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Lebanon Is Devastated - 6 Aug 2020 by News You Can Use with Jamal Dajani & Jess Ghannam

Guest Lara Kiswani, Executive Director of the Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC) discusses why right-wing groups are flooding an ongoing public comment period on whether California should cut Ethnic Studies generally, and Arab-American Studies specifically, from their schools. Jess and Jamal discuss President Trump’s tweet about delaying the elections.

Jess and Jamal discuss both the Democratic Party’s platform on foreign policy and President Trump’s cognitive abilities. Cookbook author and host of "Feast in the Middle East," Blanche Shaheen, shares delicious heirloom Palestinian recipes to help people cope with sheltering-in-place during the pandemic.

Guest Ronnie Barkan describes his ordeal along with two other activists who are facing trial in Berlin for disrupting an event which was held in June 2017 at the Humboldt University for member of the Israeli Knesset Aliza Lavie. To learn more about the Humboldt-3 visit: https://medium.com/humboldt3/ Jess and Jamal discuss Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s decree ordering the Hagia Sophia to be opened for Muslim prayers. A top Turkish court had revoked the 1934 decree by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of the Turkish republic, that had turned the Hagia Sophia into a museum.

Guest comedian and writer Amer Zahr says that Arab Americans should not be counted as white in the US Census. Does being legally white turn this oft-sidelined community into a ‘legally invisible’ entity? Jess and Jamal discuss the recent brouhaha with Peter Beinart’s editorial making the case for a binational Jewish-Palestinian state.

Diana Buttu, legal analyst and former legal advisor to the Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and Palestinian negotiators, explains the planned Israeli annexation of illegal colonial settlements in the West Bank and the Jordan Valley. Jess and Jamal discuss the recent arrest of Jeffrey Epstein’s confidante Ghislaine Maxwell and her father’s ties to the Israeli Mossad.

Arab Talk guest Eman Jamal shares her personal experience fighting COVID-19 after contracting it along with her family in Dubai, UAE. She also provides tips about ways to cope with the illness. Jess and Jamal discuss Jamaal Bowman’s victory over Rep. Eliot Engel marking a major defeat for the Israel lobby.

Our guest, Rev. Michael Yoshii, talks about race relations and solidarity between Japanese Americans and Palestinians. Jess and Jamal discuss the book by former National Security Advisor John Bolton that President Trump is trying to stop from being published.

لدعم برامج صوت زوروا صفحة صوت بلَس sow.tl/pluseib اليوم بنرجع للحلقة الثانية من الموسم الرابع من «عيب»، هل بنقدر نقول عن الحب عبر المسافات إنه اختيار؟ هل بعض الأشخاص بتقودها مصائرها لعلاقات بعيدة؟ شو هي المساومات التي بنقوم بها في البُعد؟ وشو هي التفاهمات اللي بنوصللها في اللقاءات المؤقتة؟ وشو مصير هاي العلاقات؟ باختصار، هل في حب بعيد وحلو؟ في هاي الحلقة بيرويلنا محمد وتالا وفراس تجاربهم مع العلاقات البعيدة، وبيحكولنا عن التحديات والجماليات والتساؤلات المرتبطة بهاد النوع من العلاقات.إعداد وتقديم فرح برقاوي، تحرير صابرين طه، مونتاج تيسير قباني.وشارك في إنتاج الموسم الرابع من بودكاست عيب آية علي، مرام النبالي، وجنى قزاز.الأغاني والموسيقى في هذه الحلقة بترتيب الظهور:بحب أغيب، يسرا الهواري وسلام يسريالوضع الإقليمي، زياد سحّابيللي بعدك ضيّع فكري، غناء سارة النويوي (الأغنية الأصلية للمطربة التونسية صليحة)Mina, Renatoكل ما تروح، تانيا صالح Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Arab Talk guest Dr. Hatem Bazian talks about racism and Islamophobia in the United States and Europe. Jess and Jamal discuss the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights saying that France violated the freedom of expression of pro-Palestinian activists who were convicted for campaigning to boycott Israeli goods. They also discuss the US and Israel’s efforts to intimidate the International Criminal Court in the Hague.

Jess and Jamal discuss the recent developments in the murder cases of George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery. They also talk about how US law enforcement agencies have been receiving training on crowd control, use of force and surveillance by Israel’s national police, military and intelligence services. Amnesty International has condemned these practices: https://www.amnestyusa.org/with-whom-are-many-u-s-police-departments-training-with-a-chronic-human-rights-violator-israel/

Jamal interviews Dr. Rabab Abdulhadi, who has recently won the prestigious Georgina M. Smith Award from the American Association of University Professors. She discusses the significance of the award and the systematic attacks on her by hate groups. Jess & Jamal discuss the brutal murder of George Floyd, a 46-year-old African-American man, who was pinned down to the ground by a Minneapolis police officer, who had his knee on Floyd's neck for about eight minutes. This murder was captured on video as Floyd pled with the officer, ”Please, please, please, I can’t breathe.”

