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Counter/Argument: A Middle East Podcast

Naghmeh Sohrabi, Karen Spira, Ramyar D. Rossoukh

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Counter/Argument: A Middle East Podcast is produced by the Crown Center for Middle East Studies at Brandeis University. Through conversations with scholars and practitioners encompassing a variety of disciplines and perspectives, each episode debunks key misconceptions about the contemporary Middle East. Counter/Argument is committed to a balanced and dispassionate approach to the region and to making scholarship more widely accessible.
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Join Karen Briscoe, Author of Real Estate Success in 5 Minutes a Day and Top Producing Agent twice each week! Tune in for insightful conversations with Top Successpreneurs and Business-minds on how they grow their business and achieve a higher level of success in life. Key topics include Commit to Get Leads, Consult to Sell, Connect to Build and Grow, and Success Thinking, Activities and Vision. Listen in for tips from leaders in a variety of industries and disciplines that will inspire and ...
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