Middle East
Insight: Inside the Israeli Hospital
In this BBC Worldwide production Tim Samuels follows two doctors on their rounds in Israel's Ziv hospital as they treat Syrians - both civilians and fighters - who have been seriously wounded in their…
Brownlee: NZ should not intervene on Israel/Palestine conflict
Within 48 hours of becoming Foreign Minister, Gerry Brownlee has called the New Zealand co-sponsored UN resolution on Israel 'premature'.
Syria 'the humanitarian test of our time' - Lyse Doucet
The BBC's Chief International correspondent, Lyse Doucet reports on future of Syria and the region on a day when as many as 100 people have been killed in a a toxic gas attack, which activists say is… Audio
Public Enemy - Episode 4
How do you fight a president who is hostile to your culture? Audio
Bettany Hughes: Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities
Bettany Hughes is an award-winning historian, author, and broadcaster. She has just released a comprehensive book on Turkey's capital, entitled Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities. Her previous books… Audio
Emma Beals: a culture of safety in warzones
NZ journalist Emma Beales has won this year’s James W Foley Freedom Award for her work. Since 2012 has covered the civil war in Syria. Audio
Focus on Middle East peace
A foreign policy analyst is casting doubt on the real worth of New Zealand's initiative for peace in the Middle East. Audio
Public Enemy - Episode 3
How do you trust your community when someone is always watching? Audio
Is the world turning a blind eye to Yemen?
The 20-month conflict in Yemen, the Middle East's poorest country, has resulted in more than 10,000 deaths, displaced 3 million and more than half the country is on the brink of starvation. Yet it has… Audio, Gallery
Public Enemy - Episode 1
Between the rise of ISIS and Donald Trump, what does it mean to grow up a Muslim in the midst of the War on Terror? Audio
Public Enemy - Episode 2
How do you hold on to an identity when it is constantly under attack? Video, Audio
Teaching in a war zone
New Zealand professor Peter O'Connor – an international expert in applied theatre and drama education - has just returned from the Middle East where he ran arts education workshops with… Audio
The battle for Mosul
Iraq analyst and advisor to the US military led coalition Micheal Knights discusses the battle for Mosul & post ISIS plans once the fighting ends. Mosul, was declared as the de facto Iraqi capital of… Audio
Christine Spring: HOPE
Kathryn Ryan speaks to author, photographer and former engineer Christine Spring about her book HOPE. The hard cover book is a photo essay of Syrian refugees in Lebanon taken in October 2015 when… Audio, Gallery
Security Council to meet as Syria violence escalates
The United Nations Security Council will meet urgently tomorrow to discuss an escalation of fighting in Syria.
Why we should be watching the Iran-Saudi situation
A lot of the Western World is focused on the conflict in Syria, but our next guest says we should also be looking at the Iran-Saudi tension, in the Middle East. Simon Henderson is the Baker fellow and… Audio
Middle East correspondent Kate Shuttleworth
The latest from the Middle East, including on the rising death toll from the massive bombing in Baghdad. Audio
Books in mosques start a reading revolution: Dr. Rana Dajani
Jordanian molecular biologist Dr. Rana Dajani wanted Jordanian children to read for pleasure; while the average person in the United States reads 11 books for pleasure a year, Jordanians read just… Audio
Repression and resistance in Iran
Academic Yassamine Mather is a long-time Iranian Marxist and a former activist in the Fedayeen. We'll ask her what was it like to experience the revolution in 1979, and her take on the current… Audio
NZ soldier dies in Middle East
A New Zealand Army soldier has died in Jordan in a non-combat incident.