Middle East/North Africa

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  Feature

  Alone, Together…
  Tahrir Two Years Later
  

  January 25, 2013 - 

  On the second anniversary of the Egyptian uprising, artist Lara Baladi presents a three-channel video of news imagery from Tahrir Square alongside film clips and public speeches that connect the Egyptian struggle with civil rights and other past social movements.  More

  By Lara Baladi

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  Op-Ed

  Israeli Elections: Musings on Universalism and Identity Politics

  January 22, 2013 - 

  Filmmaker Udi Aloni expresses both concern and support for a few of Israel’s 32 parties, which, he says, lead a way forward to “bi-nationalism and a state for all of its citizens from the river to the sea.”  More

  By Udi Aloni

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  Photo Gallery

  Thinking of Home, Wrestling in Dubai

  December 18, 2012 - 

  Over a million Pakistanis live in the United Arab Emirates. In their leisure time, many play kushti, a traditional Indo-Pakistani form of wrestling. Katrin Greiling shares her photographs of a match in Dubai, home to 400,000 Pakistani immigrants.  More

  By Katrin Greiling

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  Audio Dispatch

  I Ran into Iran:
  Armageddon and Sanctions
  

  December 12, 2012 - 

  I Ran into Iran’s third episode examines whether Iran is producing a nuclear bomb and investigates the effects of economic sanctions on the country’s citizens.  More

  By Katayoun Vaziri, Benjamin Lindquist and Kioomars Marzban

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  Interview

  Western Sahara: Fighting for Freedom in Africa’s Last Colony

  December 7, 2012 - 

  Artist Robin Kahn elucidates the situation of the last remaining colony in Africa, Western Sahara, by speaking with the political representative of the indigenous Saharawi people to Austria, Nadjat Hamdi.  More

  By Robin Kahn