Roger Waters & Mona Miari + Etan Mabourakh on Iran & Dr. Hussain Nadim on Pakistan

Katie talks to Roger Waters and Mona Miari about art and politics, cowards (like Ed Sheeran and Metallica frontman James Hetfield) and their musical collaboration "Comfortably Numb Reimagined." But first, Katie talks to Etan Mabourakh about the Democrats' fecklessness on Iran and to Dr. Hussain Nadim about the current repression in Pakistan.

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Roger Waters is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Waters was the main lyricist for the classic British rock band Pink Floyd. Waters is an active supporter of the BDS movement since 2011, and has routinely called for a total cultural boycott in Israel, urging artists to not perform in the region. Waters famously called out Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke for holding concerts in the Israeli capital, Tel Aviv in 2017. The singer has routinely spoken about how the people in the West are indoctrinated to believe that Israel is not an apartheid state, even lending a voice-over to the 2016 documentary film Occupation of the American Mind.

Mona Miari is a Palestinian artist, singer - songwriter and artistic director. Based in New York City, she elevates Arabic music on the global stage and has performed at venues including Lincoln Center, BAM, Opera America, Brooklyn Museum, National Sawdut, The Alex Theatre (Los Angeles), The Great American Music Hall (San Francisco), Steri Hall (Palermo) and many others. She serves as the Artistic Director and leader of the first-ever Arab Chorus in New York City (NYAC).

Etan Mabourakh is a Jewish Iranian American political strategist, community organizer, and advocate for peace, diplomacy, equitable immigration, and civil rights. He serves as Executive Director of Brooklyn For Peace and Senior Advisor for Organizing at the National Iranian American Council (NIAC), building grassroots power and mobilizing communities to oppose war and militarism, defend civil & immigrant rights, and hold elected officials accountable. His advocacy includes advancing diplomacy, challenging illegal war & broad economic sanctions, and opposing U.S. complicity in war crimes and illegal weapons transfers to Israel.

Dr. Hussain Nadim has worked in senior policy and academic roles focusing on national security and emerging technologies. He was previously a Maurice R. Greenberg Wor