What issues are discussed on a Connecting Cultures journey?
A wise old Saudi sage in Jeddah once told me that in his view, religion is a private issue between one person and their god, and it should not affect the way two people look at each other. We agree. On Connecting Cultures journeys, whilst we may talk about religion, and educate each other about our respective countries, we try to focus more on what we have in common, rather than what divides us. We identify the most important things in our lives, discuss the core human values we admire, and the future world we aspire to. The key aim of Connecting Cultures is to reduce cultural polarisation; to do that we must go further than just identify shared values. Discussion ultimately focuses on why young people think their respective cultures misunderstand each other, and where the misconceptions may originate, and identifying what they can do as educated young ambassadors to influence others and make the world a better place when they return home. Hopefully, having done all this, we have plant
