Eye on Arabia
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Joseph Braude's weekly podcast "Eye on Arabia" presents news and analysis of Arabic and Islamic issues from the perspective of a well-traveled American author with Iraqi roots. Coverage spans Arab North Africa and the Middle East, Iran, Israel, and Turkey -- not just politics and foreign policy but also cultural trends, music, and folklore. For more information, follow @josephbraude or visit www.josephbraude.com.

Koreans on Arab Airwaves

Hundreds of foreign broadcasters crowd Arab radio waves today -- some backed by nations like the US and Russia, others by transnational movements from...
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The King's in Town

Moroccan King Mohammed VI visits the White House. A BBC interview with Joseph Braude, and the story of the only Jewish broadcast on Arab airwaves.
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Islamic History Meets Hollywood

The saga of Islamic civilization is in many ways a universal story of good versus evil, the cycle of life, and the foibles of human nature. It isn’t t...
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Water in Yemen, Media in Egypt

In the first segment of this episode, Joseph Braude reports on Yemen's looming water emergency. Then, a review of Naomi Sakr's new book, "Transformati...
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Iranian War Games

Joseph Braude talks to Kenneth Pollack, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution's Saban Center for Middle East Policy, about US-Iran crisis scenari...
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Arabs Remember the Holocaust

Holocaust denial is common throughout the Arab world -- but as Joseph Braude reports, a 26-year-old Moroccan Muslim has been fighting to raise awarene...
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