This week, host Michael Brooks speaks with Sharad Joshi, Assistant Professor of Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies at The Monterrey Institute. They discuss Boko Haram's recent deplorable news headlines in Nigeria, PR and terrorism, the Pakistani gove

On this weeks's podcast, host Michael Brooks speaks with Wajahat Ali, Co-Host of Al Jazeera America's The Stream. This is one of our longer podcasts, and you won't be disappointed! They chatted on how Wajahat became a writer, the struggles of creating a

This week, host Michael Brooks is taking a little Spring break. But, we've still got great content for you. News Team member Dina Yazdani is here with this week's MENASA News Brief for you. And, we've got an audio clip of our latest Book Salon Book Chat

On this week's podcast, host Michael Brooks caught up with Nabil Rahman, a photo journalist and curator of the Eyes on Bangladesh exhibit in New York. They discuss the power of photo journalism in modern media, what inspired the exhibit, the art scene i

On this week's INTERSECTION podcast, Michael speaks with Will Picard, Co-founder and Executive Director of The Yemen Peace Project. They dive deeply into a variety of aspects about Yemen, including the post revolution politics of Yemen and the different

On this week's INTERSECTION podcast, host Michael Brooks speaks with Iranian-American author and journalist Hooman Majd on his new book The Ministry of Guidance Invites You to not Stay.  They delve deep into on how Iran's economic inequality has underm

On this week's podcast, host Michael Brooks speaks with sustainable energy expert Amer Barghouth of the Regional Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency about what the MENA region is doing to improving energy efficiency, create sustainable ene

Happy Norouz to all our friends celebrating the Persian New Year around the world!We're doing something a little different this week. We've got our usual News Brief for you from Dina Yazdani and our News Team. Then, we urge you to check out this podcast

On this weeks podcast, Michael explores our global usage of the term "terrorism" with Remi Brulin, a Research Fellow at the Journalism Institute at New York University and terrorism historian. They dive into the etymology and roots of "terrorism", how o

On this weeks INTERSECTION, host Michael Brooks caught up with journalist Willem Marx author of Baluchistan at a Crossroads, who explains the importance of the Baluchistan region, the distinct ethnic and political identities there, and how the Pakistani