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Golbarg Bashi and Iranian Feminism

Categories:

War & Peace

program date:

Thu, 08/09/2007

Golbarg Bashi is an Iranian feminist and visiting scholar at Columbia University. She visited Portland in June and is interviewed by Gabi Ross for the Bread and Roses.

25:28 minutes (8.75 MB)

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Marjan Satrapi writer and producer of Persepolis

Categories:

Womens issues

program date:

Thu, 08/09/2007

Marjan Satrapi is an Iranian cartoonist and writer. Persepolis a film made from her book series with the same title has just won the Cannes Film Festival praise of the Jurors. Persepolis is Marjan's autobiography growing up with Islamic Revolution of 1979, migrating to Europe and going back to Iran. She was interviewed in her last visit to Portland on her book tour by Gabi Ross for KBOO's Bread and Roses.

20:51 minutes (7.16 MB)

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Chris Toensing on Palestine and Gaza

Categories:

War & Peace

program:

Voices of the Middle East

program date:

Wed, 06/13/2007

Chris Toensing is the executive director of the Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP) and senior editor of the Middle East Report. He was interviewed by Goudarz Eghtedari in the eve of the take over of Gaza by Hamas forces for the Kboo's Voices of the Middle East program. He commented on the situation in Palestine after this conflict and about the future of the Peace between Israelis and Palestinians. For previous shows click here!

24:53 minutes (8.54 MB)

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Turkey after the elections of 2007

Categories:

Politics

program:

Voices of the Middle East

program date:

Wed, 08/08/2007

Interview with Professor Robert Olson, University of Kentucky, and John Olmstead, Portland State university. www.voicesofthemiddleeast.com

59:48 minutes (20.53 MB)

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Interview with David Barsamian

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program:

Voices of the Middle East

program date:

Wed, 10/10/2007

A radio interview with David Barsamian the founder and producer of the Alternative Radio and author of "Targeting Iran" with Noam Chomsly, Ervand Abrahamian, and Nahid Mozzafari.

34:38 minutes (11.9 MB)

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Impact of the NIE on the Iran war

Categories:

Politics

program:

Voices of the Middle East

program date:

Wed, 12/12/2007

An interview with Barbara Slavin:

31:01 minutes (10.65 MB)

Scott Ritter

Categories:

War & Peace

program:

Voices of the Middle East

program date:

Thu, 01/10/2008

Scott Ritter is the former UN inspector in Iraq. He was interviewed prior to his appearance in Portland on his US Tour of Duty. Event was sponsored by the American Iranian Friendship Council www.aifcpdx.org , KBOO Community Radio and others. For previous shows go to: www.voicesofthemiddleeast.com

41:54 minutes (19.18 MB)

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George Habash Remembered

Categories:

Politics

program:

Voices of the Middle East

program date:

Wed, 02/13/2008

An interview with historian Evan Siegel, Ph.D. (CUNJ), and Mazen Malek, Ph.D. local Palestinian activist on the death of Dr. George Habash leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), who died on January 26, 2008 at age 82. For previous shows go to: www.voicesofthemiddleeast.com

31:26 minutes (14.39 MB)

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William Beeman, University of Minessota

Categories:

Politics

program:

Voices of the Middle East

program date:

Wed, 05/07/2008

Professor William Beeman, University of Minessota in an interview with Goudarz Eghtedari on the topic of saber rattling with Iran and threat of another war in the Middle East. The US elections democratic primaries and tough talks by Hillary Clinton, and much more.

43:09 minutes (19.75 MB)

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Interview with Professor Fatemeh Keshavarz

Categories:

Womens issues

program date:

Thu, 06/26/2008

Gabi Ross has interviewed Professor Fatemeh Keshavarz on her book "Jasmin and Stars, Reading more than Lolita in Tehran". Interview covers more than just the book and critiques the orientalists approach to literature and emphasizes on the richness of Iranian literature and samples from Iranian women writers whose works are translated to English. This was a "Bread and Roses" show and is being presented at "Voices of the Middle East" with permission.