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Ethiopia-Egypt battle over GERD Dam focus on Ray Hanania Arab Radio show

July 25, 2021August 10, 2021 rayhanania No Comments

Ethiopia-Egypt battle over GERD Dam focus on Ray Hanania Arab Radio show Ethiopian Media specialist Omer Redi Ahmed joins Egypt Journalist Mohamed Elsetouhi to discuss the concerns that exist between Egypt and Ethiopia on the Ethiopian GERD Dam project. Ethiopia is filling up the reservoir and Egypt contends it is siphoning off significant water from…

Arab Radio, Arab World, Egypt, Middle East, News, Radio Podcast, Ray Hanania

Jussie Smollett hoax, Chicago Mayoral Election, & Israeli war crimes on Ray Hanania Podcast

March 1, 2019March 1, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Jussie Smollett hoax, Chicago Mayoral Election, & Israeli war crimes on Ray Hanania Podcast #RayHananiaPodcast #JussieSmollett #ChicagoMayoralElection #IsraeliWarCrimes This week’s Ray Hanania Podcast reviews the past week’s events, issues and my recent columns in the Regional News newspaper, The Reporter and Southwest News-Herald on Jussie Smollett; my columns in the @ArabNews on the Oscar win…

Arab News, Bloggers, Civil Rights, Commentary, Entertainment, Israel, mainstream, Middle East, Middle East Monitor, Movies, Opinion, Palestine & Jordan, Podcast, Politics, Ray Hanania, US Arab Politics

The Arab Street Radio: Ghassan Khatib on future of Israel-Palestine peace

October 12, 2018October 12, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

The Arab Street Radio: Ghassan Khatib on future of Israel-Palestine peace Former Palestinian official and now Birzeit University professor Ghassan Khatib guests on The Arab Street Arab radio show with host Ray Hanania. The Arab Street Radio show is broadcast live in Detroit on WNZK AM 690 Radio on the 2nd Friday of each month…

Arab World, Arab World Politics, Entertainment, Israel, Middle East, News, Palestine & Jordan, Politics, Radio Podcast, Ray Hanania, The Arab Street

Reviving the Culture of Hamra Street in Lebanon

November 29, 2016September 25, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Reclaiming the culture of Lebanon with culture and art: reviving Hamra Street with graffiti. By: Kerning Cultures Yazan Halwani is a street artist, still in his early 20s. Over the past year, I’ve met with Yazan a few times, following his work closely and always, with great admiration. When I finally got to sit down with him…

Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Features, Hebah Fisher, News, Photographs, Podcast

Behind the scenes: Middle East poetry

November 7, 2016November 7, 2016 rayhanania No Comments

The behind-the-scenes when 3 musicians and a poet in the Middle East come together for the first time. By: Kerning Cultures This episode we take you behind the scenes to capture raw human talent: the intimate brainstorming, trials, and experimentation of 3 musicians and a poet in the Middle East preparing for a spoken word…

Arab World, Entertainment, Hebah Fisher, Podcast

Egypt’s Brain Drain

October 19, 2016August 20, 2019 rayhanania 2 Comments

What do we owe the places that raised us? Exploring brain drain from Egypt. By: Kerning Cultures Note: the episode above supplements the article below; they’re both different! Mention “brain drain” to any Middle Easterner and they’ll nod sadly: yes, we have this problem in our country, too. Tracing the history of emigration in…

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Arab World, Hebah Fisher, Podcast

Middle Eastern Americans Supporting Trump

October 10, 2016September 25, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

A US election special: meet the Americans of Middle Eastern descent supporting Trump By Kerning Cultures Author’s note: The views expressed herein do not reflect Kerning Cultures’ and company’s personal views. As always, we remain agnostic. And, the above episode is different from the article below. “Donald J Trump is calling for a total and…

Activism, American Arabs, Arab World, Arab World Politics, Hebah Fisher, religion, US Arab Politics

A Love Story to Defeat the Odds

September 28, 2016September 30, 2016 rayhanania No Comments

A Love Story to Defeat the Odds. A modern love story By Kerning Cultures Love in 56KB. He was in Beirut during the Lebanon-Israel war; she was in a small village outside of Rotterdam. They met on MSN Messenger. Episode Credits Produced by Alex Atack, Razan Alzayani, and Hebah Fisher, with sound design by Ramzi…

Entertainment, Features, Hebah Fisher

What Muhammad Ali meant to American Arabs, and me

June 10, 2016September 24, 2018 rayhanania 1 Comment

What Muhammad Ali meant to American Arabs, and me, a personal remembrance of Ali’s impact on the lives of American Arabs during several encounters from his beginnings in the boxing profession from Cassius Cay to Muhammad Ali and his conversion to Islam, to his support of the building of Mosques and Islam in the 1970s, and…

American Arabs, Arab World, Bloggers, Christian & Muslim, Commentary, Features, Podcast, Radio Podcast, Ray Hanania, Sports