Lebanese-American photographer Rania Matar has been taking photos of young girls in their rooms. In her photos she explores the private space of these young girls on the cusp of adulthood. Rania Matar stops by the studio to speak with Marco Werman.
About 14,000 students attend Ariel University, which sits deep inside the West Bank, on the edge of a large Jewish settlement.
Aaron Schachter speaks with Israeli cartoonist Uri Fink about the case of fellow cartoonist Mohammad Saba'aneh, a Palestinian who is one of some 4,800 Palestinians being held in Israeli jails.
Sitting in a window seat, a 36-year-old construction worker named Muhannad said, "this new bus is good. It's only a $1.35 each way. It beats getting ripped off by gypsy van operators."
Rami Khouri, a columnist for The Daily Star newspaper in Beirut says Israel's neighbors are bracing for election results that will likely usher in a more right-wing Israeli governing coalition.
Two of the documentaries nominated for an Oscar are about the same thing: the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. They come at the issue from two different perspectives. One through the eyes of a Palestinian villager. The other Israel's top security chiefs.
On Friday, supporters of Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas held the biggest rally of its kind in Gaza since rivals Hamas came to power there in 2007.
The votes are lining up for and against a Palestinian bid to upgrade their status at the United Nations. The World's Matthew Bell reports.