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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

09-13-23 ICNA Abdulrauf Khan and Mohamed Dahsheh S3 E20 Our guests are Abdulrauf Khan the COO of the Islamic Center of North America (ICNA-Relief), and ICNA's assistant director of Disaster Relief Services Mohamed Dahsheh. A Muslim and Arab group, ICNA-Relief works with FEMA, the Red Cross and others to provide emergency relief around the country to people of all religions. Khan and Dahsheh discuss the work that ICNA does in the United States to help communities that find themselves in emergency disaster situations. ICNA was founded on Sept. 10, 1968 More than 5.2 million people served in the US by ICNA, serving Americans of 70 different nationalities and heritage. ICNA also manages: 26 Women shelters 58 Food pantries 8 free clinics 27 refugee resource centers ICNA responds to emergency situations, all domestic services in 42 U.S. states Khan and Dahshe made their comments during an appearance on The Ray Hanania Radio Show, broadcast Wednesday Sept. 13, 2023 on the US Arab Radio Network in Detroit on WNZK AM 690 radio and Washington DC on WDMV AM 700 radio, and sponsored by Arab News. To listen to a podcast of the complete program, visit ArabNews.com/rayradioshow

Rania Succar on the power of diversity and Arab women, and Joseph Tamraz on the Assyrian American community The Ray Hanania Radio Show Sept. 6, S3E19 Sept. 6, 2023 S3E19 SEGMENT 1: Rania Succar, Syrian-American CEO of Intuit Mailchimp and Co-Founder of Jusoor, who is being awarded the "Outstanding Arab American Philanthropist of the Year Award" at the Center for Arab American Philanthropy’s (CAAP) Threads of Giving Gala at Guglielmo Winery on September 22, 2023. She will talk about the growing involvement of Arab American women in addressing Middle East related issues, her co-founding of Jusoor and her work to help Syrian youth. Joseph Tamraz, President of Assyrian American Civic Club of Chicago, who will discuss the large Assyrian Community in the United States, a Christian non-Arab community that is often identified by others as Arab because of their sharing of Arab culture and language, but who have their own identity. He'll talk about the challenges facing Assyrian and others like Chaldeans who are left off of the US Census ... will the MENA category give them recognition in the US Census? You can listen to this podcast and all of the Arab News podcasts and radio shows by visiting Arab News newspaper the voice of a changing region at ArabNews.com. There are so many great podcasts you should check out including the Mayman Show with host Hussam al Mayman, and Frankly Speaking with host Katie Jensen. You should check them all out at ArabNews.com/podcast And you can get more information on Arab Journalism by visiting www.NAAJA-US.com and on me, Ray Hanania, by visiting my personal website hub at www.Hanania.com The Ray Hanania Radio show on the US Arab Radio network at ArabRadio.us and sponsored by Arab News, the voice of a changing region at ArabNews.com/rayradioshow

California Councilman Ali Saleh & Arab Democratic Club founder Samir Khalil on Arab American empowerment 8-30-23 S3E18 Welcome to the Ray Hanania Radio Show ... I am Ray Hanania ... it is Wednesday August 30, 2023 and this is Season 3 Episode 18 ... we are brought to you by the US Arab Radio Network and sponsored by Arab News the Voice of a changing region. Arab News at ArabNews.com is an award winning newspaper covering the Middle East, with bureaus in Paris, London, Islamabad, Tokyo and coverage in the United States where I am the US Special Correspondent ... Our radio show focuses on the Arab American community and issues, and also Middle East coverage from a US Perspective ... We have two guests today In Segment 1, we will speak with Bell City, California Council member Ali Saleh who will talk about Arab American empowerment and the growth of the Arab community in California and how Arab Americans view various issues like climate change, migrants, politics and have they faced racism. He'll also give us a description of the Arab community in that part of California In Segment 2, we will speak with Samir Khalil, the founder of the Arab American Democratic Club (AADC) which is celebrating it's 40th anniversary as the leading political organization in Illinois. The group was founded in the aftermath of the election of Chicago's first Black Mayor Harold Washington, who helped strengthen Arab American community empowerment You have been listening to the Ray Hanania Radio Show brought to you by the US Arab Radio Network and sponsored by Arab News Season 3 Episode 18 August 30, 2023 You can listen to this podcast and all of our past radio shows on podcast by visiting Arab News newspaper the voice of a changing region at ArabNews.com ... there are so many great podcasts you should check out including the Mayman Show with host Hussam al Mayman, and Frankly Speaking with host Katie Jensen You should check them all out And you can get more information on Arab Journalism by visiting www.NAAJA-US.com and on me, Ray Hanania, by visiting my personal website hub at www.Hanania.com I look forward to joining you next week when we have more interviews and great guests here at the ray Hanania Radio show on the US Arab Radio network at ArabRadio.us and sponsored by Arab News, the voice of a changing region at ArabNews.com

The Ray Hanania Radio Show August 23, S3E17 Welcome to the Ray Hanania Radio Show ... we are brought to you by the US Arab Radio Network and sponsored by Arab News the Voice of a changing region. Arab News at ArabNews.com is an award winning newspaper covering the Middle East, with bureaus in Paris, London, Islamabad, Tokyo and coverage in the United States where I am the US Special Correspondent ... Our radio show focuses on the Arab American community and issues, and also Middle East coverage from a US Perspective ... We have two guests today In segment 1, we will speak with Marissa Ziyad marketing director for Ziyad Brothers Importing, one of the nation's largest distributors of Middle Eastern and Mediterranean food items. Ziyad will talk to us about the increasing popularity of Middle East/Mediterranean foods among Americans and how Ziyad became one of its main distributors since 1966 In Segment 2, we have Matthew Jaber Stiffler is the Director of the Center for Arab Narratives (CAN), a new national research institution through ACCESS, the largest Arab American community non-profit in the country. Matthew is also the Research & Content Manager at the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn, Michigan and we will speak with him about the growth of the Middle East restaurant industry across America. Let's take a quick break and when we come back we can speak with our guests, on the rising popularity of Middle Eastern / Mediterranean foods in America ... we'll be right back ... right after these messages. You can listen to this podcast and all of our past radio shows on podcast by visiting Arab News newspaper the voice of a changing region at ArabNews.com ... there are so many great podcasts you should check out including the Mayman Show with host Hussam al Mayman, and Frankly Speaking with host Katie Jensen You should check them all out And you can get more information on Arab Journalism by visiting www.NAAJA-US.com and on me, Ray Hanania, by visiting my personal website hub at www.Hanania.com I look forward to joining you next week when we have more interviews and great guests here at the ray Hanania Radio show on the US Arab Radio network at ArabRadio.us and sponsored by Arab News, the voice of a changing region at ArabNews.com Visit the Arab News Newspaper to listen to all the podcast at: ArabNews.com/podcast

