May 14 Obama convenes Camp David summit with Gulf state leaders By Julie Pace, Associated Press CAMP DAVID, Md. — President Barack Obama sought to reassure anxious Persian Gulf nations on Thursday that the United States is committed to their security, insisting a nuclear deal with Iran would not leave them more vulnerable. Continue reading
Mar 31 Watch 4:25 News Wrap: Defense rests in Boston Marathon bombing case By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, defense attorneys for the Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzokhar Tsarnaev rested their case without calling the defendant to testify. Also, the Obama administration formally pledged to curb U.S. greenhouse gas emissions up to 28 percent… Continue watching
Jun 08 Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi is sworn in as Egypt's new president By Kayla Ruble Egypt’s new president and former army chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi was sworn into office on Sunday following last week’s elections -- the second free elections in the country’s history. Continue reading
Dec 28 Watch Revisiting Interview with Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf Interview with Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, commander of "Operation Desert Shield" in 1990. Continue watching
Dec 20 Watch Does Maliki Want to Become Unchallenged Ruler of Iraq? The last U.S. convoy had hardly crossed into Kuwait on Sunday when Iraq was thrust into new and potentially dangerous political turmoil. Judy Woodruff discusses the country's latest political crisis with the Naval Postgraduate School's Abbas Kadhim and Feisal Istrabadi… Continue watching
Mar 20 It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's 'The 99' By Arts Desk It looks like an ordinary American comic book; heroes wear brightly colored costumes and use their bulging muscles to conquer the forces of evil. But look again -- one of the superheroes is wearing a burka. Continue reading
Feb 25 Al-Bassam Theatre Finds Modern Inspiration in Shakespeare's 'Richard III' By Arts Desk Here's the second in our broadcast series on Arabesque: Arts of the Arab World, which began Monday at the Kennedy Center. Tuesday evening, Jeffrey Brown profiled Kuwaiti writer and theater director Sulayman al-Bassam. Continue reading
Feb 24 Watch 7:18 Kuwaiti Theater Director Finds Modern Inspiration in Shakespeare By PBS News Hour In the second of a series of reports on the Arabesque arts festival at the Kennedy Center, Jeffrey Brown talks to Kuwaiti writer and theater director Sulayman al-Bassam, whose company is presenting a Shakespeare play with a twist, "Richard III:… Continue watching
Feb 24 The al-Bassam Theatre's 'Murder of Clarence' By Arts Desk Tuesday on the NewsHour, Jeffrey Brown profiles Kuwaiti writer and theater director Sulayman al-Bassam, who adapts Shakespeare to explore contemporary culture and politics in the Persian Gulf. Continue reading
Jan 23 Watch Inauguration Elicits Varied Sentiments in Middle East Reporting from Egypt, Lebanon and Kuwait during the transition to the new presidency, Jeffrey Brown spoke with locals about their reactions to the inauguration of President Barack Obama. Continue watching