Arabic violin virtuoso Georges Lammam talks about his collection of works and how he has been coping with the shelter-in-place orders. He also performs live on Arab Talk. Jess and Jamal discuss the latest updates on the COVID-19 pandemic and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s recent declaration to end “all the agreements and understandings with the American and Israeli governments.”

Jess and Jamal discuss the latest updates on the killing of Ahmaud Arbery. They also discuss Israel’s plans to annex large parts of the West Bank. Israeli veteran Journalist David Michaelis provides his expert analysis on the direction Israel is heading in and the future coalition government.

الأمومة بحلة جديدة، حلقة نشرناها سابقًا ضمن الموسم الثاني من بودكاست عيب، تحكي فيها نسرين قصتها التي لطاما أرادت أن تصبح أُماً، ما عنى أنه كان يجب عليها أن توافي شرطين أساسيين: أن تتزوج وأن تلد. وبالرغم من أنّ نسرين لم تلبي هذين الشرطين، إلا أنها استطاعت أن تصبح أماً لكنان. كيف نجحت بفعل ذلك وكيف كان أثر ذلك على حياتها؟ تم تغيير اسم وصوت الضيفة حفاظاً على خصوصيتها.أُنتجت هذه الحلقة بالتعاون مع «حبر».-----للاستماع لبودكاست «مهضوم» عبر تطبيقات البودكاست أو عبر الرابط sowt.com/Mahdoomصفحات صوت على وسائل التواصل الاجتماعي:تويتر: twitter.com/sowtإنستجرام: instagram.com/sowtpodcastsفيسبوك: facebook.com/SowtPodcasts Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jess and Jamal discuss the killing of Ahmaud Arbery and the inadequacies of citizen’s arrest laws in the United States. (Since the recording of this program, the two suspects were arrested after a major public outcry.) They also discuss Israel’s plan to annex large areas of the West Bank. The settlements are deemed illegal by most world powers and condemned by the Palestinians, who see all the West Bank, which Israel captured in a 1967 war, as theirs for a future state.

في الحلقة العاشرة والأخيرة من الموسم الخامس من «عيب»، بنسمع من كريستين وحسام عن تجربتهم مع الأرق، عن رحلتهم يللي لساتهم عم بخوضوها بليالي طويلة وأغلب الأحيان وحيدة. شو بياخد منهم الأرق وشو بيعطيهم بالمقابل؟ وكيف بتصير الحياة لما الليل يقلب نهار؟إعداد وتقديم سليم سلامه، تحرير و إخراج موسيقي تالا العيسى، مونتاج ماهر ملاخ. النشر والتوزيع تولّته مرام النبالي وجنى قزّاز، تصميم الحلقة محمد الزعتري. بودكاست «عيب» من إنتاج صوت.الموسيقى:أرق، غناء حسام عمران، ٢٠١٨ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jess and Jamal discuss Ramadan 2020 and how to practice faith in times of Covid-19, joined by the Zahra Billoo, Executive Director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, San Francisco Bay Area (CAIR-SFBA) office. They also interview political activist and university professor Rania Masri, PhD, who comments on the Lebanese government’s handling of the pandemic in a country that hosts approximately 1.5 million refugees.

في الحلقة التاسعة من الموسم الخامس من «عيب»، بنصغي لعاصم ونور، شابان يعيشان بمجتمع بيرفض الاختلاف، حتى لما يكون هالاختلاف خلقي، يعني بيتعلَّق بأمور مستحيل تغييرها مثل الصوت أو البُنية الجسدية. بيشاركونا تجاربهم وشعورهم الدائم بضغط المجتمع اللي بيحكم عليهم ضرورة التغيير لمواكبة معايير الرجولة السائدة.إعداد وتقديم سليم سلامه، تحرير و إخراج موسيقي تالا العيسى، مونتاج ماهر ملاخ. النشر والتوزيع تولّته مرام النبالي، وجنى قزّاز، تصميم الحلقة محمد الزعتري. بودكاست «عيب» من إنتاج صوت. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jess and Jamal discuss the new normal in the age of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). Is there a rush to return to old norms? What are the repercussions? Journalist Daoud Kuttab provides an update about COVID-19 and its impact on communities in Jordan and Palestine.