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 co...
Jun 22, 2023•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 8
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 Am...
Jun 15, 2023•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 7
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...
Jun 07, 2023•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 6
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...
Jun 01, 2023•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 5
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 Ji...
May 25, 2023•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 4
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 ...
May 17, 2023•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 3
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 powe...
May 10, 2023•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 2
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 ... May...
May 04, 2023•58 min•Season 3Ep. 1
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 ...
Sep 28, 2022•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 26
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 chall...
Sep 22, 2022•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 25
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 abou...
Sep 14, 2022•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 24
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 examp...
Sep 08, 2022•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 23
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 g...
Aug 31, 2022•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 22
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 Se...
Aug 24, 2022•59 hr•Season 2Ep. 21
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. Topic...
Aug 18, 2022•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 20
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 recentl...
Aug 11, 2022•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 19
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...
Aug 04, 2022•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 18
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 ...
Jul 27, 2022•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 17
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 ...
Jul 21, 2022•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 16
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 an...
Jul 13, 2022•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 2515
Celebration of Eid Al Adha in the US and Saudi Arabia S2 E14 7-06-22 The Ray Hanania Radio Show July 6, 2022; Hosted by the US Arab Radio Network and sponsored by Arab News Today we are going to focus on the Eid al Adha "Festival of Sacrifice" one of the most important religious holidays in Islam as it marks the end of the Hajj. The holiday honors Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son Ishmael, and calls for a “qurbani,” or animal sacrifice, and then distributing the meat to your family, nei...
Jul 06, 2022•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 14
ADC Samer Khalaf on discrimination &the US Census: Shadin Maali on Marie Newman and Arab candidates June 29, 2022, Season 2 Episode 13 Hosted by the US Arab Radio Network and sponsored by Arab News Topics: Discrimination against Arabs, US Census and the election loss of Congresswoman Marie Newman In Segment 1: Samer Khalaf, national president of the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee ADC since 2013 Mr. Khalaf served as the Interim ADC Legal Director in 1997, and was an intern with the o...
Jun 29, 2022•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 13
The Ray Hanania Show Season 2, Episode 12 June 22, 2022 Discussing the upcoming US President Biden visit to Saudi Arabia, what is expected from the visit and why now... Segment 1: Elise Labott, Former Global Affairs Correspondent, CNN, discusses the US Saudi relationship. Labott is a leading journalist covering US foreign policy and international issues. She is a columnist at Politico Magazine and an adjunct professor at American University’s School of International Service. Segment 2: Fahad Naz...
Jun 23, 2022•56 min•Season 2Ep. 12
US Rep. Marie Newman on Israel-Palestine peace; ADC Convention preview with Jinan Shbat The Ray Hanania Radio Show June 15, 2022, Season 2, Episode 11 Hosted by the US Arab Radio Network and sponsored by Arab News In Segment 1: Illinois Congresswoman Marie Newman who is seeking re-election in the newly drawn 6th Congressional District ... Axios calls her the 3rd most active freshman member of congress ... Segment 2: Segment 2: Jinan Shbat, national organizer for the American Arab Anti-Discrimina...
Jun 15, 2022•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 11
The Killing of Shireen Abu Akleh; plight of Syrian Refugees June 8, 2022, Season 2 Episode 10 Segment 1: Tony Abu Akleh, brother of slain Palestinian American Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh (Aqleh) ...June 11 will mark one month since Shireen was killed while covering a rally for Palestinians ... and nothing has been resolved yet. The Israelis immediately denied killing her but scores of witnesses said that the spot where Shireen was standing wearing a vest with the word PRESS emblazoned in large ...
Jun 09, 2022•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 10
The Ray Hanania Radio Show Season 2 Episode 9, June 1, 2022 Broadcast on the US Arab Radio Network, sponsored by Arab News Today we are going to focus on two issues, first with Michigan Political Consultants Dennis Denno and Bill Ballenger in segment 1 looking at the August 2 Primary election contests in several Michigan congressional races including Huwaida Arraf in the 10th, Andy Levin in the 11th, Rashida Tlaib in the12th and John Conyers III in the 13th new districts ... in segment 2 we'll s...
Jun 01, 2022•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 9
Survivors of Israel's attack on the USS Liberty recount that fatal day June 8 1967 MAY 25 RADIO SHOW: The Ray Hanania Radio Show Hosted by the US Arab Radio Network, Sponsored by Arab News Remembering the Israeli attack on the USS Liberty June 8, 1967 Watch on Facebook at this link: https://fb.watch/deooFxAuS4/ It's Wednesday May 25, 2022 and I am your host, Ray Hanania ... April is an important month We're broadcasting live in Detroit, Washington DC, and rebroadcasting Thursday in Detroit at 7 ...
May 25, 2022•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 8
The meaning of Lebanon's elections with ATFL VP Jean AbiNader May 18, 2022 S2 E7 Today we are going to look at the recent elections in Lebanon ... It has been a tumultuous two years for Lebanon ... the explosion of August 4, 2020 which took 218 lives, injured 7,000 people and left 300,000 homeless. Then there was the economic crisis that followed, and the uncertain and continued political turmoil ... all this has pushed Lebanon into gridlock, a nation that continues to be governed by a sectarian...
May 19, 2022•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 7
05-11-22 Guests Mohamed Khairullah, UNRWA Acting Director Bill Deere The Ray Hanania Radio Show May 11, 2022 Hosted by the US Arab Radio Network and sponsored by Arab News Segment 1: Mohamed T. Khairullah is the Mayor of the Borough of Prospect Park, New Jersey. A Syrian American immigrant, Mayor Khairullah was first elected to the City Council in 2001 and then elected mayor in 2005. Fleeing his homeland of Syria in 1980, Mayor Khairullah sought to shape a new meaning of hope through civic engag...
May 11, 2022•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 6
The Ray Hanania Show for May 4, 2022, S2E5 topics include two segments; the first on discrimination in Chicago against Arabs and Muslims; and the second on the Iranian resistance urging tougher sanctions on Iran In Segment 1, we're going to speak with Raymond Lopez, alderman of Chicago's 15th Ward ... Alderman Lopez was one of the first to speak out against Mayor Lori Lightfoot's targeting of Arab Stores for closure last summer ... Mayor Lightfoot closed 150 mostly Arab owned businesses but re-o...
May 05, 2022•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 5
