E-mail a friendJune 26, 2008
Former Jordanian foreign minister, Marwan Muasher, reflects on the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Author Ta-Nehisi Coates and his father Paul Coates discuss overcoming the struggle African American men often have in dealing with their environment.
Marwan Muasher
Marwan Muasher
Former Jordanian foreign minister explains why Sec. Condoleezza Rice's work in the Middle East might be too little too late. (1:34)
Full interview. (9:34)
Marwan Muasher has 20 years of experience with the peace process in the Middle East and the perspectives for reform and peace in the region. He's held many high-level positions within the Jordanian government, including deputy prime minister, foreign minister, Ambassador to the U.S., and first Jordanian Ambassador to Israel. Muasher began his career as a journalist for the Jordan Times. He holds a PhD from Purdue and is senior VP of external affairs for the World Bank. He's also author of The Arab Center.
Ta-Nehisi and Paul Coates
Ta-Nehisi and Paul Coates
Author of the "The Beautiful Struggle," tells Tavis how he came up with the title and why he wrote the book. (2:40)
Full interview. (14:13)
Ta-Nehisi Coates is a former staff writer at The Village Voice and Time magazine and has contributed to The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic and several other publications. He's also author of The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood. The memoir is a tough-love story about his relationship with his father, Paul—a Vietnam vet and old-school disciplinarian, who was determined to save his sons from the streets of West Baltimore. Ta-Nehisi is now based in New York.