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(Aziz commentary on media bias around Iraq and sanctions, Linda Mahmoud introduces Free Speech TV and reports on anticipated coverage of ant-war movement, testimonies of pre-1990 life in Iraq by NY based Iraqis in studio. Hosts/Producer: Barbara Nimri Aziz. Interviewees/Guests: Colorado-based Free-speech TV Linda Mahmoud, NY-based Iraqis . Topics: Iraq, anti-war actions, media, poetry, world music.)

(Aziz reflections on Muslim holiday and anticipating US attack on Iraq, listener. Hosts/Producer: Barbara Nimri Aziz. Interviewees/Guests: Muslim Eid Special, NJ-local community leader Mohammed Kairallah. Topics: Muslim festival, Eid, anti-war actions, world music.)

(Rachida Mohammedi, interviewed in Iraq, speaks about Iraqi intellectuals, and the meaning of \'stone" in art and ongoing Palestinian resistance to occupation, relation between Iraq and Palestinian struggle. Hosts/Producer: Barbara Nimri Aziz. Interviewees/Guests: Algerian poet and editor/translator Rachida Mohammedi. Topics: Iraq, Iraqi writers, Palestine, world music.)

(Hagopian reports arrest of Ashraf Al-Bayoumi and other protesters against Iraq war, siege on Palestinian camps, Dr Nafii reports on restoration of health and hospital services, listener callins. Hosts/Producer: Barbara Nimri Aziz. Interviewees/Guests: Boston-based professor of sociology Elaine Hagopian, Iraq Kerbala hospital Dr. Karim Nafii. Topics: Egypt, US policy, war in Iraq, Iraq anti-war movement, Palestine-Israel "Road Map", Iraq health conditions.)

(Ajami on her film "Queen of the Gypsies" about revolutionary Spanish dancer Carmen Amaya and Islamic influence, callins. Hosts/Producer: Barbara Nimri Aziz. Interviewees/Guests: Boston-based filmmaker Joyce Ajami, Aziz commentary on Iraq and war. Topics: Spanish Gypsy dance history, US policy on Iraq, world music, listener callins.)

(RankaManis announces NY-theater performance on Mindanao-Philippines Muslim political struggle, and political developments in Mindanao, with studio performance, comedian Malik tells jokes. Hosts/Producer: Barbara Nimri Aziz. Interviewees/Guests: Potri RankaManis, NY-based Philippine activist/performer, Fawzia A Khan poem, comedian Nasri Malik. Topics: Mindanao Philippines political theater, Arab American Comedy, world music.)

(Rizgar Koshnow, author of "Nothing Left but Their Voices," describes conditions in Iraq Kurdistan and comments on war, Maysoon Zayid talks about her work as comedian. Hosts/Producer: Barbara Nimri Aziz. Interviewees/Guests: US Iraqi Kurd Rizgar Koshnow, US Arab American comedian Maysoon Zayid. Topics: Iraq, Iraqi Kurd, world music, Arab American comedy.)

(Aziz reports from DC conference of Arab Americans and its prospects as a nationwide organization, Chehade discusses her book and criticism of racial identities, listener calls. Hosts/Producer: Hassen Abdellah. Interviewees/Guests: Aziz report from DC, NJ based author Carol Chehade of "Big Little White Lies". Topics: Arab Americans, African American and white identities.)

(Aziz speaks with Iraqi orchestral leader in Baghdad pre-invasion Dec 2002, Patricia Ward talks about her new novel, "The Bullet Collection," set in Lebanon. Hosts/Producer: Barbara Nimri Aziz. Interviewees/Guests: Iraqi orchestral leader, NY-author novelist Arab Patricia Ward. Topics: Iraq, Iraqi musicians, UN sanctions, world music, Arab American literature, Lebanon.)

(Souad Al-Radi speaks about her life as a multi-cultural Iraqi, reviewing her life throughout the 20th C, a rare portrait of an Iraqi woman. Hosts/Producer: Barbara Nimri Aziz. Interviewees/Guests: Baghdad resident Souad Al-Radi. Topics: Iraq, women, Middle East, history, world music.)