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LEBANON : THE MEDIA IN CRISIS: 30.10.2009
Last month(September), the world of Lebanese media has been roiled by a series of layoffs. The Lebanese daily An-Nahar and at least two television networks MTV and LBC have let go of dozens of longtime employees, citing financial pressures...
To get some idea about what's going on Hachem El-Haddad interviews the managing editor of the Sydney-based bi-weekly AL-Nahar Wadih Saadeh...
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American Sticks And Carrots For Sudan: 23.10.2009
Hachem El-Haddad interviews Adel Faisal, the writer in "Al-Muhajjir" newspaper about the new American strategy towards Sudan.
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THE GOLDSTON-GATE : A STORY OF BETRAYAL ?: 9.10.2009
The Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is facing harsh criticism from within his Fatah and other Palestinian groups for his decision last week to withdraw a draft document requesting the UN Human Rights Council to pursue the adoption of the Goldstone report on alleged Israeli crimes against humanity in Gaza....
Hachem El-Haddad talks about the implications of this issue with the Head of the Palestinian Delegation in Australia and New Zealand Dr Izzat Abdelhadi and the president of Al-Quds Social Center in Sydney Walid Ibrahim.
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ABDEL AZIZ AL-HAKIM: 27.8.2009
The leader of Iraq's largest Shia party, The Supreme Islamic Council Abdel Aziz Al-Hakim, died on Wednesday(26/8/09) in a Tehran hospital aged 60 after a long battle with lung cancer.
Al-Hakim, a cleric who helped establish an opposition movement in exile in Iran in 1982 to battle Saddam Hussein's regime, returned to Iraq after the US-led invasion of 2003...
Hachem El-Haddad talks with Mr Gayth Al-Hamdi from the Islamic Association Of Al-Moustafa about the controversial life and times of Al-Hakim...
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Antoine Aoun:Story to inspire: 21.8.2009
30 yrs ago, the lebanese civil war turned him into a paraplegic ,bound to live the rest of his live in a wheelchair,he was just 18...Now , here he comes to launch the Tour of Australia on his handbike with a group of friends to raise awareness and funds for the Spinal cord research.Antoine Aoun challenged Europe in year 2000 in a 2 mths tour and on the 3d of September he is planning to challenge the australian landscape in his new tour where he'll be visiting the major australian cities...To know more about Antoine 's amazing story and adventures listen to what he had to say to Sylva Mezher...
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MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: 21.8.2009
Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri's efforts to form a new Lebanese government face new setbacks. The negative effects come from inside and from outside the country...
Hachem El-Haddad talks to the writer in Al-Safir newspaper George Alam about the difficulties of forming a unity government in Lebanon...
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FATAH CONGRESS : NEW GUARD, OLD POLICIES: 14.8.2009
The long-anticipated Fatah 6th congress ended after electing a new guard of leaders despite being marred by fractious bickering. The political program adopted by the congress reflected M. Abbas, the Palestinian Authority President's preference for talks with Israel...
Hachem El-Haddad interviews the writer and researcher at the Palestinian Center of Studies Sakr Abu Fakhr about the outcomes of the congress ...
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Loubna El Hussein facing court: 11.8.2009
The court case of the Sudani journalist Loubna El hussein who faces 40 lashes sentence because she was arrested wearing pants in Sudan ,attracted an international attention .Sylva Mezher talks to Loubna's defending lawyer and also puts some reaction to her arrest with activist Souraya Yacoub in Australia.
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settlement challenges: 28.7.2009
Settlement challenges can affect migrants new life in Australia,they can be harder on some and easier on others...Sylva Mezher joined a meeting organised by Eastwest migrant resource centre in Blacktown and recorded some of the new migrants experiences.
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WHAT'S IN A NAME ?: 17.7.2009
An Israeli decision to change Arabic and English names of cities and villages written on road signs into Hebrew sparked anger among the Arab population. Arabs say the Israeli right wing government seeks to erase the history of Arabs who lived in Palestine for centuries...
Haneen Zoabi, the Arab member of Israeli Parliament talks with Hachem El-Haddad about the Israeli decision...
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