Arab Voices (Episode # 1,199)

During this episode of Arab Voices, we will have 3 segments:

1) Electronic Intifada Newscast - A summary of the latest developments in occupied Palestine including the Israeli genocide and catastrophic situation in the Gaza Strip, presented by Nora Barrows-Friedman, associate editor at the Electronic Intifada.

2) Mosab Abu Toha on suffering of Palestinians in Gaza - On November 25, 2025, the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, held a special meeting at the UN headquarters in New York, to commemorate the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. Mosab Abu Toha, Palestinian poet, writer, founder of the Edward Said Library, and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for series of New Yorker essays on suffering of Palestinians in Gaza, spoke at that event as a survivor and witness to the genocide in Gaza. In his talk, he recounts his family’s history of displacement from Yaffa, his birth in a refugee camp, his abduction and torture, and the loss of loved ones to Israeli airstrikes. He also recited excerpts from his own poetry that capture childhood dreams, loss, and life "under the rubble" in Gaza.
 
3) Sahar Francis on sexual assault and mass imprisonment - During the Gaza Tribunal Final session held in Istanbul, Turkey in October 2025, Sahar Francis, Palestinian lawyer working with Palestinian prisoners' issues for 30 years, testified about sexual assault and mass imprisonment. She spoke about the 9,100 Palestinian prisoners, including 400 children, that are facing torture, arbitrary detention, mass detention campaigns, unfair trial procedures, lack of health treatment, solitary confinement, degrading treatment, killings inside prisons, and holding prisoners' bodies, and that these are not new practices but have been systematic since 1948. In her talk, Sahar shares testimonies of Palestinian prisoners from Gaza and the West Bank. She also references leaked video from Sde Teiman detention facility where in July 2024, one Palestinian detainee from Gaza was raped brutally and hospitalized in critical condition.

Arab Voices is a syndicated program that airs on other radio stations in different cities in the U.S.A., and Europe. Following is a partial list of radio stations that air/syndicate Arab Voices.