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Mid-East Junction - Why Female Genital Mutilation must end from 2019-12-01T12:43:18
The practice of Female Genital Mutilation, FGM, is so deeply ingrained in some cultures that it has only recently been brought into question. But what are its origins? Where is it practiced? A...
Why Female Genital Mutilation must end from 2019-12-01T12:43:18
The practice of Female Genital Mutilation, FGM, is so deeply ingrained in some cultures that it has only recently been brought into question. But what are its origins? Where is it practiced? A...
Mid-East Junction - What Tunisian olive oil and its history means to the Middle East from 2019-10-26T16:00:26
The rising star in the world of olive oil, or liquid gold to some, is not found in Europe but in North Africa in the small and often overlooked country of Tunisia. Here olive trees are intertw...
What Tunisian olive oil and its history means to the Middle East from 2019-10-26T16:00:26
The rising star in the world of olive oil, or liquid gold to some, is not found in Europe but in North Africa in the small and often overlooked country of Tunisia. Here olive trees are intertw...
Mid-East Junction - Capturing Mosul's liberation through a lens from 2019-09-28T17:30:16
In October 2016, Iraqi Special Forces launched an operation to take back Mosul and parts of Iraq from the Islamic State armed group. Since 2014 they had subjected the Iraqi people to their ext...
Capturing Mosul's liberation through a lens from 2019-09-28T17:30:16
In October 2016, Iraqi Special Forces launched an operation to take back Mosul and parts of Iraq from the Islamic State armed group. Since 2014 they had subjected the Iraqi people to their ext...
Mid-East Junction - The lasting legacy of Ayotollah Khomeni 30 years after his death from 2019-07-27T10:53:21
Iran is again in the headlines in an increasingly tense spat with the US and a number of other western countries.
The lasting legacy of Ayotollah Khomeni 30 years after his death from 2019-07-27T10:53:21
Iran is again in the headlines in an increasingly tense spat with the US and a number of other western countries.
Mid-East Junction - How women's football has evolved inside and outside the Middle East from 2019-06-29T13:01:18
Even though no Middle Eastern countries qualified for this year's Women’s World Cup , the sport is alive and growing across the region. In this edition of Mid-East Junction, we meet Honey Thal...
How women's football has evolved inside and outside the Middle East from 2019-06-29T13:01:18
Even though no Middle Eastern countries qualified for this year's Women’s World Cup , the sport is alive and growing across the region. In this edition of Mid-East Junction, we meet Honey Thal...
Mid-East Junction - Where vegans have been leading the way for centuries from 2019-05-25T08:28:49
In this month's Mid-East Junction, we delve into the culinary delights across the region that have been miles ahead of the vegan trend for decades, even centuries in some cases.
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Where vegans have been leading the way for centuries from 2019-05-25T08:28:49
In this month's Mid-East Junction, we delve into the culinary delights across the region that have been miles ahead of the vegan trend for decades, even centuries in some cases.
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Mid-East Junction - Oud for thought from 2019-04-26T17:23:10
In this month’s podcast, we’re going to take a break from politics. And social anxiety. And uprisings and laws.
Because the Middle East doesn’t just make headlines.
It also h...
Oud for thought from 2019-04-26T17:23:10
In this month’s podcast, we’re going to take a break from politics. And social anxiety. And uprisings and laws.
Because the Middle East doesn’t just make headlines.
It also h...
Mid-East Junction - The power of radio during British-mandated Palestine from 2019-03-29T15:52:42
On 30 March 1936, the Palestinian Broadcasting Service hit the radio waves.
The new service, referred to as PBS, catered to the growing population in British-mandated Palestine that i...
The power of radio during British-mandated Palestine from 2019-03-29T15:52:42
On 30 March 1936, the Palestinian Broadcasting Service hit the radio waves.
The new service, referred to as PBS, catered to the growing population in British-mandated Palestine that i...
