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US Election 2024 Special | S4 E1 | Guests: John Zogby and Chris Habiby

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: Veteran pollster John Zogby, president and founder of the polling company John Zogby Strategies, has said Arab and Muslim voters have more influence today than they have ever had since first settling in this country, and that the issue driving their vote is Gaza.

Zogby noted that the public needs to look at polls not in terms of who is “winning” or leading the race, but rather in which way the voter popularity of a candidate is trending.

Recent polls show that the majority of Arab and Muslim American voters favor third Party candidate Dr. Jill Stein of the Green Party, but that significant support is also shown for Vice President Kamala Harris who is expected to be named as the Democratic Party candidate for president at the Chicago Convention next week.

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Chris Habiby: Green Party’s Jill Stein gaining support from Arab, Muslim voters in presidential race: Survey

By Ray Hanania

CHICAGO: Third Party Presidential candidate Dr. Jill Stein’s support of a two-state solution and an end to Israel’s brutal military offensive in the Gaza Strip is driving her popularity among Arab- and Muslim-American voters, says Chris Habiby, the national government affairs and advocacy director for the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee.

During an appearance on The Ray Hanania Radio Show, Habiby explained the results of an ADC survey conducted at the end of July. This poll showed the Green Party’s Stein with support from more than 45.3 percent of Arab and Muslim voters, while Vice President Kamala Harris received 27.5 percent. 

Former President Donald Trump and independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. received 2 percent and 1.3 percent respectively, according to the survey.

There are two big takeaways from the survey, Habiby said, with the first being how deeply unpopular President Joe Biden is within the Arab-American community across the country.

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10-25-23 War in Gaza: Daniel Seidemann, UNRWA Juliette Touma and Arab News Faisal Abbas S3 E26

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, he was awarded. the title of Honorary Member of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth in recognition of his work.

2 - Juliette Touma UNRWA spokesperson

Juliette Touma was appointed Director of Communications at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in September 2022. She covers all Agency fields of operation: the occupied Palestinian territory (the Gaza Strip, and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem), Syria, Lebanon and Jordan.

3 - Faisal Abbas, Editor in Chief of the Arab News Newspaper, the voice of a changing region. Recently wrote a column on how the Israel-Hamas conflict is being portrayed in the western media ... commenting on Bassem Yousef renown Egyptian satirist and Piers Morgan who hosts a program Uncensored in Britain the episode received more than 17. million viewers

Seidemann analyzes Israel's government strategy exploiting the opportunity to assault Gaza; Touma discusses the loses suffered by the United Nations operations in Gaza including 35 UN lives; Faisal Abbas discusses how humor helps confront politics citing the recent appearance of Bassem Yousef renown Egyptian satirist and Piers Morgan who hosts a program Uncensored in Britain the episode received more than 17. million viewers.

This is the final episode of Season 3. we'll be back in the Spring 2024.

For more information on this and other podcasts visit www.ArabNews.com

10-18-23 Greenblatt Barghouti and Blunt interviewed on the Israel-Palestine Conflict in the Gaza Strip

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 The Path of Abraham" www.InThePathofAbraham.com

Mustafa Barghouti is a Palestinian physician, activist, and politician who serves as General Secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative (PNI), also known as al Mubadara. He has been a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council since 2006 and is also a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Central Council. In 2007, Barghouti was Minister of Information in the Palestinian unity government.

Crispin Blunt is a minister of the British Parliament and co-director of the International Center of Justice for Palestinians, which announced a notice of intention this week to prosecute UK government officials for “aiding and abetting war crimes in Gaza.” For more info ont he show visit the US Arab Radio network or ArabNews.com/rayradioshow

The Ray Hanania Radio Show is broadcast every Wednesday in Detroit and Washington DC on the US Arab Radio Network, sponsored by Arab News, the Voice of a Changing Region.

For more information on Ray Hanania visit www.Hanania.com

 

10-12-23 Arabs making headway in Hollywood but not just as actors S3E24

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 necessary" to push open the doors of Hollywood filmmaking which plays a major role in defining how the world sees different people.