Worsening Refugee Crisis and a look back at the Beirut Bombing August 16, 2023 S3E16 Welcome to the Ray Hanania Radio Show ... I am Ray Hanania ... it is Wednesday August 16, 2023 and this is Season 3 Episode 16 ... we are brought to you by the US Arab Radio Network and sponsored by Arab News the Voice of a changing region. Arab News at ArabNews.com is an award winning newspaper covering the Middle East, with bureaus in Paris, London, Islamabad, Tokyo and coverage in the United States where I am the US Special Correspondent ... Our radio show focuses on the Arab American community and issues, and also Middle East coverage from a US Perspective ... We have two guests today ... In segment 1, we will speak with Dr. Zaher Sahloul the president and founder of MedGlobal, an international medical organization which sends teams of medical volunteers in response to refugees crisis around the world including in the Middle East. Dr. Sahloul will help us look at the situation of refugees today and the significant presence of Syrian refugees and the role that the United States is taking and needs to do to help In segment 2, we will speak with Jean AbiNader a political commentator who has been involved with understanding and analyzing the politics and government of Lebanon for many years, working with leaders of several national organizations and diplomats on the 3 year anniversary of the Beirut port explosion and why nothing has been resolved in the investigation ... is it a symptom of Lebanon's continued turmoil? The Ray Hanania Radio show is brought to you by the US Arab Radio network at ArabRadio.us in Detroit on WNZK AM 690 and Washington DC WDMV AM 700 and online, and is sponsored by Arab News, the voice of a changing region at ArabNews.com.

08-09-23 Iowa Legislator Sami Scheetz and Kyle Melinn on Hamtramck elections S3E15 August 9, 2023 Welcome to the Ray Hanania Radio Show ... I am Ray Hanania ... it is Wednesday August 9, 2023 and this is Season 3 Episode 15 ... we are brought to you by the US Arab Radio Network and sponsored by Arab News the Voice of a changing region. Arab News at ArabNews.com is an award winning newspaper covering the Middle East, with bureaus in Paris, London, Islamabad, Tokyo and coverage in the United States where I am the US Special Correspondent ... Our radio show focuses on the Arab American community and issues, and also Middle East coverage from a US Perspective ... We have two guests today ... In segment 1, we will speak with State Representative Sami Scheetz of Iowa's 78th District ... who will discuss how he got elected as Iowa's only Arab American legislator and how he focuses on Iowa issues over Middle East politics to win the hearts and minds of voters ... And, in segment 2, we will speak editor of Mirs a Michigan News and Information Service Kyle Melinn joins us to discuss the elections in Michigan including in Hamtramck which is the nation's only all-Muslim government, mayor and 6 city council members. MIRS.news Three incumbent council members in Hamtramck, Michigan are seeking re-election, Muhammed Hassan, Nayeem Leon Choudhury and Muhammed Alsomiri. The six challengers are are Sari Ahmed, Ruhel Amin, Nasr Saleh Hussain, Muhtasin Rahman Sadman, Yousuf Osman Saed and Lynn Blasey. Three incumbent council members who are not facing election in the City Council currently include members Muhith Mahmood, Abu Musa and Khalil Refai. Blasey is of European ancestry and Christian with along history working in the Arab American community including at the Arab Museum in Dearborn. Let's take a quick break and when we come back we can speak with our guests, Iowa State Rep. Sami Scheetz and Michigan Political consultant Kyle Melinn ...we'll be right back ... right after these messages.

08-2-23 Rep. Cyril Nichols says Arab & African Americans need balance; Author Ramsey Hanhan S3E14 August 2, 2023 SEGMENT 1: Illinois Legislator Cyril Nichols (Democrat 32nd DIstrict) says that Arab Americans need to do more to balance the relationship with African Americans. Nichols’ 32nd DIstrict represent a large segment of Arab Americans including in Bridgeview. Blacks have done much to help Arabs in America, Nichols noted citing the historic support Arabs received from the late Chicago Mayor Harold Washington and the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson. Nichols noted he has introduced legislation to help Arab American businesses in Illinois qualify for a special status to share in 30 percent of the state’s billions in annual contract awards, under the Minority Business Enterprises (MBE) program, and he was instrumental in securing $150,000 grant to support the food pantry of the Bridgeview Mosque/The Mosque Foundation, which is Chicagoland's first mosque built in 1981. SEGMENT 2: Author Ramsey Hanhan discusses his new book “Fugitive Dreams,” a novel based on his own life detailing the challenges he faced growing up in the Israeli occupied West Bank and the challenges he faces as an American Palestinian in America. Both guests appeared on The Ray Hanania Radio Show Wednesday August 2, 2023 broadcast live in Detroit on WNZK AM 690 Radio and in Washington D.C. on WDMV AM 700.

Interview with State Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid, and Journalist Steve Metsch Welcome to the Ray Hanania Radio Show ... I am Ray Hanania ... it is Wednesday July 12, 2023 and this is Season 3 Episode 11 ... We are brought to you by the US Arab Radio Network and sponsored by Arab News the Voice of a changing region. Arab News at ArabNews.com is an award winning newspaper covering the middle east, with bureaus in Paris, London, Islamabad, Tokyo and coverage in the United States where I am the US Special Correspondent ... Our radio show focuses on the Arab American community and issues, and also Middle East coverage from a US Perspective ... Our interview today is with Illinois State Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid, who will share with us his harrowing experience of having visited his heritage homeland of Turmus ayya Palestine in the Israeli occupied West Bank with his family and children ... I say harrowing because while he was there, his family and the village came under assault by armed extremist Jewish settlers who have been rampaging through Muslim and Christian villages urning down buildings, cars, beating civilians and vandalizing cars and property ... several homes were burned down to the ground. Dozens of civilians were injured in beatings and settler shootings and several were killed. Then, we will speak with Steve Metsch, a freelance journalist in Illinois who recently covered the killing of two Arabs in New York city ... one the victim of wild wonton violence, the other attacked in his store ... plus we'll loo at the increasing violence across America in city's like New York and Chicago which has been ravaged by unprecedented levels of violence ... the Ray Hanania Radio Show is brought to you by the US Arab Radio Network and sponsored by Arab News Newspaper. For more information visit ArabNews.com For more information on Ray Hanania visit his website hub at www.Hanania.com

The mayor of an all-Muslim city council in Michigan says the recent controversy over the banning of the LGBTQ community flag on public buildings is being misrepresented by them for “political reasons”. Amer Ghalib, who was elected mayor of Hamtramck, Michigan, in November 2021, said that the decision to ban the LGBTQ flag, which is used by gay and transgender rights activists, was not an act of discrimination but rather an effort to treat everyone equally and fairly.

