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Iraqi Kurds are increasingly frustrated with Iraq's central government while Turkey's recent bombing campaign has taken on armed Kurdish separatists based in northern Iraq. A closer look at the politics surrounding millions of ethnic Kurds in Iraq, Turkey, Iran and Syria and how the "Kurdish question" could undermine the search for regional stability.
Bulent Aliriza, senior associate and director of the Turkey Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
Dr. Najmaldin O. Karim, president, the Washington Kurdish Institute
Aliza Marcus, author, "Blood and Belief: The PKK and the Kurdish Fight for Independence"
Geraldine Brooks presents her latest novel about the journey of an ancient Hebrew text and the people who risked their lives to protect it during centuries of wars, inquisitions, and family tragedies.
Geraldine Brooks, author of the 2006 Pulitzer-Prise winning "March," "Year of Wonders," "Nine Parts of Desire," and "Foreign Correspondence."