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A look at sectarianism in Iraq and how it relates to divisions across the region.
Mishkat Al-Moumin, minister of environment, Iraqi interim government, 2004-05; director, Women and Environment NGO in Iraq; adjunct scholar at the Middle East Institute.
Jon Alterman, director, Middle East Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Robert Malley, Middle East Program Director, International Crisis Group
After anthropologist Roy Richard Grinker got the news of his daughter's autism diagnosis, he set out on a journey around the world to better understand the disorder. He tells the story of his travels and how he came to the conclusion that there is no autism "epidemic," as some experts have claimed, but that we are in a period of vastly improved diagnosis and treatment for the problem.
Roy Richard Grinker, professor of anthropology and director of the George Washington University Institute for Ethnographic Research. He's the author of four other books, including "In the Arms of Africa."
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