Bridging the Divide
How the world looks through American eyes, and the myriad and unexpected ways that the world influences the United States.
A pastor and an imam 'programmed to hate one another' tell us how they bridged a religious divide and offer advice for Americans divided by faith and fear. Then we meet Bajhat Abdulwahed, a face familiar to many Iraqis but few Philadelphians. And we hear why Muslim women in America are being advised to ‘keep a baseball cap handy in the car’.
Plus, the dual life of a Somali-American teenager. And we ask: will hipsters erase the distinctive street art of Miami's Little Haiti?
(Photo: In decades past, Nigerian Imam Muhammad Ashafa (right) and Pastor James Wuye were leaders of militias that battled one another. Credit: PRI’s The World)
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- Sat 19 Dec 201505:32GMTBBC World Service UK DAB/Freeview, Online, West and Central Africa, Americas and the Caribbean & Australasia only
- Sat 19 Dec 201519:32GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa
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How the world looks through American eyes, and the myriad and unexpected ways that the world influences the United States.
