This week we’re talking to the editor of our Migrant-Rights.org website, which aims to explore, expose, and find ways to improve the horrific conditions of migrant workers in the Middle East, specifically the Gulf. This is one of the most …
Posted in Awareness, Bahrain, Civil Rights, Gulf, Interviews, Migrant Workers, Podcasts, Saudi Arabia, UAE | 1 CommentConspiracy theories are popular in this region for a good reason: they allow us to perceive ourselves as powerless victims and blame our shortcomings and insecurities on others. For decades, Baha’is have been painted as the enemy within, plotting and …
Posted in Awareness, Baha'i Faith, Baha'is, Interviews, Iran | 2 CommentsI had the pleasure of interviewing Bita Haidarian, an Iranian American film maker concerning her wonderful latest film, Finding Bibi, described below: Bita Haidarian, an award-winning Iranian American filmmaker fresh out of film school, sets off on a journey around …
Posted in Activism, Awareness, Creativity, Film, Interviews, Iran, Middle East, Pakistan, Podcasts, USA, Women | 2 Comments(Cross posted from BahaiRights.org) In the light of Iran’s intense persecution of Baha’is, many Iranian Baha’is who were forced to flee the country have taken to exposing Iran’s heinous crimes and raising awareness on the suffering their friends and family …
Posted in Activism, Awareness, Creative Media, Creativity, Interviews, Iran | 2 CommentsAn interview with Hannah Mermelstein, the American peace activist and journalist discussing the civil catastrophe of Gaza
Posted in Bad news, Human Rights, Interviews, Palestine, Palestine/Israel | Leave a commentThis interview was conducted by Sophia Furber, editor of our Migrant Rights website. Migrant Rights talks to Nick McGeehan, founding member of human rights group Mafiwasta, set up in 2005 to bring to attention abuses of migrant workers in the …
Posted in Civil Rights, Gulf, Interviews, Migrant Workers, Racism, UAE | Leave a commentInterview by Kourosh Ziabari, Tehran Times Zionist Regime is tightening its grip over the innocent people of Gaza, selecting its victims eminently from infant children, women and the youth. The casualty rate of civilians is swelling unyieldingly and the global …
Posted in Bad news, Current Events, Interviews, Palestine, Palestine/Israel, Terrorism, War | Tagged American Singer, crisis in Gaza, David Rovics, Gaza, Israel, Jews, Judaism, onslaught, Palestine | Leave a commentInterview by: Kourosh Ziabari John Feffer is a renowned American journalist, anti-war advocate and currently serving as the co-director of “Foreign Policy in Focus” journal at the Institute for Policy Studies. He is the author of book “Power Trip: U.S. …
Posted in Interviews, Palestine, Palestine/Israel | Tagged Gaza, genocide Gaza, Israel, massacre Gaza, Occupied territories, Palestine | 3 CommentsThis is a podcast I conducted with Jillian York, blogger and activist. Jillian writes for several sites including The Huffington Post, KABOBfest, Global Voices Online, and WeMedia. In this podcast we talk about the role of Web 2.0/social networking sites …
Posted in Interviews, Media, Middle East, Palestine, Palestine/Israel, Podcasts | 2 CommentsInterview by Kourosh Ziabari The flames of anti-Israeli remarks and movements by the independent political parties, NGOs, student coalitions and governments worldwide has been ignited with the unprecedented and inciting rhetoric of some influential political personalities and Members of Parliaments …
Posted in Interviews, Israel, Palestine, Palestine/Israel, Terrorism, War | Tagged Gaza, Genocide, Israel, Massacre, Palestine, Rafah crossing, Terrorism | Leave a comment