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Muslim PrayerIn this video segment from Religion & Ethics Newsweekly, learn about the daily prayer rituals of the Muslim faith and their significance in the life of a Muslim living in America. |
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NanaviIn this video segment from Wide Angle, meet Nanavi, a young girl in Benin who has a rare opportunity to go to school. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
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NeerajNeeraj, a young girl in rural India who performs her household chores during the day and goes to school at night, is profiled in this video segment from Wide Angle. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
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Neighbor On NeighborThe video from Women, War & Peace describes how atrocities against civilians in the Bosnian civil war were broadcast to an international audience on television – with little impact. |
9-12 |
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Nen Ordination In this video from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly, find out how boys in the Theravada Buddhist tradition signal their commitment to Buddhist teachings.
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9-12 |
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New ConfidenceThis Wide Angle video looks at the reservations that a traditional Indian family had about their daughter taking a job in India’s outsourcing industry. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
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A New Start for UrkadaAn Indian cotton farmer, widowed by the suicide of her husband, starts a new season on her farm in this video segment from Wide Angle. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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New Worker ClassIn this Wide Angle video, Dwanzhi She, a "gold-collar" worker in Beijing, gives viewers a tour of his new apartment. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
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A New World Order This video from Women, War & Peace explains how women and their dependents are most affected by the changed nature of warfare since the end of the Cold War.
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9-12 |
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Night SchoolIn this video from Wide Angle, visit a makeshift night school in rural India designed to allow child laborers who work during the day to obtain an education. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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Night TransportThis video from Wide Angle looks at transportation needs and services provided for the workers of India’s outsourcing industry. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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One PartyThis video segment from Wide Angle describes the communist Workers’ Party of Korea, the ruling party of North Korea. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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Pankisi ValleyIn this video from Wide Angle, visit the Pankisi Valley, a no-man's-land in the Northeast of Georgia that has become home to the rebels and refugees of the Chechen war. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
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Peaceful Protests in LiberiaLook at the early stages of the women’s non-violent protest movement in Liberia in this video from Women, War & Peace. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
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Pickle BusinessWidows from the village of Tamra in the Galilee manage all of the aspects of their small business in this video segment from Wide Angle. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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Pifer InterviewFormer Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Steven Pifer discusses the United States' stance toward the Russian/Chechen conflict in this video from Wide Angle. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
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Political Debate in TurkeyA hot topic of debate in Turkey is the possibility of an increasingly Islamic state in this historically secular country. Learn more in this video from Wide Angle. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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The Power of DevelopersThis Wide Angle video features a peasant family in China that is caught in a land rights dispute with no apparent solution in sight. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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Private Money LendersThe practices of illegal private money lenders in the rural region of Vidarbha, India are highlighted in this video from Wide Angle. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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Race and PoliticsIn this Wide Angle video, one of Brazil’s few black senators discusses racial discrimination in Brazilian governmental, political and economic life. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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Racism in the MediaIn this video from Wide Angle, an Afro-Brazilian model discusses the predominance of whites in the Brazilian advertising industry. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
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RamadanThis video segment from Religion & Ethics Newsweekly shows the daily activities of two young American Muslims during the holy month of Ramadan. |
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Ramadan MoonThe sighting of a new moon determines the beginning of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. In this video from Religion & Ethics Newsweekly, follow the process of sighting a new moon for American Muslims. |
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Ramadan ObservanceIn this video segment from Religion & Ethics Newsweekly, an American Muslim family observes Ramadan, the month in which Muslims fast daily from sunrise to sunset in order to demonstrate piety and develop self-restraint. |
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Refugee CampIn this Wide Angle video segment, meet 16-year-old Rajap, a Chechen refugee who attempts to continue his education while living in a tent city. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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Restoring the Torah This video from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly
examines the process of restoring a Torah, the scroll containing the first five
books of the Jewish Bible. Accessibility features: Transcript |
6-12 |
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Return to the Land? This video segment from Women, War & Peace demonstrates the determination of residents of La Tomato resist the pending evictions from their land.
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The Rise of DivorceThis Wide Angle video features the Arab women of an all-female talk show discussing the rising divorce rates in the Middle East. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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Roman Catholic -- Eastern Orthodox DialogueThe thousand-year divide between the Orthodox Church in the East and the Roman Catholic Church in the West, known as the Great Schism, is the topic of this video from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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The Rule of LawChina’s recent adoption of a legal system based on the rule of law is the focus of this video from Wide Angle. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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School in BeninThe education of young girls in Benin is the focus of this video from Wide Angle. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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Self-RelianceThis Wide Angle video segment takes a look at the North Korean ideology of self-reliance that both farmers and other workers uphold. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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Sex Ed & Community ValuesIn this video from Wide Angle, Egyptian men react to a discussion of an initiative in Qatar to include sex education in schools, a sensitive issue in many countries. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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Shopping CultureThis video from Wide Angle provides a look at the new opportunities and consumerism created by the success of India’s outsourcing sector. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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Shugufa: Struggle to LearnIn this Wide Angle video, Shugufa, a 13-year-old Afghani girl, attends schools where she studies religion, math and language and has made it to the 6th grade, surpassing all odds. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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Shugufa: Struggle to StudyThis Wide Angle video segment visits Afghanistan to explore the home life of Shugufa, a young girl caught between the traditions of Afghani society and modernization. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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Sikh Saint-Soldier In this video from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly, learn about the origins and practices of Sikhism. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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Small BusinessThis video from Wide Angle profiles Rwanda’s new economy through the small business of Epiphanie Mukashyaka, a woman widowed by recent genocide. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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Somali Muslims in MaineIn this video segment from Religion & Ethics Newsweekly, view the reactions of citizens from Lewiston, Maine as Somali immigrants settle in their community. |
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Steps Toward PeaceThis video from Women, War & Peace looks at steps the women of Liberia took to end a bloody civil war in their country. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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Suffering and RecoveryLearn about the role local churches played in bringing Hutus and Tutsis together in the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide in this Wide Angle video segment. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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Suicide BombingMohanned Abu Tayyoun describes the events that occurred on the day of his intended suicide bombing in this video segment from Wide Angle. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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Supporting the Women of Afghanistan A look at Afghanistan’s need for international support and actions taken by the U.S. to advocate for Afghan women in this video from Women, War & Peace. |
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Tallit MakingThe significance of the tallit, or Jewish prayer shawl, is the focus of this segment from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly. |
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Talmud StudyIn this video
from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly, learn about the Talmud, the
collection of ancient rabbinic writings on Jewish law. |
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The TestimonyThis video from Women, War & Peace features Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal Testimony from witnesses against their accused Bosnian Serb rapists. |
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Tibetan Buddhist MandalaTibetan Buddhist monks execute a ritual that symbolizes the impermanence of life in this video from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly.
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Tibetan New Year In this video from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly, learn about Losar, the Tibetan New Year, the most important holiday celebrated in Tibet.
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TimbuktuThis video from Religion & Ethics Newsweekly features Timbuktu, one of the most remote and inaccessible places on the planet and a former thriving center of Islamic learning. |
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Transformed WorkplacesIn this Wide Angle video, learn about the transformation of the Indian workplace due to a new influx of young, mostly female workers into India's outsourcing industries. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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