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This week, here on “The Ray Hanania Radio Show" we discuss the amazing changes that have taken place in Syria ousting President Bashar al-Assad from power ... we discuss how the toppling of Assad took place and what were the major factors. What is happening in Syria today and will the Syrian refugees who have been spread throughout the Middle East over the past 14 years of civil war be allowed to return to their homes now that Assad is gone. Our guest to help us answer these questions is Dr. Nahed Ghazzoul is a Syrian academic and researcher, a member of the United Nations Civil Society Room, the President of the US NGO Damascus National Council which pushes for Syrian unity and is contact with the newly forming Syrian government in Damascus. Dr. Ghazzoul is originally from Homs and her husband is from Aleppo. The Ray Hanania Radio show is broadcast live every Thursday at 5 PM on WNZK AM 690 Radio and rebroadcast on Monday at 5 PM on the US Arab Radio Network in Michigan, it is also available online at ArabNews.com/rayradioshow and on Facebook.com/ArabNews Get more information on me at ArabNews.com or on my personal website at www.Hanania.com.

This week, here on “The Ray Hanania Radio Show" we discuss the impact of the Abandon Biden movement and the Uncommitted National Movement on their impact on the presidential election and on empowering Arabs and Muslims to run for political office throughout the country. The two movements rose in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war and the destructive violence by Israel's government that targeted the civilian population in Gaza killing tens of thousands of women, children and old people. We have two guests who are going to discuss the impact of that national movement and where it is going and respond to reactions from Democrats blaming the Arabs and Muslims for the return of Donald Trump to the White House. Get more information on me at ArabNews.com or on my personal website at www.Hanania.com.

This week, here on “The Ray Hanania Radio Show" we discuss the truce that was declared by both Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. Why did Israel accept it? Will it hold? The consequences of Israel's violence in Lebanon and the impact Israel's violence will have on Gaza and the entire Middle East ... we'll also talk about the role of Arab Americans in the presidential election ... were they the swing vote or was the Trump election victory an unavoidable election consequence for the nation and why. Plus we discuss the challenges Arab Americans face running for public and government elective offices. Our guest to help us answer and address these issues is Jim Zogby ... We also have international legal expert Brad Roth who is going to help us understand the significance of the International Criminal Court and the recent arrest warrants issued for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and threats by American politicians against any country that tries to enforce the ICC Arrest warrant. The ICC was established in 1998. According to the Rome Statute, it is the duty of every State to exercise its criminal jurisdiction over those responsible for international crimes. The International Criminal Court can only intervene where a State is unable or unwilling to genuinely carry out the investigation and prosecute the perpetrators. Get more information on me at ArabNews.com or on my personal website at www.Hanania.com.

This week, here on “The Ray Hanania Radio Show" we discuss the issue of what we expect president elect Donald Trump to do when he takes officer in January ... what will his approach be to the Middle East, Israel, Palestine ... he has started to nominate individuals to serve in his cabinet and not unexpectedly, many of them are very pro-Israel as they were during his first four years in office beginning in 2017 ... what can we expect from Trump 2.0 .... Yossi Mekelberg, a Senior Consulting Fellow at the Middle East and North Africa Program at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House. He is a visiting professor at the University of Roehampton. Columnist with Arab News. He'll discuss what he expects from the Trump administration Hanania also discusses the performance of Arab American voters in the election nationally, and takes phone calls from listeners. Get more information on me at ArabNews.com or on my personal website at www.Hanania.com.

