Teaching in an exchange program that brought college-aged Syrians and Americans together, I was invited to work with Syrian professionals at the Arab Institute for Media and Broadcasting in Damascus. My courses produced two handbooks, one in Arabic in 2011 – Short Features for Radio: A Manual for Broadcast Journalists. War again, forced me to relocate.
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