How did 2011 change democracy worldwide?

On the next Your Call, we'll talk about the year in democracy. It has been one full year since Tunisian fruit vendor Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire--setting off a domino chain of revolts and revolutions in the Arab world and around the globe. Now there are 150 cities with Occupy movements in California alone. What's the moment from the 2011 grassroots uprisings that will stay with you? Join us at 10 or email us at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What does democracy mean to you today? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar, and You.

Guests:
 Khaled Fahmy, associate professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies and History at NYU; currently on leave from NYU and teaching at American University of Cairo

 Fred Weir, Canadian journalist who lives in Moscow and specializes in Russian affairs

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How should the US engage with new Islamist governments?

How should the US engage with the governments emerging from the uprising in the Arab world? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the emergence of Islamist parties in elections in Egypt and Tunisia. What do they stand for? Why are they so popular? And should the U.S. embrace them? Join us live at 10 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. It's Your Call, with Matt Martin and you.

Guests:
Juan Cole, Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History at the University of Michigan.

Mona El-Ghobashy, an Assistant Professor in political science at Barnard College

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What do we need to know about waste and corruption in Iraq?

What do we need to know about waste and corruption in Iraq? And will anything be done about it? On the next Your Call, we'll talk to Peter Van Buren, author of We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People. US taxpayers have spent $63 billion dollars on so-called reconstruction in Iraq, a plan that Van Buren says is "riddled with waste and inefficiency." What do we need to know about who will remain in Iraq and what their intentions are? Join us at 10 or email feedback@yourcallradio.org. It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests:
Peter Van Buren, foreign service officer with the Department of State and author of We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People.

Sinann Antoon, Iraqi poet and novelist; assistant professor at New York University; founder of Jadaliyya, an independent e-zine produced by the Arab Studies Institute

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What's the power of children's art depicting trauma?

What's the power of children's art depicting trauma? And how does it affect those who see it? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the art exhibit "A Child's View from Gaza," which was cancelled two weeks before it was set to open at the Museum of Children's Art in Oakland. The Museum said the images were too graphic, but local Jewish groups boasted to media outlets that they forced the museum board to make the decision. Does the museum have a responsibility to show an exhibit like this? And what's the power of art? Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. It's Your Call with me, Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests:

Ziad Abbas, associate director of the Middle East Children's Alliance

Susan Greene, social art practitioner, educator and clinical psychologist

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss coverage of the execution of Troy Davis. How are the media discussing racial injustice and the death penalty? We'll also discuss the political situation in Bahrain. We'll be joined by the Black Agenda Report's Bruce Dixon, independent journalist and filmmaker Jen Marlowe and Bahraini journalist Nada Alwadi. Join us live at 10 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. Where did you see the best reporting this week? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:

Nada Alwadi, an independent journalist based in Bahrain

Bruce Dixon, Black Agenda Report's managing editor

Jen Marlowe, an independent journalist and filmmaker

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What makes a great protest song?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Dorian Lynskey, author of 33 Revolutions Per Minute: A History of Protest Songs. He details 33 songs that span seven decades and four continents, from Billie Holiday crooning Strange Fruit to Green Day raging against the Iraq war. What role does music play in social movements? Join us at 10 or email feedback@yourcallradio.org. What are your favorite protest songs? How have they sparked social change? It's Your call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Dorian Lynskey, a music writer for the Guardian in the United Kingdom

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week we'll discuss coverage of Governor Rick Perry's record in Texas. We'll also talk about the long-term impacts of unemployment and the wealth gap and the US asking Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down. We'll be joined by LA Times's Borzou Daragahi, The Atlantic's Don Peck and The Texas Independent's Mary Tuma. Join us at 10 or email feedback@yourcallradio.org. Where did you see the best reporting this week? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Borzou Daragahi, LA Times staff writer based in Beirut, Lebanon

Don Peck is a features editor of The Atlantic and author
of Pinched: How the Great Recession Has Narrowed Our Futures and What We Can Do About It.

Mary Tumma, a reporter with Texas Independent

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss media coverage of ALEC's annual meeting in New Orleans. That's the American Legislative Exchange Council. We'll also talk about the brutal government crackdown in Syria. We'll be joined by Propublica's Lois Beckett, investigative journalist Will Potter, and Borzou Daragahi of the LA Times joins us from Beirut. Tune in live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Where did you see the best reporting this week? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Borzou Daragahi, LA Times staff writer based in Beirut, Lebanon

Lois Beckett, a reporter with Propublica an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.

Will Potter, an investigative journalist and author

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Is this the Palestinian moment?

With the Arab Spring changing the political dynamics in the Middle East and North Africa, is this the Palestinian moment? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about how "Arab Spring" has changed the balance between Israel and the Palestinians. Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Hamas and Fatah have decided to join forces and push for UN recognition of a Palestinian state. Would UN recognition of a Palestinian state make a difference for Palestinians and their future? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Beshara Doumani, professor of history at UC Berkeley

Jeff Halper, founder of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD)

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What's in store for US policy in the Middle East and North Africa?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about US foreign policy and the future of the so-called war on terror, in light of Osama Bin Laden's death and the recent uprisings. Will anything change? Tune in live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What will it take to shift US foreign policy? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Chris Toensing, editor of Middle East Report, published by the Middle East Research and Information Project

Mouin Rabbani is an independent analyst based in Amman

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What will democracy look like for Egypt?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about Egypt's progress towards democracy. Are they any closer post-revolution, with President Hosni Mubarak out of power? The country is now governed by martial law and some activists have been detained. So how can Egypt maintain stability through this transition and while allowing for true democratic process? Who is included in the reshaping of the nation? Who is left out? Join us at 10 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. What can we learn from Egypt about our own democracy? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Noha Mohamed Radwan, comparative literature professor at University of California, Davis

Khaled Fahmy, chair of the History Dept at the American University in Cairo

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss coverage of rising oil prices and oil speculation on Wall Street. We'll also talk about the media blackout in Syria as the government's violent crack down continues. We'll be joined by McClatchy's Kevin Hall, Propublica's Jake Bernstein and independent journalist Lamis Andoni joins us from Amman, Jordan. Where did you see the best reporting this week? Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Kevin Hall, economic reporter with McClatchy

Jake Bernstein, a business and financial reporter for ProPublica.

