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• Twitter campaign highlights Saudi poverty

Inside the Middle East is a 30 minute monthly feature program that seeks to capture the dynamism and broad range of cultural diversity in countries across the Middle East. Together with exclusive online articles and galleries it gives a fresh perspective on life in the region that goes beyond the news headlines.
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• Go behind the scenes with CNN's IME team in Israel
• Jewish and Palestinian metal bands unite

• 'Space stations' to transform Riyadh
• Qatar gets its first World Heritage site

• What was Ramadan like for Syrian refugees?
• Ramadan's Super Bowl effect

• Survey reveals media controls
• Yemeni girl, 11, ran from marriage
• Project to green the desert
• The Middle East's crowdfunding site
• Iraqi Airways plans new routes and planes
• Middle East competition over Angry Birds
• View from the world's tallest building
• The changing face of butlers in the Middle East
• Gallery: What is life like in Damascus?
• Saudi Arabia's first anti-abuse campaign
• Playboy gets a Hebrew edition
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Saturday, Oct 5 : 0430, 1830
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