{"id":1729,"date":"2011-07-08T12:00:36","date_gmt":"2011-07-08T10:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/?p=1729"},"modified":"2011-07-09T15:22:08","modified_gmt":"2011-07-09T13:22:08","slug":"absolutely-intercultural-139-kurds-and-arabs-iraq-nyoi-spiritual-journeys-migration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/?p=1729","title":{"rendered":"absolutely intercultural 139 +++ Kurds and Arabs +++ Iraq +++ NYOI +++ Spiritual Journeys +++ Migration +++"},"content":{"rendered":"<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1729-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/podcast\/absolutely_intercultural_show_139.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/podcast\/absolutely_intercultural_show_139.mp3\">http:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/podcast\/absolutely_intercultural_show_139.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gabdurakhmanov\/4280648279\/sizes\/l\/in\/photostream\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1734\" style=\"margin: 10px; border: 0pt none;\" title=\"The Pope\" src=\"http:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Edited-pope.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Edited-pope.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Edited-pope-243x300.jpg 243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 205px) 85vw, 205px\" \/><\/a>In this show we will talk about: religious intercultural exchange and especially the famous Catholic event\u00a0 &#8220;World Youth Day&#8221;, a New Zealander who traveled the world and found the most unusual souvenir in Peru (his wife), and I will take you behind the scenes of the inspiring project &#8211; the \u201cThe National Youth Orchestra of Iraq\u201d which we already heard about in our last shows.<\/p>\n<p><strong>absolutely unexpected part I<\/strong><br \/>\nWe heard from the Scottish conductor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulmacalindin.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Paul MacAlindin<\/a> himself, from tutors who are supporting the orchestra by teaching different musical instruments and even from students at RheinAhrCampus who helped promote the project through social media such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NYO.IRAQ\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a title=\"National Youth Orchestra of Iraq\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Li5MsPiNC3I&amp;feature=related\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>. This time, in our first category\u00a0 we will hear more about the intercultural differences, the language barriers and the everyday challenges of the &#8220;National Youth Orchestra of Iraq&#8221;. I talk with Karl-Walter Keppler, the chairperson of the sponsorship association which is organising financial support for the Iraqi musicians so that they can travel to Europe to perform in the Beethovenfest in Germany. Karl-Walter has first-hand intercultural experiences as he, himself, travelled to Iraq last year.\u00a0 But what are the motivations behind his involvement in the project?<\/p>\n<p><strong>absolutely spiritual<\/strong><br \/>\nIn our second category\u00a0 I talk to a student from RheinAhrCampus, Denise Wagner, who is perhaps a little different from other students. Most students nowadays are not very religious. Or if they are, we don\u2019t really notice. However, Denise is an exception. She is an active Catholic and likes to do pilgrimages and so she has traveled to many spiritual places &#8211; for example the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Patmos\" target=\"_blank\">Greek Island Pathmos<\/a>. Her next destination will be the \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.madrid11.com\/en\" target=\"_blank\">World Youth Day<\/a>\u201d which is going to take place in Spain later this year. But is she doing this on her own? And what exactly happens when she arrives at these places? Is this about fasting with bread and water in a monastery or about dancing around campfires and playing the guitar?<\/p>\n<p><strong>absolutely unexpected part II<br \/>\n<\/strong>In this category I want to come back to the interview with Karl-Walter Keppler. In this part he gives us insights into the specific work on the project. So what is his foundation doing for the orchestra? Without this support the Iraqui musicians would not be able to pay for their travel to Europe. Karl-Walter is going to tell us about the status quo of the project! Where are they at the moment, what they need and what is going to happen in the future?<\/p>\n<p><strong>absolutely migrated<\/strong><br \/>\nIn our last category\u00a0 Mathew Dunne will share some of his life experiences with you. He is originally from New Zealand, but travelled the world until he met his wife in Peru on a holiday. He loves to leave his comfort zone and travel to unique destinations, but he may have different motivations&#8230; On these journeys, Mat has experienced a lot more than most of us. Mat is not just traveling as a holiday maker &#8211; he has lived in most of the countries he visited for a longer period of time and even worked there. He will tell us about his motivations and his specific experiences he gathered while working as plumber in London.<\/p>\n<p>Our next show will be coming to you from <a href=\"http:\/\/annefox.eu\" target=\"_blank\">Anne Fox <\/a>in Denmark on 22 July<\/p>\n<p>Until then \u2013<br \/>\nBleiben Sie absolut interkulturell!<\/p>\n<p>The host of this show is: <a title=\"Laurent Borgmann\" href=\"http:\/\/www.laurent-borgmann.de\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. Laurent Borgmann<\/a><br \/>\nEditor: Markus Scherer<\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/poddownico.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/> <a title=\"Download the show\" href=\"http:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/podcast\/absolutely_intercultural_show_139.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Download<\/a><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/podfeedico.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/absolutely-intercultural\" target=\"_blank\">Podcast-Feed<\/a><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/podaboico.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/phobos.apple.com\/WebObjects\/MZStore.woa\/wa\/viewPodcast?id=137617215&amp;s\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes-Abo<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"More...\" src=\"http:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wordpress\/img\/trans.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this show we will talk about: religious intercultural exchange and especially the famous Catholic event\u00a0 &#8220;World Youth Day&#8221;, a New Zealander who traveled the world and found the most unusual souvenir in Peru (his wife), and I will take you behind the scenes of the inspiring project &#8211; the \u201cThe National Youth Orchestra of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/?p=1729\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;absolutely intercultural 139 +++ Kurds and Arabs +++ Iraq +++ NYOI +++ Spiritual Journeys +++ Migration +++&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[21,678,330,315,679,6,680,320,655,675,681,674,132,676,677],"class_list":["post-1729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcast","tag-absolutely-intercultural","tag-charity","tag-cultural-identity","tag-dr-elmar-laurent-borgmann","tag-foundation","tag-intercultural","tag-intercultural-hurdles","tag-international","tag-iraq","tag-kurds-and-arabs","tag-language-barriers","tag-migration","tag-religion","tag-spiritual","tag-travelling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1729"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1747,"href":"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1729\/revisions\/1747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}