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Archive for the ‘Palestine and Israel’ Category

Podcast with Jillian York: Role of Web 2.0 in reporting about Gaza

 
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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

 
icon for podpress  Crisis in Gaza: Tarek explains the situation from the ground [11:11m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (708)

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 [...]

Podcast: Interview with Eva Ferrero, protesting for Gazan rights in Israel

 
icon for podpress  Interview with Israeli human rights activist Eva on crisis in Gaza: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (434)

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 [...]

Podcasting from Gaza: Ramzy gives an on-the-ground account of the attacks

 
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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 [...]

Interview with Sameh Habeeb about the Gaza Concert 2008

 
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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

 
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This 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 [...]

Latest teleconference with American students

 
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We were extremely excited to be doing this again. I love it that today we live in a world where with just a few clicks you can connect yourself with people and hear their views or express your own without having to worry about the geographical limitations.
For the third teleconference (we did this previously here [...]