Mid-East Junction - Freedom at any cost: Saudi woman escapes to France from 2019-02-01T23:35:04
In this week's Mid-East Junction, we meet Julia*, a young woman who escaped her life and marriage by force in Saudi Arabia to find freedom in France.
Freedom at any cost: Saudi woman escapes to France from 2019-02-01T23:35:04
In this week's Mid-East Junction, we meet Julia*, a young woman who escaped her life and marriage by force in Saudi Arabia to find freedom in France.
Mid-East Junction - Retracing Bahrain's activism from 2019-01-12T14:16:35
On December 31st, Bahrain’s high court upheld a five year jail sentence against human rights activist Nabeel Rajab.His sentence was in response to posts he made on social media in February of ...
Retracing Bahrain's activism from 2019-01-12T14:16:35
On December 31st, Bahrain’s high court upheld a five year jail sentence against human rights activist Nabeel Rajab.His sentence was in response to posts he made on social media in February of ...
Mid-East Junction - Egypt's arms fair boosts military's image as regional superpower from 2018-12-06T12:10:30
Earlier this week, Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi opened the country's first international security and defense expo. The event, which took place over three days, featured more than 35...
Egypt's arms fair boosts military's image as regional superpower from 2018-12-06T12:10:30
Earlier this week, Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi opened the country's first international security and defense expo. The event, which took place over three days, featured more than 35...
Mid-East Junction - Why defining security in Israel is such a challenge from 2018-11-28T16:49:17
Over the weekend of 11 November, tensions between the Gaza strip and Israel peaked once again, when the Israeli Defense Forces, the IDF, led a botched raid in Gaza. It was the first known time...
Why defining security in Israel is such a challenge from 2018-11-28T16:49:17
Over the weekend of 11 November, tensions between the Gaza strip and Israel peaked once again, when the Israeli Defense Forces, the IDF, led a botched raid in Gaza. It was the first known time...
Mid-East Junction - Female and atheist in Saudi Arabia from 2018-10-27T22:17:12
Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of Islam, remains one of the most conservative and rigid countries, particularly for women, and for anyone who goes against Islam. Rana Ahmad knows all too well th...
Female and atheist in Saudi Arabia from 2018-10-27T22:17:12
Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of Islam, remains one of the most conservative and rigid countries, particularly for women, and for anyone who goes against Islam. Rana Ahmad knows all too well th...
Mid-East Junction - Peeling back the layers of Yemen's civil war from 2018-10-03T19:11:17
For nearly four years now, the civil war in Yemen has raged with no end in sight. Civilians have fallen victim to the fighting with some 15,000 killed or injured, while a humanitarian crisis s...
Peeling back the layers of Yemen's civil war from 2018-10-03T19:11:17
For nearly four years now, the civil war in Yemen has raged with no end in sight. Civilians have fallen victim to the fighting with some 15,000 killed or injured, while a humanitarian crisis s...
Mid-East Junction - Escape from Aleppo: one man's journey from 2018-06-30T12:03:49
From Aleppo to Paris. A freelance journalist who posted a video of the evacuation of the Syrian city as Bashar al-Assad's forces took control of it recounts his journey from a war zone to the ...
Escape from Aleppo: one man's journey from 2018-06-30T12:03:49
From Aleppo to Paris. A freelance journalist who posted a video of the evacuation of the Syrian city as Bashar al-Assad's forces took control of it recounts his journey from a war zone to the ...
Mid-East Junction - Iranian women go online to protest forced wearing of hijab from 2018-05-26T00:55:48
In Iran, it has been obligatory for women to wear a head scarf, or hijab, since 1983, in the wake of the 1979 revolution. Since then, women have been forced to wear the long, loose-fitting cha...
Iranian women go online to protest forced wearing of hijab from 2018-05-26T00:55:48
In Iran, it has been obligatory for women to wear a head scarf, or hijab, since 1983, in the wake of the 1979 revolution. Since then, women have been forced to wear the long, loose-fitting cha...
