RADIO INTIFADA
intifada=shaking off - oppression/silence
Voices of struggle, Voices for change
Thursday, September 10, 2009, 3-4pm PDT
KPFK/Pacifica 90.7 fm, Los Angeles, 98.7 Santa Barbara
KPFK/Pacifica 90.7 fm, Los Angeles, 98.7 Santa Barbara
Streaming live at www.kpfk.org; available on audio archive for 90 days
Middle Eastern CULTURE and POLITICS:
An Egyptian Activist, UNESCO elections and “AMREEKA”
An Egyptian Activist, UNESCO elections and “AMREEKA”
With guests:
Dalia Ziada - American Islamic Congress - The North Africa Office Director in Cairo, Egypt focuses on three key areas: protecting free expression for blogger-activists, religious freedom, promoting nonviolence and unequivocal denunciation of terrorism, and working to halt abuses against women.
Hosam Nassar - spokesperson for Egypt’s Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni
As the September 18th elections draw near Egypt’s Cultural Minister Farouk Hosni, for the past 21 years, remains the favored nominee to be UNESCO's next director-general, despite controversy surrounding his candidacy.
Cherien Dabis, Writer/director - AMREEKA
The Arabic Word For "America" Is Now the Name of an Internationally Acclaimed Film. It is the first Arab American feature film to receive nationwide grassroots support.
Produced and hosted by Nile El Wardani, SWANA (South and West Asia and North Africa) Collective
CALENDAR
Sat 9/12 5:30-8:30 pm
Tim Wise - renown anti-racist author and educator on Left Media and Institutional Racism
SEIU 721 Union Hall
500 S. Virgil St. LA, CA 90020
Sat 9/12 5:30-8:30 pm
Tim Wise - renown anti-racist author and educator on Left Media and Institutional Racism
SEIU 721 Union Hall
500 S. Virgil St. LA, CA 90020
