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Podcast: Pakistani journalist Huma Imtiaz talks to us about the recent terrorist attacks

 
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Pakistan has been making the news lately. Unfortunately, it’s nothing positive. Here’s a sample of the latest headlines: 15 injured in explosion in Pakistan, Blasts strike across Pakistan, Blast kills 17 on bus in Pakistan, Explosion Kills Six in Peshawar, Pakistan, Bomb Blast Hits UN Agency in Islamabad. It’s hard to be shocked by any [...]

Podcasting from Gaza: Speaking with Tarek Badra in Gaza, Chairman of the Palestinian Center for Youth Work

 
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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

 
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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 another Kurdish student

 
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Following up on this previous interview, I conducted another interview with a Kurdish student to represent more perspectives on the Kurdish issue.
Kurdish activists have a lot to say and are outspoken, but unfortunately not many people care to listen, or are generally aware of the severity of the many human rights abuses against Kurdish minorities [...]

Interview with Moroccan students about recent terror attacks in Casablanca

For today’s podcast, I interviewed a few students from the Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco, where I was for the past week attending a conference, about how they feel regarding the recent set of suicide attacks in Casablanca.
If you don’t know what happened in Casablanca recently, read this article.
[Since this podcast has moved to [...]