Radio Objectif

Every Friday on KPFT Houston 90.1, which is part of the Pacifica network, Objectif Magazine produces a weekly radio show: Radio Objectif. The program is a smorgasbord of arts and culture features, interviews, original works etc. and as such its sensibility is a reflection of our print magazine and part of our general mandate to bumrush all media. One of our recent programs which was part of a national Pacifica broadcast viewed the plight of Palestine through the lens of its artists, a perspective which doesn't immediately come to mind when one thinks of Palestine, especially in these days of the ubiquitous "War on Terror." The interview is bookended by poetry readings courtesy of Fady Joudah, a gifted poet who has also produced some beautiful translations of the work of Mamhoud Darwish. It is our belief that the humanistic perspective of the arts transcends the reductive abstractions of ideology and enables one to view the complexites and conflicts of human experience in a manner that partakes of nuance and hopefully engenders empathy for our common human condition. And without further ado we present . . .

Palestine: Cages and Dreams
http://www.mydatabus.com/public/Objectif/Palestinefinal62.wav