The New Arab Voice

On this episode of the The New Arab Voice we will start by looking at how a new parliamentary coalition is threatening Benjamin Netanyahu’s leadership of Israel. Then, stay tuned to hear a report on why the upcoming Iranian elections will significantly change the political landscape of the country. Finally, we’ll be dedicating the last part of the show to pride month, and what it means for LGBTQIA+ Muslims to be celebrating queer history.This podcast is produced by Gaia Caramazza and Hugo Goodridge. Music by Omar al-Fil, @elepheel. To get in touch with the producers, follow then tweet us at @TheNewArabVoice or email Gaia.Caramazza@alaraby.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In our second episode of Season 2, we will be covering the latest news coming out of Palestine. Then, stay tuned to hear an in-depth report on the historical relationship between the US and Israel, and how this has been pivotal to the Israeli colonisation of Palestine. In our final segment, we sit down with two veteran activists who tell us about their work, and the difficulties surrounding campaigning for Palestine today. (Produced by Gaia Caramazza and Hugo Goodridge. Music by Omar al-Fil, @elepheel. To get in touch with the producers, follow then tweet us at @TheNewArabVoice or email Gaia.Caramazza@alaraby.co.uk)Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From Sheikh Jarrah to strikes in Gaza, in our first episode of the second season of The New Arab Voice we will cover the latest escalations between Israel and Palestine.Then, on Saturday Palestinians around the world will remember the Nakba of 1948. We explore the legacy of this catastrophe and speak to experts about why it never really ended for the residents of the occupied territories.Finally, stay tuned to hear our interview with British Egyptian author Yousra Imran, who spoke about how her book, Hijab and Red Lipstick, was a way to express the many intricacies of growing up as a woman between the Gulf and the West.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for more.(Produced by Gaia Caramazza and Hugo Goodridge. Music by Omar al-Fil, @elepheel. To get in touch with the producers, follow then tweet us at @TheNewArabVoice or email Gaia.Caramazza@alaraby.co.uk) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

10 years ago this month, protesters took to the streetss broke out across Syria the country demanding an end to the rule of Bashar Al-Assad. Inspired by similar protests in Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria and across the region, Syrians sought a democratic and just society, free from oppression of the secret police and the rule of Assad family, who had controlled the country since the seventies.  Over the next ten years, Syria was torn apart, with no part of the country or its society left untouched.In this episode of The New Arab Voice podcast, we're going to explore two aspects of the conflict and what they might mean for the future of the country. First, we will look at Syria’s economy and ask economists and policy experts what sectors have been affected, what it means for the people and also, how US sanctions could be doing more harm than good.Then, stay tuned to hear the circumstances plaguing Internally displaced persons living in overcrowded and dangerous refuge camps. We’ll speak to Syria experts Noha Alkamcha and Diana Reyes, on how women IDPs face particular health, economic and psychological risks.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for more.(Produced by Gaia Caramazza and Hugo Goodridge. Music by Omar al-Fil, @elepheel. To get in touch with the producers, follow then tweet us at @TheNewArabVoice or email Gaia.Caramazza@alaraby.co.uk) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Listen to the recorded live discussion on issues surrounding equal and transparent vaccine roll-out in the context of conflict, refugee crises and occupation. Speakers discussed the politics of vaccines and policy considerations for vaccine roll-out in MENA, prospects for conflict and emergency affected populations, and Israel’s refusal to vaccinate Palestinians living under its occupation.Speakers:Professor Fadi El-Jardali (PhD, MPH) is a recognized senior expert with extensive international and regional experience and multidisciplinary background in health policy, systems and management. He is a Professor of Health Systems and Policy, Founder & Director of the Knowledge to Policy (K2P) Center; Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Center for Evidence-Informed Policy and Practice; Co-Director of the Center for Systematic Reviews in Health Policy and Systems Research (SPARK); and co-lead for the Global Evidence Synthesis Initiative (GESI) Secretariat at the American University of Beirut. Tammam Aloudat is a medical doctor and a public health practitioner from Syria. He has worked in medical humanitarian action for the past twenty years for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and Doctors Without Borders (MSF). He worked on the ground in conflicts such as Syria, Yemen, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Iraq. His current focus now in his work for MSF Access Campaign is making life-saving medicines and vaccines available and affordable for people in low-resource and crisis situations.Yara M. Asi, PhD, is a Post-doctoral Scholar at the University of Central Florida and a 2021-2023 US Fulbright Scholar to the West Bank. Her research agenda focuses on global health and development in fragile and conflict-affected populations and she has presented at multiple national and international conferences on topics related to global health, food security, health informatics, and women in healthcare.Moderator:Narjas Zatat is a journalist who has worked on several national publications including The Independent and Metro Online. She has written about US and British politics and covered refugee crises in Europe, as well as social affairs, including the impact of discrimination on minority communities in the UK. Currently she is a reporter for The New Arab and her areas of interest include women’s rights in the MENA, cyber warfare, diaspora culture and the environment.Follow us on Facebook/Alaraby.en, Twitter/@The_NewArab, and Instagram/TheNewArab for more or visit our website newarab.co.uk(The statements, analysis, opinions and conclusions in this Webinar, and any related written materials are those of the guest speakers and do not necessarily represent those of The New Arab. The information and materials contained in the Webinar may contain inaccuracies or errors and we expressly exclude liability for any such inaccuracies or errors to the fullest extent permitted by law.)Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for more.(To get in touch follow then tweet us at @TheNewArabVoice or email editorial-english@alaraby.co.uk) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tune in for a special episode of The New Arab Voice, which revisits the widespread pro-democracy movement that drastically changed the face of the Middle East and North Africa. 10 years ago today, Tunisian fruit vendor Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire out of pure desperation, triggering the Arab Spring - a wave of anti-government protests that shook the region.We will speak to the individuals who were there 10 years ago, those who work to improve their country today, and others whoanswered a question that was asked time and again: how did we get here?This two-part series will be focusing on five Arab Spring countries: Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Yemen and Syria. In this first part, we cover Tunisia, the birthplace of the Arab Spring, which is hailed as its only success.We will then look at neighboring Libya, where civil society activists carry on their peace-building efforts in the midst of the crisis, violence and instability that has plagued the country since its uprising.Part 2, we will cover how events unfolded in Egypt, Syria and Yemen, with a heavy focus on how women's role shaped the success of the popular uprisings.Featuring comments from:- Mona Eltahawy, Egyptian-American activist and journalist- Kholoud Helmi, Syrian journalist - Youssef Cherif, director of Columbia Global Center Tunis- Hala Bugaighis, co-founder of Jusoor Libya- Abdulhadi Soliman, head of Fezzan Libya- Mohamed Ghedira, founder of Chnowa Barnamjek, Tunisia's first youth-focused think tank- Hossam el-Hamalawy, Egyptian activist - Afrah Nasser, Human Rights Watch’s Yemen researcherFollow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for more.(Produced by Gaia Caramazza and Danya Hajjaji. Music by Omar al-Fil @elepheel. To get in touch with the producers, follow then tweet us at @TheNewArabVoice or email multimedia.english@alaraby.co.uk) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tune in for a special episode of The New Arab Voice, which revisits the widespread pro-democracy movement that drastically changed the face of the Middle East and North Africa. 10 years ago today, Tunisian fruit vendor Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire out of pure desperation, triggering the Arab Spring - a wave of anti-government protests that shook the region.We will speak to the individuals who were there 10 years ago, those who work to improve their country today, and others whoanswered a question that was asked time and again: how did we get here?This two-part series will be focusing on five Arab Spring countries: Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Yemen and Syria.  In this first part, we cover Tunisia, the birthplace of the Arab Spring, which is hailed as its only success. We will then look at neighboring Libya, where civil society activists carry on their peace-building efforts in the midst of the crisis, violence and instability that has plagued the country since its uprising.Part 2, which covers Egypt, Syria and Yemen, will be released on Friday December 17.Featuring comments from:- Mona Eltahawy, Egyptian activist and journalist- Kholoud Helmi, Syrian journalist - Youssef Cherif, director of Columbia Global Center Tunis- Hala Bugaighis, co-founder of Jusoor Libya- Abdulhadi Soliman, head of Fezzan LibyaFollow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for more.(Produced by Gaia Caramazza and Danya Hajjaji. Music by Omar al-Fil @elepheel. To get in touch with the producers, follow then tweet us at @TheNewArabVoice or email multimedia.english@alaraby.co.uk) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On October 17, middle school teacher Samuel Paty was beheaded in the Parisian suburb of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine after showing cartoons of Islam’s Prophet Mohammed during a class on freedom of expression.  Stay with us to hear about how this terror attack reopened all-too-familiar wounds in France.Then, Stay tuned to hear from one of Britain’s youngest imams on how he is tackling Islamophobia on social media.Finally, we’ll be speaking to highschool students  Mena and Zena on why they decided to spend their teenage years fighting for more diversity in libraries. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for more.(Produced by Gaia Caramazza and Danya Hajjaji. Music by Omar al-Fil @elepheel. To get in touch with the producers, follow then tweet us at @TheNewArabVoice or email multimedia.english@alaraby.co.uk) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After a long and tense election cycle, This week we’ll be tackling Arab and Muslim Americans’ instrumental roles in electing Democrat Joe Biden as president of the United States. Stay tuned to hear from Sirene Abou-Chakra, a volunteer for Arab Americans for Biden, and Abdullah Hammoud, a Democratic State Representative for Michigan’s 15th district.Read our special US politics coverage here Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for more.(Produced by Gaia Caramazza and Danya Hajjaji. Music by Omar al-Fil @elepheel. To get in touch with the producers, follow then tweet us at @TheNewArabVoice or email multimedia.english@alaraby.co.uk) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A new poll from the Arab-American has found that 59% of Arab Americans say they’ll vote for Biden, and 35% for Trump. 74% view Biden favorably and 25% unfavorably; and more than 80% say they are very likely to vote. This has major implications in swing states like Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ohio and Florida, where Arab Americans comprise up to 5% of voters.The New Arab has reached out to Arab-American voters in these states and beyond to find out about the issues that matter most to them, and why they will be casting their votes come November 3. The result is this emotional set of testimonies that shows just what it’s like to be an Arab American in 2020, in Trump’s America.Follow The New Arab’s special election coverage on : https://www.thenewarab.co.uk/feature/us-election-2020/Sign-up to our daily election newsletter here: https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2020/10/19/the-new-arab-us-election-2020-newsletter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.