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Roundtable: Amid Middle East protests, a look at free expression

9:06 AM, September 21, 2012

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  • Syl Jones: Journalist, author and playwright. His newest play, "Going Up," will be performed by the Mixed Blood Theater.
  • Mohannad Ghawanmeh: Curator of The Twin Cities Arab Film Festival, producer, and senior instructor in communications and film at Dunwoody College of Technology
  • Andrew Karre: Editorial director of Carolrhoda Books
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This week on the Friday Roundtable, as protests continue in the Middle East over an online video that mocked the Prophet Muhammad, our panel will look at the debate over art and free expression, and what happens when art provokes violence.

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