Speech and the “Arab Street”.
I start my train trip across Europe from the Middle East, with a Mu’adhin singing to half of Istanbul, a young woman making her first speech in English in Beirut, and President Barack Obama speaking to the world from Cairo.
Stuff from the episode:
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- The Sultan Ahmed – or “Blue Mosque” – in Istanbul where the call to prayer rings out five times a day.
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- In the Blue Mosque courtyard they take their role as educators to the world about Islam very seriously – this is a family tree of the prophets emphasising the inter-relation of the Jewish, Christian and Islamic religions
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- …just a nice photo from Istanbul…
Find a Toastmasters club near you (16,000 clubs in 142 countries).
Fascinating background on Professor Sami Abdel Aziz, ‘the PR mastermind behind Egypt’s election’.
ABC News looking back on Obama’s Cairo speech after eight years.
That speech in full:
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