Middle East File

Naomi Prodeau, the Lead Lawyer at the Investigations Project at Free Yezidi Foundation, joins the Middle East File to discuss the International Protocol on Documenting Violations of Religious Freedom. Crafted in response to requests from civil society partners who have suffered severe violations of their religious freedom, the protocol seeks to fill a gap by providing a thorough and accessible res...

Knox Thames, Visiting Expert at the United States Institute of Peace and a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Global Engagement, joins the Middle East File to discuss an article co-authored with Emily Scolaro: Freedom of Religion or Belief and Cultural Heritage Protection: Synergistic not Competitive. The article explores exciting possibilities for how cultural heritage protection and religious fr...

Miles Windsor, Senior Manager for Strategy and Campaigns for the Middle East Action Team at the Religious Freedom Institute, joins the Middle East File to discuss his article: How Liz Truss Can Champion Religious Freedom at U.K. Ministerial Conference .  The conversation discusses the potential impact of the upcoming UK-hosted Ministerial to Advance Freedom of Religion or Belief and other ini...

Helene Fisher, Global Gender Persecution Specialist at Open Doors International, joins the Middle East File podcast to discuss Invisible: The Gender Report 2022. the latest gender specific religious persecution report from Open Doors. The report was featured in the Middle East File | 14 .  Over the past five years, this report from Open Doors has helped shine light on the particular ways in w...

Dennis Petri, International Director of the International Institute for Religious Freedom, joins the Middle East File to discuss his article: The Tyranny of Religious Freedom Rankings . Dennis' article featured in Middle East File | 17 . This article provides further nuance to the discussion about how to describe and measure levels of religious freedom around the world.  Related: Faith in Num...

Shivan Fazil, a researcher with the Middle East and North Africa Programme at SIPRI joins the Middle East File to discuss his article: The Political Marginalisation of Ethnic and Religious Minorities in Iraq . Shivan's article was featured in Middle East File | 14 . This piece is the cover article of the Spring issue of Manara Magazine: Suffering, Perseverance, and Hope: Minority Voices from the M...

On the first episode of the Middle East File, Nadine Maenza, the outgoing Chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom joins to discuss the newly released USCIRF Annual Report 2022.  USCIRF Releases 2022 Annual Report with Recommendations for U.S. Policy Related:  US support of global religious freedom must go beyond rhetoric by Lena Abboud (The Hill) A glimmer of hope...