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A jeweller’s creative residency in Afghanistan
I tried not to have too many preconceptions before coming to Afghanistan, but this was difficult considering the news tends to focus on the poverty there, the instability of the country, or how many...
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Beyond the headlines in Pakistan
As part of a recent partnership project between the British Council and social enterprise Offscreen Expeditions, six 18-21 year-olds from the UK travelled to Pakistan to explore the country behind the...
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Al-Azhar’s English course is a window to the world
Last year when I joined the English-language centre at Al-Azhar University in Cairo, I thought it was just that – a centre for teaching English. As a student, I didn’t expect it would be my window to...
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Turkey: Cultural relations, trust and frog’s leg soup
“A lot of people there don’t really seem to trust us.” This is what a colleague said to me after a visit to the South East of Turkey. By “us” he meant the UK and the West. Given that the UK is a...
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Annual Lecture 2011: The Internet of People
Watch the annual lecture Listen to a BBC interview with Ben recorded before the annual lecture Transcript Thank you very much, thank you everybody for coming. I know some of you have come an extremely...
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