Melania, Soft Power and the Iran War With Writer Azadeh Moaveni | The Mishal Husain Show
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As US journalist Azadeh Moaveni was writing her latest book, The East Wing, a history of America's first ladies and their staff, President Donald Trump’s demolition of that very part of the White House was underway. Moaveni presents her book as a “parallel women’s history,” tracing how the wives of US presidents, who traditionally had offices in the now-vanished annex, helped shape alliances at home and abroad as their roles evolved along with American society. Moaveni, a journalism professor at New York University, is a longtime reporter on Iran and the Middle East. She explains in her conversation with Mishal Husain how when she took on the project, Iran seemed unusually quiet. Then the US and Israel attacked. Here, she reflects on a seismic year in the US and around the world. 00:00 Introduction from Mishal Husain 03:45 “What are the wives of the big powerful men doing?” 04:22 The East Wing staff 06:29 First female chief of staff, Susie Wiles 07:10 Demolition of the East Wing
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