Serious doubts and lack of nurturing, the Middle East often struggles to find its place not only in the world, media and politics but also in culture, arts and music. While also being stuck between religious governments, war and misinterpreted media conceptions, the Middle East’s music scene is no longer being overlooked with sites like [...]
Podcasts
Podcast: Revealing the situation of migrant workers in the Middle East
April 7th, 2009
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 ignored topics in the region despite it being by far one of the most important. Millions [...]
Podcast: Finding Bibi - Interview with Iranian American film maker, Bita Haidarian
February 5th, 2009
I 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 the world to answer the big questions – who am I, where do I come [...]
Podcast with Jillian York: Role of Web 2.0 in reporting about Gaza
January 13th, 2009
This 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 in reporting about the conflicts and current massacre in Gaza. We talk about the present usage [...]
Podcasting from Gaza: Speaking with Tarek Badra in Gaza, Chairman of the Palestinian Center for Youth Work
January 2nd, 2009
Several months ago we began exploring potential work with the Palestinian Center for Youth Work, which Tarek Badra is a Chairman of. Since not many people there can visibly express what’s happening it is crucial for us to conduct these podcasts with people on the ground so the world can see what they’re going through [...]
Crisis in Gaza: Tarek explains the situation from the ground: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (413)Podcast: Interview with Eva Ferrero, protesting for Gazan rights in Israel
January 2nd, 2009
This is an interview with an admirable Israeli human rights activist who finds it deplorable what the Israeli government is currently doing to Gaza. In this podcast she speaks about Israeli violence, racism, and how the current terrorist activities from the Israeli military is far from justifiable. She is both against Hamas corruption and Israel [...]
Interview with Israeli human rights activist Eva on crisis in Gaza: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (312)Podcasting from Gaza: Ramzy in Gaza gives an on-the-ground account of the attacks
December 28th, 2008
Hundreds have died so far and there is no sign of Israel quitting its aggressive attacks against innocent civilians. The international world is reacting but Ramzy, who is a young teacher in Gaza and occasional author on Mideast Youth, notes that it’s doing so far too slowly. There is no way to put it, despite [...]
Ramzy in Gaza gives an on-the-ground account on the Gazan crisis [14:51m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (683)Interview with Rana Kamil, an Iraqi civil worker and actress
December 14th, 2008
This weekend, I had been invited to Beirut for a conference on how to use the internet for social change, where I gave a presentation about Mideast Youth and its projects. During this event I roomed with Rana Kamil from Baghdad, Iraq, who is inspirational and great. She was kind enough to allow me to [...]
Podcast: Interview with Sameh Habeeb about the Gaza Concert 2008
November 29th, 2008
There’s a large number of underrepresented Palestinians who are resorting to peaceful and creative methods to bring peace and end the siege in Gaza. Perhaps one of the best efforts of the year is the Gaza Concert, which is described as the following:
From the heart of Gaza a sound of hope. Performers from Gaza will [...]
Podcast: Israeli historian stresses importance of Palestinian human rights
November 8th, 2008This is an interview with Shaul, an Israeli historian, and part of the pro-Palestinian minority in Israel. Some of the questions asked are leftovers from this session, others were brought up along with the discussion as you’d notice. We understand the controversy of this topic, I’d just ask that you try your best to be [...]
Interview with Israeli historian about Palestinian rights [13:25m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (328)
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