News 31 Jul 2015 Few dengbejs remain to sing Kurdish stories In the old city of Diyarbakir, a dengbej house was established for the few remaining Kurdish storytellers to gather and try to keep their tradition alive, although younger generations are… Meet the Middle East
News 29 Jul 2015 Israel's hair-raising history The Jewish experience involving hair, inundated with symbols from the biblical Samson to the trauma of the Holocaust and including young men's tradition of shaving their heads upon recruitment to… Meet the Middle East
News 31 Jul 2015 Iranian hard-liners take aim at culture minister Already holding two "yellow cards" from parliament, Iran's culture minister may be on the verge of impeachment as conservatives ramp up criticism. Source: Al Monitor Full Article: Iranian hard-liners take… Meet the Middle East
News 31 Jul 2015 Gaza money traders profit from dollar-shekel exchange rate manipulations Gazans are calling for tighter monitoring by the authorities over money traders, who they believe are manipulating dollar-shekel exchange rates to their advantage. Source: Al Monitor Full Article: Gaza money… Meet the Middle East
News 31 Jul 2015 Politics keep Lebanon from taking out the trash The Lebanese Cabinet failed to reach solutions to the waste crisis in Lebanon, mainly in Mount Lebanon, where garbage is threatening to contaminate underground water. Source: Al Monitor Full Article:… Meet the Middle East
News 31 Jul 2015 Are Turkish courts delaying trials of IS militants? Although the latest wave of detentions of Islamic State militants and sympathizers have pleased the Turkish public, lawyer Ali Cil questions the handling of the Turkish judiciary in the Nigde… Meet the Middle East
News 31 Jul 2015 Turkish media digs deeper into gold mogul corruption scandal New media reports on Reza Zarrab, an Iranian-born Turkish businessman accused in Turkey’s infamous December 2013 corruption probe, could have serious repercussions for Ankara and Tehran. Source: Al Monitor Full… Meet the Middle East
News 31 Jul 2015 Conservatives increase pressure on Rouhani Nuclear deal or no deal, Iranian conservatives who have anxiously been losing ground now face further isolation by President Hassan Rouhani's reforms and will redouble their political efforts. Source: Al… Meet the Middle East
News 31 Jul 2015 EU urges Israel to show 'zero tolerance for settler violence' The EU urged Israel Friday to show "zero tolerance" for settler violence after an arson attack blamed on settlers in the occupied West Bank left a Palestinian toddler dead."The Israeli… Meet the Middle East
News 31 Jul 2015 Netanyahu in rare call to Abbas after toddler murder Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a rare telephone call to Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, condemning the murder Friday of a Palestinian toddler in an arson attack and pledging a… Meet the Middle East