychiatrist. During the previous episode of Arab Voices, we aired part 1 of that interview (archived on our website www.ArabVoices.net).
 
This interview is part of Arab Voices Nakba 75 Special Episodes we are airing during the months of May and June 2023, as we commemorate the 75th anniversary of the ongoing Palestinian Nakba or Catastrophe.
    
Over the next few weeks, we will air additional interviews hosted by Hanan Awad with other distinguished guests, including Marwah Tibi in Taiybe on ”Film & Identity in Palestine”, and Salim Tamari in Ramallah with a ”Virtual Return to Jaffa”.

Clare Daly's Response to Ursula von der Leyen
     
In this episode, we will also air the response of Clare Daly, Member of the European Parliament, to the message issued by the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, about "a celebration of 75 years of Israel's independence and friendship with Europe", which included many lies!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 Dr. Yasser Abu Jamie (in Gaza) on Mental Health Under Occupation (Part 1 of 2)
Nakba 75 Special
     
In this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,063), we will air part 1 of an interview Hanan Awad conducted with Dr. Yasser Abu Jamie (in Gaza) on "Mental Health Under Occupation". Dr. Abu Jamie is the General Director of the Gaza Mental Health Program, and a leading Palestinian Psychiatrist.
 
This interview is part of Arab Voices Nakba 75 Special Episodes we are airing during the months of May and June 2023, as we commemorate the 75th anniversary of the ongoing Palestinian Nakba or Catastrophe.
    
We will air part 2 of Hanan's interview with Dr. Abu Jamie during the next episode of Arab Voices, and over the next few weeks, we will air additional interviews hosted by Hanan Awad with other distinguished guests, including Marwah Tibi in Taiybe on ”Film & Identity in Palestine”, and Salim Tamari in Ramallah with a ”Virtual Return to Jaffa”.

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 Batoul Abuharb about the Houston Palestine Film Festival
      
Interview with Batoul Abuharb with the Houston Palestine Film Festival about the upcoming 16th annual festival that features the latest films in Palestinian Cinema. The festival is scheduled to take place over two weekends: June 2nd & 3rd (at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston) and June 9th & 10th (at Rice University Cinema).

2nd Segment: Interview with Saleh Diab (in Sheikh Jarrah)
Nakba 75 Special
     
Interview with Saleh Diab, a Palestinian activist, and one of the leaders of the struggle against expulsions of Palestinians from the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem. Diab was jailed 20 times by the Israeli Occupation Forces but continues to resist, and his story speaks volume of the resilience and steadfastness of the Palestinians against the ongoing Israeli aggressions and attempts to force him and other Palestinians out of their homes from Sheikh Jarrah in occupied Jerusalem. Saleh Diab’s family was forced out of their home in Jaffa in 1948, so for him and many other Palestinians, the Palestinian Nakba is ongoing!
 
This interview with Saleh Diab is part of Arab Voices Nakba 75 Special Episodes we are airing during the months of May and June 2023, as we commemorate the 75th anniversary of the ongoing Palestinian Nakba or Catastrophe.
   
Over the next few weeks, we will air interviews hosted by Hanan Awad with other distinguished guests, including Yasser Abu Jamie in Gaza on “Mental Health Under Occupation”, Marwah Tibi in Taiybe on ”Film & Identity in Palestine”, and Salim Tamari in Ramallah with a ”Virtual Return to Jaffa”.

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.

1st Segment: Interview with Becky Lao about the Marsh Arabs Project
      
During the first segment, we will interview Becky Lao, Executive Director of Archeology Now, and one of the Marsh Arabs Project leaders.
 
The Marsh Arabs Project is a collaboration between Archeology Now and the Arab-American Educational Foundation. The project will include the construction of an Iraqi mudhif (المضيف) on the Rice University campus in Houston, Texas, and will be made up of reeds from Iraq (15 feet tall, 15 feet wide, and 27 feet long). The project will also include talks/lectures, cultural activities, a film screening on the Marsh Arabs of Iraq, and will also host classes. The project will provide one of the first opportunities for Americans to see and experience an authentic representation of an ancient culture with immense historical significance.
    



2nd Segment: Interview with Dr. Khaled Mustafa Medani about the Crisis in Sudan
     
We will interview Professor Khalid Mustafa Medani about the crisis in Sudan that reached the Sudanese Capitol Khartoum, for the first time in Sudan's history. We will talk about the fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces that has killed hundreds of Sudanese and injured thousands. Tens of thousands have fled their homes, and a humanitarian crisis is unfolding as a result of the fighting. We will discuss all of that and more.
 
Dr. Khalid Mustafa Medani is an Associate Professor of Political Science and Islamic Studies who is also Chair of the African Studies Program at McGill University in Canada. His research focuses on globalization, and the political economy of Islamist and Ethnic Politics in Africa and the Middle East, with a special focus on Sudan, Egypt, and Somalia. Dr. Medani is a Sudanese Scholar. He is the author of Black Markets and Militants: Informal Networks in the Middle East and Africa, which received an award from the American Political Science Association for the Best Book in the Field of Middle East and North Africa Politics by a Senior Scholar in 2022.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.

Zakaria Odeh (in occupied Jerusalem)
      
Our guest for this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,056) will be Zakaria Odeh, a human rights activist, and Executive Director for the Civil Coalition for Palestinian Rights in Jerusalem.
 