06-28-23 The Hajj, a look at Saudi Arabia's services to pilgrims and the meaning in Islam S3E9 And welcome to our radio show today. It is June 28, 2023 and this is Season 3 Episode 9 of The Ray Hanania Radio Show Eid Mubarak ... a blessed Holiday ... to our Muslim friends during this important holiday week ... The Hajj is an annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the holiest city for Muslims. Hajj is a mandatory religious duty for Muslims that must be carried out at least once in their lifetime by all ... it began Monday evening June 26 and ends Saturday July 1 I am going to explore the experience of the Hajj to Mecca in Saudi Arabia and the important role that the Kingdom pays in accommodating more than 2 million worshippers this week In segment 1, we'll talk with Lama Al Hamawi a reporter with Arab News on the mechanics and experience of the Hajj that is now taking place in Saudi Arabia and explore the massive operation that is required to accommodate and provide food, water, assistance and places to stay during the week long religious event. And in segment II we'll speak with Imam Mohamad Bashar Arafat, the founder and president of Civilizations Exchange and Cooperation Foundation (CECF) which provides religious & cultural training, consultation and support to the Youth Exchange Studies (YES) for students from more than 70 countries in a program co-sponsored by the U.S. State Department. Imam Arafat will talk about the Hajj, it's meaning and also look at how the Muslim community has grown and achieved greater acceptance from Americans.

06-21-23 Arab Radio NASCAR racer Toni Breidinger Standup Comedian Ahmed Ahmed S3E8 The Ray Hanania Radio Show for Wed June 21, 2023 features two interview segments: SEG 1 - Lebanese American Toni Breidinger an American professional NASCAR driver who competes in the ARCA Menards Series, East, and West, driving the No. 55 Toyota Camry for Venturini Motorsports and in the Toyota Gazoo Racing GR Cup North America competition. Breidinger has become one of the racing industry's most dominant female competitors ... she's won more than a dozen victories in the US Auto Western Midget Series, had a top 10 finish in the ARCA Menards Series East in four starts, and 9 top 10 finishes in 35 races on the main ARCA Menards Series circuit ... and on top of that, you became a Victoria's Secret Model last September ... all before the age of 24 In May, she became the first Arab American to compete in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series at Kansas Speedway ... racing for Tricon Garage and the No 1 Victoria's Secret Toyota Tundra TRD Pro. SEG 2 - Egyptian American actor and standup comedian Ahmed Ahmed who began his career in Hollywood movies and then expanded to Standup Comedy with the highly successful Axis of Evil Comedy Tour ... Ahmed Ahmed's standup comedy career opened the door for so many other Arab Americans to enter the standup comedy profession which is today more recognized than it ever was ... Instagram @AhmedAhmedComedy The Ray Hanania Radio Show is broadcast on WNZK AM 690 Radio in Detroit and WDMV AM 700 Radio in Washington DC at 5 PM EST, on the US Arab Radio Network sponsored by ArabNews.com newspaper. For more information on the host visit www.RayHanania.com

The Ray Hanania Show | Future of US-Saudi Relations special S3E7, 6-14-23 Special Panel on the Ray Hanania Radio show discussing the future of the US-Saudi relationship given recent geopolitical developments. Discussing the topic are three highly respected experts on the matter: - Rob Sobhani | Professor in Georgetown University and Author - Salman Al-Ansari | A Saudi political analyst specialized on Saudi-US relations & Middle Eastern affairs - Brian Katulis | Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress - Host: Ray Hanania | Special US Correspondent for Arab News Broadcast on WNZK AM 690 Radio in Detroit, WDMV AM 700 Radio in Washington DC, on the US Arab Radio Network.

06-07-23 Arab American Christians with Mayor Mary Basta & Sir Rateb Rabie S3E6 The Ray Hanania Radio Show ArabNews.com/rayradioshow Wed June 7, 2023, S3 Ep6 Welcome everyone and thank you for joining us on live radio in Detroit and Washington D.C., and live streaming on the US Arab Radio Network at www.ArabRadio.us, and on the Facebook Page of Arab News Newspaper, the Voice of a Changing Region at https://Facebook.com/ArabNews We're going to explore two issues during today's radio show First, we're going to explore the identity and challenges facing Christian Arabs in America, with a Christian American Egyptian elected official, Mary Basta, who is the Mayor of Bolingbrook in suburban Chicagoland in Illinois ... Mayor Basta immigrated with her family when she was very young and settlement in Nashville, Tennessee ... but in 2003, she and her family moved to Bolingbrook Illinois, the 16th largest municipality in the State with nearly 75,000 residents ... In 2019 she successfully ran for and was elected a Trustee in Bolingbrook ... and was then appointed Mayor by her board colleagues in August 2020 ... in 2021, a year later, she was elected by a large majority of Bolingbrook voters to a full term of four years as Bolingbrook Mayor. How does an Arab American with no experience in politics, rise up so quickly to become the mayor of an important city like Bolingbrook. She showed a great interest and concern in her community ... Mayor Mary Basta will tell us ... and I am telling you Mary Basta's story is a great story ... https://www.bolingbrook.com/?SEC=0506393A-9DFE-4C7C-905C-C4D2609F079A&DE=0D89AE7E-8639-4C4E-8A3D-7A6FA65D1EF2 Then, we will speak with Sir Rateb Rabie ... a Palestinian who was born in Jordan ... Sir Rateb is the founder of the Know Thy Heritage foundation and the Holyland Christian Ecumenical Foundation, which advocate for Christian Arab rights and Palestinian Rights in America. Sir Rated has been working with the Christian Arab Americans and Middle East communities for many years and will help us understand some of the challenges they face today... the title "Sir" comes from prestigious honor of Knight Commander of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre (KCHS), a Vatican chivalric order. ... Arabs are still an immigrant community in America ... but their population numbers continue to grow https://www.all4palestine.org/ModelDetails.aspx?gid=8&mid=1918&lang=en For more information on Ray Hanania visit his website hub at www.Hanania.com or the website of the National Arab American Journalists Association www.NAAJA-US.com Read his stories at www.ArabNews.com

