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People have asked how to access all of my writings, radio shows, and audio/video podcasts, which include Ray Hanania on Politics, Two Guys on Politics with Bill Lipinski, The Ray Hanania Radio Show sponsored by Arab News on WNZK AM 690 Radio in Michigan, and Ray Hanania’s Syndicated column.

Hanania takes a hard-hitting approach to politics in Chicagoland, the nation and the Middle East. On Middle East issues, Hanania seeks to convey “the Moderate Arab Voice” especially in the very contentious Palestine-Israel conflict.

A former Chicago City Hall reporter (1977-1992) and later a syndicated columnist with Creators Syndicate, writing for Newsday, the Orlando Sentinel and now writing for several newspaper chains, including the Southwest News Newspaper Group and Arab News Newspaper based in Saudi Arabia and distributed around the world in print (Paris, Tokyo, Riyadh, Dubai, and online)

Here are all of the links and information you need (with details on each below):

Ray Hanania on Politics Podcast

…. The Arab Street Podcast, Archived episodes April 2012 to March 2021

Two Guys on Politics podcast

The Ray Hanania Radio Show (Arab News/WNZK AM 690 Radio)

Ray Hanania’s Syndicated columns

Ray Hanania published books

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Ray Hanania at City Hall in 1985

=== Ray Hanania on Politics ===

Host: Ray Hanania
Format: Opinion Commentary, and interviews on mainstream and Middle East issues, focused on Chicagoland, Illinois, and US politics. Video. 30 Minutes. On YouTube.

A look at politics from the perspective of a longtime political columnist and former Chicago City Hall reporter (a real one who actually worked from City Hall, not just visiting when there was news). Usually 30 minutes long. Published on YouTube, archived on Spotify.

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Ray Hanania on Politics Video Podcast

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=== Two Guys on Politics ===

Hosts: Ray Hanania, Bill Lipinski
Format: Opinion commentary and occasionally a guest. Video. 60 Minutes. On YouTube and broadcast in Michigan on WNZK AM 690 Radio.

Former Congressman and Chicago Alderman/Democratic Committeeman Bill Lipinski joins columnist and former Chicago City Hall reporter Ray Hanania each week to discuss the latest headlines in Chicago, Illinois, Midwest, National, and International politics. 

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Two Guys on Politics, Former Congressman Bill Lipinski and political columnist Ray Hanania

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=== The Ray Hanania Show (on Arab Radio) ===

Host: Ray Hanania
Sponsored by Arab News Newspaper, Saudi Arabia, Dubai
Format: Interviews with prominent newsmakers and political influencers addressing issues involving the Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Palestine-Israel, and US Foreign policies. Video. 60 Minutes. On Podbean and broadcast in Michigan on WNZK AM 690 Radio. Seasonal (18 weekly episodes, usually in the Spring)

The Ray Hanania Radio Show on the US Arab Radio Network, Wednesdays in Detroit on WNZK AM 690 and in Washington DC WDMV AM 700 as well as streamed live at Facebook.com/ArabNews

Click here to access the Ray Hanania Show on Podbean.

 

=== Ray Hanania Syndicated Columns (Substack) ===

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Format: Print Online: Up to 5 columns each week. Op-Ed opinion commentaries address politics in Chicago, Illinois, the Midwest, the United States, and the Middle East. The columns also include Restaurant reviews, and “Slice of Life” observations and humor.

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Ray Hanania has authored several books, including the humor book “I’m Glad I Look Like a Terrorist: Growing Up Arab in America (1995), Arabs of Chicagoland (2005), and PoweR PR: The Ethnic Activists Guide to Strategic Communications, an essential must-read for any Arab or Muslim who wishes to understand and be effective in American politics.

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Ray Hanania is an award-winning opinion columnist, author & former Chicago City Hall reporter (1977-1992). A veteran who served during the Vietnam War and the recipient of four SPJ Peter Lisagor Awards for column writing, Hanania writes weekly opinion columns on mainstream American & Chicagoland topics for the Southwest News-Herald, Des Plaines Valley News, the Regional News, The Reporter Newspapers, and Suburban Chicagoland.  

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Hanania also writes about Middle East issues for the Arab News, and The Arab Daily News criticizing government policies in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Hanania was named "Best Ethnic American Columnist" by the New America Media in November 2007, and is the 2009 recipient of the SPJ National Sigma Delta Chi Award for column writing.

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