Egypt and how it sees Britain
The Documentary Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2019
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Neil MacGregor visits different countries to talk to leading political, business and cultural figures to find out how they, as individuals and as members of their broader communities, see Britain. In Egypt, Neil hears from political historian Said Sadek; magazine publisher and editor Yasmine Shihata; and writer and activist Ahdaf Soueif.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi I'm Linda and I'm mercy don't worry you haven't downloaded the wrong |
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| 0:23.8 | And we'll be back at the end of this this Thursday can be our country's Independence Day. |
| 0:41.0 | Well, at 20 minutes to 5, we can now say that British people have spoken and the answer is we're out. |
| 0:49.0 | This is not about the United Kingdom suddenly wanting to be inward looking, actually we will continue to be a bold |
| 0:55.3 | outward looking country forging our own way in the world. |
| 0:58.4 | Oh, with some power the giftie gears to see ourselves as others see us. |
| 1:05.0 | As others see us, five views of Britain from the rest of the world. |
| 1:11.0 | Of course I perfectly understand anyone who's annoyed by Brussels bureaucracy. |
| 1:18.0 | Brexit is a global event. |
| 1:21.0 | It is not just about Britain. |
| 1:24.0 | Britain looks like a small country that is past its heyday and that wants to regain it. |
| 1:41.0 | In this series of the moment when Britain is preparing to play a new a more independent role on the world stage. It seems timely to think |
| 1:45.4 | about how some of the other players on that stage see the United Kingdom now. What do people know about Britain today? |
| 1:54.0 | What do people in other countries learn about Britain at school, for example? |
| 1:58.0 | What do they know about Britain today? |
| 2:00.0 | And why does modern Britain matter to them? |
| 2:03.0 | Today I'm in Cairo. |
| 2:05.0 | This huge city of 20 million inhabitants is of course the capital of Egypt, |
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