We will speak with Zakaria Odeh (in occupied Jerusalem) about the occupied city of Jerusalem, the significance of Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa mosque, banning Palestinian Christians & Muslims from the West Bank and Gaza Strip to visit Jerusalem, denying access to Al-Aqsa mosque to Muslims, denying permits for medical treatments to Palestinians, the ongoing and escalated Israeli brutal attacks on Palestinian worshippers in Jerusalem, the discrimination and measures imposed by Apartheid Israel on Palestinians in Jerusalem and at Al-Aqsa mosque, the revocation of residency from Palestinians living in occupied Jerusalem, absentee law, forced expulsion of Palestinians from their homes, home demolitions, military checkpoints and roadblocks, Israeli colonies and colonizers horrific acts against Palestinians, targeting, prosecuting and jailing Palestinian children, imposing Israeli education system & curriculum on Palestinians in occupied Jerusalem, forbidding teachers from talking about the Palestinian Nakba or Israeli Occupation in schools, the ongoing ethnic cleansing of Palestine, 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.

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.

Richard Silverstein
      
Richard Silverstein is a freelance journalist. He writes the Tikun Olam blog, devoted to exposing the excesses of the Israeli national security state. His work has appeared in Haaretz, the Middle East Eye, The Nation, the New Arab, the Guardian, the Los Angeles Times, the Forward, and the Seattle Times.
 
Silverstein contributed to the essay collection devoted to the 2006 Lebanon war, A Time to Speak Out, and has another essay in the collection, Israel and Palestine: Alternate Perspectives on Statehood.
  
In this episode of Arab Voices (# 1,054), we will discuss with Richard Silverstein the strikes, and mass protests in Apartheid Israel, the new extremist far-right wing fascist Israeli government, the proposed "judicial changes", reactions to what is happening from the U.S. administration and amongst the Jewish communities and organizations, the new letter sent by several U.S. representatives led by Jamaal Bowman and Sen. Bernie Sanders and endorsed by 70 Jewish organizations demanding President Biden to probe Israel's use of U.S. arms, media coverage of how Israeli forces are handling Israeli demonstrators vs. Palestinian demonstrators, the impact the new government has on the Palestinians, the ongoing genocide against the Palestinians by Israel and its colonizers, 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: Ramadan, Remembering Rachel Corrie, Home Demolitions, Smotrich's Remarks & Use of Map
      
During the 1st segment, we will talk about the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, The 20th anniversary of Apartheid Israel’s murder of U.S. Citizen and peace activist Rachel Corrie, Israeli home demolitions, and the Israeli Finance Minister’s remarks about the Palestinians and his use of a map showing Jordan as part of Israel.
 
March 16, 2023, marked the 20th anniversary of the murder of Rachel Corrie, a U.S. peace activist from Olympia, Washington. She was killed by Israel in the occupied Gaza Strip in Palestine. On that day, Rachel Corrie was protesting the demolition of a Palestinian home in the occupied Gaza Strip by the Israeli Occupation Military, when an Israeli bulldozer crushed her to death.
 
On this 20th anniversary of the murder of Rachel Corrie, we will air a prose written by Amber Poole titled "Rachel Corrie: Slated For Demolition". Amber read that prose live on Arab Voices during an interview we conducted with Cindy and Craig Corrie, the parents of Rachel Corrie back in 2003.

2nd Segment: Iraq 20 Years Later
     
Twenty years ago, on March 20, 2003, the United States, under President George W. Bush, launched a massive attack on Iraq and occupied it. The U.S. waged that war based on lies accusing Iraq of possessing weapons of mass destruction, which was not the case. The war was catastrophic to Iraq and its people. It devastated the country, destroyed its infrastructure, killed hundreds of thousands of Iraqis, displaced millions of Iraqis, destroyed the health and educational systems, Iraq’s economy, and its oil (Iraq has the second largest oil reserve in the world, and many believe Iraq’s oil is one of the main reasons the US occupied Iraq to steal its oil). That war wreaked havoc on Iraq on many levels. The US also used Depleted Uranium on the Iraqi people, and its effect are lived to this day in Iraq because depleted uranium is a chemically toxic and radioactive heavy material that can pose extremely harmful environmental and health risks for communities that live close to war zones.
 
During this episode of Arab Voices, we will air previous interviews we conducted with Dr. Imad Khadduri, former Iraqi Nuclear Scientist, who worked with the Iraqi Atomic Energy Commission for 30 years (we talked about Iraq's nuclear weapons program), and an interview with Scott Ritter, former Chief U.N. Weapons Inspector in Iraq (we talked about weapons of mass destruction and his inspection in Iraq). In addition, we will air portions of a recent interview Democracy Now! conducted with two Iraqis looking back at how the unprovoked U.S. invasion devastated Iraq and helped destabilize much of the Middle East. They interviewed Feurat Alani, a French Iraqi writer and documentarian who was based in Baghdad, Iraq from 2003 to 2008. His recent piece for The Washington Post is headlined “The Iraq War helped destroy what it meant to be an Iraqi.”, and Sinan Antoon, an Iraqi born and raised in Baghdad. He is a writer, poet, translator, and associate professor at New York University. His latest piece appeared in The Guardian, headlined “A million lives later, I cannot forgive what American terrorism did to my country, Iraq.”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.