05-31-23 Three Saudi students killed in 2023; Saudi astronauts return from ISS S3E5 During the past few months, we saw the deaths of three Saudi Students in the U.S., two the result of tragic accidents while the students were on break in Cleveland and in Montana, and a third student who was the victim of a murder at his apartment in Philadelphia. Are we missing something here? In Segment 1, we will speak with Abdullah Al-Gheraibi, the father of 25-year-old Al-Waleed Al-Ghareibi, who was murdered on January 23 by a 19-year-old woman who attempted to rob him after she asked him to help her get something from her apartment. The suspect, Nicole Marie Rodgers, lived in the same building and has been charged with murder. In Segment 2, we will speak with Gina Kerzman, spokesperson for Glacier National Park on another Saudi student who died, Atheer Al-Khalban, 28. Al-Khalban drowned on Monday May 22 in Avalanche Creek in Glacier National Park in Montana after falling off a rocky overhang. And, in Segment 3, we'll speak with the spokesperson for the Saudi Arabia Embassy in Washington DC., Fahad Nazer, about the Al-Gheraibi murder and the two accidental deaths of Al-Khalban and the death of another student, Abdulrahman Al Anzi, 29, who drowned in Lake Erie during a stay in Cleveland, Ohio on Jan. 30. In each case, the Saudi Embassy worked to help the families of each of the student victims ... Mr. Nazer will also discuss the return of two Saudi Astronauts Rayyanah Barnawi and Ali AlQarni spent eight days on the International Space Station, where they conducted a series of science experiments. The Ray Hanania Radio show is broadcast live every Wednesday at 5 PM EST on the US Arab Radio Network in Detroit on WNZK AM 690 Radio and in Washington DC on WDMV AM 700, and sponsored by Arab News Newspaper. The radio show is streamed live online at ArabRadio.us and at Facebook.com/ArabNews where you can always view the show afterwards if you missed it. Or visit ArabNews.com/rayradioshow for past audio podcasts. For more information on Ray Hanania visit. www.Hanania.com. View on Facebook at: https://fb.watch/kTwBEntGWY/

THE RAY HANANIA RADIO SHOW May 24, 2023, S3 E4 Growing popularity of Arabic language in America and, involvement of Arab Americans in the 2024 Democratic Presidential Convention Our first guests are Senior PEW Research Center Demographer Jeffrey Passel and researcher Mohamad Moslimani ... They co-authored a new study detailing 5 Facts about Arabic Speakers in the United States: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/05/18/5-facts-about-arabic-speakers-in-the-us/ and then we'll talk with Jim Zogby, the founder and president of the Arab American Institute, a Washington, D.C.–based organization that serves as a political and policy research arm of the Arab-American community. He led the effort to get Arab Americans a voice in past Democratic Presidential Conventions and is planning efforts again for this 2024 Summer's Convention in Chicago. Zogby is the Encyclopedia of Arab American political History ... The Ray Hanania Radio Show is broadcast every Wednesday at 5 PM EST in Detroit on WNZK AM 690 Radio and in Washington DC on WDMV AM 700 radio ... we are also simulcast on the US Arab Radio network online at ArabRadio.us, and sponsored by Arab News Newspaper, the leading English language newspaper in the Middle East. Watch the live and video stream of our show at the Facebook page of Arab News at Facebook.com/ArabNews. Get more information on Ray Hanania at his online web hub at https://www.Hanania.com Facebook video stream https://fb.watch/kKdpWV9MHd/

The Ray Hanania Radio Show Season 3 Episode 3 May 17, 2023 YouGov-Arab News poll of 953 Palestinians and their views on the Nakba and peace Welcome to the Ray Hanania Radio show broadcast on the US Arab Radio Network and sponsored by Arab News ... it is Wednesday May 17, 2023 ... We're going to talk with several guests today about a poll that was conducted by YouGov and Arab News of Palestinians views and the Nakba. They include: Tarek Ali Ahmad, the Director of the Research and Studies Unit at Arab News who oversaw the poll, which is available at ArabNews.com. Click here to view the poll and related info. Jason Greenblatt, the former White House Middle East Envoy for former President Donald Trump, and the architect of the Abraham Accords. He is now Senior Director for Arab-Israel Diplomacy at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs and is the author of the book "In the Path of Abraham" which chronicles the path to the Abraham accords, available at any book store or Amazon ... And, Yossi Mekelberg, an Associate Fellow at the Middle East and North Africa Program at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House. He is also the Director of the International Relations and Social Sciences Program at Regent’s University in London, where he has taught since 1996. Read Yossi's latest column here. https://www.arabnews.com/node/2305011 The Ray Hanania Radio Show is broadcast liev in Detroit on WNZK AM 690 and in Washington DC on WDMV AM 700, and online on the US Arab Radio Network at ArabRadio.us, and streamed live at Facebook.com/ArabNews For more information on Ray Hanania visit his personal web hub at www.Hanania.com

The Ray Hanania Radio Show Season 3 Episode 2 May 10, 2023 Welcome to The Ray Hanania Radio Show here on the US Arab Radio Network, sponsored by Arab News, the leading English-language newspaer of the Middle East ... I am Ray Hanania ... It's Wednesday, May 10, 2023 and we're broadcasting live in Detroit on WNZK AM 690 and Washington DC on WDMV AM 700, on ArabRadio.US and also streaming on Facebook.com/ArabNews. Get the podcast at ArabNews.com/RayRadioShow. We have a great show today ... A power struggle between Sudan's rival military leaders shattered a tenuous peace that existed in Sudan causing a conflict that has spread throughout the country. Fighting between the Sudanese Army and the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces erupted in Sudan's capital Khartoum in mid-April and have now engulfed large parts of Sudan. Thousands of civilians have been killed and tens of thousands more are fleeing the widening conflict. Saudi Arabia and the United States are coordinating face-to-face negotiations in Jeddah between the two sides in the hopes of ending this outbreak of violence that has torn Sudan apart. We will speak with two guests, first, an American woman who heads an NGO in Khartoum who helps the Sudanese people ... we are withholding her identity at her request for safety concerns ... we'll just call her "Frances" ... she will tell us about her harrowing story of fleeing the violence in Sudan ... she is now back safe in the US and will be returning to Sudan to resume her humanitarian work ... We will also speak with Dr. Hafeez AbdelHafeez, a Sudanese American physician who arrived in Khartoum only five hours before the violence spread across the country ... he is a board member of the Sudanese American Physicians Association (SAPA) ... which is raising funds to help people in Sudan who are in need... In our final segment, we will shift gears and speak with Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud, the first Arab-American and Muslim mayor as well as being the second youngest mayor in the city's history. Before being elected mayor in November 2021, Mayor Hammoud served three terms in the Michigan State General Assembly from Jan 2017 through his election as Dearborn Mayor.. He was only 26 years old when he ran for the state house and won. Mayor Hammoud will update us on some of his administration's "firsts" including designating Ramadan's EIDs as paid holidays for Dearborn city employees ... the first of any city in the country to do that we're told. Watch the Facebook video feed: https://fb.watch/krQbPhOxKU/

