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Peace Now. Almost.
From: Israel Story
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In the immediate aftermath of the Six-Day war, a Palestinian lawyer and two Israeli army reservists nearly brokered a peace agreement that could ha...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Aug 05, 2018
  • Length: 13:27
  • Purchases: 1
Making Music in the Syrian Diaspora
From: The GroundTruth Project
Caption: Ahmad Naffory is pictured on a Beirut rooftop. He founded the band Assa'aleek, but after being denied re-entry to Lebanon, was granted asylum in the Netherlands. The band endures without him, and he has continued making music in his new home., Credit: Photo courtesy of Mohamad Khayata
Ahmad Naffory fell in love with the guitar in a Syrian grocery store, but he didn't know that his music would cause him to flee his home for anothe...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2017
  • Length: 27:05
An Unofficial Embassy for Displaced Kurds
From: Bending Borders
Series: Between Homelands: Hope, Fear and Longing in America
Caption: Kurdish and United States flags fly at Niroj Kurdish Cuisine’s bar., Credit: Taylor Haney
Luqman Barwari abandoned his career to open a Kurdish restaurant in the U.S., a meeting place where immigrant Kurds can keep memories of home alive.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 01, 2015
  • Length: 04:54
  • Purchases: 1
Bombs drop at Brookings, Oregon
From: Ron Johnson
Series: Because It Matters
Caption: Nobuo Fujita, who piloted the plane that bombed Brookings, donating his family's 400-year-old samurai sword to the city of Brookings
The 9-11 attacks weren’t the first time that America had been bombed. Listen to what happened at Brookings, Oregon on a Wednesday morning in Septem...

  • Added: Dec 10, 2014
  • Length: 10:26
Mine Enemy: The Story of German POWs in America
From: Alison Jones
Caption: German POW Otto Schwingel and Linda Anderson on Anderson's farm near Florence, S.C., Credit: courtesy of Ingebourg Schwingel
During World War II, some 400,000 captured German soldiers were shipped across the Atlantic to prison camps dotted across the U.S. Suddenly the ene...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, RadioStPete Florida, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KBBI Alaska, WVTF and more


  • Added: May 19, 2014
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 89
"Changi Concert Party"
From: Margaret Evans
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In a Japanese P.O.W. camp during World War II, a group of Australian prisoners created performances that sustained them and their “captive” audienc...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2014
  • Length: 58:03
Losing Pakistan: A Search for Common Ground
From: Dan Boyce
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This piece examines the tenuous state of relations between the United States and Pakistan. It follows Montana Public Radio Reporter Dan Boyce on a ...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2013
  • Length: 47:43
Bonne Chance Comrades
From: Amira Anne Glickman
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This is a story of a 1940's child's journal, set against the backdrop of WWII, that records the play life of a group of boys reenacting war games i...

  • Added: Mar 23, 2013
  • Length: 52:58
Life After War
From: Seattle Globalist
Series: Refugees in Puget Sound
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Refugees coming to the US have just a few months to find a job and a place to live. And they are 10 times as likely as the general population to su...

  • Added: May 23, 2012
  • Length: 07:36
Silent and Unseen: Secret Agent in the Warsaw Uprising
From: Dave McGuire
Caption: Stefan Baluk during WWII, Credit: Stefan Baluk
A 97 year-old veteran of the Warsaw Uprising recounts parachuting into occupied Poland and fighting in a last-ditch attempt to re-take his home fro...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 18, 2011
  • Length: 14:19
  • Purchases: 2
In Maine, Southern Sudanese Celebrate Independence
From: Alyce Ornella
Caption: Veterans of the Second Sudanese Civil War stand under the new flag of South Sudan., Credit: Alyce Ornella
Portland, Maine is home to one of the largest Southern Sudanese refugee communities in the United States, many of whom settled in the city after fl...

Bought by WMPG and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 10, 2011
  • Length: 02:24
  • Purchases: 2
All You Need is a (Separation Barrier)
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2010 Third Coast ShortDocs: Book Odds
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From Baghdad to Western Sahara, an alphabetic listing of the world’s prominent separation barriers builds a wall of its own.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 11, 2011
  • Length: 03:01
  • Purchases: 1
Southern Sudanese in Kenya vote for a new country
From: Becky Palmstrom
Caption: A pastor at a Southern Sudanese church in a refugee camp in Kenya., Credit: Becky Palmstrom
As the newest country in the world celebrates, Becky Palmstrom travels to Kenya to hear the prayers and songs of the refugees waiting to return to ...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2011
  • Length: 05:18
A Drum Is Always With Me
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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In Portland, a small community exists around the public performance of Middle Eastern music and dance. Portland is also home to an Iraqi community ...

Bought by WMPG, KUOW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 11, 2011
  • Length: 08:26
  • Purchases: 3
Afghanistan's Other War
From: Vermont Public
Caption: An Afghanistan National Police trainee., Credit: Steve Zind
A half-hour documentary that examines the challenging counter-insurgency mission of the National Guard and how the Guard is training the Afghan Pol...

Bought by WLPR , WGBH Radio Boston, KSFR, and Maine Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 17, 2010
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
Shovelling the Rain Away
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Award Winning Radio Programs
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The image of old men shovelling rain off the roads in Afghanistan sets up a grim picture of the frustration of Afghans who sincerely want to make t...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2010
  • Length: 14:30
Remembrance Day
From: Julie Subrin
Caption: Hillside in Murambi, Credit: Photo by Gregory Warner
A visit to a Rwandan memorial raises questions about when and how we remember genocide.

Bought by Prairie Public and WBEZ


  • Added: Apr 14, 2009
  • Length: 11:48
  • Purchases: 2