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Matthew Bell's 2012 Middle East Coverage
by The World
Matthew Bell is a Jerusalem-based Middle East reporter. He has been with The World since 2001 and has filed stories from cities across the US and abroad.
Episodes
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Ambassador Chris Stevens: America Lost an Ace Middle East Diplomat
Ambassador Chris Stevens was known as an exceptional diplomat who valued contact with regular people. Many who worked with him years ago in Jerusalem were shocked to learn that Stevens was killed in the line of duty in Benghazi, Libya last week. The World's Matthew Bell reports from Jerusalem.
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Palestinian Women No Longer Need Husband's Permission for a Divorce
Palestinian women just won some new freedoms. They can now initiate divorce proceedings against their husbands. Before, Muslim women in the West Bank had to get their husbands' consent for a divorce.
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Gun Culture in Israel
The debate over gun control is settled in Israel: you can have a gun if you want, but you better be able to use it properly.
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Egypt Chooses New President
Egyptians are voting in their first free presidential election, 15 months after ousting Hosni Mubarak in the Arab Spring uprising.
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Tahrir Square: Revolution – the Struggle and Sacrifice for Middle Class
Revolutions, it is said, need the support of the middle class to be successful; often they’re led by the middle class. In Egypt, a year after Tahrir Square, a bank employee still holds out hope that the promise of the anti-Mubarak revolution will usher in a more democratic, tolerant society.
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Matthew Bell is a Jerusalem-based Middle East reporter. He has been with The World since 2001 and has filed stories from cities across the US and abroad.
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