Radio Tahrir and related material, 1989-2014
The Radio Tahrir and related material series (648 digital audio files (online) and 0.1 linear feet) consists primarily of episodes, episode segments, and unique series associated with the radio magazine, Radio Tahrir.
Radio Tahrir episodes typically consisted of multiple kinds of content, including commentaries from experts as well as listening audience members, interviews with guests, literary readings and recitations, reports, and/or testimonials. Guests on the program included activists, attorneys, authors, artists, religious and secular community leaders, filmmakers, journalists, musicians, poets, and scholars. Although a wide range of cultural, historical, literary, political, and religious topics relating to different Arabic and/or Muslim communities around the world were discussed on the program, those relating to Iraq, Israel, and Palestine are prominently featured.
Also included are several special series associated with Radio Tahrir. The most prominent of these series included are "Maqam: From Cordoba to Baghdad" (circa 1997), which focused on Arabic music and featured Simon Shaheen; "6 Arab American Poets" (1997); and "Fen Mejnoon with Dean and Maysoon" (2004-2006), which was co-hosted by Arab American comedians Dean Obeidallah and Maysoon Zayid.
Other material in this series are several National Alliance of Third World Journalists' Alliance Report episodes as well as physical "6 Arab American Poets" brochures.