Middle East

Ira Lapidus: Islamic Societies

Ira Lapidus
2003

Ira Lapidus, Professor Emeritus of History at the University of California, Berkeley, and the founding Chair of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies on the Berkeley campus joins Harry Kreisler to discuss Islam, its relation to politics, the treatment of women in Islamic societies, and how an understanding of Islamic history might inform U.S. foreign policy.

http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/people3/Lapidus/

Key Words: Historians, Middle East, Islam,...

Husseini and Beilin: A Dialogue on the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process

Husseini and Beilin
1998

In this 1998 interview, Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Faisal Husseini, one of the leading figures in the Palestinian national movement and Yossi Beilin, a leading Israeli political figure, for a discussion of how their mutual dialogue set in motion the Oslo Peace Accord. Both Husseini and Beilin talk about their lives and how their perceptions of the other took an important turn toward peace.

http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/conversations/BeilinHusseini/...

Alfred L. Atherton: The Peace Process in the Middle East

Alfred L. Atherton
1986

In this 1986 interview, Ambassador Alfred L. Atherton, a leading figure in the search for peace in the Middle East, joins U.C. Berkeley's Harry Kreisler for a discussion of the role of diplomacy in securing a stable Middle East.

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