a. fulbright scholarship and m.t.v. kind of started ship to start the program in palestine and israel to bring together young musicians to work together and to really amplify their voices that's what that's what we're trying to do amplify this trying to get them together to understand that we're all humans after all and we all want the same thing we all want freedom we all want quality so that's why we started. but. let's talk about. a really great song you performed when the impossible becomes possible what is this song all about you guys so it started from an arabic saying actually. which i mean it's like it means tomorrow with the apricots but it means it's like when pigs fly it's something that will never happen just because you know and then they changed it a little bit we say because of family. and it. changes it just a little bit you can barely catch it with your ear but. to say that possible is happening and what is that what is that possibility that is being achieved that possibility is togetherness and unity w

george is here on a fulbright scholar and zaneb is an artist.s in the room, however, well, don't give me that innocent look, you young punks. i know somebody in here is smoking reefer. how stoned are people here? >> we can ask, just ask. >> you're not getting totally ripped here? >> no. it's a functional part of daily life. for a long time, the rest of the country and the government didn't really like tangier a whole lot. it was seedy. there were foreigners who came here and -- >> it makes money. >> he sees it as a future economic super power as i understand it. taking condos boutique hotelses that good or bad? >> for moroccans, it's work, but of course ex-pats want to keep tangier like they know it before. >> i mean, this cafe is very similar to the way it was, but there's a tv right there. >> flat screen. >> that's why people come here. they come to watch soccer games. >> you can well imagine the american guy who's lived in tangier for 30 years. he comes in, there's a flat screen tv on the wall. he's like -- what? you've ruined the authenticit

he even came to the united states on a fulbright. he's written a book on 9/11 in which basically he says -- [inaudible] he says that actually the world is run by bankers, american and british bankers. he also insinuated coming in now, he also has anti-semitic rules there. and then he says he controlled the world by planting microchips in the brains of people. so my point is, this guy is the vice chancellor, head of the university and they don't say hey, the university. so that is a state of denial. and you asked at the very outset, why did i feel compelled to write this book? the truth is the same reason i was compelled to read my earlier book. somebody has to put out and historically correct narrative. the previous book had hundreds of pakistan armies at one time protesting. when i was ambassador, there was that one time copies of the book circulated to the media highlighting his critical of the pakistani military. i'm not criticizing the pakistani military to harm it. i'm trying to correct its course. as a citizen, i should have tha

he has a phd and even came to the united states on a fulbright once. he wrote a book on 911 in which he says is kind of a 911 trooper. he says the world is run by bankers and he also has anti-semitic views and then he says we control the world by planting microchips. he's the head of the university and the president of the country doesn't say hey the state-run university. so, this is a state of denial. and you as asked at the outset y did i feel compelled to write this book? it's the same reason that i was compelled to write my earlier book. somebody has to put up a with historical correct narrative. the previous but had the pakistan army at one time protested. and when i was the ambassador at one time copies of the book were so duly highlighted saying he's critical of the pakistan military. i'm not criticizing to harm. i'm trying to criticize to correct the course. as a citizen i should have that right. the first book pointed out how pakistan's military had worked together for much longer than people understand and believe and realized. this book magni

a. fulbright scholarship and m.t.v. kind of started ship to start the program in palestine and israel to bring together young musicians to work together and to really amplify their voices that's what that's what we're trying to do amplify this trying to get them together to understand that we're all humans after all and we all want the same thing we all want freedom we all want quality so that's why we started. it. let's talk about. a really great song you performed when the impossible becomes possible what is this song all about you guys so it started from an arabic saying actually. which i mean it's like it means tomorrow with the apricots but it means it's like when pigs fly it's something that will never happen just because you know and then they changed it a little bit we say because of family. and it. changes it just a little bit you can barely catch it with your ear but. to say the possible is happening and what is that what is that possibility that is being achieved that possibility is togetherness and unity we

