Egypt's 'Girl In The Blue Bra'
A week ago footage of an anonymous woman, knocked to the ground in Cairo, dragged and beaten by Egyptian soldiers, ricocheted around the world. During the attack the woman, unconscious, had her shirt...
View ArticleBrooke Gladstone Live With Andy Carvin!
During the Arab Spring, NPR's Andy Carvin used social media to report on uprisings happening a world away. Although Carvin's based in DC, his twitter stream became a reliable one-stop shop for news...
View ArticleFrom the Archive: Bassem Youssef on Being inspired by Jon Stewart
If you've been missing Jon Stewart since he went on break from "The Daily Show," then check out this video of Jon appearing as a guest last week on Bassem Youssef's show "Al Bernameg," an Egyptian...
View ArticleA Coup by any other name
A military coup is essentially a military action that transfers government power from one entity to another. This sounds a lot like what happened in Egypt with the military's removal of President...
View ArticleCapturing Egypt’s Neverending Story
The Oscar-nominated documentary “The Square” turns a lens on the Egyptian revolution and its aftermath through the eyes of three very different men whose lives intersected in Tahrir Square in 2011....
View ArticleJournalism In Jail
Amid international outcry, Egypt's judiciary sentenced three Al Jazeera journalists to between seven and ten years in jail on charges of aiding terrorists. Bob reflects on how suppression of a free...
View ArticleReporting Between the Lines in Egypt
The 4th anniversary of the Egyptian revolution saw tragically familiar violence on the streets of Cairo. But the deaths of peaceful protesters, documented and shared widely on social media,...
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Scott Atran — Hopes and Dreams in a World of Fear
For over a decade, the French-American anthropologist Scott Atran has been listening to the hopes and dreams of young people from Indonesia to Egypt. He explores the human dynamics of what we analyze...
View Article#3662: Music With Echoes of the Near East
For this New Sounds show, listen to music redolent of the near East, with echoes of Turkey, Israel, Armenia, Persia and Egypt. Hear music from the French-born Klezmer clarinetist Yom, and his record...
View ArticleFrom Tahrir Square to Isis: the story of Ahmed al-Darawy
Borzou Daragahi reports on an Egyptian pro-democracy activist, whose despair over the failures of the Arab Spring led him to the battlefields of Iraq. Borzou Daragahi reports on an Egyptian...
View ArticleExploring Muslim Identity in Theater, Comedy, and Revolution
Aasif Mandvi fills in for Leonard as today's guest host! He's an actor and a comedian best known for his work as a correspondent on The Daily Show.Journalist Thanassis Cambanis discusses two different...
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Two Unlikely Revolutionaries in Tahrir Square
Journalist Thanassis Cambanis discusses his new book Once Upon A Revolution: An Egyptian Story, about the 2011 Egyptian revolution.The book tells the story of two men from starkly different...
View ArticleUnrest From Cairo to Jerusalem
The so-called Islamic State has released a video showing the beheading of 21 Coptic Egyptian Christians in Libya, and Egypt has responded with an offensive against ISIS in Libya. Meanwhile, Israel is...
View ArticleLibya: A New Frontier in the Global Fight Against ISIS
The Islamic State's beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians in Libya on Sunday shocked the world with its brutality, and opened up a new frontier in the fight against the militant group. Still images from...
View ArticleBL Weekend: Neuroscience Pioneer; Congestion Pricing; Middle East Unrest
Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.A Neuroscience Pioneer Reflects (First) | Congestion Pricing (Starts at (20:52) | Middle East Unrest (Starts at 50:51)If you don't...
View ArticleThe Race for 2016, An American Imprisoned in Egypt, and A Piece of Civil...
1. Race For 2016: Inside Hillary Clinton's Long Career | 2. Sen. Marco Rubio Announces Run for President | 3. American Man Sentenced to Life in Prison by Egypt | 4. Georgia Golf Course Claims History...
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[Unedited] Mohammed Fairouz with Krista Tippett
Mohammed Fairouz is a composer whose opera and symphonies have been performed at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and The Kennedy Center. His 11 albums include "Native Informant," "In The Shadow of No...
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Mohammed Fairouz — The World in Counterpoint
He’s been called a post-millennial Schubert. Mohammed Fairouz has composed four symphonies and an opera while still in his 20s. He invokes John F. Kennedy and Anwar Sadat, Seamus Heaney and Yehuda...
View ArticleTaking liberties
Borzou Daragahi reports from an increasingly polarised Middle East where in Cairo, Ayman Ramzy's confession on a TV chat show that he did not believe in God shattered his life as a teacher, bringing...
View ArticleOusted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi Receives Death Sentence
On Saturday, ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi and 105 other members of the Muslim Brotherhood were sentenced to death in the latest mass trial by military court in Egypt. The group was convicted...
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