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. Nah...
Dec 13, 2024•58 min•Season 4Ep. 18
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...
Dec 06, 2024•1 hr•Season 4Ep. 17
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. ...
Nov 28, 2024•1 hr•Season 4Ep. 14
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...
Nov 15, 2024•59 min•Season 4Ep. 14
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 swin...
Nov 01, 2024•59 min•Season 4Ep. 12
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 sup...
Oct 25, 2024•59 min•Season 4Ep. 11
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 hos...
Oct 18, 2024•59 min•Season 4Ep. 10
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 mor...
Oct 11, 2024•59 min•Season 4Ep. 9
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 Insti...
Oct 03, 2024•59 min•Season 4Ep. 8
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, Hana...
Sep 19, 2024•1 hr•Season 4Ep. 5
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 Gree...
Sep 06, 2024•1 hr•Season 4Ep. 4
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 ...
Aug 30, 2024•59 min•Season 4Ep. 3
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, ...
Aug 22, 2024•59 min•Season 4Ep. 2
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: Veter...
Aug 15, 2024•59 min•Season 4Ep. 1
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, ...
Oct 25, 2023•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 26
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...
Oct 18, 2023•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 25
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...
Oct 13, 2023•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 24
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 ever...
Oct 05, 2023•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 23
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...
Sep 27, 2023•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 22
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 ...
Sep 20, 2023•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 21
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...
Sep 14, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 2518
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 ...
Sep 08, 2023•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 19
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 co...
Aug 30, 2023•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 18
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 ...
Aug 23, 2023•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 17
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...
Aug 17, 2023•58 min•Ep. 2517
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 State...
Aug 10, 2023•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 15
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 M...
Aug 03, 2023•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 14
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 Speci...
Jul 14, 2023•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 11
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.
Jul 08, 2023•26 min•Ep. 2516
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 thei...
Jun 29, 2023•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 9
