Interview with Mira about culture, materialistic globalization, technology and life in the UAE
When we conducted our previous podcast, where several American high students asked us questions in order to learn more about the Middle East for their Global Studies class, some students didn’t have a chance to ask their questions. So I’m now giving others the opportunity to answer these questions as a continuation of that series.
Even though these these podcasts are directed towards these students, they are in fact for everybody, and will probably be of interest to people who actually live here too.
On Today’s show is Mira Al Hussain from the UAE, who is also an author here.
This podcast includes:
I had so much fun with Mira creating this podcast because it’s the first time I feature anyone from the UAE. It’s super fascinating and I encourage anyone who is remotely interested in the Gulf to listen to it and enjoy.
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October 17th, 2008 at 10:44 pmThis is really good stuff from our young UAE Ambassador, Mira
I congratulate you and agree with you on all topics and wish everyone here all the best.
Just the other day I was telling some of my friends here how we should stop thinking about building the world’s biggest things and focus on building the world’s best buildings. Let’s build with the end user in mind, and not just the glossy brochure.
peace.
October 19th, 2008 at 10:16 pm