Worldview - Reactions to Obama's Nobel Peace Prize Win

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Reactions to Obama's Nobel Peace Prize Win

President Obama gave a speech from the White House Rose Garden on Friday, after being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Photo by: AP

In addition to hearing what listeners had to say in response to the surprise news that President Barack Obama won the Noble Peace Prize, we also hear reactions from some political commentators, including: Ali Abunimah, Vice President of Electric Intifada, a pro-Palestinian website; Kisuule Katende, a Ugandan journalist based in Chicago; and Ahmed Sadri, the Chair of Islamic World Studies at Lake Forest College.

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You can hear the interviews that we didn't air on the show at the WBEZ Blog. Hear reactions from political commentators, including: Kaveh Ehsani, Professor of International Studies at DePaul University; Kevin Martin, Executive Director of Peace Action; and Rabbi Brad Hirschfield, author of the book You Don’t to Have to Be Wrong for Me to be Right: Finding Faith Without Fanaticism.