CKUT’s Anna Marchese spoke with several members of the community radio movement in the Middle East and North Africa on various issues from state barriers, to the granting of FM licenses, to journalistic freedom and the future of community radio. She interviewed Francisco Diasio, the Secretary General of AMARC (World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters) […]
Tag: Egypt
[audio https://ia601508.us.archive.org/25/items/MohamedKamel/Mohamed%20Kamel%20Egypt%20interview%20(Final%20cut)%20mp3%20(1).mp3] Click here to download audio. An Egyptian court has recently postponed the verdict to the retrial of the Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy and of his two Al Jazeera colleagues, Peter Greste and Baher Mohamed, to August 29. In December 2013,Fahmy, Greste, and Mohamed were arrested and charged with allegedly being involved with the Muslim Brotherhood, a terrorist organization […]
[audio https://ia801504.us.archive.org/16/items/EgyptExecutions/Egypt-%20executions.mp3] Click here to download audio. On Friday, the Egyptian Canadian Coalition for Democracy held a demonstration to protest against what they see as increasing injustices in Egypt. Mohammed Morsi, the former Egyptian President, was sentenced to death on May 16th for allegedly escaping prison during the 2011 uprising that toppled Morsi’s predecessor, Hosni Mubarak. […]
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Min Fami book launch
Listen at The voices of Arab feminists have come together in an anthology packed with insights on the themes of home & homeland, exile, feminism, borders, gender and sexual identity, solidarity, language, creative resistance, and colonization. Leila Lemghalef from the CKUT News Collective attended an intimate book launch recently held in Montreal. We’re about […]
[audio https://ia902508.us.archive.org/25/items/0610SarahAttiaFreeKhaledAlQazzaz/0610%20Sarah%20Attia%20-%20Free%20Khaled%20Al%20Qazzaz.wav] Click here to download audio Canadian permanent resident Khaled Al Qazzaz has been illegally detained in Cairo, Egypt, since last year’s political upheaval on July 3rd. He is currently held in solitary confinement at Tora prison, one of the country’s most notorious jails. His Canadian born wife Sarah Attia stayed in Egypt until March, but […]
Click here to download audio CKUT sat down with Ehab Lotayef from the Egyptian Canadian Coalition for Democracy to discuss the recent mass death sentences pronounced against accused Muslim Brotherhood supporters, and the upcoming presidential elections in Egypt.
[audio https://ia601302.us.archive.org/27/items/0429LiveInterviewAboutEgyptWithSamaaElibyari/0429%20Live%20interview%20about%20Egypt%20with%20Samaa%20Elibyari.mp3] Click here to download audio Recently, the foreign affairs minister John Baird visited Egypt, and before this visit, organizations such as the Egyptian Canadian Coalition for Democracy, the National Council of Canadian Muslims, Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East, as well as Amnesty International expressed concerns in open statements and letters adressed to Mr Baird. Talks […]
[audio https://ia600607.us.archive.org/27/items/GazaMixdown/Gaza%20mixdown%20.mp3] Click here to download audio The Palestinian Gaza strip has been blockaded until now by Egypt and Israel since 2007 for a so-called safetey reason. CKUT’s June Jang sat down with Ehab Lotayef to learn more about the “Gaza’s Ark” project that he and his team are organizing. Ehab Lotayef is the spokesperson for […]
[audio https://ia600604.us.archive.org/31/items/AJEDetainedEgyptMixdown1/AJE%20detained%20Egypt%20Mixdown%201.mp3] Click here to download audio On December 29th, Egypt’s security forces arrested four Al Jazeera journalists in Cairo. Conditions for journalists in Egypt have become difficult since former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi was removed in a coup on July 3rd, 2013. Al Jazeera consideres that these arrests and these accusations for links to the Muslim […]
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