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Worldview 11/20/2009
We'll continue our series on higher education in the Middle East with a look at Iranian universities.
Worldview 11/19/2009
Our series on Higher Education in the Middle East continues with a look at how Qatar wooed big-name Western universities to its "Education City". And, we profile American University of Beirut (AUB), the oldest American-run school in the region.
Worldview 11/18/2009
As part of our week-long series on Higher Education in the Middle East, we discuss the boom of private universities in Syria.
Worldview 11/17/2009
We'll continue our series on higher education in the Middle East with a look at Saudi Arabia. 
Worldview 11/16/2009
While Europe was in the Dark Ages, literature, the sciences and medicine flourished in the Middle East. Today, we look at “golden age” of learning in the Middle East.
Worldview 11/13/2009
Historic events often make great fodder for the motion picture industry, but Worldview film contributor Milos Stehlik says there’s yet to be a good flick about the fall of the Berlin Wall. He’ll share his thoughts.
Worldview 11/12/2009
This week's Global Activism features a Chicago area dentist who teaches dentistry in developing countries with little or no access to basic care.
Worldview 11/11/2009
In our weekly Global Notes segment, the festival organizer of Chicago’s Cuatro Festival stops by to talk about the annual event’s inspiration: the Puerto Rican instrument known as the cuatro.
Worldview 11/10/2009
We'll talk about Palestinian prisoners with the former head of Israel's secret service and a Palestinian human rights activist.
Worldview 11/9/2009
On the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, we'll listen to the stories of eyewitnesses who experienced the Iron Curtain first-hand.
Worldview 11/6/2009
Today we talk about struggling refugee resettlement programs in Illinois.
Worldview 11/5/2009
In recent years, peacekeeping has often involved armed military forces. We talk with two women who want to see peacekeeping return to its non-violent origins.
Worldview 11/4/2009
Today we'll discuss human rights violations in the Philippines.
Worldview 11/3/2009
The Canadian government forced Ukrainians and other Europeans into internment camps during World War I. We hear from a researcher who stumbled upon the little known story...
Worldview 11/2/2009
Honduras' de facto government agreed to a deal that opens the door for the return of President Manuel Zelaya. We’ll talk with a local organization that just returned from Honduras. Also, we get updated on the political situation in Iran. And, one out of five children worldwide dies from pneumonia. We’ll talk with a pediatrician back from Bangladesh, where he witnessed pneumonia's deadly effects.
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