to read and write he's now interviewing for jobs at a sales manager at siemens and applying for a fulbright scholarship. there are four fulbright scholars at the american university in kabul. he wanted me to say thanks to the american people so this is as close as i'm going to be able to become to doing so. in education system afghanistan, not just higher education, but so many universities that the number of them even to me as counterintuitive so i don't use them. before you get to colleges and universities and before the taliban and was driven out, and they said they have been, 9000 now onethe schools am million. about 3 million of them are girls but none of them could have been educated before we got there with our allies. 2001, there were 20,000 teachers, all-male. there are now 200,000 teachers, 60,000 of them are women. improved., much child mortality, significantly down. 5 million afghan refugees fled to pakistan and have returned .ome is it that 67% of the american people in the most recent survey think the afghan war was not worth fighting? how does that happen? the picture is much

influence i'm joined by a few times to soy professor of politics at istanbul university and a former fulbright fellow at home but welcome tea thank you very much. bingham said think of him until it let's stop with the new new deal on the wrong into media in geneva earlier this week i'm going with this weekend's turkey's position on the contrary i think and the simple ones to be an unwise this film on sauna in there. he can and it's much easier to deal with today iran in the keys off syria and also leah me in terms of managing deals the event that the imports the moon bases from outside and and onto the doll that has v neck and often now and then all intentional slight competition the team turkey and iran. the turkey was regarded as a late comer to the middle east and there will be some outstanding girl will be here on this explains why the key is it has been inpatient it is via an about to now i think is that his position the panel dead comes to the fore again and dependable come into force in in in the medley with a slight extension with the rawness to be an understatement because it means th

he has received a number of honors for his teaching including a full plate -- fulbright distinguished award and while i'm fulbright he spent nine months working and studying classes in finland which of course is a country heavily featured in amanda's book and will have an opportunity to hear more about your experiences there as well a little bit later. amanda, what can we say that hasn't already been set? idoni to bother saying anything more. i will just say amanda as you know a writer for time and the atlantic and if you haven't seen her cover story in this month's atlantic it's worth checking out and if you're a football fan like i am and has made me think a little bit differently. it hasn't yet changed my mind. [laughter] amanda has course been working on this look for several years now and we have been talking about it over that period. it really is a remarkable achievement and issue now it's been reviewed with braves just about everywhere and i want to quote on "the new york times" by annie paul, new america is on any pol which is convenient how that works. annie wrote ripley suc

andt: a year on fulbright went back again for another six months as an intern for the u.s. ate department. served as special advisor to the u.s. institute of peace. she is now a senior middle east adviser with the stimson center. leo is on the phone from the bronx in new york. my question is regarding the article that appeared in the "wall street journal" on friday about syria. my take on that is that the future of syria and iraq is to become like lebanon. there does not seem to be a history of centralized government in syria and iraq. what's your opinion? guest: there is a history of centralized government in syria and iraq. if anything, there is a history of authoritarian and repressive government. your question really speaks to growing concerns in iraq and syria of jihadist influence. over the last six or seven months, there has been a real resurgence of al qaeda elements in iraq. we are seeing a deepening influence of jihadist in syria. ,he concern is that over time you will have a blurring of the borders between eastern syria and western iran, in which you have a live a

don't know if you are familiar the one of the largest universities he is a physicist he came to the united states of the fulbright the basically he says that actually the world is run by baker's in british bakers to insinuate that he is anti-semitic views and give planting microchips into the brains of people so he is the head of the university and the prime minister does the assay and is a state run university. that is a state of denial. so why do i feel compelled to write to this? the save as many other books somebody has to put out a correct narrative. when i was ambassador at one time with ed is not to harm but to correct the course i should have that right. point taylor how those groups would work together for much longer for them people understand. this book "magnificent delusions" pakistan, the united states, and an epic history of misunderstanding" is meant to again to set the record right. for all their mistakes no free pass to the americans in the tent through the cynicism but nothing is manufactured sometimes people ask me what would set things right? the narrative change it is not backward because of

it is true, we probably spend 3/4 of our money spending on fulbright, international visitors, targeting those people that can make a difference in the opinion landscape. that is the way you can target certain people who are very important, and the shotgun effect when we use the media to reach broader audience. in washington that was not was fully understood and i wanted to put that in the report, that it is not just messaging, not just how you engage in audiences, how you make them see what you are doing and show them we have a point of view that is respectable. i think it is important if you look at the cover of the report, if you see who is on there, it is not a spokesman on there. that is an english-teaching officer, someone in pakistan with me. he stood for that other side of public diplomacy that is not often reported, but english teaching is something we use effectively out there, the target it to certain audience we think are more at risk, but it is a way we get out our word to a to for an audience and give them a broader sense of what is going on in the world, and maybe they will be able to inform other peo

