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Archive for the ‘Women’ Category

Interview with an American Jew in Iran

June 12th, 2008 - Filed under: Culture, Iran, USA, Women
 
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Today’s podcast features blogger, writer, and photographer Tori Egherman who lived in Iran for 4 years and will be talking to us about her experiences there.
Tori and her husband Kamran published a photobook a year ago (discussed in podcast) which you can purchase here.

Insight into the world of business and women in Saudi Arabia

November 16th, 2007 - Filed under: Culture, Saudi Arabia, Women
 
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This podcast features a lecture by a very powerful Saudi businesswoman, Madawi Al Hassoun, a board member of the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce.
In this lecture she talks about how women are rising to power in Saudi Arabia, giving quite a few examples of other powerful women within the fields of business, science, art and education.
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