Sometimes we learn more about people from other cultures by meeting them than we do by reading about them. In this edition of Learning World Maha Barada presents three stories that reinforce this idea.

Austria: the melting pot

Conflicts in Syria, Iraq and elsewhere have caused a surge in people seeking asylum in Europe in recent years. In some cases this has caused tensions with host communities. In Austria one NGO has set out to break down the barriers between local people and the refugees in their midst. KAMA
runs classes and workshops where the new arrivals teach locals about aspects of their respective cultures; dance, music and even cooking, which has proved to be a recipe for success.

Turkey: international family affairs

Student exchange programmes are nothing new but the project we look at in our second report is unusual in that it opens young Americans eyes to cultures that they might not otherwise get to know much about. We meet one young woman learning Turkish with