state and chief executives who i need as i travel the world as a senator to go to school who participated in educational exchanges and the fulbright program, meet them everywhere. foreign ministers in saudi arabia who has been foreign minister for 30 years or more. he proudly reminds me of his education at princeton. and another showed me a photograph and said this was you and me 25, 35 years ago when i met you at a law of diplomacy school when you were a senator. many immigrants know that the american dream is not restricted to those born in america. if you go to miami, chicago, san francisco, any major city in america, you will find a community that speaks your language and understand your culture and welcomes diversity and can serve as an anchor for your next venture. it is not just the big cities. you heard it from secretary pritzker and president obama. success stories. indian manufacturers expanding plants in upstate new york. singapore companies extending their supply chain to texas. german multinationals creating jobs in small towns in kentucky. investing in suburban ohio. south african energy firms investing in southwest

now interviewing as a job as a .ales manager there are full fulbright scholars at the university in kabul. he wanted me to say thank you to the american people. this is as close as i could come. the education system and afghanistan. so many of them, the number given to them is counterintuitive. so i do not use it. in terms of the lower grades, before you get to colleges and universities, before the taliban was driven out, to the extent they have been, 900,000 boys. now a million students in school . 3 million of those are girls. none of those who could've been educated before we got there with our allies. were 20,000e teachers, all male. is now 200,000 teachers. 60,000 of whom are women. health care much improved. child mortality significantly down. afghan refugees who fled pakistan have returned home. how is it that 67% of the american people recent survey think that the afghan war was not worth fighting? how did that happen? because the picture is much, much better than that number. i just don't believe that the american people have had a fair or fuller picture of the events in afghanis

it is true, we probably spend 3/4 of our money spending on fulbright, international visitors, targeting those people that can make aerence in the opinion landscape. that is the way you can target certain people who are very important, and the shotgun effect when we use the media to reach broader audience. in washington that was not was fully understood and i wanted to put that in the report, that it is not just messaging, not just how you engage in audiences, how you make them see what you are doing and show them we have a point of view that is respectable. i think it is important if you look at the cover of the report, if you see who is on there, it is not a spokesman on there. that is an english-teaching officer, someone in pakistan with me. he stood for that other side of public diplomacy that is not often reported, but english teaching is something we use effectively out there, the target it to certain audience we think are more at risk, but it is a way we get out our word to a to for an audience and give them a broader sense of what is going on in the world, and maybe they will be able to inform other people w

three quarters of our money working on programs such as fulbright international visitors and really targeting those people that we think can make a big difference to the landscape that is out there. that way since you have the rifle the effect of targeting certain people who we think are very important, and the shotgun effect when we use the media to reach broader audience. i think that was not fully understood and something i wanted to put in the report and it's not just messaging how you get to work out. it's not just messaging how you engage an audience and it's not messaging how you sort of make them see what we're doing and show that we have a point of view that's very respectable. i think it's important if you look at the cover of the report, you see was on there. it's not a spokesman who is on the. is actually an english teaching office. someone who is in pakistan with me and i thought he really stood for the other side of public diplomacy that isn't often reported. but the fact is english teaching is something we used very effectively out there. retarget to certain audiences that we think perhaps are more at risk, but it'

world, and have for the last 29 years as a senator, he came to the united states to go to school, or who participated in educational exchanges in the fulbright program for instance, or in other programs. meet him everywhere. foreign minister of saudi arabia who has been foreign minister for 30 plus years or more, you know, proudly reminds me of his education at princeton, for instance. and the foreign minister today showed and i saw him in new york at the united nations general assembly anthony a photograph and said, this was you and me 25, 30 years ago when i met you at fletcher school of law and diplomacy when you were a senator. incredible. that's the new world we are living in. maybe a lot of you have a cousin of a friend who came to our shores to start their own business. in fact, about half of our small businesses are started by immigrants who know instinctively that the american dream is not restricted to those born in america. you go to miami, chicago, san francisco or any major city in america, you will find a community that speaks your language, understand your culture, welcomes diversity and can serve as an anchor for your next ve