Publish Date: Apr 15, 2026

This program is the product of a collaborative effort between Trans Arab Research Institute (TARI), a think tank founded in 1999 and registered in Boston, Massachusetts, and Arabic Hour, founded in 1981 as a TV program on local channels and is presently a YouTube program. The two organizations offer objective analysis on topics relevant to Arab American, and Arab Canadian communities, as well as cultural, economic and political issues in Arab countries. TOPIC: The Israeli Destruction of the Gaza Medical System in a Genocidal Policy. A Discussion with Dr. Tarek Loubani Tarek Loubani Tarek is a medical doctor of Palestinian descent and a citizen of Canada. Born in Kuwait, his family immigrated to Canada when he was nine years old. He studied medicine at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, did his residency in family medicine at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, and completed an emergency medical residency at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. Hani Faris A professor of political Science and have served on the faculty of various academic institutions, including the Department of Political Science and the Faculty of Graduate Studies at Kuwait University, the School of International Service at the American University in Washington D.C., the Center for Middle East Studies at Harvard university, the Department of Political Science and the Institute of Islamic Studies at McGill University, the History Department at Simon Fraser University and the Department of Political Science and The Institute of Asian Research at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver B.C. Salah Bibi Dr. Salah was born in Jaffa, Palestine, and, along with his family, he was forcibly expelled during the 1948 ‘Nakba’. He graduated from the American University of Beirut with degrees in Biology and Medicine. During his 3-year medical residency, he was volunteering to care for patients in Palestinian refugee camps, and in underserved Lebanese areas. Dr Bibi did his specialization in infectious diseases in Wisconsin Salem, North Carolina. For the next 40 years, Salah practiced infectious disease medicine at Gould Medical Foundation in Modesto, California. Rabab Ward Rabab Ward is a Lebanese-Canadian citizen and a professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. She was the second woman to earn a doctoral degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Berkely, in 1972. , and the first woman to be appointed a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering in Canada, in 1981. Rabab is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and the Canadian Academy of Engineering. She is an International Member of the US National Academy of Engineering and the European Academy of Arts and Sciences. Rabab played a major role in establishing the Canadian Society for Women in Science and Technology.