This week, here on “The Ray Hanania Radio Show" we discuss the upcoming elections with local state candidates in the Arab American community ... discussing the battle by Trump and Harris to win Arab and Muslim American votes in the final days of the presidential election. Arab and Muslim Americans have become very important for the first time in many presidential elections mainly because the battles are over razor thin margins between the two candidates in swing states like Michigan ... the swing states happened to have the largest concentrations of Arab and Muslim voters and they can end up deciding the election. My first guest today is Democrat Ishmael Ahmed who is a part of a coalition of Arab American leaders who this week endorsed Kamala Harris for president during a meeting in Detroit ... Ishmael has been a longtime activist in Michigan and knows the Arab and Muslim community very well ... he was also a founder of ACCESS and the director of ACCESS for 32 years ... and he headed the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services under former Gov. Granholm who was later appointed to head the Department of Energy for the Biden Administration ... and he was also a vice chair of the Democratic party in Michigan for more than a decade ... and was an autoworker and worked on overseas freighters, He also is a US military veteran .... We will also speak with Dr. Bishara Bahbah who is the chairman of Arab Americans for Trump. Bahbah was a longtime Democrat who switched parties following Biden's unconditional and all out support for Israel's genocide against Palestinians in Gaza this past year and now with the expansion of Israel's wars and violence against Lebanon, murdering tens of thousands of civilians in Palestine and in Lebanon.

This week on The Ray Hanania Radio Show, we discuss the upcoming elections with local state candidates from the Arab American community, exploring their issues and challenges. We will also examine how the Middle East conflict is impacting their campaigns. A YouGov poll co-sponsored by Arab News shows that for most Arabs and Muslims in America, the conflict in Gaza and Lebanon is a major concern. The Arab community appears divided between Democrats and Republicans, though a large majority may support a third-party candidate like Dr. Jill Stein. Without Stein in the race, the poll suggests it would be a close call between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, with a slight lean toward Trump. My first guest today is Democrat Suzanne Akhras, running for the Illinois House 82nd District, a seat that became vacant in December 2023, with a Republican appointed to fill the vacancy. Akhras is a passionate advocate committed to driving positive change and upholding shared values. She is focused on ensuring women’s access to reproductive healthcare, expanding mental health resources, advocating for community safety, and reducing gun violence. Visit her campaign at www.SuzanneforIL.com. We will also speak with Dr. Ahmed Ghanim, a Democrat and former candidate for Congress in Oakland County, Michigan’s 11th District. Dr. Ghanim was invited to a Michigan meeting organized by Kamala Harris’s campaign to build support among Arab Americans. However, after being admitted, he was unexpectedly escorted out by security without explanation. Although the Harris campaign later apologized, this incident created an awkward moment, challenging her campaign’s efforts to regain Arab American support in Michigan, a swing state. Find more information about me on ArabNews.com or at www.Hanania.com

This week, here on “The Ray Hanania Radio Show" we discuss the results of a new YouGov Poll co-sponsored by Arab News looking at Arab American voters and the November 5, 2024 presidential election Our guests to analyze the poll are Arab News Editor Tarek Ali Ahmad and Al Arabiyya journalist Joseph Haboush SEG 1: Tarek Ali Ahmad the Head of the Arab News Research & Studies Unit and its Media Editor. He edits and oversees the award-winning, long-form Deep Dives, research reports and is the host and moderator of the Briefing Room webinar. Notable coverage includes spearheading Arab News’ coverage of the Lebanon conflict, and the 2024 US Elections as well as the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos since 2020. He is also an executive producer of Frankly Speaking, the newspaper’s HardTalk-style interview show. He holds an MA in Human Rights Law from SOAS, University of London, and a BA in Media and Communication from the American University of Beirut. @Tarek_AliAhmad SEG 2: Joseph Haboush is the Washington correspondent for Al Arabiya English, covering US foreign policy and national security from the State Department and Pentagon. He previously worked for The Daily Star and The Telegraph while based in Beirut and was a non-resident scholar at the Washington-based Middle East Institute think-tank. He has reported from several countries, including Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Italy, Georgia, Mexico and others @jhaboush The Ray Hanania Radio show is broadcast live every Thursday at 5 PM on WNZK AM 690 Radio and rebroadcast on Monday at 5 PM on the US Arab Radio in Michigan ,,, it is also available online at ArabNews.com/rayradioshow Get more information on host Ray Hanania at ArabNews.com or on his personal website at www.Hanania.com.

