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Since the Arab Spring began in 2011, the
destruction and trafficking of antiquities in the Middle East has reached
new heights as terror groups like the Islamic State rampage through the
region. The third episode of the Asia Society Podcast explores the
practical and symbolic costs of this cultural destruction, as guests
including UNESCO Director Irina
Bokova, U.S. Marine Corps Colonel Matthew Bogdanos,
and Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh
Shoukry weigh in on what the global community can do to
stop it.
Listen
to the podcast
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The triennial Kumbh Mela Hindu ritual
hosted as many as 100 million people at its most recent observance in
2013 in Allahabad in northern India — all in a makeshift city that was
built and torn down in a matter of weeks. In an interview with Asia Blog, two
Harvard researchers, who will appear on a panel at Asia Society in New York on November 6,
discuss their multidisciplinary study of this “ephemeral megacity” and the
lessons that can be applied everywhere from Burning Man to Syrian refugee
camps.
Read the interview/view photos
Attend the Nov. 6 panel in New
York
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In spite of
being one of the world’s most developed countries, Japan still ranks
relatively low in gender equality and in the number of females in
corporate leadership roles. But this could be changing. In an interview
with Asia
Blog, accomplished lawyer and Asia Society Asia
21 Young Leader Claire
Mitsuru Chino discusses becoming the “youngest and the
first female executive officer” of any major Japanese trading company and
how the field of law is changing for Japanese women.
Read the interview
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