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"Respecting the Past, Embracing the Future" during the BtoQ Exchange

Posted on 2012-02-27

In January 2012, Qatar Foundation International and National Geographic teamed up for the Brazil to Qatar: One World, Many Stories exchange trip. Under the instruction of professional National Geographic photographers, students snapped thousands of photographs, capturing moments and learning more about one another and themselves through the stories told by the camera lens. They also wrote a narration that would bind these photos together under the theme of "Respecting the Past, Embracing the Future".

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