Name: Globalizing the local, localizing the global
Uploaded: 2012-02-08T16:28:15Z
Duration: 10 min 36 s
Description: Sheikha Al Mayassa, a patron of artists, storytellers and filmmakers in Qatar, talks about how art and culture create a country's identity -- and allow every country to share its unique identity with the wider world. As she says: "We don't want to be all the same, but we do want to understand each other."

Sheikha Al Mayassa, a patron of artists, storytellers and filmmakers in Qatar, talks about how art and culture create a country's identity -- and allow every country to share its unique identity with the wider world. As she says: "We don't want to be all the same, but we do want to understand each other."

Sheikha Al Mayassa: Globalizing the local, localizing the global

Globalizing the local, localizing the global

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