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Explaining Middle East conflicts through individuals' eyes

Was the American invasion in 2003 the catalyst for the dissolution of the Arab world?

Aired 08/12/2016 | Rating NR

PBS News Hour

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.

Aired 08/12/2016 | Rating NR

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