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World Lectures

A series of lectures on global issues given by experts in their fields

World Service,5 episodes

Episodes

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Asia - Building too High
'What has gone wrong in Asia and what is about to happen there?'
08 May 1998,26 mins
Kamal Aboulmagd
The growing interest in each other's cultures by Western and Muslim civilizations
12 May 1998,26 mins
Wangari Maathai
Dr. Wangari Muta Maathai looks at poverty from the point of view of an environmentalist
20 May 1998,27 mins
Nighat Said Khan
Prospects for the new century and fears of a world controlled by a new imperialism
10 Jun 1998,27 mins
Carlos Fuentes
Reflecting on 1994, Mexico's 'year of living dangerously'
17 Jun 1998,25 mins