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2:36 US: Recognizing Syrian Opposition Strengthens Fight Against Assad VOAMiddleEast 177 views 4 months ago Official U.S. recognition for a coalition of Syrian opposition groups is meant to isolate extremists and increase pressure on embattled President Bashar al-Assad. VOA State...
2:34 Adrenaline Junkies Find New Playground in South African Mine Dumps VOAMiddleEast 77 views 4 months ago Johannesburg, South Africa, was built during a gold rush. The legacy of this past is various unused mine dumps all around the city, which have now become a new playground f...
1:10 More than 130 countries vote to upgrade Palestine to a nonmember observer state of the UN. VOAMiddleEast 41 views 5 months ago VOA
2:29 Jordan Protests Take Aim at King VOAMiddleEast 102 views 5 months ago Protesters in Jordan declared Friday a "day of rage" as anger sparked by a cut in fuel subsidies boiled over into a call for revolution. VOA's Elizabeth Arrott has more fro...
3:03 US Mulls Syria No-Fly Zone VOAMiddleEast 111 views 6 months ago The United States says it is still considering a no-fly zone for northern Syria as cross border shelling with Turkey threatens civilians on both sides. As VOA State Departm...
2:04 Tinariwen VOAMiddleEast 542 views 10 months ago A video report by VOA's David Byrd about the Grammy-winning World music artists Tinariwen during their recent stop in Washington, DC.
2:09 Abdullah al Ashaal - Insights on Egypt's politics VOAMiddleEast 456 views 10 months ago Lawyer and veteran diplomat Abdullah al Ashaal was in the first round of Egypt's presidential elections, but gave his support to Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsi....
3:39 #EgyptDecides - One Week In Tahrir VOAMiddleEast 457 views 10 months ago Voice of America dispatched teams to Cairo to cover the historic presidential election between Mohamed Morsi and Ahmad Shafiq. The same week, the Supreme Council of Armed F...
3:37 Professor Hassan Nafaa - Egyptian Politics VOAMiddleEast 465 views 10 months ago Author and political scientist at Cairo University, Professor Nafaa provides his analysis of the Egyptian presidential election and the political climate of the country. Hi...
4:59 #EgyptDecides - Ashraf Khalil: Reflections on Tahrir VOAMiddleEast 401 views 10 months ago Ashraf Khalil, an Egyptian-American journalists living in Cairo, literally wrote the book on Egypt's Tahrir revolution. After writing for the Times of London and Foreign Po...

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Middle East Voices is a new social journalism project powered by the BBG and Voice of America. Designed as a collaborative journalism and engagement platform, it seeks to combine investigative journalism, crowdsourcing, participatory writing and social media technology to redefine how stories in and about the Middle East should be told.