On this post-Thanksgiving show, Esty Dinur talks with author Laila El-Haddad is the author of The Gaza Kitchen: A Palestinian Cultural Journey and Gaza Mom: Palestine, Politics, Parenting and Everything in Between. She is an accomplished and engaging public speaker, a talented writer, political analyst, a social activist, parent of three, and a policy advisor […]
Ghadir Shafie and the BDS movement in Palestine
On today’s edition of “A Public Affair,” Karma talks with Ghadir Shafie, a Palestinian activist and citizen of the state of Israel, to discuss the Palestinian campaign of boycotts, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel. Palestinians appealed to people around the globe to pressure their respective states to impose embargoes and sanctions against Israel. They […]
Cassandra Dixon on her work with Operation Dove in the West Bank
Today Allen talks with Madison’s Cassandra Dixon, who just returned from two months in the southern end of the occupied West Bank where she was a volunteer with Operation Dove, an Italian humanitarian organization that “provides protective presence and international accompaniment to residents of the South Hebron Hills.” Later he talks with Samir Hill from […]
Pledge Edition: Wisconsin Book Festival’s Leila Abdelrazaq and &...
Today Esty Dinur talks to Leila Abdelrazaq, author of the newly released “Baddawi.” Her new book tells the story of a young boy raised in a refugee camp, trying to find his way in the world after fleeing his homeland after the war in 1948 established the state of Israel. Leila Abdelrazaq is a Palestinian […]
Israeli-Palestine Conflict
What are current issues regarding the Israeli-Palestine conflict? What does the future of Palestine look like? Listen to this edition of A Public Affair to find our more!
In Our Power
Are you familiar with Israel’s 2008–9 “Operation Cast Lead” assault on the Palestinians of Gaza? What kind of student movement emerged on US campuses for justice in Palestine? Listen to this edition of A Public Affair to find out more!