This week, here on “The Ray Hanania Radio Show" we address the year-long and escalating violence that has plagued the Middle East. Violence has always marked relations between Israel and the Palestinians in the face of opposition to peace and solutions like the Two-State Solution, and also the role of the Western news media in covering and spinning the conflict. It has been a long conflict marked by explosions of violence including the violence committed by Hamas on October 7, 2023 that took more than 1,200 Israeli lives, and the year-long violence by Israel in Gaza that has taken more than 54,000 lives, also mostly all civilians. But it didn't just start on Oct. 7 as Israel's government contends, and criticism of Israel's government is not anti-Semitic. With me today to discuss this ongoing tragedy are two individuals who will help us look at this growing crisis. Jeff Cohen ... Jeff was founding director of the Park Center for Independent Media at Ithaca College, where he was an associate professor of journalism. He founded the media watch group FAIR in 1986, and cofounded the online activist group RootsAction.org in 2011. Cohen has coproduced documentary movies, including "The Corporate Coup D'Etat" and "All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception and the Spirit of I.F. Stone." He is the author of Cable News Confidential: My Misadventures in Corporate Media. He has been a TV commentator at CNN, Fox News and MSNBC, and was senior producer of MSNBC's Phil Donahue primetime show until it was terminated three weeks before the Iraq invasion. He can be reached through these websites: His organizational website is RootsAction.org His personal website is JeffCohen.org FAIR's website is FAIR.org Twitter @Jeffcot ________ Dr. Zaher Sahloul, president and founder of Med Global who is with us addressing the growing crisis for displaced people in Palestine, Lebanon and the region. The number of refugees and medical needs have risen to crisis proportions. More importantly, there has been a huge increase in the number of doctors and medical professionals who have been targeted by Israel's government in the Gaza and Lebanon conflicts. www.medglobal.org Twitter @Sahloul @MedGlobalorg The Ray Hanania Radio show is broadcast live every Thursday at 5 PM on WNZK AM 690 Radio and rebroadcast on Monday at 5 PM on the US Arab Radio in Michigan ,,, it is also available online at ArabNews.com/rayradioshow Get more information on host Ray Hanania at ArabNews.com or on his personal website at www.Hanania.com.

This week, here at “The Ray Hanania Radio Show" we address the aftermath of the United Nation's General Assembly's 79th Session, first with Arab News UN Correspondent Ephrem Kossaify who details for us all the many topics and challenges that the United Nations addresses. Ephrem is a phenomenal journalist and his reporting on the United Nations which is his main beat is comprehensive and enlightening. Then we speak with Brian Katulis, a Senior Fellow for US Foreign Policy at the Middle East Institute. He was formerly a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, where he built the Center’s Middle East program and also worked on broader issues related to U.S. national security. THE MEI just released Katulis' most recent analysis called "Strategic Drift: An assessment of the Biden Administration's Middle East approach." The Ray Hanania Radio show is broadcast live every Thursday at 5 PM on WNZK AM 690 Radio and rebroadcast on Monday at 5 PM in Michigan ,,, it is also available online at ArabNews.com/rayradioshow Get more information on host Ray Hanania at ArabNews.com or on his personal website at www.Hanania.com

This week, host Ray Hanania takes “The Ray Hanania Radio Show" on the road to Dearborn, Michigan which has the largest concentration of Arab and Muslim voters and an Arab American Mayor. Hanania attended the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) Convention September 12 through the 15th that was held in Dearborn, and found significant opposition to both Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Kamala Harris, and overwhelming favoritism for third Party candidate Dr. Jill Stein. There, Hanania spoke with Arabs who support Trump, and Arabs who support Harris but who also said Harris "has time to change" to take a stronger position challenging the policies of Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The Door is still open for them supporting Harris, they said, but it is closing fast. The Gaza conflict has seriously impacted American politics across the country. Interviewed are Maryam Hassanein, an appointee of the Joe Biden administration who explains why she resigned in protest of his policies in Gaza. Hassanein She worked in the Department of the Interior as a Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary's office. Also interviewed is Safa Rifka, the National Chairman of ADC who explains why they moved the annual convention from Washington DC to give Arab Americans a platform to address issues including the presidential elections. Three Democratic Legislators were interviewed who participated in an ADC panel addressing questions from a contentious audience about who the Arab community should support for president, Harris, Trump or Stein. The legislators include Michigan State Rep. Alabas Farhat, Georgia State Rep. Ruwa Romman, and Illinois State Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid. Romman defends Harris believing Arabs must work through the system and Farhat and Rashid believe the door is still open for Harris to take action against Israel's genocidal government policies in Gaza. And, Hanania also interviews several activists who attended the ADC Convention on the issue of the presidential elections. First Susan Abulhawa the author of the 2010 book "Mornings in Jenin," then North Carolina activist Rania alMasri who disagrees with Romman and supports Stein; and, Minnesota democrat and uncommitted delegate Kevin Aldwaik who is supporting Trump.

