Hussein Rashid of Barnard / Columbia discusses the importance of thinking critically about news, information, and stories relating to the Middle East. We also highlight five activities you can do to promote media literacy in your classrooms. Learn more at www.primarysource.org/podcasts

Music credits:

"Kim Arar" by Wind of Anatolia

"Sueur" by Monplaisir

"Waterbourne" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Thread of Clouds" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Tower of Mirrors" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Spins and Never Falls" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Filing Away" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Thannoid" by Blue Dot Sessions

"-Yesilim" by Turku

Why do some Middle Eastern women wear headscarves or full-body coverings? The answers might just surprise you. Joining us are Barbara Petzen, Director of Middle East Connections, who explains the social, political, and economic reasons for veiling, and Subheen Razzaqui, a hijab-wearing world history and political science teacher in Newton, Massachusetts. Learn more at www.primarysource.org/podcasts

Music Credits:

"Kim Arar" by Wind of Anatolia (with permission)

"Rocinante's Lament" by Doctor Turtle (CC BY-NC 4.0)

"The Sickness" by Monplaisir (public domain)

"Brave" by Borrtex (CC BY-NC 4.0)

"Venndet" by Blue Dot Sessions (CC BY-NC 4.0)

"One Quiet Conversation" by Blue Dot Sessions (CC BY-NC 4.0)

"Milkwood" by Blue Dot Sessions (CC BY-NC 4.0)

"Turning on the Lights" by Blue Dot Sessions (CC BY-NC 4.0)

"West Coast" by Ryan Little (CC BY 4.0)

Image Credit:

"Iranian Beauty" by Hamed Saber, via Flickr Creative Commons (CC BY 2.0)

Helping K-12 teachers bring the modern Middle East & North Africa to their classrooms, one topic at a time. Because there’s so much more to the region than conflict. Learn more at www.primarysource.org/podcasts

Musics credits:

"Last Lights" by Blue Dot Sessions (CC BY-NC 4.0)

"Kim Arar" by Wind of Anatolia (with permission)

"The Secret" by Soft and Furious (public domain)

"Détermination" by Monplaisir (public domain)

"-Drum Solo" by Turku (CC BY 4.0)

"Human" by Borrtex (CC BY-NC 4.0)

"Venndet" by Blue Dot Sessions (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Image Credit: "Map of the Turkish Empire" by an unknown mapmaker, via the Qatar National Library and the World Digital Library: https://www.wdl.org/en/item/14673/#q=Middle+East+Map&qla=en