For 2009, UNESCO and the Arab League designated Jerusalem as the year's Arab culture capital. But Israeli authorities forbade events associated with the program, prompting a series of secret indoor gatherings. Worldfocus interviewed the Dutch organizer of Al Quds Underground.
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Q & A
December 4, 2009
Jerusalem serves as disputed 2009 Arab ‘culture capital’
Video
July 29, 2009
Beauty pageant tests cultural norms in Israel
PBS Wide Angle's film "Contestant No. 2" features the story of an Arab-Israeli teenager and member of the Druze religion seeking fame on the international beauty pageant circuit -- and testing the cultural norms of her society.
Blogwatch / Video
December 15, 2008
What’s in a shoe?
At a press conference during President George W. Bush's fourth and final visit to Iraq, Iraqi journalist Muntader al-Zaidi threw a pair of shoes at the American leader. Worldfocus producer Mohammad al-Kassim discusses the significance of the incident.
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