Youssef Amrani, Morocco’s deputy foreign minister, sits down with host Carol Castiel to preview the objectives of scheduled strategic discussions between his country and the United States, which will include talks about Syria, Mali and the Israeli-Palestinian stalemate. Morocco currently hosts a “Friends of Syria” meeting in Marrakesh. J. Peter Pham joins Carol in More »
Following the United Nations General Assembly vote to accord ‘Palestine’ non-member observer status at the U.N., Hassan Mneimneh, an expert on Middle Eastern history and Islamist movements at the German Marshall Fund of the United States sits down with host Carol Castiel to talk about a range of issues affecting the region in the More »
Host Carol Castiel speaks with Safinez Bousbia, the director of an award-winning documentary, El Gusto, which recounts the story of a group of Muslim and Jewish musicians torn apart by Algeria’s war of independence 50 years ago and reunited recently by their common passion for the music “chabbi.” You can listen to chabbi music More »
In few days Americans will determine who will lead them and their country for the next four years – sitting Democratic President Barack Obama or his Republican challenger, former governor Mitt Romney. Host Carol Castiel talks with Peter Mandaville, director of the Center for Islamic Studies and Professor of Government at George Mason University, More »
The son of an Iraqi Jewish mother and Egyptian Jewish father, Rabbi Ephraim Gabbai conceived and created AslalYahud.org, an Arabic language website designed to make Jewish history and culture more accessible to Arabic-speakers. The site’s intended objective is to build bridges of understanding and underscore common values between Jews and Arabs around the world. More »
What is the likelihood that international sanctions will force Iranian officials to rein in the country’s nuclear program, stave off an Israeli military strike, and return to the negotiating table? What impact are sanctions and the devaluation of the Iranian currency having on the population? How will political rifts between President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad and More »
In this newsmaker interview, host Carol Castiel talks with Ambassador James Jeffrey, former U.S. ambassador to Turkey and Iraq, now a visiting fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, about what the United States and a “coalition of the willing” should do to better support the Syrian opposition against the regime of More »
In this newsmaker interview, Marc Lynch, author of The Arab Uprising, The Unfinished Revolutions of the New Middle East, discusses his recently published book and the future of the new Middle East with host Carol Castiel and VOA Middle East senior reporter Cecily Hilleary. Listen and find out why Lynch identifies Turkey, Qatar, Egypt More »
Interviews with newsmakers and thought leaders about events and issues affecting the broader Middle East and the world On site at a conference about Islamists in power, host Carol Castiel talks with a leading Tunisian businessman who is also a top adviser to the new prime minister of Tunisia. Mondher Ben Ayed discusses the political More »
Interviews with newsmakers and thought leaders about events and issues affecting the broader Middle East and the world On site at a conference about Islamists in power, host Carol Castiel talks with a leading Tunisian businessman who is also a top adviser to the new prime minister of Tunisia. Mondher Ben Ayed discusses the political More »
Interviews with newsmakers and thought leaders about events and issues affecting the broader Middle East and the More »
Interviews with newsmakers and thought leaders about events and issues affecting the broader Middle East and the More »
