Resources - videos

In this section you will find a collection of videos that will not only provide a visual idea of what Our Shared Europe is all about but will also convey the spirit of the programme.

Presentations

		Our Shared Europe stimulus Click here and listen to organisers, experts and programme participants explaining Our Shared Europe in more detail.
		Our Shared Europe in New York Click here to see senior managers of the British Council presenting the programme to the Harvard Club in New York in June 2010.
		Our Shared Europe as seen from Amsterdam Click here to follow a discussion in 2009 among young people living in Amsterdam about today's issues for Muslims in Europe.

Discussions

As a way of capturing the widest range of opinions and to raise the dialogue across Europe and the USA, Our Shared Europe discussions and conferences tackle some of the current issues around Muslims in Europe.

		Our Shared Europe in Sweden, March 2011 Click here to see part 1 of a film with highlights from a discussion on models of successful intercultural integration (part 2 and 3 are on Vimeo as well). The discussion was based on the experiences of Leicester in the UK and Malmö in Sweden. The event took place on 9 March 2011 in Malmö.
		Our Shared Europe in Denmark, January 2011 Click here to see a short film with highlights from a discussion on the results of two recent pieces of research - one from the UK and one from Denmark - exploring the access of immigrant women to the labour market. The discussion was organised in Copenhagen on 26 January 2011.
		Our Shared Europe in Turkey, December 2010 Click here to see a a film from the Evliya Çelebi Book of Travels exhibition and accompanying debate on 8 December 2010 at Dumlupınar University in Kütahya.
		Our Shared Europe launch in Norway, October 2010 Click here to see a short film with highlights from the debate launching Our Shared Europe in Norway. The debate was a Battle of Ideas Satellite event and took place on 14 October 2010 at The House of Literature in Oslo.
		Our Shared Europe launch in Norway, October 2010 Click here to see the full version of the debate launching Our Shared Europe in Norway. The debate was a Battle of Ideas Satellite event and took place on 14 October 2010 at The House of Literature in Oslo.
		Our Shared Europe at the Copenhagen Eid Festival, September 2010 Click here and listen to Neeni Rasool, chair- and spokeswoman for Critical Muslims, in conversation with Monika Dabrowska on "Islam and the West: Inter-religious and inter-cultural understanding".
		Europe's Muslim Women: under cover and under pressure? - debate, Brussels, March 2010 Click here to listen into an international discussion on the role of Muslim women in Europe which the British Council office in Brussels organised in March 2010 as part of the Our Shared Europe programme.
		Good, beautiful and right - symposium and panel discussion, Istanbul, March 2010 Click here to see more from the symposium and panel discussion which was the kick-off event for Our Shared Europe in Turkey organised by the British Council office in Istanbul.
		Our Shared Europe interview with Dr H.A. Hellyer, March 2010 Click here to listen into an interview with Dr H.A. Hellyer, Fellow at the University of Warwick, who met with academics, students, members of Islamic communities and parliamentarians in Switzerland in March 2010.
		Europe is Failing its Muslims - debate, London, February 2010 Click here to listen into a debate chaired by BBC World News presenter Zeinab Badawi which was organised by the British Council in conjunction with Intelligence Squared.
		Europe & Islam: Whose Identity Crisis? - debate, Brussels, November 2009 Click here to listen into a high-profile debate on one of the major cultural challenges that we face today: Can we succeed in building a Europe that is enriched by its different cultural identities?

Youth, arts and research

Through encounters exchanges of young people as well as arts and research activities Our Shared Europe designs original ways of exposing the great cultural evolutions that result from the interaction between Muslim and non-Muslim Europeans.

		"Young European Muslims" - Our Shared Europe youth research, August 2010 Click here and listen to young people who participated in Our Shared Europe's "Young European Muslims" research project which examined poor participation of young Muslims in exchange programmes.
		Changing Perceptions - Our Shared Europe Global Xchange photo exhibition Click here to see photographs that celebrate the six-month voluntary exchange between Zagazig, Egypt, and Southwark, London, organised by the British Council and Voluntary Services Overseas (VSO) in 2010.
		Alliance of Civilizations International Fellowship Program 2010 Click here and listen, amongst others, to UK journalist Nabila Ramdani sharing experience and insights from her tour to Egypt, Morocco and Qatar as part of the Alliance of Civilizations International Fellowship Program in spring 2010.
		Good, beautiful and right - symposium and panel discussion, Istanbul, March 2010 Click here to see more from the symposium and panel discussion which was the kick-off event for Our Shared Europe in Turkey organised by the British Council office in Istanbul.