Monday, July 10, 2017: Occupation: Palestine

Colonialism - Past, Present and Future

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Fida Jiryis, a Palestinian born and raised outside of Palestine now living in Ramallah, discusses the experience of returning from exile to live inside Israel's borders, the differences between writing in English and Arabic, and why she chose to write a women's fiction book with a Canadian non-Palestinian protagonist.

Fida is one of the contributors to the best-selling new book, Kingdom of Olives and Ash: Writers Confront the Occupation, a partnership between the Israeli project Breaking the Silence and U.S.-based authors Ayelet Waldman and Michael Chabon.

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Find more articles by Fida Jiryis below:

Diary: London Review of Books

One Border, Two Worlds

Amidst Fragmentation and Dispossession: Which Palestine?

It is only 20 minutes from my village to the ruins of Iqrit — but 63 years of dispossession

A Taste of Freedom: Palestinians who Have Returned from Abroad and Their Desire to Leave Again

Why Land Day still matters

Palestinians in Israel: The Struggle for Rights

Also on today's show:
Occupation: America

Monday, September 7, 2015: Community Solidarity

Michèle Sibony

As the prime minister of Hungary announces that his country will not accept Muslim refugees, Professor Paola Bachetta talks with Michèle Sibony, commentator and spokesperson for the French Jewish Union for Peace about Islamophobia and claims of rising anti-Semitism in France.  Sibony locates the roots of French Muslim resentment against Jews in the colonial history of both communities, but also talks about how her group and others have been able to break through that history of mistrust by simple demonstrations of solidarity.  They also discuss the specific targeting of Arab and Muslim women by neoconservative rhetoric and policies.

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Also on today's show:
Historical Memory

November 25th: Worlds beyond what we can see: Arab-American playwright Mona Mansour

Urge for Going now at Z Space

Mona Mansour talks about growing up on the west coast with an American mother and Lebanese father and how she came from being an actor to writing plays. Her play "Urge For Going" the second in a trilogy, tells the story of Palestinian refugees in a Lebanese camp.

Urge for Going is showing now through December 8th at Z Space at 450 Florida Street in San Francisco. Tickets can be purchased on their website box office.

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Listen to the entire show including clips from Andrea Smith and Arundathi Roy, and our interview with Kameron Hurley.