Free City Radio

On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from photographer Mahmoud Khattab, who reflects on Egypt today. Mahmoud has recently published a beautiful photo book, that also includes some writing, which is drawn from Mahmoud's experiences as a conscript in the Egyptian army. Mahmoud subtly documented his experiences in Egypt, facing conscription time, through a set of intimate and beautiful photographs. The book is described this way: "The Dog Sat Where We Parted is a photography book: a visual narrative of my time in conscription as I venture into the desert as a soldier with a dog, a head shaved and a camouflage that appealed to sand. Questioning times of following orders and sharing a plate and a story with strangers who dressed and shaved their heads just like me. Through photographs discretely taken together with journal writings, I echoed my solitude as I pay my debt to a country with servitude of my body and time." Learn more about Mahmoud's work here: https://mahmoudkhatab.com/Books This interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains. Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on: CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11am CJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8am CKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am, Fridays 1:30pm CFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30am CFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7am Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30am CKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pm CJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Thursdays at 4:30pm CHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am

On this edition of Free City Radio we hear about the Tasmanian Palestine Advocacy Network. This interview highlights the wide geographical scope where meaningful Palestine solidarity work is happening in the face of genocide in Gaza. This interview also meaningfully addresses the critical importance of understanding both the interconnections and need for solidarity across borders between anti colonial struggles in the context of both Australia and Palestine. In this example, where Indigenous communities face sustained political forces that push for erasure, making such connections is important. This focus has been key to work that the Tasmanian Palestine Advocacy Network has been doing. Learn more about their work here: https://tpan.info Thank you to artist Marguerite Carson for suggesting this organization to feature. This interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains. Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on: CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11am CJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8am CKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am, Fridays 1:30pm CFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30am CFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7am Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30am CKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pm CJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Thursdays at 4:30pm CHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am

A collaborative mix with Meryem Yildiz aired on Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025 on Radio AlHara in Palestine. Selda Bağcan - Adaletin Bu mu Dünya Erkin Koray - Seni Her Gördüğümde She Past Away - Durdu Dünya Craig Einhorn - Milonguea del Ayer The Cure - The Figurehead Juan D’Arienzo - La Cumparsita Nick Schofield - Magic Touch Nick Schofield - Sky Cafe Ana Quiroga - As Above (Loula Yorke Remix) Ana Quiroga - Inner City Light (Nik Colk Void Remix) Ana Quiroga - Tensegrity (Tribal Mix) Ana Quiroga, We, The Witches (Lila Tirando A Violeta & Sin Maldita Remix) Remo Helfenstein - 333 Remo Helfenstein - Tremor (via Präsens Editionen)

On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from sound artist and activist Nicolas Montgermont. Nicolas shares reflections on the ways that projects he has worked on aim to challenge the frameworks of hegemony that are expressed through technological infrastructures. Also Nicolas speaks about the dynamics of contemporary art networks and political activism in France, offering a critique on a lack of connection that is in fact needed in the contemporary context of political crisis. Learn more about Nicolas's work here: https://nimon.org/en There is an excerpt at the end of the program from a work released on Long Waves Scan an album by Nicolas Montgermont out on Dinzu Artefacts, info: https://dinzuartefacts.bandcamp.com/album/long-waves-scan This interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains. Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on: CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11am CJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8am CKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am, Fridays 1:30pm CFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30am CFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7am Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30am CKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pm CJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Thursdays at 4:30pm CHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am

On the Dec. 2025 edition of the Art in Action interview series we hear from cultural worker Marina Mardas in Paris. Marina speaks about a major cultural publication project POSTMORTEM. This interview addresses the social, political and cultural context for a publication that aims to lift up alternative experiences in the European context and beyond. This publication illustrates through the artistic content a challenge to persisting western European claims around the reality of a common universal experience set. The project is described this way: "Through essays, poetry, interviews, and contemporary art, Postmortem dissects and illustrates the present in order to reimagine our future." Learn more about Postmortem here: https://www.instagram.com/postmortemissue Stefan Christoff produces this artist interview series, Art in Action, the theme music is by Anarchist Mountains. This program broadcasts monthly on: Radio AlHara, Palestine On the first Friday of each month at 5:30pm in Bethlehem and 10:30am eastern time (radioalhara.net) CKUT 90.3 FM, Montréal On the third Friday of each month at 11am (ckut.ca) CJLO 1690 AM, Montreal On the second Thursday of each month at 8am. (cjlo.com)