Writer - Mohsin Hamid
Why does migration frighten so many of us? HARDtalk speaks to writer Mohsin Hamid whose novels have explored cultural, economic and religious tensions between East and West.
Why does migration frighten so many of us? HARDtalk speaks to writer Mohsin Hamid whose novels have explored cultural, economic and religious tensions between East and West. Globalisation is a trend based on movement - of money goods, ideas and people - across continents and national borders. In a world of glaring inequality, it has stirred a powerful backlash manifested in the rise of nationalism and identity politics. This clash of human impulses is fertile territory for the Pakistani novelist.
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- Mon 12 Mar 2018 00:06GMT91热爆 World Service East and Southern Africa, West and Central Africa, South Asia & East Asia only
- Mon 12 Mar 2018 03:06GMT91热爆 World Service Online, Americas and the Caribbean, UK DAB/Freeview & West and Central Africa only
- Mon 12 Mar 2018 04:06GMT91热爆 World Service South Asia & East Asia only
- Mon 12 Mar 2018 07:06GMT91热爆 World Service East and Southern Africa & Australasia only
- Mon 12 Mar 2018 08:06GMT91热爆 World Service Europe and the Middle East
- Mon 12 Mar 2018 15:06GMT91热爆 World Service Europe and the Middle East
- Mon 12 Mar 2018 18:06GMT91热爆 World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
- Mon 12 Mar 2018 23:06GMT91热爆 World Service Australasia, Online, Americas and the Caribbean, Europe and the Middle East & UK DAB/Freeview only
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