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I would like to make this thread a source for interesting NPR stories on the Middle East and North Africa. There are usually tons of news stories, especially re: Iraq, but there are also interesting little tidbits that aren't quite so news-y, and are more information-y. I'd like to collect the information-y stories here.

Heard this on my NPR podcast today. I definately need to pick up this book

Perspective on U.S. Middle East Policy

All Things Considered, January 29, 2007 · Robert Siegel talks with Michael B. Oren, author of Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East: 1776 to the Present. The book is about the history of America's political, military, and intellectual involvement in the Middle East.

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One I heard last week that left me in tears on the bus

Iraqi Kidnapping Hits Home at NPR

Morning Edition, January 22, 2007 · Abdullah Mizead, an NPR reporter in Baghdad, is still waiting for news of his kidnapped father after negotiating for his release and paying a ransom. Stories of abduction are common in the chaotic Iraqi capital.

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Partisans of Ali - an NPR series on the shia. It would probably do our government officials some good if they listened to this :whistle:

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I heard that kidnapping story on my podcast too - it was a really amazing story! What are the ones you usually download from? Do you subscribe or just go in and pick them every day?

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Well, prior to getting my ipod, I just listened to the actual radio broadcast for hours every day.

I subscribe to these podcasts. I'll usually upload 4 days worth of material and listen to it over a 4 day period, so I'm a little behind on the news. But ah well

MPR's Policast

Wait Wait Don't Tell Me

Foreign Dispatch

Here and Now

Most Emailed Stories

NPR Shuffle

I also have some from the BBC. There are a ton more, but I was at the point where I was downloading more content then I had time to listen to :( But now, with taking the bus to work, walking at lunch and working out, I have enough time to listen to these.

10/14/05 - married AbuS in the US lovehusband.gif

02/23/08 - Filed for removal of conditions.

Sometime in 2008 - Received 10 year GC. Almost done with USCIS for life inshaAllah! Huzzah!

12/07/08 - Adopted the fuzzy feline love of my life, my Squeaky baby th_catcrazy.gif

02/23/09 - Apply for citizenship

06/15/09 - Citizenship interview

07/15/09 - Citizenship ceremony. Alhamdulilah, the US now has another american muslim!

irhal.jpg

online rihla - on the path of the Beloved with a fat cat as a copilot

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I would like to make this thread a source for interesting NPR stories on the Middle East and North Africa. There are usually tons of news stories, especially re: Iraq, but there are also interesting little tidbits that aren't quite so news-y, and are more information-y. I'd like to collect the information-y stories here.

Heard this on my NPR podcast today. I definately need to pick up this book

Perspective on U.S. Middle East Policy

All Things Considered, January 29, 2007 · Robert Siegel talks with Michael B. Oren, author of Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East: 1776 to the Present. The book is about the history of America's political, military, and intellectual involvement in the Middle East.

I ordered this book after the author was on The Daily Show. I haven't started it yet but I can't wait!

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