The changing role of Turkey; A film about women in Iran
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010 Women Without Men Two different perspectives about the changing role in Turkey vise a vie the U.S. and Israel. In light of the recent attack on the Free Gaza flotilla, and the...
View ArticleAttack on Free Gaza flotilla; Iranian-American hiphop
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010 A conversation with Israeli-born UCLA history professor Gabriel Piterberg about last weeks Israeli attack on the Free Gaza flotilla. Later in the program, Iranian-American...
View ArticleThis Week: Coup D’Etat in Turkey; U.S. Boat to Gaza
On this week’s program, we’ll have a conversation with political scientist Gamze Yasar about the upcoming referendum on Turkey’s constitution on Sept 12th, the 30th anniversary of 1980’s military Coup...
View ArticleTurkey’s Role in the MENA region; Discussion of Firoozeh Kahani’s “Martydrom...
Turkish Flag This week on Voices of the Middle East and North Africa, we take an in-depth look at Turkey’s expanding role in the Middle East and North Africa. We will be speaking with Dr. Karem Oktem;...
View ArticleTurkey’s Role in MENA Region; Interview with Firoozeh Kashani
This week on Voices of The Middle East and North Africa we will be looking at Turkey’s expanding role in the Middle East and North Africa. We will be speaking with Dr. Karem Oktem, a research fellow at...
View ArticleEgyptians in the street
Mass protest in Egypt Last Saturday, a criminal court in Cairo sentenced Egypt autocrat Hosni Mubarak -along with his long-time interior minister Habib al-Adli, to life in Prison but dismissed...
View Article3.26.14 –“Tunisia’s New Constitution and Twitter Banned in Turkey”
Protesters hold placards reading “Do not touch my Twitter” during a protest against the Turkish government’s Twitter ban. [CNN] Unlike its less fortunate neighbors to the east, since the fall of its...
View ArticleVOMENA 5.28.14 – Coal mine tragedy in Turkey and correcting ancient Persian...
On May 13th, a mine explosion in the western town of Soma, Turkey, triggered an underground fire which killed more than 300 coal mine workers. This was not the first coal mine disaster in Turkey but...
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