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25/04/2010

South African novelist Andre Brink on power-games with languages.
Unwelcome guests inside our bodies, with American biologist Eugene Kaplan.
And American-Iranian scholar Vali Nasr on the rise of the 'critical middle' in the Muslim world .

Illustration by Emily Kasriel.

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大象传媒 World Service Online

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  • Andre Brink

    Language as a writer鈥檚 tool and a vehicle for oppression

    Duration: 17:09

  • 60 Second Idea to Change the World

    Greet at least a dozen strangers every day

    Duration: 04:43

  • Eugene Kaplan

    Human bodies as hotels for parasites

    Duration: 11:28

  • Vali Nasr

    Rise of the middle classes across the Muslim world

    Duration: 14:23

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  • Sun 25 Apr 2010 08:05GMT
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