Welcome to The Ray Hanania Radio Show brought to you by the US Arab Radio Network and sponsored by Arab News, the leading English Language Newspaper in the Middle East at ArabNews.com. I am Ray Hanania, your host. It's Thursday Sept. 5, 2024. This season The Ray Hanania Radio Show focuses on the US Presidential elections, the battle between the major party candidates former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris and the Alternative candidates including Dr. Jill Stein of the Green Party. Who do Arabs and Muslims support in the presidential election and why? I have two guests today who will help us answer that question and talk about the impact of alternative of 3rd Party candidates. First up is Bill Lipinski, Lipinski served in the U.S. Congress 22 years from 1983 until 2005. Lipinski's district on the Southwest side and suburbs of Chicago in Illinois included one of the largest concentrations of Arab, Palestinian and Muslim voters in the country. Lipinski, a conservative Democrat, also is the co-host with me of the weekly podcast on American politics "Two Guys on Politics". Lipinski will help us understand 3rd party candidates and their impact on the election process if a candidate fails to receive 270 Electoral College Votes. We'll also speak with Third Party candidate Dr. Jill Stein .. Stein represents the Green Party which has a strong history in impacting presidential elections that cannot be taken for granted, even though she has been pushed aside by American's Main Stream News media ... The Green Party included the candidacy of Lebanese American Ralph Nader in 2000 ... Nader's candidacy had a huge impact on Al Gore who lost to George W. Bush after Gore lost Florida to Bush by only 537 votes ... Dr. Stein has been the presidential nomi nominee of the Green Party running in 2012 and 2016 ... Stein had a huge impact on the election between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump in 2016. This show is broadcast live every Thursday at 5 PM on WNZK AM 690 Radio and rebroadcast on Monday at 5 PM in Michigan ,,, it is also available online at ArabNews.com/rayradioshow Get more information on host Ray Hanania at ArabNews.com or on his personal website at www.Hanania.com.

This season The Ray Hanania Radio Show focuses on the US Presidential elections, the battle between the major party candidates including Republican party nominee former President Donald Trump and Democrat party nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, and the third party contenders. First up in Segment 1 is Yossi Mekelberg, Mekelberg is an associate fellow with the Middle East and North Africa Programme at Chatham House since 2002. He was previously professor of international relations at Regent’s University, where he was head of the international relations and social sciences programme, and the faculty lead on outreach projects. He had taught at Regent’s University since 1996, and before that at King’s College, London. Next is James Zogby, president of the Arab American Institute ... Zogby currently serves as Chair of the DNC Ethnic Council, an umbrella organization of Democratic Party leaders of European and Mediterranean descent ... he was also a delegate at the convention, co-organized several public forums that paralleled the convention which blocked the voices of Arabs and Muslims on the Israel-Gaza conflict. For more information on Ray Hanania visit www.Hanania.com

The Ray Hanania Radio Show is brought to you by the US Arab Radio Network and sponsored by Arab News, the leading English Language Newspaper in the Middle East at ArabNews.com This season The Ray Hanania Radio Show focuses on the US Presidential elections, the battle between the major party candidates including Republican party nominee former President Donald Trump and Democrat party nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, and the third party contenders who could push the election into the House, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and the Green Party's candidate Dr. Jill Stein. Who do Arabs and Muslims support in the presidential election and why? What are the issues? This Episode features two guests address the factors driving Arab and Muslim voter American support in the November 5, 2024 American Presidential Election ... What do Arab and Muslim Republicans expect from Trump? ... and What do Arab and Muslim Democrats expect from Harris? First up in Segment 1 is Dr. Bashira Bahbah a Republican and the Chairman of Arab American for Trump. Bahbah talks about why Arab and Muslim Americans should support former president Donald Trump. Next is Michigan political activist Naseer Beydoun, a Lebanese American Democrat and former candidate for U.S. Senate from Michigan who was challenged and removed from the ballot by the pro-Israel lobby. Beydoun talks about the Arab and Muslim community and what Kamala Harris must do to win their support in the presidential election contest against Donald Trump. For more on Arab News radio host Ray Hanania, visit ArabNews.com or his personal website at www.Hanania.com.

