Middle East

Reflections on Syria uprising

CKUT News — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:38:56 +0000

interview with prof. Omar S. Dahi on Syria uprising

Listen to interview with prof. Omar S. Dahi on Syria uprising broadcast on CKUT as part of a special broadcast on Syria democracy movement.

CKUT radio: A voice for gender equality in Arab/Muslim world

Stefan Christoff — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 00:43:13 +0000

interview with Jocelyne Talbot, Women's World Conference Ottawa July 3-7 2011

This interview was conducted during the Women's Worlds 2011 Conference in Ottawa that took place in Ottawa from July 3 to July 7 under the theme: "Inclusions, exclusions, and seclusions: Living in a globalized world". Many sessions were devoted to promoting gender equality and women's empowerment in a global world.

CKUT radio: Syria solidarity in Montreal

Stefan Christoff — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:09:37 +0000

report from street protest in Montreal marking global action day for Syria

Listen to an audio report from the Montreal protest on Saturday, June 11th as part of an international day of action in solidarity with ongoing democracy protests in Syria. This report features voices of protest organizers in Montreal, including Buschra Jalabi a human rights lawyer and Brian Aboud a professor of sociology in Montreal.

CKUT radio: Salim Vally on Palestine solidarity in South Africa

Stefan Christoff — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 06:30:13 +0000

interview on the recent move at the University of Johannesburg to sever links with Ben Gurion university in Israel.

Listen/download an interview recorded live on CKUT radio's community news program Off the Hour with South African academic and activist Salim Vally gave a lecture at McGill University in Montreal entitled "Reading Edward Said in South Africa", the interview focuses on the growing Palesti

PROTEST IN SUPPORT OF THE REVOLUTIONS IN THE ARAB WORLD / Manifestation de soutien aux révolutions du Monde arabe

Tim McSorley — Fri, 06 May 2011 00:47:12 +0000

Sat May 7

city:

Montreal

Venue:

Norman Bethune Square

Address:

corner of Guy and de Maisonneuve

organizer contact:

mtl.solidarite.arabes@gmail.com

Since December 17th, 2010, the peoples of the Arab world have been re-writing their history with their blood and tears. After the dignity revolution in Tunisia, the flame was passed to Tahrir Square in Cairo and it became their turn to show the way to the other peoples of the region.

Report from revolutionary Tunisia

Stefan Christoff — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 23:03:23 +0000

Interview with photojournalist Matthew Cassel in Tunisia

Listen to an interview from revolutionary Tunisia featuring journalist and photographer Matthew Cassel, editor at Electronic Intifada. Cassel speaks about the ongoing struggle for justice and democracy in Tunisia and the relationship between the struggle in Tunisia with revolutions in process across in North Africa and the Middle East, particularly in Egypt and Libya.