Inside The Middle East
Episode #47
HOSTED BY HALA GORANI FROM AMMAN, JORDAN
IRAQI REFUGEE KIDS IN SCHOOL -- HALA GORANI
The war in Iraq has scattered hundreds of thousands of Iraqis throughout the Middle East. Jordan hosts a higher number of Iraqi refugees per citizen than any of its neighbors. Recently the Jordanian government announced that regardless of status, all Iraqi children can enroll in the country's public schools. What impact will this have, not just on the learning institutions themselves, but on Jordanian society? Hala Gorani visited several schools in Amman to find out.
BROOKLYN SHEIKH OF SANA'A -- SCHAMS ELWAZER
He was born in Brooklyn, New York, and spent his life between the U.S. and Yemen. By day, he's in jeans and a t-shirt at a military range in Sana'a. He works in that capacity for the U-S embassy's military attache, training the Yemeni Counter-Terrorism Unit. By afternoon he's in a traditional white robe at home, taking care of tribal matters as the country's youngest tribal sheikh. Schams Elwazer travelled to Yemen to bring us his story.
BARISA ROCK FESTIVAL FOR PEACE
The 5th annual Barisa Rock for Peace Festival took place over the summer in Istanbul, featuring rock and metal bands from around the Middle East. One of the musicians - Mark Levine, is a Middle Eastern history professor in California. He is also the author of a new book, Heavy Metal Islam, which explores how popular culture, and especially seemingly Western forms of music such as heavy metal, punk and hip-hop, are redefining what it means to be a young Muslim today. Mark says if we want to know what's really going on in the Middle East we need to pay as much attention to the musicians as the mullahs. In his words now, we have a look at the Rock Festival for Peace.
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