Your Call 062509 What has changed in Iran?

What has changed in Iran? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the disputed presidential election in Iran and how protesters have used social media in their protests. What are the protesters' demands? Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 am. How should organizers and citizens use social media? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Janet Afary, a professor of Religious Studies and Feminist Studies at UC Santa Barbara.

Kaveh Ehsani, an assistant professor of International Studies at DePaul University and a member of the editorial boards of Middle East Report and the Tehran-based Goft-o-gu (Dialogue).

Shahram Aghamir, Bay Area based activist and producer of Voices of the Middle East and North Africa on KPFA

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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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