Saad immigrated to England from Alexandria, Egypt where he discovered a robust filmmaking industry, and then in 2018 immigrated to America which he calls "the entertainment capital of the world" where he carved out career as both an actor and producer creating several TV shows.

Visit ArabNews.com to read the rest of the story

Saad and Saman made the comments during appearances on The Ray Hanania Radio Show broadcast Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023 on the U.S. Arab Radio Network and sponsored by Arab News newspaper.

A podcast of the radio show is available online at ArabNews.com/rayradioshow.

10-04-23 Irvine Mayor Farrah Khan on overcoming racism; Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas on Arab inclusion S3E23

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 everyone including Arab Americans, Pakistanis, Muslims and all minorities.

1 - Farrah Khan, mayor of Irvine California ... Mayor Khan has been a groundbreaking leader, making history in 2020 as the first woman of color and the first Muslim woman to lead a large city in the United States. Re-elected in 2022, she has continually been a trailblazer in policy and public service. Mayor Khan’s commitment to inclusiveness and equality mirrors the core values of the Arab and Muslim community.

She is a major speaker at the ADC Alex Odeh Conference in Anaheim, California Oct. 6 and 7.

2 - Maria Pappas, Cook County Treasurer, one of the highest vot-getters in Cook County and one of Illinois' most popular elected officials. Pappas has been treasurer since 1998 after serving several terms on the Cook County Board -- Cook County has more than 6 million residents ... Pappas recognized that many ethnic Americans were not able to engage the government system and decided to do something about it by translating her service website at CookCountyTreasurer.com into 127 languages and she specifically reached out to the ethnic communities that are th eleast engaged in the government process, like Arab Americans, hired people from their commuities to act as liaisons and initiated programs to help them to fully enjoy the benefits of their governments. In the past six months, Pappas initiated a tax overpayment refund program and noted that she has helped Arab American tax payers apply to receive as much as $15 million in overpayment refunds.

The Ray Hanania Radio Show, Season 3 Episode 23, Oct. 4, 2023 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

You can listen to a podcast of this show and past shows by visiting ArabNews.com/rayradioshow

09-26-23 Michael Taylor & Dr. William Cleary on the Carlos Ghosn escape from Tokyo

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 the Renault automobile company when he was hired there in 1996 and it increased the company's profits dramatically the following year.

Several years later, Renault and Nissan formed an alliance that Ghosn oversaw and he joined Nissan as its COO in 1999, becoming president in 2000 and then CEO in 2001. He was only the 4th non-Japanese person to head a Japanese automaker.

The world was awed by Ghosn's successful and rapid rise in the auto industry.

But in 2018, things quickly changed when he was arrested by Tokyo Police and accused of engaging in "false accounting" practices. He was also accused and later charged by the Government of France in April 22 for his role in overseeing Renault, a dramatic fall from grace across the board.

Ghosn was arrested, released and then re-arrested several times, and placed under house arrest, until after posting bond was released on bail in 2019. His fate in Japan seemed certain and ominous until a former GREEN BERRETT Michael Taylor stepped in

On December 29, 2019, Ghosn left his Tokyo apartment and was secretly escorted out of the country in a large crate by my Taylor, a former Green Berrett whose wife was related to Ghosn. It was an amazing escape that angered Japanese and French Officials.

Taylor and his son Peter were later arrested in May 2020 in Massachusetts and then extradicted to Japan in March 2021. His son was eventually released after serving time and Michael Taylor was released on January 1, 2023.

You couldn't make this story up ...

we are going to speak with Michael Taylor, an attorney who believes TAYLOR WAS wrongly charged and convicted Dr. William Cleary

 

09-20-23 S3E21 Frmr Amb Mudallali and Journalist Kossaify on UNGA78

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 voices saying that the United Nations, created in 1945, may no longer be in sync with today's world ... Several major heads of State from the Founding Nations did not address the UN; the goals of UNGA's 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have not keptpace with expectations, now halfway through the 10 year plan only achieving 15 percent of their goals have been achieved ... and should there be reforms to give the General Assembly a greater voice in UN actions and deliberations including reforming the UN Security Council which is often unable to make decisions because of the Veto powers of the five founding member nations the United States, China, Russia, France and the United Kingdom ... the UN began with 51 nations in 1945 and today now has 193 member nations ... how do you make the UN equitable ... we have also seen a growing influence among competing nation organizations such as the G20 and now the new BRICS alliance among many others, further undermining the UN's mandate ...

