Say the words “Beirut” or “Lebanon” to anyone over 30 and they would probably free associate words like “kidnapped American citizens,” “Terry Waite,” “civil war” and “scary.” But that was the 1980s. Beirut today is the most populous city in Lebanon, a major tourist attraction and the site of the thriving American University, a private college founded in 1866 under a charter from New York state. Documentary filmmaker and NPR reporter Kate Seelye visited the campus in the fall of 2005 to talk to graduate students about their views of American policies in the Middle East. (4:21 minutes)

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