Part 2 of 2
1 digital audio files (Duration: 0:29:01)
(Hosts/Producer: Barbara Nimri Aziz. Interviewees/Guests: SF-based musician Hafez Modir. Topics: music, Iran, Hafez Modir.)
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February 13, 2007
1 digital audio files (Duration: 0:47:16)
(California based Palestinian Abu Gazale talks about his political ambitions and run for congress, Asma Sayeed on using Malcolm X in teaching school history; Al-Hibri talks about Malcolm X and explains work and aims of Karamah law leadership organization. Hosts/Producer: Aisha Adawiya. Interviewees/Guests: Special on Malcolm X, Asma Sayeed and Azizah Al-Hibri, SF-based citizen and political candidate Abu Gazale. Topics: US election candidate, Arab American, Malcolm X, spiritual music.)
February 20, 2007
1 digital audio files (Duration: 0:49:57)
(Mattawa announces forthcoming RAWI-Arab American Literary conference, Progress Theater (Muslim-American) members on its founding and production at New York's Henry Street Settlement with performance clips, music. Hosts/Producer: Barbara Nimri Aziz. Interviewees/Guests: U. Mich poet and professor Khaled Mattawa, Progress Theater members Crystal Chanell Trescott and Aron Goodson, Maisha McQueen. Topics: Arab American literature, world music, Muslim Americans, racism, theater.)
February 27, 2007
1 digital audio files (Duration: 0:51:07)
(Aziz reviews 2 Iranian films, "Color of Paradise" and "A Time For Drunken Horses"; Abdellah and guests talk about the significance of "Jamestown", racial issues and African American history, listener calls. Hosts/Producer: Barbara Nimri Aziz, Hassen Abdellah. Interviewees/Guests: NJ community members Dwain Wright and Wanda Aiken. Topics: Iran, film reviews, Muslim Americans, NewJersey.)
March 6, 2007
1 digital audio files (Duration: 0:45:02)
(Mai Faraj reads from Kanafani\'s classic novel, "Men in The Sun," with discussion about Kanifani\'s political philosophy, reviews books, Habeeb Salloum talks about his research on Arab language, starting with Arab contributions both to English and to Spanish. Hosts/Producer: Barbara Nimri Aziz. Interviewees/Guests: translator Mai Faraj, Canada-based Arab author Habeeb Salloum. Topics: Arabic language, Arab literature education, Palestinian writer Ghassan Kanafani, Aziz review books by Arab writers, Habeeb Salloum.)
Part 1 of 2
1 digital audio files (Duration: 0:50:32)
(Poem of Iraq" by Iraqi professor and poet Bushra Bustani, commentary by Mohammedi; Sokkary comments on Arabic language in Arab culture and colonialist historical obstacles to the language, world music. Hosts/Producer: Barbara Nimri Aziz. Topics: Arab language in Arabic and in translation, teaching Arabic.)
Part 2 of 2
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(Longer interview with Mohammedi, who reviews characteristic of Arabic with some critical remarks. Hosts/Producer: Barbara Nimri Aziz. Topics: Arab language in Arabic and in translation (first of a series).)
March 20, 2007
1 digital audio files (Duration: 0:50:10)
(We play the Arabic instructional tape by Suhair Sokkary, Abdellah reviews Middlebury's Arab language program talks about the nature and aims of their program, Ginan Rauf explains classical and colloquial differences in Arabic. Hosts/Producer: Barbara Nimri Aziz. Interviewees/Guests: Middlebury VT Professor and Director of Arabic Language program Mahmoud Abdallah, NJ-Arab literature scholar Ginan Rauf. Topics: Arab language in Arabic and in translation, teaching Arabic, world music.)
March 27, 2007
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(Clip by Abu Arab in Arabic, Prof. Brustan talks about aims and character of the Arabic language textbooks for \'living language\', Laila Kamalik discusses being a student of Arabic, from Tahrir archive Jayyusi speaks on modern Arabic fiction. Hosts/Producer: Barbara Nimri Aziz. Interviewees/Guests: Palestinian poet Abu Arab, U. Texas Professor of Arabic and co-author of "Al-Kitab" series Kristen Brustad; Middlebury Arab language teacher Laila Kamalik, translator Salma K Jayyusi. Topics: Arab language in Arabic and in translation, teaching Arabic, world music.)