NJ Mayor Khairullah banned from Biden Eid reception; Zahi Hawass, Perri Small, Faisal Abbas discuss Cleopatra Controversy S3E1 The Ray Hanania Radio Show Wed May 3, 2023 Season 3 Episode 1 Hi everyone .. this is Ray Hanania ... first, we speak with Mohammed Khairullah the mayor of Prospect Park New Jersey who was invited to attend President Biden's White House Eid event on Monday ... when he arrived at the White House he was told by security he could not get a security clearance to enter ... Mayor Khairullah is one of the longest serving Arab American mayors ... Then, we'll address the controversial casting of a Black actress Adele James to play the role of Cleopatra in a Netflix docu-drama "Queen Cleopatra" produced by Jada Pinkett Smith ... First, we turn to the leading expert of Cleopatra and Egyptian history, the distinguished Dr. Zahi Hawass. Dr. Hawass is one of the Egypt's most learned scholars on Egyptian history, someone that Jada Pinkett-Smith actually knew but never reached out to when proceed with her project. His discoveries in Egypt have been epic ... We will talk with Perri Small, the morning radio host at WVON AM 1690 Radio, which is the oldest African American radio station in the country ... Ms. Small will help us understand the perspective of African Americans where the feeling is that too often Black issues are marginalized because of longstanding feelings of anti-Black racism throughout the world ... Faisal J. Abbas, the Editor-in-Chief of Arab News Newspaper, the leading English-language newspaper in the Middle East, Arab News, will offer some sage observations. In his column last week, Mr. Abbas wrote, " You can joke with Egyptians about almost anything, except when it comes to their history and culture." Broadcast on the US Arab Radio Network on WNZK AM 690 in Greater Detroit and on WDMV AM 700 in Washington DC every Wednesday at 5 PM EST. Thank you for joining us here at The Ray Hanania Radio Show broadcast on the US Arab Radio Network on WNZK AM 690 Radio in Greater Detroit and on WDMV AM 700 in Washington DC. We are sponsored by Arab News and you can watch our radio show at Facebook.com/ArabNews and download the podcast by visiting ArabNews.com ... see you all next week on another episode of The Ray Hanania Show ... View video episode by clicking this link: https://fb.watch/kiOHogjLE2/

A review of decisions at UNG77, and discussion about worsening fate of Afghan women S2E26 SEPT 28 RADIO SHOW It's Wednesday September 28, 2022 and I am your host, Ray Hanania We're broadcasting live in Detroit, Washington DC, and rebroadcasting tomorrow, Thursday in Chicago at 12 noon on WNWI AM 1080 radio .... Today we are going to focus on two issues, In Segment 1: Today will are speaking with Arab News UN Correspondent Ephrem Kossaify on UNGA77, the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. The 77th session of the General Assembly opens on 13 September under the theme, “A watershed moment: transformative solutions to interlocking challenges.” The theme stems from the recognition that the world is at a critical moment in the history of the United Nations due to complex and interconnected crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, humanitarian challenges of unprecedented nature, a tipping point in climate change as well as growing concerns about threats to the global economy. It is therefore necessary to find and focus on joint solutions to these crises and build a more sustainable and resilient world for all and for the generations to come. Segment 2: Kevin Schumacher is the Deputy Executive Director of Women for Afghan Women (WAW) a grassroots civil society organization dedicated to protecting and promoting the rights of disenfranchised Afghan women and girls in Afghanistan. WAW is based in the US and has services in several provinces in Afghanistan. in December 2016. As Deputy Executive Director, he works closely with the program and operations team in Afghanistan, and supports the finance, communications, and development teams at WAW’s New York Headquarters. He regularly interfaces with WAW donors, partner organizations, and other stakeholders. He has close to 20 years of experience in grassroots organizing, human rights documentation, political research, sexual rights, and gender equality advocacy, refugee assistance, media outreach, in addition to safety and security training. The Ray Hanania Show is broadcast live every Wednesday at 5 PM Eastern EST on the US Arab Radio Network sponsored by Arab News on live radio at: WNZK AM 690 Radio in Greater Detroit including parts of Ohio WDMV AM 700 in Washington DC including parts of Virginia and Maryland And, we rebroadcast on Thursday 7 AM in Detroit on WNZK AM 690 and in Chicago at 12 noon on WNWI AM 1080. You can also listen to our radio show live online at ArabRadio.US And watch the radio show live at Facebook.com/ArabNews

Interview on Iran with Dr. Ramesh Sepehrrad, and on Syrian Refugees with Dr. Zaher Sahloul S2E25 It's Wednesday September 21, 2022 and I am your host, Ray Hanania We're broadcasting live in Detroit, Washington DC, and rebroadcasting tomorrow, Thursday in Chicago at 12 noon on WNWI AM 1080 radio .... Today we are going to get updates on what's happening at the United Nations General Assembly 77th Session meetings ... The UNGA 77 opened on Sept 13 amid deepening global crises and major world challenges Segment 1: (Pre-Taped) Iranian dissident Ms. Ramesh Sepehrrad discusses the presence of the Iran regime president Ebrahim Raisi addressing the 77th Session of the UN General Assembly ... Why is Raisi a pariah and what needs to be done to stop Iran's race to build a nuclear weapon. Author and scholar with multiple universities focused on conflict resolution and cyber security and an Iran specialist, and Chairperson on the advisory board of the Organization of Iranian American Communities (OIAC) with 40 chapters hosting the rally in New York that began last week with main focus on Wednesday. Segment 2: (pre-tape) MedGlobal founder/President and refugee advocate Dr. Zaher Sahloul discusses the growing Syrian refugee crisis and what the UN needs to do about it. Dr. Sahloul is a Syrian American critical care specialist from Chicago. MedGlobal, an organization that provides health care in disaster regions, and the founder of the American Relief Coalition for Syria and Syria Faith Initiative. The Ray Hanania Show is broadcast live every Wednesday at 5 PM Eastern EST on the US Arab Radio Network sponsored by Arab News on live radio at: WNZK AM 690 Radio in Greater Detroit including parts of Ohio WDMV AM 700 in Washington DC including parts of Virginia and Maryland And, we rebroadcast on Thursday 7 AM in Detroit on WNZK AM 690 and in Chicago at 12 noon on WNWI AM 1080. You can also listen to our radio show live online at ArabRadio.US And watch the radio show live at Facebook.com/ArabNews

