Bridging the cultural divide
Logo of Year of Intercultural Dialogue
In a global melting pot, how we relate to one another's culture is an issue of the greatest importance. It involves a level of understanding of different cultures, languages and faiths. This year is the European Year of intercultural dialogue and the European Parliament and its President are determined to draw attention to the need for a bridge between different cultures. African week (8-12 September) in the Parliament which brought politics and culture from Africa to Brussels.
This focus draws attention to some of the people who have visited the Parliament to talk about intercultural dialogue as well as President Pöttering's thoughts on the subject. We also have a musical angle as Dani Klein, lead singer of Vaya con Dios spoke to us about the plight of the Roma people.
Table of contents of the Focus :
- Pöttering talks about dialogue between cultures
- Indian guru Satguru Baba Ji on spirituality and politics
- Syria's Grand Mufti on civilisation and morality
- Film season at the EP
- Vaya con Dios - singing to defend the Roma
- Pöttering in Qatar fro talks
- Young Israelis, Palestinians and Europeans meet at EP
- Hauwa Ibrahim: "The EU can be torchlight "
- UN's Asma Jahangir speaks of need for understanding between religions
- Images from African week in the European Parliament
- Dalai Lama at the EP - see the photos
- Jonathan Sacks: "Make heroes of the moderates"
- Arab week in pictures
- Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: "The planet is our common home, Christians and non-Christians"
- Wole Soyinka - Africa's first literary laureate
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