Marlene Sanchez of Long Beach, Calif, foreground, chants with other anti-war activists during a rally through the Hollywood area of Los Angeles protesting against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan on Saturday, March 21, 2009. Photo courtesy of the Associated Press. This week on War News Radio, we hear from…
Iraqi forces parade in Baghdad, June 30. Photo courtesy of the Associated Press. This week on War News Radio, we speak with Iraqis to find out what they thought of the US withdrawal from Iraq’s cities. Emily Hager and Louis Katz report. Read the transcript here. Then, we speak with…
A man contemplates a campaign poster of President Hamid Karzai. Photo courtesy of the Associated Press. This week on War News Radio, we check in on the beginning of election season in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province. Emily Hager reports. Read the transcript here. Then, we find out how education reform…
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at Cairo University in Cairo, Egypt. Photo courtesy of the Associated Press. This week on War News Radio, we check in on the Iraqi reaction to President Obama’s speech in Cairo. Kyle Goeckner-Wald reports. Read the transcript here. Then, we hear from an American teacher…
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…