The Ray Hanania Radio Show, Sept. 14, 2022, S2 E24 It's Wednesday September 14, 2022 and I am your host, Ray Hanania We're broadcasting live in Detroit, Washington DC, and rebroadcasting tomorrow, Thursday in Chicago at 12 noon on WNWI AM 1080 radio .... and we are Hosted by the US Arab Radio Network and sponsored by Arab News Today we are going to focus on the 77th United Nations General Assembly which begins next week ... we'll have Arab News UN reporter Ephrem Kossaify joining us to talk about the 77th UN General Assembly, and Paulina Kubiak the spokesperson for the new UN President Csaba Kőrösi, and discuss the big issues the UN will focus on during the next two weeks. We'll also talk briefly about the growing Syrian Refugee crisis SEGMENT 1: Our first guest is Ephrem Kossaify, Arab News UN correspondent ... talking with us about what to expect in the upcoming two weeks at the United Nations SEGMENT 2: Paulina Kubiak, spokesperson for the new president of the general assembly, Csaba Kőrösi, who takes the helm from outgoing president Abdulla Shahid, will discuss the issues the UN is expected to address during this session during the next two weeks SEGMENT 3: Joining us now is Dr. Nahed Ghazzoul who works with Dr. Zaher Sahloul who is president of MedGlobal which provides healthcare and medical services to refugees around the world. Dr. Sahloul was not able to make the show as scheduled because of some issues he is addressing but Dr. Ghazzoul joins us to speak about the crisis facing Syrian refugees and what the UN and the United States can do to help 6.5 million Syrian refugees only 3,795 have been settled in the US in FY2022 ... The Ray Hanania Show is broadcast live every Wednesday at 5 PM Eastern EST on the US Arab Radio Network sponsored by Arab News on live radio at: WNZK AM 690 Radio in Greater Detroit including parts of Ohio WDMV AM 700 in Washington DC including parts of Virginia and Maryland And, we rebroadcast on Thursday 7 AM in Detroit on WNZK AM 690 and in Chicago at 12 noon on WNWI AM 1080. You can also listen to our radio show live online at ArabRadio.US And watch the radio show live at Facebook.com/ArabNews

Ray Hanania Radio Show: 2 candidates for Chicago Mayor Raymond Lopez and Dr Willie Wilson The Ray Hanania Radio Show Sept. 7, 2022 Hosted by US Arab Radio Network, sponsored by Arab News Today we are going to speak with two guests who are running for mayor of the city of Chicago, the 3rd largest city in America ... both have publicly spoken out in defense of Arab & Muslim American rights during past year. it's not something all the candidates have done or will do. Mayor Lori Lightfoot, for example, has targeted Arab and Muslim store owners, while others have not outreached to the Arab American community in a significant way & her anti-Arab predecessor Rahm Emanuel, who is now U S Ambassador to Japan In Segment 1: Raymond Lopez candidate for Mayor in Chicago, was first elected to the Chicago City Council in 2015 and re-elected in 2019 ... he has been an outspoken advocate for Arab American and Muslim American rights to ensure they are treated equally no different than any other ethnic, racial or religious group in the city of Chicago ... his campaign website is www.RaymondLopezChicago.com Segment 2: Dr. Willie Wilson, is probably the wealthiest candidate running for mayor of Chicago having committed $9 million to his election ... Dr. Wilson has been generous to the people of Chicago donating gas cards, food, water and during COVID PPE and masks ... he has also been very openly supportive of the Arab American and Muslim American communities in the city of Chicago and Chicagoland. His website is www.electwilliewilson.com The Ray Hanania Show is broadcast live every Wednesday at 5 PM Eastern EST on the US Arab Radio Network sponsored by Arab News on live radio at: WNZK AM 690 Radio in Greater Detroit including parts of Ohio WDMV AM 700 in Washington DC including parts of Virginia and Maryland And, we rebroadcast on Thursday 7 AM in Detroit on WNZK AM 690 and in Chicago at 12 noon on WNWI AM 1080. You can also listen to our radio show live online at ArabRadio.US And watch the radio show live at Facebook.com/ArabNews Watch Facebook Stream by clicking here: https://fb.watch/foNUViTFlw/

Ray Hanania Radio Show: A look at female filmmakers in Saudi Arabia, and the ongoing crisis in Syria Wednesday August 31, 2022 and I am your host, Ray Hanania We're broadcasting live in Detroit, Washington DC, and rebroadcasting tomorrow, Thursday in Chicago at 12 noon on WNWI AM 1080 radio .... Today we are going to focus on two issues, In Segment 1: Rawan Radwan, Arab News editor and writer on the growing Film Industry in Saudi Arabia ... https://www.arabnews.com/node/2149611/middle-east and guest filmmaker Danya Alhamrani CCO of Eggdancer Productions an independent Film and Television Production Company based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia established in 2006. Danya works with Dania Nassief two dynamic filmmaking professional Saudi women who head the company. Collectively they have spent over 10 years in the media industry, and gained experience in the different areas of television, documentary and corporate production. https://eggdancer.com/about-us/ Segment 2: Charles Lister is a senior fellow and the Director of the Syria and Countering Terrorism and Extremism programs at the Middle East Institute. Prior to joining MEI, Lister was a Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution in Qatar and a Senior Consultant to the multinationally-backed Syria Track II Dialogue Initiative, in which he managed nearly three years of intensive face-to-face engagement with the leaderships of over 100 Syrian armed opposition groups. The Ray Hanania Show is broadcast live every Wednesday at 5 PM Eastern EST on the US Arab Radio Network sponsored by Arab News on live radio at: WNZK AM 690 Radio in Greater Detroit including parts of Ohio WDMV AM 700 in Washington DC including parts of Virginia and Maryland And, we rebroadcast on Thursday 7 AM in Detroit on WNZK AM 690 and in Chicago at 12 noon on WNWI AM 1080. You can also listen to our radio show live online at ArabRadio.US And watch the radio show live at Facebook.com/ArabNews

