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Campus

BYU Model Arab League wins regionals in Denver

By Lucy Schouten
March 17, 2015 12:00 AM
Delegates had to act fast after ISIS invaded Jordan. The delegation from Iraq was frantically trying to block a vote put forward by Syria when word came of the 'crisis.' The crisis simulation was part of the regional Model Arab League competition in Denver March 13–15, where BYU took top honors for the second year in a row.
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World

Jordan says ISIS can be defeated as uproar over burn video continues

February 10, 2015 12:00 AM
Jordan called Wednesday for a decisive battle against the Islamic State group, declaring 'this evil can and should be defeated,' after the militants burned a Jordanian pilot to death in a cage and gleefully broadcast the horrific images on outdoor screens in their stronghold.
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Nation

Fracking brings economic opportunity despite environmental risk

By Lucy Schouten
January 20, 2015 12:00 AM
Horizontal oil fracking is a new technology that has boosted the domestic economy, helped pull down gas prices and given jobs to BYU students even as environmental activists express concern about its impact.
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Campus

BYU grads serve as U.S. ambassadors to Middle Eastern countries

By Kristina Tieken
February 18, 2014 12:00 AM
Matthew Tueller presents his credentials to the Amir in Kuwait, Sept. 2011. (Photo courtesy Matthew Tueller)
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Religion

The Church in the Middle East: Balancing religion and culture

By Brittany Carlile
February 12, 2013 12:00 AM
Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints can be found across the world, with a surprising concentration of members in the Middle East.
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Nation

Kerry heckled at sec. of state confirmation hearing

By Casey Adams
January 25, 2013 12:00 AM
Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Sen. John Kerry was the target of ridicule as a woman from the audience began yelling objections during his testimony. (AP Photo)
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Campus

A frigid welcome to the Jerusalem Center

By Lucy Schouten
January 24, 2013 12:00 AM
Camels. Semitic languages. Shawarma. Falafel. And snow? BYU students who plan to spend a semester at the Jerusalem Center are ready for new experiences, but the students who arrived two weeks ago can relate to their Utah peers. They, too, experienced unusually intense winter weather.
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World

Suicide blast at funeral kills 24 in Iraq

January 23, 2013 12:00 AM
People gather at the scene of a car bomb attack in Shula neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013. A string of car bomb attacks in and around Baghdad, killing and wounding scores of people, police said, deepening fears of an increase in violence as sectarian tensions simmer in Iraq. (AP Photo/ Hadi Mizban)
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World

The Arab autumn

By Haley Bissegger
September 24, 2012 12:00 AM
With her daughter and her friend in the backseat of her car, she felt the uneasiness that came in the wake of last week’s protests in the Middle East as she drove home on the usually peaceful streets of Bahrain. Their generally lighthearted drive home from joy school took on a heavier tone during the peak of the unrest.
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World

BYU reacts to protests in Middle East

By Haley Bissegger
September 18, 2012 12:00 AM
BYU students and faculty responded with sadness at the lives lost and speculated on future conflict in the Middle East after a tumultuous week of violent protests.
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World

Secretary of State Clinton condemns video that sparked attacks on American interests

By Jonathan Knechtel
September 13, 2012 12:00 AM
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday condemned the YouTube video sparking violence against American interests in the Middle East as both 'disgusting and reprehensible,' and clarified that the United States government does not support the content of the video.
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Opinion Outpost

Yellow cake in the Middle East

June 26, 2012 12:00 AM
By Skip Carlson
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Theater

"Arabian Nights" takes the BYU community to the Middle East

May 21, 2012 12:00 AM
Performers from the Department of Theater and Media Arts will present a Middle Eastern experience in their rendition of 'Arabian Nights.'
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Campus Events

BYU Jerusalem Center Relief Society president offers counsel for trials in conflict

By Lucy Schouten
January 01, 1970 12:00 AM
Jerusalem's former Relief Society president used her experiences as a Palestinian Christian and the West Bank's only Mormon convert to counsel BYU Arabic students about enduring trials Feb. 15.
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