Lamis Andoni, an independent journalist, analyst and commentator on Middle Eastern and Palestinian affairs.

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss coverage of the first anniversary of Mine Explosion in West Virginia. We'll also talk about BP's plans to resume offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and Judge Goldstone's Op-Ed in Washington Post. We'll be joined by independent journalists Dahr Jamail and Jeff Biggers and Inter Press Service's Mel Frykberg joins us from Ramallah. Where did you see the best reporting this week? Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you

Guests:
Mel Frykberg, Inter Press Service global news agency's West Bank and Gaza correspondent

Dahr Jamail, an independent journalist and author

Jeff Biggers, an independent journalist and author

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll continue our coverage of the ongoing uprising against the Libyan government. We'll also talk about the lack of media coverage of the photos of American soldiers posing with dead Afghan civilians. We'll be joined by veteran journalist Mark Danner, independent journalist Justine Sharrock, and Nicolas Pelham who is reporting for the NY Review of Books from Benghazi, Libya. Join us at 10 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. Where did you see the best reporting this week? It's Your Call, with me, Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Nicolas Pelham, a former correspondent for The Economist and the author of The New Muslim Order, about the region's Shia. He is currently reporting from Benghazi, Libya.

Justine Sharrock, a former Mother Jones staffer. Her most recent book is Tortured: How Our Cowardly Leaders Abused Prisoners, American Soldiers, and Everything We're Fighting For.

Mark Danner, a journalist who has written about foreign affairs and American politics for more than two decades. He the author of Stripping Bare the Body -Politics Violence War.

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss coverage of the financial crisis and find out why no one has been held accountable. We'll also talk about coverage of private contractors and the revolutionary uprising in Libya. We'll be joined by investigative journalist Tim Shorrock, Propublica's Jake Bernstein and the Guardian's Martin Chulov will join us from Benghazi, Libya. Join us live at 10 and send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Where did you see the best reporting this week? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Tim Shorrock, an investigative journalist and author of Spies For Hire: The Secret World of Outsourced Intelligence.

Jake Bernstein, journalist with Propublica.

Martin Chulov, The Guardian's Iraq correspondent. He is currently reporting from Benghazi, Libya.

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week we'll continue discussing coverage of the massive protests in Wisconsin and the historic uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa. We will also talk about the recent House vote to ban federal funding to Planned Parenthood. We will be joined by RH Reality's Jodi Jacobson, Aljazeera's Richard Gizbert and Milwaukee Labor Press' Dominique Paul Noth. Where did you see the best reporting this week? Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:

Jodi Jacobson, Editor-in-Chief, RH Reality Check.

Richard Gizbert, the host of Listening Post on Aljazeera International

Dominique Paul Noth, The Milwaukee Labor Press

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll continue our coverage of the historic uprising in Egypt. What role is the U.S. playing? And how is the press covering U.S. foreign policy in the region? We will be joined by BBC's Kim Ghattas, independent journalist Reese Erlich and Inter Press Service's Emad Mackey. Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Where did you see the best reporting this week? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:

Kim Khattas, the BBC State Department correspondent

Emad Mackey, a reporter for Inter Press Service based in Cairo.

Reese Erlich, a veteran journalist who has reported for a variety of print and radio outlets including San Francisco Chronicle, and National Public Radio

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss coverage of the unprecedented uprising in Egypt and the government's efforts to silence foreign correspondents. We'll also discuss coverage of the response from the U.S. State Department. How are U.S. media outlets covering U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East? We'll be joined by Real News Network's Paul Jay and Jadaliyya's Bassam Haddad, while Inter Press Service's Emad Mekay joins us from Cairo. Where did you see the best reporting this week? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:

Paul Jay, a Canadian journalist and film director, and creator and CEO of The Real News.

Bassam Haddad, serves on the Editorial Committee of Middle East Report and is Co-Founder of Jadaliyya Ezine.

Emad Mekay, a journalist with IPS News Service reporting from Cairo

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What's in store for the future of Egypt?

What's in store for the future of Egypt and the surrounding region? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the historic massive uprising in Egypt. From Cairo to Alexandria, millions of people from all walks of life are taking to the streets to demand President Husni-Mubarak step down. How are the unprecedented events in Egypt changing the socio-political landscape across the region? What are the lessons for social movements in the U.S. and other parts of the world? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Samer Shehata, an Assistant Professor of Arab Politics at the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University

Hesham Sallam, Co-Editor of Jadaliyya Ezine

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss coverage of the unprecedented protests across the Middle East. How has media coverage shaped our views about the unfolding events in the region and United States' foreign policy? We'll also talk about President Obama's State of the Union speech. We'll be joined by Middle East Research and Information Project's Chris Toesing, The Nation's Chris Hedges and Aljazeera's Sherine Tadros joins us from Gaza. Where did you the best reporting this week? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Chris Hedges, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, and a senior fellow at the Nation Institute.

Chris Toensing, editor of Middle East Report Journal and director of the Middle East Research and Information Project.

Sherine Tadros, a correspondent for Al Jazeera English based in Jerusalem

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