Radio Show guests John Zogby, founder of Zogby Strategies which has conducted research and polls in 80 countries around the world, and Chris Habiby, the National Government Affairs and Advocacy Director for the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee discuss how Arab and Muslim Americans will vote in the upcoming presidential election. What are the issues and who do they support? John Zogby: How much power do Arab and Muslim voters have in the next US elections? By Ray Hanania CHICAGO: Veteran pollster John Zogby, president and founder of the polling company John Zogby Strategies, has said Arab and Muslim voters have more influence today than they have ever had since first settling in this country, and that the issue driving their vote is Gaza. Zogby noted that the public needs to look at polls not in terms of who is “winning” or leading the race, but rather in which way the voter popularity of a candidate is trending. Recent polls show that the majority of Arab and Muslim American voters favor third Party candidate Dr. Jill Stein of the Green Party, but that significant support is also shown for Vice President Kamala Harris who is expected to be named as the Democratic Party candidate for president at the Chicago Convention next week. Click this link to read the rest of the story: https://arab.news/jk33v Chris Habiby: Green Party’s Jill Stein gaining support from Arab, Muslim voters in presidential race: Survey By Ray Hanania CHICAGO: Third Party Presidential candidate Dr. Jill Stein’s support of a two-state solution and an end to Israel’s brutal military offensive in the Gaza Strip is driving her popularity among Arab- and Muslim-American voters, says Chris Habiby, the national government affairs and advocacy director for the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. During an appearance on The Ray Hanania Radio Show, Habiby explained the results of an ADC survey conducted at the end of July. This poll showed the Green Party’s Stein with support from more than 45.3 percent of Arab and Muslim voters, while Vice President Kamala Harris received 27.5 percent. Former President Donald Trump and independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. received 2 percent and 1.3 percent respectively, according to the survey. There are two big takeaways from the survey, Habiby said, with the first being how deeply unpopular President Joe Biden is within the Arab-American community across the country. Click this link to the rest of the story: https://arab.news/5c7f5

10-25-23 War in Gaza: Daniel Seidemann, UNRWA Juliette Touma and Arab News Faisal Abbas S3 E26 Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023 The Ray Hanania Radio Show ... Wednesday October 25, 2023 S3E26 ... we're talking about Gaza with 1 - Daniel Seidemann Daniel Seidemann has lived in Jerusalem since 1973 and is a member of the Israeli Bar Association since 1987. He specializes in the geopolitics of contemporary Jerusalem and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He is the founder of Terrestrial Jerusalem. In 2010, he was awarded. the title of Honorary Member of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth in recognition of his work. 2 - Juliette Touma UNRWA spokesperson Juliette Touma was appointed Director of Communications at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in September 2022. She covers all Agency fields of operation: the occupied Palestinian territory (the Gaza Strip, and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem), Syria, Lebanon and Jordan. 3 - Faisal Abbas, Editor in Chief of the Arab News Newspaper, the voice of a changing region. Recently wrote a column on how the Israel-Hamas conflict is being portrayed in the western media ... commenting on Bassem Yousef renown Egyptian satirist and Piers Morgan who hosts a program Uncensored in Britain the episode received more than 17. million viewers Seidemann analyzes Israel's government strategy exploiting the opportunity to assault Gaza; Touma discusses the loses suffered by the United Nations operations in Gaza including 35 UN lives; Faisal Abbas discusses how humor helps confront politics citing the recent appearance of Bassem Yousef renown Egyptian satirist and Piers Morgan who hosts a program Uncensored in Britain the episode received more than 17. million viewers. This is the final episode of Season 3. we'll be back in the Spring 2024. For more information on this and other podcasts visit www.ArabNews.com

