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NEW YORK, September 24, 2009 - Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayake addresses the Asia Society during UN General Assembly week. (56 min., 50 sec.)
In 'The Prophet's Heir,' Hassan Abbas provides a nuanced, compelling portrait of Ali ibn Abi Talib, a towering yet divisive figure and the origins of sectarian division within Islam.
Zhang Xi and Eduard Kögel talk about the fundamentals of architecture in Asia, how foreign concepts can be adapted to a local context, and the Eastern ideas of architecture in the West.
Faraha Nawaz and Sara Hossain share their views of Bangladesh and discuss the changing role of women in an episode of Asia Society Switzerland's five-part series on different Asian countries.
Asia Society Triennial artist Susie Ibarra's 'Fragility Etudes' are studies into a world of sound that reflect humanity's interdependence and mutual existence alongside the natural environment.