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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Rise of Divorce

For Students 9th - 10th
This Wide Angle video features the Arab women of an all-female talk show discussing the rising divorce rates in the Middle East.
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Other

Royal Aal Al Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought: Al Tafsir

For Students 9th - 10th
A huge repository of Qur'anic texts, commentaries and interpretations, in both English and Arabic. Many materials explaining the meanings of passages in the Quran have been translated into twenty-four languages. Audio recitations of...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Wide Angle: Ataturk

For Students 9th - 10th
This Wide Angle video segment illustrates Islamic and secular elements of life in Turkey, and introduces Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the first president of Turkey, and his reforms. Focuses on fashion, specifically Islamic dress in response to...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Wide Angle: Diverse Turkish Women

For Students 9th - 10th
This Wide Angle video segment compares two women in Turkey, one from a more religious family, and the other from a more secular family. [3:51]
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The Economist

The Economist: Pakistan

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers newspaper articles about Pakistan and a series of background articles which help understand Pakistan and its people.