10-18-23 Greenblatt Barghouti and Blunt interviewed on the Israel-Palestine Conflict in the Gaza Strip The Ray Hanania Radio Show for Oct. 18, 2023 (S3E25). Host Ray Hanania discusses the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians in the Gaza Strip with three experts each with their own perspective: The show was pre-Taped on Tuesday Oct. 17, 2023. The guests are: Jason Greenblatt Former White House envoy to the Middle East under former President Donald Trump and the author of the recent book "In The Path of Abraham" www.InThePathofAbraham.com Mustafa Barghouti is a Palestinian physician, activist, and politician who serves as General Secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative (PNI), also known as al Mubadara. He has been a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council since 2006 and is also a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Central Council. In 2007, Barghouti was Minister of Information in the Palestinian unity government. Crispin Blunt is a minister of the British Parliament and co-director of the International Center of Justice for Palestinians, which announced a notice of intention this week to prosecute UK government officials for “aiding and abetting war crimes in Gaza.” For more info ont he show visit the US Arab Radio network or ArabNews.com/rayradioshow The Ray Hanania Radio Show is broadcast every Wednesday in Detroit and Washington DC on the US Arab Radio Network, sponsored by Arab News, the Voice of a Changing Region. For more information on Ray Hanania visit www.Hanania.com

10-12-23 Arabs making headway in Hollywood but not just as actors S3E24 Chicago -- More and more Arabs are entering the moviemaking industry but not just as actors and they are expanding into many of the industry's key foundation positions, two Arab Americans who play prominent roles in filmmaking said. Egyptian American Mico Saad, an actor and filmmaker and member of the Golden Globes Jury, and Lebanese American Hamzah Saman, the president of his own casting company, told Arab News "changes are necessary" to push open the doors of Hollywood filmmaking which plays a major role in defining how the world sees different people. Saad immigrated to England from Alexandria, Egypt where he discovered a robust filmmaking industry, and then in 2018 immigrated to America which he calls "the entertainment capital of the world" where he carved out career as both an actor and producer creating several TV shows. Visit ArabNews.com to read the rest of the story Saad and Saman made the comments during appearances on The Ray Hanania Radio Show broadcast Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023 on the U.S. Arab Radio Network and sponsored by Arab News newspaper. A podcast of the radio show is available online at ArabNews.com/rayradioshow.

10-04-23 Irvine Mayor Farrah Khan on overcoming racism; Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas on Arab inclusion S3E23 The Ray Hanania Radio Show is broadcast on the US Arab Radio Network on WNZK AM 690 Radio in Detroit and on WDMV AM 700 Radio in Washington DC, sponsored by Arab News, the Voice of a Changing Region at ArabNews.com This week, we speak with two fascinating guests each with compelling stories to share about their political careers and their efforts to make government inclusive to everyone including Arab Americans, Pakistanis, Muslims and all minorities. 1 - Farrah Khan, mayor of Irvine California ... Mayor Khan has been a groundbreaking leader, making history in 2020 as the first woman of color and the first Muslim woman to lead a large city in the United States. Re-elected in 2022, she has continually been a trailblazer in policy and public service. Mayor Khan’s commitment to inclusiveness and equality mirrors the core values of the Arab and Muslim community. She is a major speaker at the ADC Alex Odeh Conference in Anaheim, California Oct. 6 and 7. 2 - Maria Pappas, Cook County Treasurer, one of the highest vot-getters in Cook County and one of Illinois' most popular elected officials. Pappas has been treasurer since 1998 after serving several terms on the Cook County Board -- Cook County has more than 6 million residents ... Pappas recognized that many ethnic Americans were not able to engage the government system and decided to do something about it by translating her service website at CookCountyTreasurer.com into 127 languages and she specifically reached out to the ethnic communities that are th eleast engaged in the government process, like Arab Americans, hired people from their commuities to act as liaisons and initiated programs to help them to fully enjoy the benefits of their governments. In the past six months, Pappas initiated a tax overpayment refund program and noted that she has helped Arab American tax payers apply to receive as much as $15 million in overpayment refunds. The Ray Hanania Radio Show, Season 3 Episode 23, Oct. 4, 2023 is broadcast on the US Arab Radio Network on WNZK AM 690 Radio in Detroit and on WDMV AM 700 Radio in Washington DC, sponsored by Arab News, the Voice of a Changing Region at ArabNews.com You can listen to a podcast of this show and past shows by visiting ArabNews.com/rayradioshow

