Cultures and Globalization Ziad El-Bayoumi Foty Reading such films as Hoop

Reading such films as Hoop Dreams

expert pattern cutter and instructor at the New York Trade School

checking for accuracy

'The two poles of all soul-ordeals'

performing holy rites

Cultures and Globalization Ziad El-Bayoumi Foty Reading such films as Hoop"In the age of globalization we are no longer home alone. Migration brings other worlds into our own just as the global reach of the media transmits our world into the hearts and minds of others. Often incommensurate values are crammed together in the same public square. Increasingly we all today live in the kind of 'edge cultures' we used to see only on the frontiers of civilizations in places like Hong Kong or Istanbul. The resulting frictions and