Arab Talk with Jess & Jamal

Jamal Dajani interviews UC Hastings Professor, Dr. George Bisharat. They discuss the effect of al-Nakba (Catastrophe) on Palestinians since 1948, as Israelis celebrate the 70th anniversary since the establishment of the State of Israel. Professor Bisharat also talks about his passion for blues music, and the chromatic harmonica. Check out www.bigharpgeorge.com

Jess & Jamal discuss Arab Fusion Music with violin virtuoso Georges Lammam, accompanied by Bolivian guitarist extraordinaire, Gabriel Navia. Georges Lammam talks about his new album Opus Omnia and his work with renowned artists to bridge the cultural gap through music.

Jess & Jamal discuss the recent threats made to Syria by President Trump. Also, in the studio, Phil & Elaine Pasquini from the Washington Report, discuss politics in the nation’s capital and the “draining of the swamp.”

Jess & Jamal interview Dr. Rabab Abdulhadi and Jaime Veve who recently returned from a conference in Palestine. They were part of an international delegation who spent two weeks in the West Bank meeting with educators, students and activists. They shared their experience on Arab Talk.

Jess and Jamal discuss President Trump’s replacement of H.R. McMaster with John Bolton as his new national security adviser. They breakdown Bolton’s militant rhetoric, hawkish positions and his backstabbing of his former boss Condoleezza Rice by providing Israeli officials with secret US decision-making at the UN. In her 2011 autobiography, Rice said she learned “several years later” that “Bolton had been sharing information with the Israelis through their U.N. ambassador without permission to do so.”

Jess and Jamal discuss the reasons behind Tump’s cozying up to Saudi Crown Prince Salman. They also discuss the role Israeli spies played in the mining of Facebook user data.

Jamal Dajani interviews photojournalist and artist Najib Joe Hakim about his latest project, Home Away from Home, in which he juxtaposes recorded oral histories with black-and-white portraits of Palestinian Americans. View Najib's photos online https://www.lensculture.com/projects/50783-home-away-from-home-little-pal

Jess & Jamal interview Maad Abu Ghazaleh, a Palestinian American activist and entrepreneur, who has recently established an animal rescue shelter in Palestine and a safe place for children. They also discuss the recent developments on the ground and AIPAC’s conference in Washington, DC.

Jess & Jamal discuss the meltdown at the White House, as President Trump’s Communications Director resigns and Jared Kushner has his security clearance downgraded. The New York Times reported that two companies made loans worth more than half a billion dollars to Kushner's family real estate firm after executives met with Kushner at the White House.

Jess and Jamal discuss the influence of powerful lobby groups, such as the NRA and AIPAC, and their corruption of American lawmakers. They also discuss the unraveling of the Trump Administration.