Voices of the Middle East and North Africa

Khalil Bandib speaks with Samia Errazzouki about the rising tension between Spain and Morrocco after thousands of migrants crossed from Morroco into the North African enclave of Ceuta, considered Spanish territory. It is believed that Moroccan border guards eased the crossing of the migrants in response to Spain's hosting of Brahim Ghali, the leader of the Polisario Front, which campaigns for the...

Professor Tugal speaks with Shahram Aghamir about the so-called Turkish liberal Islamic model once hailed by the US as a model to the Muslim World, what's left of that and what are the limitations of this model. Cihan Tuğal is a professor of sociology at UC Berkeley. He studies three interlocking dynamics: 1) capitalism’s generation and destruction of communities, livelihoods, and places; 2) the i...

Professor Tugal speaks with Shahram Aghamir about the so-called Turkish liberal Islamic model once hailed by the US as a model to the Muslim World, what's left of that and what are the limitations of this model. Cihan Tuğal is a professor of sociology at UC Berkeley. He studies three interlocking dynamics: 1) capitalism’s generation and destruction of communities, livelihoods, and places; 2) the i...

Beshara Doumani is the inaugural Mahmoud Darwish Professor of Palestinian Studies, the first chair of its kind dedicated to this field of study. He is also the founding director (2012-2018) of Brown's Center for Middle East Studies (CMES), and founder of New Directions for Palestinian Studies, a CMES initiative since 2012. From 2012-2020 he was the Joukowsky Family Distinguished Professor of Moder...

On April 3rd, rumors started circulating about the arrest of Jordan’s former crown Prince Hamzah Bin Hussein, and some senior officials. A brief statement by the army denied the arrest but confirmed the prince was asked to stop, what the statement called, activities that were employed to target Jordan's security and stability. In a leaked video, Prince Hamzah said that he was placed under house ar...

Al Jazeera network has launched a new digital platform Rightly, which aims to target US conservative audiences. We speak with Adel Iskander, professor of Global Communication at Simon Fraser University about Aljazeera move into the right-wing media ecosystem in the US. We also celebrate National Poetry Month by bringing you some of the poetry of the Middle East’s celebrated poet Mahmoud Darwish, t...

Since the beginning of Ramadan in mid-April, tensions have been rising in the old city of Jerusalem. Palestinians have been protesting an Israeli court decision to evict four Palestinian families from their homes in the neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah to make room for Israeli settlers. Four other families will also be facing eviction in August. The families in question have lived in their homes sinc...

This week, we’ll discuss the COVID-19 pandemic in the besieged Gaza Strip in a conversation with Dr. Monda El-Farrah, the Director of Gaza Projects of the Middle East Children's Alliance and a member of the Union of Health Work Committees Later in the program, we speak with Professor Isis Nusair and Huwaida Arraf two members of The newly formed Palestinian Feminist Collective committed to Palestin...

On January 1, 2021, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced his appointment of Melih Bulu, a long-time affiliate of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), as the new rector of Isatnbul’s Boğaziçi University, one of Turkey’s most prestigious universities. The appointment trampled a long-standing tradition of electing rectors from within the university. Three days later, thousands of stude...

In his acclaimed new book “When we Were Arabs,” Los-Angeles-born journalist and author Massoud Hayoun recounts one north African family’s epic journey, step by step, from Tunisia all the way to California after it was senselessly uprooted from its ancestral lands and catapulted into a cold new world by two successive waves of European colonialism.

In his acclaimed new book “When we Were Arabs,” Los-Angeles-born journalist and author Massoud Hayoun recounts one north African family’s epic journey, step by step, from Tunisia all the way to California after it was senselessly uprooted from its ancestral lands and catapulted into a cold new world by two successive waves of European colonialism.

The Kurds In Iran by VOMENA Team at KPFA

The Toxic Legacy of War in Iraq and the documentary NASRIN by VOMENA Team at KPFA

Ten years ago, the Arab Spring took the world by surprise, profoundly shaking the status quo in North Africa and the Middle East and bringing hope for a new democratic beginning in that long-suffering region. After several regimes were non-violently toppled in rapid succession through peaceful pressure from the streets, reactionary forces in the region regrouped and launched fierce counter-revolut...

Life in a war zone: Gianfranco Rosi's documentary “Notturno" by VOMENA Team at KPFA

Sept 18 2020: Ilan Pappe on The Israel–United Arab Emirates normalization agreement, by VOMENA Team at KPFA

August 21st 2020 : Professor Ali Ahmida on Genocide in Libya: Shar a Hidden Colonial History by VOMENA Team at KPFA

Oct 23rd 2020: the toxic legacy of Iraq war- NASRIN, documentary on Nasrin Sotoudeh by VOMENA Team at KPFA

Vomena August 8, 2020: Compound Crises-Ziad Abu-Rish Reports on the Chemical Explosion In Beirut by VOMENA Team at KPFA

Vomena July 24 2020 : Ali Ahmida on Libyan genocide by VOMENA Team at KPFA

VOMENA, April 17 2020- Covid-19: The plight of political prisoners in Iran & the impact of sanctions by VOMENA Team at KPFA

Vomena April 3rd, 2020: Marking the 5th anniversary of the war in Yemen by VOMENA Team at KPFA

VOMENA March 18, 2020: Understanding the Lebanese economic crisis by VOMENA Team at KPFA

VOMENA: March 6, 2020: Professor Kaveh Khoshnood on Coronavirus outbreak in Iran by VOMENA Team at KPFA

VOMENA Feb 27, 2020: Rashid Khalidi discusses his new book, The Hundred Years' War on Palestine by VOMENA Team at KPFA