Refugees from Iraq sit in the airport in Hanover, Germany. Photo courtesy of the Associated Press. This week on War News Radio, we dip into our archives and put together a few of our favorite pieces from the past spring. First, we hear from two Iraqi refugees – one who…
A demonstration for women’s rights in Baghdad. Photo courtesy of the Associated Press. This week on War News Radio, we hear what an Iraqi women’s rights activist is doing to change laws and attitudes in her country. Gabriel Ramirez reports. Then, we talk with Ellen Spiro, co-director of the documentary…
Refugees in Darfur listen to a radio program. Photo courtesy of the Associated Press. This week, War News Radio brings you a program from our sister studio, The Darfur Radio Project. First, we explore how a small radio studio in the Netherlands is connecting Darfuris to each other–and to the…
A US soldier guards detainees outside of Kirkuk. Photo courtesy of the Associated Press. This week on War News Radio, four Iraqis share their memories of the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Listen here. Then, we get the story of an American soldier in the Sunni Triangle at the start…
An Iraqi Palestinian family at a camp on the Syrian-Iraqi border. Photo courtesy of the Associated Press / UNHCR. This week on War News Radio, we hear the stories of Palestinian Iraqis who struggled to escape persecution in Iraq. Gabriel Ramirez reports. We also hear about small businesses in Afghanistan…
Iraqi refugees fill out paperwork in Michigan. Photo courtesy of the Associated Press This week on War News Radio, we speak with two Iraqi refugees – one who’s been waiting for two years to make it to the US, and another whose life here has been such a struggle that…
Iraq War veterans carry Tomas Young up the Capitol steps in Washington DC. Credit: Kevin McKinney / Mobilus Media. This week on War News Radio, we speak with the co-director of the documentary Body of War. The film follows a paralyzed Iraq war veteran who came home and found himself…
Supporters Pakistan’s hard-line cleric Sufi Muhammad leave Mingora in Pakistani troubled Swat valley on Thursday, April 9, 2009. Photo courtesy of the Associated Press . This week on War News Radio, we hear about the challenges facing the Iraqi Air Force. Jess Engebretson and Elizabeth Threlkeld report. Read the transcript…
Suraya Pakzad (right), with a former resident of her Voice of Women Organization shelter. Photo courtesy of the Philadelphia Inquirer. This week on War News Radio, a Sons of Iraq leader describes the poor treatment his forces have received from the Iraqi government. Elizabeth Threlkeld reports. Read the transcript here.…