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Rebecca Anne Proctor is an independent journalist, editor, author, and broadcaster based in Dubai and Rome, from where she covers the Middle East and North Africa. She is the former editor-in-chief of Harper’s Bazaar Art and Harper’s Bazaar Interiors.
Podcast 7, Kurdish Issues: Turkey and the Kurdistan Regional Government in a Changing Middle East. Recorded Feb 23, 2012 at the Atlantic Council.
Podcast 7, Kurdish Issues: Turkey and the Kurdistan Regional Government in a Changing Middle East. Recorded Feb 23, 2012 at the Atlantic Council.
Originally posted July 2010
In an article in the Fall 2008 issue of The New Atlantic, the Doha-based Egyptian science writer Waleed Al-Shobakky, advanced the proposition that the center of creative initiative in higher education in the Arab world has shifted from the traditionally influential lands of Egypt and the Levant to the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries.
Originally posted July 2011
Originally posted June 2011
Originally posted October 2009
The year 1979 was the last year of the pivotal decade in which the Saudi economy took its modern shape; no other decade before or since has seen more change. The patterns of oil-driven politics that emerged at the time still define the Kingdom’s political landscape today — even if some of the players in the political game have subtly shifted their roles.
Three months after the release of the Bassiouni report, which documented systematic government abuses of pro-democracy protesters, Bahrain's King Hamad has announced constitutional reforms to increase parliamentary oversight. His announcement has done little to appease opposition forces, however, who contend the reforms do little to address the underlying sectarian inequities in Bahrain. Popular protests continue almost daily and are often met with police violence. In this highly polarized environment, is political compromise possible?
Originally posted: October 2009
Podcast 6, Reflections on the Role of American Universities in the Middle East 21 February, 2012 Alisa Rubin Peled, Phil Frayne
Podcast 6, Reflections on the Role of American Universities in the Middle East 21 February, 2012 Alisa Rubin Peled, Phil Frayne
Podcast 6, Reflections on the Role of American Universities in the Middle East 21 February, 2012 Alisa Rubin Peled, Phil Frayne
Podcast 6, Reflections on the Role of American Universities in the Middle East 21 February, 2012 Alisa Rubin Peled, Phil Frayne
Audio recording from The Arab Spring: Implications for US Policy and Interests
