Middle East

USF students are suspended after pro-Palestine protests. Meanwhile, two UF students pled guilty to protests on campus as well.

In this week’s episode of True Talk, host Samar Jarrah discusses Gaza's healthcare crisis with Dr. Hussein A. Huraibi. Dr. Huraibi, who recently completed a medical mission there

Listen: A Pro-Palestine demonstration at the University of South Florida resulted in 13 arrests last month. Activists rallied outside of a Tampa courthouse Tuesday to demand charges be dropped. “Hey hey, ho ho, these charges...

Listen: The Hillsborough County Commission will now have the opportunity to invest up to 25 million dollars in Israeli bonds. The decision came at a divisive county commission meeting on the matter. The amendment was...

On this week’s episode of TrueTalk, Samar and Ahmed talk to Jewish author and anthropologist Maura Finkelstein, who wrote an article about Zionism, titled “Don’t be fooled – Biden is the real antisemite”. In her article,...

Listen: A Sarasota woman’s stepson is one of several Israelis taken hostage during Hamas’s October 7th attack. She is still seeking answers on her son’s whereabouts seven months later. Gillian Kaye hasn’t heard from her...

These students oppose the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip and the financial connection to the University of South Florida.

The fight against threats to democracy still rests with the People News updates from the situation in Haiti and the Middle East. Discussion on threats from right-wing politicians. The dark money donors behind  GOP Project...

Bob Graham dies  Former Florida Senator and Governor Bob Graham has died at the age of 87. Medicaid trial A court date is set for a lawsuit over how the state has handled removing people...

Patró Mabíli, ready to elucidate. Despite 2023 being deemed the hottest year on record the Republican Governor of Florida bans local governments from protecting workers from heat and limits police oversight board. Also world markets...

About 30 students at the University of South Florida protested inside the Board of Trustees meeting at the Tampa campus today. Some of those students began a hunger strike to oppose university investments in companies...

In this week's episode of "TrueTalk," we delve into a conversation that, while from 2020, resonates profoundly with the current war on Gaza. Our host Samar engages with Egyptian author Khaled El Guindy, shedding light...