
Explaining Middle East conflicts through individuals' eyes
Clip: 8/12/2016 | 8m 1s
Was the American invasion in 2003 the catalyst for the dissolution of the Arab world?
In an article that consumes the entirety of this week’s New York Times Magazine, Scott Anderson aims to tell a story of great breadth and timeliness: how the current conflicts in the Middle East arose, and how they might evolve from here. Hari Sreenivasan discusses with Anderson how the writer leveraged six individual voices to illustrate the narrative of these immensely complex hostilities.
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Explaining Middle East conflicts through individuals' eyes
Clip: 8/12/2016 | 8m 1s
In an article that consumes the entirety of this week’s New York Times Magazine, Scott Anderson aims to tell a story of great breadth and timeliness: how the current conflicts in the Middle East arose, and how they might evolve from here. Hari Sreenivasan discusses with Anderson how the writer leveraged six individual voices to illustrate the narrative of these immensely complex hostilities.
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