The GMI enables access by researchers and students to locally produced and themed documentary and dramatic films, music, and satellite broadcasts from the region. As part of the initiative, the MDC maintains an active and growing collection of films and other media related to the region, and frequently screens them along with topical discussions with subject matter experts. The GMI enables lectures and events produced by the MDC to be video recorded and uploaded to the MDC website for public viewing, and provides MDC researchers and affiliated students with sophisticated audio-visual tools and equipment which they can use to produce interviews, oral histories, and podcasts.
Glazer Media Initiative (GMI)
The Glazer Media Initiative at the MDC
Nadi Cinema
The MDC has a large and growing library of films produced in the region and frequently screens them together with thematic discussions led by Middle East Studies experts.
Audio-visual research
The MDC periodically produces podcasts, interviews with experts and practitioners, and oral histories of subjects of interest to Middle East scholars, students, and the public at large.
Access to regional and satellite broadcasts
The Glazer Media Initiative makes available satellite broadcasts from throughout the region for the use of our researchers and students affiliated with the MDC.