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The New Arab World Part two |
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The Gulf countries of the Arab world were once seen as relatively backward. But now the Gulf nations are starting to shine. Can they eclipse the Arab world's more established centers of influence? The BBC’s Arab Affairs Analyst Magdi Abdelhadi investigates, in this series of documentaries produced for the BBC World Service. | |
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Magdi Abdelhadi travels to Qatar, which is perhaps most well-known as the home of the Al Jazeera TV network. He explores Qatar’s Education City, which has branch campuses of five prestigious Western universities. Abdelhadi also examines whether this wealthy nation’s “culture of entitlement” will likely impede the impact of democratic reforms. |
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The BBC’s Magdi Abdelhadi concludes his series on The New Arab World by visiting what he calls The Old Arab World. He travels to his native Egypt to find out why traditional Arab centers are not doing as well as the more modern Gulf societies. Should Egypt copy the achievements of places like Dubai and Qatar? Or is there another way for it to move forward? |
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| THE CHANGING WORLD is the sister documentary series of PRI's The World. Each week, we offer American radio listeners two in-depth documentaries from the BBC World Service that probe issues critical to our understanding of our evolving world. |
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