09-26-23 Michael Taylor & Dr. William Cleary on the Carlos Ghosn escape from Tokyo S3E22 Welcome to the Ray Hanania Radio show broadcasting on the US Arab Radio Network in Detroit on WNZK AM 690 radio and in Washington DC on WDMV AM 700 radio and sponsored by Arab News. I am Ray Hanania. It is Wednesday Sept. 27, 2023 and this is Season 3 Episode 22 We have an amazing story and interviews for you today ... Lebanese American Carlos Ghosn was a celebrated businessman who radically restructured the Renault automobile company when he was hired there in 1996 and it increased the company's profits dramatically the following year. Several years later, Renault and Nissan formed an alliance that Ghosn oversaw and he joined Nissan as its COO in 1999, becoming president in 2000 and then CEO in 2001. He was only the 4th non-Japanese person to head a Japanese automaker. The world was awed by Ghosn's successful and rapid rise in the auto industry. But in 2018, things quickly changed when he was arrested by Tokyo Police and accused of engaging in "false accounting" practices. He was also accused and later charged by the Government of France in April 22 for his role in overseeing Renault, a dramatic fall from grace across the board. Ghosn was arrested, released and then re-arrested several times, and placed under house arrest, until after posting bond was released on bail in 2019. His fate in Japan seemed certain and ominous until a former GREEN BERRETT Michael Taylor stepped in On December 29, 2019, Ghosn left his Tokyo apartment and was secretly escorted out of the country in a large crate by my Taylor, a former Green Berrett whose wife was related to Ghosn. It was an amazing escape that angered Japanese and French Officials. Taylor and his son Peter were later arrested in May 2020 in Massachusetts and then extradicted to Japan in March 2021. His son was eventually released after serving time and Michael Taylor was released on January 1, 2023. You couldn't make this story up ... we are going to speak with Michael Taylor, an attorney who believes TAYLOR WAS wrongly charged and convicted Dr. William Cleary

09-20-23 S3E21 Frmr Amb Mudallali and Journalist Kossaify on UNGA78 Welcome to the Ray Hanania Radio Show, Season 3 Episode 21, Sept. 20, 2023 ... we're broadcast on the US Arab Radio Network on WNZK AM 690 Radio in Detroit and on WDMV AM 700 Radio in Washington DC, sponsored by Arab News, the Voice of a Changing Region at ArabNews.com This week, the United National General Assembly began its 78th session with addressing many global issues from Climate Change to political upheaval but with some voices saying that the United Nations, created in 1945, may no longer be in sync with today's world ... Several major heads of State from the Founding Nations did not address the UN; the goals of UNGA's 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have not keptpace with expectations, now halfway through the 10 year plan only achieving 15 percent of their goals have been achieved ... and should there be reforms to give the General Assembly a greater voice in UN actions and deliberations including reforming the UN Security Council which is often unable to make decisions because of the Veto powers of the five founding member nations the United States, China, Russia, France and the United Kingdom ... the UN began with 51 nations in 1945 and today now has 193 member nations ... how do you make the UN equitable ... we have also seen a growing influence among competing nation organizations such as the G20 and now the new BRICS alliance among many others, further undermining the UN's mandate ... We're going to be speaking with two guests We begin with Ephrem Kossaify, the United Nations Bureau Chief Correspondent for Arab News Newspaper, is going to give us an overview of what the UNGA 78 session will be seeking to achieve and then with Amal Mudallali is the Former Lebanon Ambassador to the United Nations and is currently an International Affairs Analyst who will discuss the successes and the challenges that face the United Nations ... can the UN be more equitable and fair and can the Veto of the UN Security Council be brought under control? You can listen to a podcast of this show and past shows by visiting ArabNews.com/rayradioshow