Ray Hanania Radio Show: Guests Arab Center Exec Dir. Khalil Jahshan and actor Amr El Bayoumi S2 E21 The Ray Hanania Radio Show August 24, 2022 Hosted by the US Arab Radio Network and sponsored by Arab News Today we discuss challenges facing Arab and Muslim Americans from internal divisions to responding to discrimination with Khalil Jahshan Executive Director of the Arab Center of Washington DC, and we look at Arabs in Hollywood and TV entertainment with actor ad entertainer Amr El-Bayoumi In Segment 1: Khalil Jahshan Executive Director of Arab Center Washington DC ... are Arab American losing their identity to religion? Government surveillance of Arab Americans ... Segment 2: Pre-Taped Amr El-Bayoumi, Egyptian American Actor on fighting and addressing anti-Arab and ani-Muslim stereotypes in actor, filmmaker, voice-over artist, producer, professor and international lawyer based in Washington DC. He has performed in several award-winning feature films, short films, theater and network television productions in the US, England, and Egypt. He has given numerous presentations on Arab and Muslim stereotypes, including a panel discussion with SAG-AFTRA, the national screen actors’ union: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeU_GZQ3HtY The Ray Hanania Show is hosted by the US Arab Radio Network and sponsored by Arab News and is broadcast live every Wednesday at 5 PM Eastern EST on radio at: WNZK AM 690 Radio in Greater Detroit including parts of Ohio WDMV AM 700 in Washington DC including parts of Virginia and Maryland And, we rebroadcast on Thursday 7 AM in Detroit on WNZK AM 690 and in Chicago at 12 noon on WNWI AM 1080. You can also listen to our radio show live online at ArabRadio.US And watch the radio show live at Facebook.com/ArabNews Facebook Stream https://fb.watch/f6kPwTFzaI/ Youtube Stream

Ray Hanania Radio Show:Former CIA Station Chief Norman Roule on the attack on Salman Rushdie 08-17-22 S2 E20 Hosted by the US Arab Radio Network and sponsored by Arab News A glitch at the radio studio caused us to edit the program. The edited radio podcast show includes discussion about attack on Salman Rushdie, a telephone caller discusses the attack, an interview with former CIA Chief of Station Norman Roule, and a replay of the July 7, 2022 interview with Dennis Ross on the Middle East. Topics: On Friday, August 12, a man jumped on the stage hosted by the Chautauqua New York Literary society and attacked speaker Salman Rushdie, the author of the controversial 1988 novel "The Satanic Verses. Months later in 1989, then Ayatollah Ruhola Khomeini issued a death fatwa against Rushdie as Muslims around the world reacted in anger to Rushdie's apparent criticism of Islam in his book. Since the attack, it seems that the Muslim community has been very silent in condemning the attacker, Hadi Matar, 24, who lived in Fairview, New Jersey but whose family is from the Hezbollah dominated Shia region of Southern Lebanon ... we're going to look at this issue with two guests, first Guest Interview: Norman Roule Roule served for 34-years in the Central Intelligence Agency, managing significant programs relating to the Middle East. Mr. Roule’s service in the CIA’s Directorate of Operations included roles as Division Chief, Deputy Division Chief and Chief of Station. He has held multiple senior assignments in Washington as well as during more than 15 years of overseas work. He served as the National Intelligence Manager for Iran (NIM-I) at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence from November 2008 until September 2017. As NIM-I, he was the principal Intelligence Community (IC) official responsible for overseeing national intelligence policy and activities related to Iran and Iran-related issues, to include IC engagement on these topics with senior policymakers in the National Security Council, the Department of State and Congress. Mr. Roule received multiple national security awards during his career. Mr. Roule currently works as a business consultant on Middle East political, security, economic, and energy issues with an emphasis on the Gulf Cooperation Council states and Iran. He also serves as Senior Adviser to the Counter Extremism Project, United Against Nuclear Iran, the Nuclear Threat Initiative and as a member of the Advisory Board of the Arabia Foundation. Mr. Roule is currently also a non-resident Fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School. He is frequently asked to speak on Middle East issues and has appeared on Al-Hurra Television, BBC, Bloomberg Radio and Television, CBS, CNBC, CNN, Fox, Israeli international television (I24), NPR, Saudi 24, Sky News, Sky News Arabia, and the podcast “Intelligence Matters.” He is a frequent contributor to The Cipher Brief and has written for U.S. and international print media. The Ray Hanania Show is broadcast live every Wednesday at 5 PM Eastern EST on radio at: WNZK AM 690 Radio in Greater Detroit including parts of Ohio WDMV AM 700 in Washington DC including parts of Virginia and Maryland And, we rebroadcast on Thursday 7 AM in Detroit on WNZK AM 690 and in Chicago at 12 noon on WNWI AM 1080. You can also listen to our radio show live online at ArabRadio.US And watch the radio show live at Facebook.com/ArabNews

Ed Gabriel discusses challenges facing Lebanon, Abdul El-Sayed discusses challenges facing Arab Americans S2 E19 The Ray Hanania Radio Show August 10, 2022 Hosted by the US Arab Radio Network and sponsored by Arab News, broadcasting live in Detroit, Washington DC, and rebroadcasting tomorrow, Thursday in Chicago at 12 noon on WNWI AM 1080 radio .... We have two guests today: In Segment 1: Ambassador Ed Gabriel on Lebanon. Gabriel is the President of the American Task Force on Lebanon and recently appointed by President Biden to the US Institute for Peace Segment 2: Abdul El-Sayed, on Arab Americans in politics ... Dr. Abdul El-Sayed is a physician, epidemiologist, educator, and public communicator. He ran for governor of Michigan in 2018 and has been active in fighting for Arab and Muslim rights ... He is a Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence at the University of Michigan Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and a Senior Fellow at the FXB Center for Health & Human Rights at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, teaching at the intersection of public health, public policy, and politics. In addition, he is a Scholar in Residence at Wayne State University and American University. He is formerly the health director for the city of Detroit The Ray Hanania Show is broadcast live every Wednesday at 5 PM Eastern EST on radio at: WNZK AM 690 Radio in Greater Detroit including parts of Ohio WDMV AM 700 in Washington DC including parts of Virginia and Maryland And, we rebroadcast on Thursday 7 AM in Detroit on WNZK AM 690 and in Chicago at 12 noon on WNWI AM 1080. You can also listen to our radio show live online at ArabRadio.US And watch the radio show live at Facebook.com/ArabNews Click here to read the Arab News story on Abdul El-Sayed https://www.arabnews.com/node/2142566/world Click here to read the Arab News story on Ed Gabriel https://www.arabnews.com/node/2140851/%7B%7B

