Pakistan - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture - Softcover

Haleem, Safia; Culture Smart!

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1857336771 ISBN 13: 9781857336771

Verlag: Kuperard, 2013

Inhaltsangabe

Culture Smart! Pakistan explains how to avoid cultural gaffes when out and about in the country. Giving the historical, political and cultural background, the guide reveals how to read body language and be aware of potential pitfalls in communication.

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Safia Haleem was born and grew up in Peshawar, northwestern Pakistan, and graduated from Peshawar University with an M.A. in English Literature. She worked as a teacher trainer in all the main cities of Pakistan before winning a British Council scholarship to study in Scotland. After gaining a post-graduate degree in Linguistics from the University of Edinburgh, she returned to Pakistan and co-authored the book Visuals for Language Teachers. In 1987 she moved to London and joined the BBC. Her work as a journalist has taken her to India, Iran, China, Afghanistan, and all over Pakistan. In 2004, she was project director for the BBC World Service Trust in Afghanistan. She is currently developing educational material for the Afghan Medical Association, whose work benefits people on both sides of the Afghan–Pakistan border. Safia is an established writer in Pashto, her first language, and has published several novels and short stories in the language.

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• Verlag: Kuperard
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1857336771
• ISBN 13: 9781857336771
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 168
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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