An interview with Faith in the Media program participant Asma Al Sharif, Saudi contributor to Arab News and Reuters, reveals new insights gained following the program's December conference. Along with her partner Kelly McEvers--a regular contributor to NPR-- Al Sharif is covering the changes to the curricula in Saudi schools following criticisms that the curricula and textbooks have encouraged violence.



Asma Alsharif discusses this reporting project and the lessons learned from the Istanbul, Turkey Faith in the Media Conference in December 2008.