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Muslim Prayer

Muslim Prayer

In 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. OER Level

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Nanavi

Nanavi

In this video segment from Wide Angle, meet Nanavi, a young girl in Benin who has a rare opportunity to go to school. OER Level

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Neeraj

Neeraj

Neeraj, 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. OER Level

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Neighbor On Neighbor

Neighbor On Neighbor

The 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. OER Level

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Nen Ordination

Nen Ordination

In this video from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly, find out how boys in the Theravada Buddhist tradition signal their commitment to Buddhist teachings. OER Level

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New Confidence

New Confidence

This Wide Angle video looks at the reservations that a traditional Indian family had about their daughter taking a job in India’s outsourcing industry. OER Level

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A New Start for Urkada

A New Start for Urkada

An Indian cotton farmer, widowed by the suicide of her husband, starts a new season on her farm in this video segment from Wide Angle. OER Level

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New Worker Class

New Worker Class

In this Wide Angle video, Dwanzhi She, a "gold-collar" worker in Beijing, gives viewers a tour of his new apartment. OER Level

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A New World Order

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. OER Level

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Night School

Night School

In 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. OER Level

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Night Transport

Night Transport

This video from Wide Angle looks at transportation needs and services provided for the workers of India’s outsourcing industry. OER Level

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One Party

One Party

This video segment from Wide Angle describes the communist Workers’ Party of Korea, the ruling party of North Korea. OER Level

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Pankisi Valley

Pankisi Valley

In 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. OER Level

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Peaceful Protests in Liberia

Peaceful Protests in Liberia

Look at the early stages of the women’s non-violent protest movement in Liberia in this video from Women, War & Peace. OER Level

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Pickle Business

Pickle Business

Widows from the village of Tamra in the Galilee manage all of the aspects of their small business in this video segment from Wide Angle. OER Level

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Pifer Interview

Pifer Interview

Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Steven Pifer discusses the United States' stance toward the Russian/Chechen conflict in this video from Wide Angle. OER Level

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Political Debate in Turkey

Political Debate in Turkey

A 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. OER Level

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The Power of Developers

The Power of Developers

This Wide Angle video features a peasant family in China that is caught in a land rights dispute with no apparent solution in sight. OER Level

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Private Money Lenders

Private Money Lenders

The practices of illegal private money lenders in the rural region of Vidarbha, India are highlighted in this video from Wide Angle. OER Level

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Race and Politics

Race and Politics

In this Wide Angle video, one of Brazil’s few black senators discusses racial discrimination in Brazilian governmental, political and economic life. OER Level

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Racism in the Media

Racism in the Media

In this video from Wide Angle, an Afro-Brazilian model discusses the predominance of whites in the Brazilian advertising industry. OER Level

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Ramadan

Ramadan

This video segment from Religion & Ethics Newsweekly shows the daily activities of two young American Muslims during the holy month of Ramadan. OER Level

5-12

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Ramadan Moon

Ramadan Moon

The 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. OER Level

5-12

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Ramadan Observance

Ramadan Observance

In 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. OER Level

5-12

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Refugee Camp

Refugee Camp

In 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. OER Level

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Restoring the Torah

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. OER Level

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Return to the Land?

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. OER Level

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The Rise of Divorce

The Rise of Divorce

This Wide Angle video features the Arab women of an all-female talk show discussing the rising divorce rates in the Middle East. OER Level

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Roman Catholic -- Eastern Orthodox Dialogue

Roman Catholic -- Eastern Orthodox Dialogue

The 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. OER Level

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The Rule of Law

The Rule of Law

China’s recent adoption of a legal system based on the rule of law is the focus of this video from Wide Angle. OER Level

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School in Benin

School in Benin

The education of young girls in Benin is the focus of this video from Wide Angle. OER Level

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Self-Reliance

Self-Reliance

This Wide Angle video segment takes a look at the North Korean ideology of self-reliance that both farmers and other workers uphold. OER Level

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Sex Ed & Community Values

Sex Ed & Community Values

In 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. OER Level

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Shopping Culture

Shopping Culture

This video from Wide Angle provides a look at the new opportunities and consumerism created by the success of India’s outsourcing sector. OER Level

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Shugufa: Struggle to Learn

Shugufa: Struggle to Learn

In 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. OER Level

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Shugufa: Struggle to Study

Shugufa: Struggle to Study

This 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. OER Level

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Sikh Saint-Soldier

Sikh Saint-Soldier

In this video from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly, learn about the origins and practices of Sikhism. OER Level

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Small Business

Small Business

This video from Wide Angle profiles Rwanda’s new economy through the small business of Epiphanie Mukashyaka, a woman widowed by recent genocide. OER Level

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Somali Muslims in Maine

Somali Muslims in Maine

In this video segment from Religion & Ethics Newsweekly, view the reactions of citizens from Lewiston, Maine as Somali immigrants settle in their community. OER Level

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Steps Toward Peace

Steps Toward Peace

This video from Women, War & Peace looks at steps the women of Liberia took to end a bloody civil war in their country. OER Level

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Suffering and Recovery

Suffering and Recovery

Learn 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. OER Level

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Suicide Bombing

Suicide Bombing

Mohanned Abu Tayyoun describes the events that occurred on the day of his intended suicide bombing in this video segment from Wide Angle. OER Level

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Supporting the Women of Afghanistan

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. OER Level

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Tallit Making

Tallit Making

The significance of the tallit, or Jewish prayer shawl, is the focus of this segment from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly. OER Level

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Talmud Study

Talmud Study

In this video from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly, learn about the Talmud, the collection of ancient rabbinic writings on Jewish law. OER Level

6-12

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The Testimony

The Testimony

This video from Women, War & Peace features Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal Testimony from witnesses against their accused Bosnian Serb rapists. OER Level

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Tibetan Buddhist Mandala

Tibetan Buddhist Mandala

Tibetan Buddhist monks execute a ritual that symbolizes the impermanence of life in this video from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly. OER Level

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Tibetan New Year

Tibetan New Year

In this video from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly, learn about Losar, the Tibetan New Year, the most important holiday celebrated in Tibet. OER Level

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Timbuktu

Timbuktu

This 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. OER Level

5-12

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Transformed Workplaces

Transformed Workplaces

In 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. OER Level

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