Mert and Elnaz talk about secularism in the Middle East. What it mean and why we need it in the Middle East.
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Confused about what’s going on in the Middle East? Tired of black and white images drawn by the media? Listen to the first hand account of two Middle Easterners who made their way to the United States from Iraq and Iran. We talk about our lives in the Middle East, and our experience with religion, human rights and democracy.