Science360
Research on popular sentiments in the Middle East - Long interview
Mansoor Moaddel, Professor of Sociology at Eastern Michigan University and Research Affiliate of the Population Studies Center at the University of Michigan, is a world-renowned expert on public sentiments in the Middle East. In this...
Kult America
What Does Middle East Really Look Like?
In this episode of Kult America, we explore my first impressions of the middle eastern country of Qatar. Having spent 4 days in Doha, I found that as is the case in most places people are people. I was not approached or harassed by...
The March of Time
MOT 1951: MAP: North Africa & the Middle East
MOT 1951: MAP: North Africa & the Middle East.PAN from Morocco Algeria Tunisia Libya Egypt to map of Middle Eastern countries - Persian Gulf.
Curated Video
What is a “Developed” Country? Crash Course Geography
Today we’re going to discuss what it means for a place to be “developed”. Development is often associated with economic success — that is countries with higher standards of living and material wealth like those found in Europe and North...
National Geographic
See How Life Has Changed in the Middle East Over 58 Years | Short Film Showcase
Colbert Held is a former United States Foreign Service officer who has amassed a photo collection spanning 48 years and 17 countries. He did so to have a detailed, photographic record of all the landscapes he visited, a complete...
Big Think
The oil wars: How America's energy obsession wrecked the Middle East | Eugene Gholz
Read more at BigThink.com: Follow Big Think here: YouTube: http://goo.gl/CPTsV5 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BigThinkdotcom Twitter: https://twitter.com/bigthink --- So for a long time oil has played a special role in American...
Gresham College
Peace in the Middle East - Professor Sir Geoffrey Nice QC
Professor Nice talks through what peace in the Middle East might require. http://www.gresham.ac.uk/law-lecture-series-2015-16-an-introduction-by-professor-sir-geoffrey-nice-qc Professor Nice will be discussing the conflict in the middle...
The March of Time
1951: MAP: Middle East map w/ Muslim independant countries highlighted.
MOT 1951: MAP: Middle East map w/ Muslim independant countries highlighted.
The March of Time
N. Africa Middle East map
MOT 1951: MAP: North Africa & the Middle East. PAN from Morocco Algeria Tunisia Libya Egypt to map of Middle Eastern countries. (Persian Gulf)
Great Big Story
Dancing for Freedom in the Middle East
In Lebanon, a country where the LGBTQ community still faces extreme discrimination, a scene is emerging that gives everyone a safe space to celebrate and express themselves. It’s voguing, a dance form created for and by people of color...
Southbank Centre
Web We Want Festival | Digital Dissent The Web in The Middle East
In 2011, the Web and social media in particular was touted as a key component of the uprisings that swept countries during the ‘Arab Spring’, when mass demonstrations in the Arab world – from North Africa to the Gulf – led to political...
Curated Video
Are There More Men Or Women In The World?
While the population statistic is around 102 men : 100 women, the birth rate is more skewed. Approximately 107 men are born for every 100 women. However, over time that number seems to even out. Over the course of millions of years of...
Intelligence Squared
Rory Stewart on being true to democratic ideals
Is the West's colonial past in the Middle East shameful? Yes, says Rory Stewart. And what does that mean we should and should not do in terms of our foreign policy.
Epic History TV
World War One: 1917
Epic History TV's year-by-year account of World War One continues into 1917. It is the year Germany makes a desperate gamble by reintroducing unrestricted submarine warfare. They hope to knock Britain out of the war in 6 months by...
TED Talks
Fahad Al-Attiya: A country with no water
Imagine a country with abundant power -- oil and gas, sunshine, wind (and money) -- but missing one key essential for life: water. Infrastructure engineer Fahad Al-Attiya talks about the unexpected ways that the small Middle Eastern...
TED Talks
Parag Khanna: Mapping the future of countries
Many people think the lines on the map no longer matter, but Parag Khanna says they do. Using maps of the past and present, he explains the root causes of border conflicts worldwide and proposes simple yet cunning solutions for each.
TED Talks
TED: Refugees have the right to be protected | António Guterres
António Guterres thinks that we can solve the global refugee crisis -- and he offers compelling, surprising reasons why we must try. In conversation with TED's Bruno Giussani, Guterres discusses the historical causes of the current...
TED Talks
TED: The unexpected challenges of a country's first election | Philippa Neave
How do you teach an entire country how to vote when no one has done it before? It's a huge challenge facing fledgling democracies around the world -- and one of the biggest problems turns out to be a lack of shared language. After all,...
Curated Video
Erik Berglof: Building a Bridge Between Political And Economic Reform
Since it's release in late 2013, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's Transition Report "Stuck In Transition" has generated a lot of attention for its compelling and provocative conclusions about the intersection...
Curated Video
The Middle East's cold war, explained
How two feuding countries are tearing apart the Middle East. Help us make more ambitious videos by joining the Vox Video Lab. It gets you exclusive perks, like livestream Q&As with all the Vox creators, a badge that levels up over time,...
Curated Video
4 Mistakes Common to Middle Eastern Students on the IELTS Speaking Exam
Middle Eastern IELTS candidates now make up a majority of students at many test centers. This is for all the lovely Middle Eastern IELTS candidates in the world! In this video, you will see the 4 most common mistakes made by these...
Curated Video
Cultural Flavours - Afghanistan - Introduction
Because it is landlocked between Pakistan, Iran, Uzbekistan and China in the far north East, Afghanistan has a wide range of different terrains and soils, and is such able to produce various types of crops, leading to a diet rich in...
Mr. Beat
Saudi Arabia and Iran Compared
Mr. Beat compares and contrasts Saudi Arabia and Iran, two Middle Eastern countries with governments that apparently hate each other.
Global Health with Greg Martin
Refugee and IDP Health
This episodes delves further into healthcare in times of conflict, focusing on access to healthcare and challenges faced by refugees and internally displaced people. Additionally, we address the issues that host-countries face in...