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Hamas and Fatah have been deadlocked for months over the formation of a Palestinian unity government. Progress appeared to have been made on Monday when an agreement was reached on a candidate for prime minister. Today, Columbia scholar Rashid Khalidi assesses whether progress can be made and sustained in the Middle East. Also, the struggles of a freelance dancer, same sex marriage in South Africa and the buzz on Borat.
Preaching to the Choir and the Rainbow Nation
Paul Baumann, editor of Commonweal
- on the U.S. Catholic Bishop's conference and the decisions they have made
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Vista Kalipa, Media Co-ordinator for the Triangle Project an organization that works towards eradicating discrimination against and within the LGBT community in South Africa
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Mark Mathabane , writer, commentator on human rights and author,
Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa (Touchstone Books 1998)
- on the South African Parliaments decision to legalize same sex marriage
A Dancer's Lot
Felice Lesser, choreographer
- on her new dance and video work, I Am a Dancer about the struggles of freelance dancers in small companies
Studio Theater of Baryshnikov Arts Center, November 15th-18th
Territorial Imperative
Rashid Khalidi , head of the Middle East Institute at Columbia University and author,
The Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood (Beacon, 2006)
- on his new book, a history of the Palestinians
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Borat: Equal Opportunity Insults
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly film critic
- discusses America's reaction to the new Sacha Baron Cohen film Borat
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