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Turkey and Egypt

Rajan Datar briefly joins the cast of one of Turkey's smash-hit TV soap operas on set in Istanbul; Tom Dinham savours the food for revolutionary thought on sale on Cairo's streets.

Insight, wit and analysis from 大象传媒 correspondents, journalists and writers from around the world, presented by Pascale Harter.

In this edition, Rajan Datar briefly joins the cast of a smash-hit TV soap opera on set in Istanbul, and finds out how this sort of on-screen drama has been bringing prestige, clout and foreign visitors to Turkey. Tom Dinham savours the food for revolutionary thought on sale everywhere on the streets of Cairo - even right in the middle of violent political protests.

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10 minutes

Last on

Thu 13 Dec 2012 04:50GMT

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  • Wed 12 Dec 2012 19:50GMT
  • Thu 13 Dec 2012 01:50GMT
  • Thu 13 Dec 2012 04:50GMT