Mid-East Junction - How a group of artists based in Egypt tried to change society from 2018-04-28T12:28:18
Can art change society? It's not clear whether it can or not, but a group of artists in Egypt believed it could and set off to create such a vision hidden in the oasis governorate of Fayoum, j...
How a group of artists based in Egypt tried to change society from 2018-04-28T12:28:18
Can art change society? It's not clear whether it can or not, but a group of artists in Egypt believed it could and set off to create such a vision hidden in the oasis governorate of Fayoum, j...
Mid-East Junction - Israeli band Orphaned Land spreads message of peace across Middle East from 2018-03-31T11:44:06
Heavy metal music with a middle eastern twist is not common place, but since 1991, the pioneers of such a genre, the Israeli band Orphaned Land has been using its music to spread the message o...
Israeli band Orphaned Land spreads message of peace across Middle East from 2018-03-31T11:44:06
Heavy metal music with a middle eastern twist is not common place, but since 1991, the pioneers of such a genre, the Israeli band Orphaned Land has been using its music to spread the message o...
Mid-East Junction - What lies behind Mosul Eye from 2018-02-26T12:35:46
"What happened after 2014 is another chapter of what happened to this city" say Omar Mohammed, when speaking about his home city of Mosul, the second largest city in Iraq.
What lies behind Mosul Eye from 2018-02-26T12:35:46
"What happened after 2014 is another chapter of what happened to this city" say Omar Mohammed, when speaking about his home city of Mosul, the second largest city in Iraq.
Mid-East Junction - What is Sufism and why does it bother some Muslims? from 2018-01-27T11:51:52
When a mosque in Egypt’s Sinai region was attacked by affiliates of the Islamic State armed group in November leaving over 300 people dead the attackers said they were targeting what they desc...
What is Sufism and why does it bother some Muslims? from 2018-01-27T11:51:52
When a mosque in Egypt’s Sinai region was attacked by affiliates of the Islamic State armed group in November leaving over 300 people dead the attackers said they were targeting what they desc...
Mid-East Junction - Art imitating power: Why the Louvre Abu Dhabi is more than just a museum from 2017-11-23T16:54:12
When the French President Emmanuel Macron opened a new Louvre museum in Abu Dhabi this month, he said it would show how beauty was more powerful than hate. The museum wants to promote cultural...
Art imitating power: Why the Louvre Abu Dhabi is more than just a museum from 2017-11-23T16:54:12
When the French President Emmanuel Macron opened a new Louvre museum in Abu Dhabi this month, he said it would show how beauty was more powerful than hate. The museum wants to promote cultural...
Mid-East Junction - Who are the Kurds? from 2017-10-28T17:26:50
Iraq’s Kurds have been making international headlines since September after forging ahead with their independence referendum, despite regional and international warnings. They are the only one...
Who are the Kurds? from 2017-10-28T17:26:50
Iraq’s Kurds have been making international headlines since September after forging ahead with their independence referendum, despite regional and international warnings. They are the only one...
Mid-East Junction - Study reveals surprising habits of Middle Easterners' access to news from 2017-09-30T19:02:37
The climate of media, particularly across the Middle East, is constantly changing and facing different challenges than in other regions. But up until now, no one has ever tried to put the habi...
Study reveals surprising habits of Middle Easterners' access to news from 2017-09-30T19:02:37
The climate of media, particularly across the Middle East, is constantly changing and facing different challenges than in other regions. But up until now, no one has ever tried to put the habi...
Mid-East Junction - Falafel - where does it come from? from 2017-09-02T16:12:12
Everyone loves the taste of authentic falafel - but where does this delicious dish come from exactly?
Falafel - where does it come from? from 2017-09-02T16:12:12
Everyone loves the taste of authentic falafel - but where does this delicious dish come from exactly?