Wednesday, December 04, 2013

Social Justice Sunday on NPR

 From: December 1, 2013

Sunday's Show

Middle East

Palestinian Refugees On Losing Side Of UN Budget Crunch 

Palestinian refugee Lawahez Burghal stuffs tripe with rice and garbanzo beans for her family in their home in the Amari refugee camp in the West Bank. Many refugees still depend on the United Nations for food, health care and education.  

December 1, 2013 The UN agency that supplies the basic needs for Palestinian refugees may not be able to meet December payroll for 30,000 teachers, doctors and social workers across the Mideast. The agency serves an ever-increasing number of refugees, the descendants of the Palestinians uprooted in 1948.

 

The Sunday Conversation

In Gujarat, Anti-Muslim Legacy Of 2002 Riots Still Looms 

Zahir Janmohamed on his terrace in Juhapura, in the Muslim ghetto of Ahmedabad.  

December 1, 2013 Indian writer Zahir Janmohamed was in Gujarat, India, during the 2002 riots that left more than a thousand Muslims dead. He talks with NPR's Rachel Martin about the riots, and how Muslims have fared in Gujarat since then under Narendra Modi, who is now a leading candidate to be India's next prime minister.

 

Technology

Helping Haiti, In 3-D

3:50

The Role Of Faith In Jewish Life

6:32

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