Ray Hanania Radio Show: Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud and Dennis Denno on Elections S2 E18 The Ray Hanania Radio Show August 3, 2022 Hosted by the US Arab Radio Network and sponsored by Arab News Topics: In Segment 1: Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud, on being the city's first Arab American mayor and the challenges he faces and programs he is implementing Segment 2: Election analysts and political consultant Dennis Denno examines the Michigan election results in the August 2, 2022 state primary. The Ray Hanania Show is broadcast live every Wednesday at 5 PM Eastern EST on radio at: WNZK AM 690 Radio in Greater Detroit including parts of Ohio WDMV AM 700 in Washington DC including parts of Virginia and Maryland And, we rebroadcast on Thursday 7 AM in Detroit on WNZK AM 690 and in Chicago at 12 noon on WNWI AM 1080. You can also listen to our radio show live online at ArabRadio.US And watch the radio show live at Facebook.com/ArabNews Watch the Facebook Stream at: https://fb.watch/eGN7hjORMi/ #ArabRadio Live #Detroit #WashingtonDC with #Dearborn Mayor @AHammoudMI and then #DennisDenno on the mixed election results in Tuesday ... tune in at WNZK AM690 WDMV AM700 or watch on Facebook.com/ArabNews

Ray Hanania Radio Show: July 27, 2022, S2 E17 Arab Radio 7-27-22, S2 E17: Guests Republican Paul Sophiea, Democrat Jim Zogby of the AAI Hosted by the US Arab Radio Network and sponsored by Arab News Today we are going to look at the politics of the Arab American community with two guests, Paul Sophiea a Republican and Conservative Michigan who has run for political office there in the past, and Jim Zogby a Democrat and president of the Arab American Institute based in Washington D.C. How do the two parties treat Arab American issues? What challenges do they face as candidates running in party elections. In Segment 1: Paul Sophiea, Republican and conservative Arab American political activist, teacher and a business consultant in the Dearborn area and has served on various State boards. He was a former GOP candidate in Michigan's 15th State House District. Segment 2: Jim Zogby, is President and co-founder the Arab American Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based organization which serves as the political and policy research arm of the Arab American community, in 1985 and continues to serve as its president. He is Director of Zogby Research Services, a firm that has conducted groundbreaking surveys across the Middle East. Dr. Zogby has also been personally active in U.S. politics for many years; in 1984 and 1988 he served as Deputy Campaign manager and Senior Advisor to the Jesse Jackson Presidential campaign. In 1988, he led the first ever debate on Palestinian statehood at that year’s Democratic convention in Atlanta, GA. In 2000, 2008, and 2016 he served as an advisor to the Gore, Obama, and Sanders presidential campaigns. The Ray Hanania Show is broadcast live every Wednesday at 5 PM Eastern EST on radio at: WNZK AM 690 Radio in Greater Detroit including parts of Ohio WDMV AM 700 in Washington DC including parts of Virginia and Maryland And, we rebroadcast on Thursday 7 AM in Detroit on WNZK AM 690 and in Chicago at 12 noon on WNWI AM 1080. You can also listen to our radio show live online at ArabRadio.US And watch the radio show live at Facebook.com/ArabNews #ArabRadio 5PM EST #politics of #ArabAmericans in S1 #Michigan #Republican #PaulSophiea @pesoph; in S2 #Democrat #JimZogby @jjz1600 @AAIUSA & Pres #ArabAmericanInstitute in Washington DC @ArabNews @RayHannaia #DetroitRadio #ChicagoRadio #watch https://fb.watch/exseJb_AQy/

The Ray Hanania Radio Show July 20, 2022, S2 Everything 16 AIPAC funds attacks against American candidates who challenge Israel's polices Hosted by the US Arab Radio Network and sponsored by Arab News Topic: Who runs American elections. American voters or AIPAC the massive funding mechanism that targets any American candidate who criticizes Israel or supports compromise and peace based on two-states. In Segment 1: Huwaida Arraf on her candidacy in Michigan's 10th District and the mudslinging by the pro-Israel extremists and AIPAC which try to control America's elections. The election is August 2. Arraf's website is www.HuwaidaForCongress.com Segment 2: we talk with Dale Sprusansky assistant editor at the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs on AIPAC, Israel's powerful lobby that targets critics of Israel's government in American elections. They spent more than $6 million to defeat the re-election of Donna F. Edwards in Maryland's 11th District election. It's an outrageous sum of money funded by super PAC that avoids many of the restrictions in Congressional elections. For more information on AIPAC funding visit www.WRMEA.org The Ray Hanania Show is broadcast live every Wednesday at 5 PM Eastern EST on radio at: WNZK AM 690 Radio in Greater Detroit including parts of Ohio WDMV AM 700 in Washington DC including parts of Virginia and Maryland And, we rebroadcast on Thursday 7 AM in Detroit on WNZK AM 690 and in Chicago at 12 noon on WNWI AM 1080. You can also listen to our radio show live online at ArabRadio.US And watch the radio show on Facebook stream at: https://fb.watch/eonV2Gb3On/

The Ray Hanania Radio Show July 13, 2022 Hosted by the US Arab Radio Network and sponsored by Arab News Today we take a special look at President Joe Biden's trip to Israel and Palestine, and to Saudi Arabia with our guests Salman Al-Ansari, Saudi researcher and founder and president of the Washington DC-based Saudi American Public Relation Affairs Committee (SAPRAC) ... And David Schenker, former Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs under Presidents George W. Bush and Donald J. Trump and also with the Washington Institute for Near East Policy Plus we play some video interview clips I pre-taped this morning with Ambassador Dennis Ross ... The Ray Hanania Show is broadcast live every Wednesday at 5 PM Eastern EST on radio at: WNZK AM 690 Radio in Greater Detroit including parts of Ohio WDMV AM 700 in Washington DC including parts of Virginia and Maryland And, we rebroadcast on Thursday 7 AM in Detroit on WNZK AM 690 and in Chicago at 12 noon on WNWI AM 1080. You can also listen to our radio show live online at ArabRadio.US And watch the radio show live at Facebook by clicking this link https://fb.watch/ee_IMDKIp4/