廣播電視：中東問題，阿以衝突，遜尼和什葉派的曆史恩怨

節目：It's Your World (formerly World Affairs Council)

主講：Vali Nasr

題目：The Shia Revival (什葉派的興起)

Vali Nasr 是《The Shia Revival: How Conflicts Within Islam Will Shape the Future》一書的作者。

在這個節目裏 Vali Nasr offers an analysis of the ancient struggle between Shias and Sunnis for the soul of Islam.

The book sheds light on historic moments of Shia/Sunni competition over power, as well as times of collaboration between the two sects against outside oppressors. He also holds that the sectarian divisions between Shia and Sunni, and the historic marginalization of Shias throughout the Islamic world, will come to play a large part in determining our collective future. Nasr believes Westerners have too often conceived of the Middle East through a Sunni perspective, and that in these changing times the Western world must now learn to understand the history, motivations and philosophy of the Shia as well.

金筆聽了他的精彩講演對當前紛亂的中東問題有了一個較為清晰的認識，特將這個節目介紹給文學城裏的朋友們。

節目比較長，約70分鍾左右。