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 does leaving Iraq really mean?

On the next Your Call, we'll speak with Andrew Bacevich, author of Washington Rules: America's Path to Permanent War, and Iraqi historian Thabit Abdullah. President Obama has promised to pull out all but 50,000 troops by the end of this month. How many contractors will be left? How will this affect Iraqis? What is life like in Iraq today? Join us live at 11 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. What is the Obama administration's plan for the future of Iraq and the surrounding region? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Andrew Bacevich, retired U.S. army officer, professor of history and international relations at Boston University, and author of Washington Rules: America's Path to Permanent War

Thabit Abdullah, associate professor of Middle East history at York University

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What will it take to end the siege on Gaza?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with independent scholar Norman Finkelstein and Iraqi/British Rap artist Lowkey. Professor Finkelstein is out with a new book, This Time We Went Too Far - Truth & Consequences of the Gaza Invasion. We will also talk about American Radical, a new documentary about his lifelong activism on Palestine-Israel. What are ordinary citizens doing to end the occupation? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Norman Finkelstein, an independent scholar, author and activist
Lowkey, an Iraqi-British rap artist

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Your Call 030909 How has U.S. foreign policy affected women in the Middle East?

How has U.S. foreign policy affected women in the Middle East and at home? On the next Your Call, we'll mark International Women's Day by speaking with women's rights activists about what changes they expect to see under Obama administration. In the run up to the invasion of Iraq, the Bush administration took to the airwaves promising it would "liberate women," but the realities tell a different story. You can join the conversation by emailing feedback@yourcallradio.org. What changes do you hope to see? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Cynthia Enloe is an internationally renowned scholar who helped to found feminist studies in International Relations. She is director of the Women's Studies Department at Clark University.

Zeina Zaatari is senior program officer for the Middle East and North Africa for the Global Fund for Women.

Yasmeen Hassan is a Pakistani lawyer and the deputy director of programs at Equality Now, an international women's rights organization based in New York.

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Your Call 070308 Women's Rights in the Middle East

What is life like for women in the Middle East, where they've been active agents of change for many decades? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with an Iraqi and a Palestinian about women's rights. What role have women played in their national struggle? What challenges do they face? And how have the policies of the U.S. government affected their struggle? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Nadje Al-Ali is a senior lecturer in social anthropology at the Institute of Arab & Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter, UK.

Isis Nusair, International Studies and Women's Studies Programs at Denison University

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