Category Middle East

As Viewed By Hafez al-Assad – 1974 – Past Daily Reference Room – Middle East Edition

Click on the link here for Audio Player – ABC News: Issues & Answers – Hafez al-Assad Interview -June 9, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection As part of my ongoing series of interviews with historic Middle East figures of…

That New Word In Our Lexicon: Nasserism – 1956 – Past Daily Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – American Forum – The Middle East – November 11, 1956 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Looking at the history books, you’d get the impression the Middle East has been in a…

Attacks And Attempts – August 28, 1941

Click on the link here for Audio Player – News Of The World – August 28, 1941 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection As the war dragged on in Europe, and as the U.S. was inching closer to joining in, the…

‘It’s A Five-Star Hotel. They Just Can’t Leave’ – Hostages In Iraq – August 19, 1990

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‘Me And My Cousin Against The Stranger’ – August 15, 1990

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – August 15, 1990 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection A day on slow-boil, this August 15th in 1990. With the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait still fresh on…

Meanwhile . . .Back In Monrovia – August 5, 1990

Click on the link here for Audio Player – ABC Information Network News – August 5, 1990 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this August 5th in 1990 was unsettling, taken with a grain of salt accompanied by shrugged…

Nervous Days – August 1, 1994

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – August 1, 1994 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this first day of August in 1994 was another mixed bag of hopeful and nervous. Hopeful,…

Hamas Wins An Election – January 25, 2006 – Past Daily Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – BBC News – Palestinian Elections – CBS News – Condoleeza Rice Interview – Jan 25-27, 2006 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. Eight years ago, things changed in Gaza. Hamas, an organization…

Should The U.S. Get Involved In The Palestine Partition? 1948 – Past Daily Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – NBC – Chicago University Of The Air -Should A United States Army Enforce The Partition of Palestine? – Feb. 22, 1948 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection As the Partition of Palestine…

Riders Of The Campaign Trail – July 23, 1984

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – July 23, 1984 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Thirty years ago today we were knee-deep in anticipation of the 1984 Olympics and eye-ball deep in 1984…