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Dr. Ismail Zayid on the Voice of Palestine, Canada, August 28, 2007

Voice of Palestine www.voiceofpalestine.ca  will be interviewing Dr. Ismail Zayid http://izayid.tripod.com/, the president of Canada Palestine Association, Halifax and a long time activist and author this coming Tuesday evening Aug. 28, 2007 at 8:20 pm PDT (Wed. morning 6:20 am Palestine time). The interview will be the sixth in our series of Palestinian voices from both inside and outside Palestine, to discuss the future for the Palestinian secular movement.  We will also discuss with Dr. Zayid the Canadian tax-deductible status for the racist JNF and the current situation in the occupied Palestinian territories. 
 
Voice of Palestine broadcasts weekly on Vancouver Cooperative Radio (CFRO) 102.7 FM, Vancouver. The show broadcasts for one hour every Tuesday night from 8 to 9 pm (PDT), Wednesday morning 6:00-7:00am (Palestine time).  It first went on the air in September, 1987, and has hit the airwaves every week since then. People outside of Vancouver can listen to the show live on the internet http://www.coopradio.org/listen/   
 
All shows from the previous month will be posted on our website at the beginning of each month.
 
Background
 
On June 19, 2007, we introduced the series and started the process of consultation, dialogue and airing opinions on what's next from different secular Palestinian voices 
 
June 26, 2007, interview with Dr. Rashid Khalidi 
 
On June 30, 2007 a statement was issued by Canada Palestine Association and Voice of Palestine in Vancouver with various endorsers  What is Next for the Palestinian Secular Movement?
 
July 3, 2007, interview with Dr. Amani Abu Rahmeh from the One Democratic State Association - Gaza Chapter 
 
July 17, 2007 interview with Rezeq Faraj http://www.geocities.com/rezeq_f/ a Palestinian author and the co-chair of Palestinian and Jewish Unity, Montréal
 
July 24, 2007 interview with Dr. Ghada Karmi a Palestinian writer, author and activist from the U.K.
 
July 31, 2007, interview with Dr. Bisharat a professor of law at Hastings College of Law in San Francisco, who writes frequently on law and politics in the Middle East. 
 
All these interviews are archived on our website under audio clips.
 
 
 

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