We're going to be speaking with two guests

We begin with Ephrem Kossaify, the United Nations Bureau Chief Correspondent for Arab News Newspaper, is going to give us an overview of what the UNGA 78 session will be seeking to achieve and then with

Amal Mudallali is the Former Lebanon Ambassador to the United Nations and is currently an International Affairs Analyst who will discuss the successes and the challenges that face the United Nations ... can the UN be more equitable and fair and can the Veto of the UN Security Council be brought under control?

You can listen to a podcast of this show and past shows by visiting ArabNews.com/rayradioshow

 

09-13-23 ICNA Abdulrauf Khan and Mohamed Dahsheh S3 E20

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 disaster situations.

ICNA was founded on Sept. 10, 1968

More than 5.2 million people served in the US by ICNA, serving Americans of 70 different nationalities and heritage.

ICNA also manages:

• 26 Women shelters
• 58 Food pantries
• 8 free clinics
• 27 refugee resource centers

ICNA responds to emergency situations, all domestic services in 42 U.S. states

Khan and Dahshe made their comments during an appearance on The Ray Hanania Radio Show, broadcast Wednesday Sept. 13, 2023 on the US Arab Radio Network in Detroit on WNZK AM 690 radio and Washington DC on WDMV AM 700 radio, and sponsored by Arab News.

To listen to a podcast of the complete program, visit ArabNews.com/rayradioshow

Rania Succar on the power of diversity and Arab women, and Joseph Tamraz on the Assyrian American community

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 involvement of Arab American women in addressing Middle East related issues, her co-founding of Jusoor and her work to help Syrian youth.

Joseph Tamraz, President of Assyrian American Civic Club of Chicago, who will discuss the large Assyrian Community in the United States, a Christian non-Arab community that is often identified by others as Arab because of their sharing of Arab culture and language, but who have their own identity. He'll talk about the challenges facing Assyrian and others like Chaldeans who are left off of the US Census ... will the MENA category give them recognition in the US Census?

You can listen to this podcast and all of the Arab News podcasts and radio shows by visiting Arab News newspaper the voice of a changing region at ArabNews.com. There are so many great podcasts you should check out including the Mayman Show with host Hussam al Mayman, and Frankly Speaking with host Katie Jensen.

You should check them all out at ArabNews.com/podcast

And you can get more information on Arab Journalism by visiting www.NAAJA-US.com and on me, Ray Hanania, by visiting my personal website hub at www.Hanania.com

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Councilman Ali Saleh and Arab Democratic Club founder Samir Khalil on Arab American empowerment 8-30-23 S3E18

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 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 from a US Perspective ...

We have two guests today

In Segment 1, we will speak with Bell City, California Council member Ali Saleh who will talk about Arab American empowerment and the growth of the Arab community in California and how Arab Americans view various issues like climate change, migrants, politics and have they faced racism. He'll also give us a description of the Arab community in that part of California

In Segment 2, we will speak with Samir Khalil, the founder of the Arab American Democratic Club (AADC) which is celebrating it's 40th anniversary as the leading political organization in Illinois. The group was founded in the aftermath of the election of Chicago's first Black Mayor Harold Washington, who helped strengthen Arab American community empowerment

You have been listening to the Ray Hanania Radio Show brought to you by the US Arab Radio Network and sponsored by Arab News Season 3 Episode 18 August 30, 2023

You can listen to this podcast and all of our past radio shows on podcast by visiting Arab News newspaper the voice of a changing region at ArabNews.com ... there are so many great podcasts you should check out including the Mayman Show with host Hussam al Mayman, and Frankly Speaking with host Katie Jensen

You should check them all out

And you can get more information on Arab Journalism by visiting www.NAAJA-US.com and on me, Ray Hanania, by visiting my personal website hub at www.Hanania.com

I look forward to joining you next week when we have more interviews and great guests here at the ray Hanania Radio show on the US Arab Radio network at ArabRadio.us and sponsored by Arab News, the voice of a changing region at ArabNews.com