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	<title>Fulbright-mtvU Fellows &#187; Thoughts</title>
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	<description>Fulbright and mtvU sent five students around the world to study and promote "the power of music." Check out their blogs here.</description>
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		<title>Food Before The Law</title>
		<link>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/tinawadhwa/2009/11/20/food-before-the-law/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:13:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tina Wadhwa - in India</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Akanksha Foundation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bombay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Slums]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While life is not picture perfect in the USA, one thing America can justly pride itself on is the idea of the “American Dream.” No matter your initial socio-economic status, hard work and ambition can provide you a ticket to a better life. I have a friend from high school that grew up in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Slumdog</title>
		<link>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/tinawadhwa/2009/11/18/slumdog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:03:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tina Wadhwa - in India</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Slideshow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dharavi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mumbai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Slumdog Millionaire]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It was the Oscar winning movie that couldn’t help but make the world fall in love. Given the success of Slumdog Millionaire, Dharavi was naturally my first foray into the vast slum life of this grand city. Even though I had already been working with slum kids at the Akanksha Centers, I thought it was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Delayed Departure</title>
		<link>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/michaelsilvers/2009/11/13/a-delayed-departure/</link>
		<comments>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/michaelsilvers/2009/11/13/a-delayed-departure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:40:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Silvers - in Brazil</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ceará]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I thought I was leaving for Brazil on October 10th. But I had trouble getting my visa—for reasons too complicated and too boring to explain— and I&#8217;ve been stuck in Los Angeles. After three long weeks, my passport finally came in the mail, and I&#8217;m hoping to be in Fortaleza by next week. So for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Hip Hop???</title>
		<link>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/melissaadams/2009/11/13/why-hip-hop/</link>
		<comments>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/melissaadams/2009/11/13/why-hip-hop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:28:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Adams - in Uganda</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[50 Cent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Akon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Breakdance Project Uganda!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fabulous]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fat Joe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hip Hop Therapy Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kanye West]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lil Wayne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Jackson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ne-Yo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[P-Square]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[R. Kelly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rick Ross]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Snoop Dog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tupac]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uganda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Usher]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://fulbright.mtvu.com/?p=1094</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[n addition to my focus on strengthening the Hip Hop Therapy Project, I was also interested in learning more about why young people in northern Uganda were drawn to Hip Hop music and culture. I informally interviewed approximately 20-25 youth participating in the Hip Hop Therapy Project. Most of the young people I spoke to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Weeks Before Heading Off To Malawi</title>
		<link>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/andrewmagill/2009/11/13/two-weeks-before-heading-off-to-malawi/</link>
		<comments>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/andrewmagill/2009/11/13/two-weeks-before-heading-off-to-malawi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:22:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Magill - in Malawi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HIV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malawi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Mawanga]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UNICEF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vingoma NA Visekese]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s two weeks before I head off to Malawi and I am buzzing. I am currently trying to read everything ever written about HIV/AIDS in preparation and the reading list just seems to be getting longer and longer. I am definitely &#8220;hooked&#8221; on this subject.
I recently got a CD of Peter Mawanga&#8217;s &#8220;Zanga Zo zama,&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Be The Change</title>
		<link>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/tinawadhwa/2009/10/16/be-the-change/</link>
		<comments>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/tinawadhwa/2009/10/16/be-the-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:50:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tina Wadhwa - in India</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Akanksha Foundation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bollywood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Katerina Kaif]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Jackson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mumbai]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[t wasn’t easy, but I’ve finally managed to set up a relatively normal life here. Although Mumbai represents craziness at its best, I am surprised by the level of organization and structure of the Akanksha Foundation, the main youth foundation I will be working with during my time here in India. With 33 after school [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kommikal and Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori</title>
		<link>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/ainsleybreault/2009/10/16/kommikal-and-te-wiki-o-te-reo-maori/</link>
		<comments>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/ainsleybreault/2009/10/16/kommikal-and-te-wiki-o-te-reo-maori/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:49:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ainsley Breault - in New Zealand</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Māori Film and Music Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Māori Language Week]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[University of Canterbury]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://fulbright.mtvu.com/?p=969</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a bit of an overdue post, but at the end of July I flew to Christchurch, in the South Island of New Zealand, to meet and film one of my participants, Kommikal. I happened to catch him during Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori, or Māori Language Week. This annual celebration of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mumbai Meri Jaan</title>
		<link>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/tinawadhwa/2009/10/13/mumbai-meri-jaan/</link>
		<comments>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/tinawadhwa/2009/10/13/mumbai-meri-jaan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:51:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tina Wadhwa - in India</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Slideshow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Akanksha Foundation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bollywood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mumbai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rohit Roy Productions]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[

Namaste from India, and welcome to my Fulbright mtvU-blog! For the next 9 months, I will live in Mumbai and use this site to post videos, soundbites, photos, interviews, and updates on my project exploring Bollywood culture and its impacts and influences on underprivileged youth in Mumbai. As part of my project, I aim to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>in media res</title>
		<link>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/rodsolaimani/2009/10/11/in-media-res/</link>
		<comments>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/rodsolaimani/2009/10/11/in-media-res/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:41:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod Solaimani - in Morocco</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Debbie Does Dallas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Wayne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Percy Bysshe Shelley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[n 10th grade Lit, Mr. Carson taught us that the best way to sleep covertly while standing upright is to lean stomach-first against a cabinet in the back of the classroom, and place a chalkboard eraser between your chin and chest. This technique is best employed when your students are giving 15-minute oral presentations on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Karate Champions Get Special Massages</title>
		<link>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/rodsolaimani/2009/09/21/karate-champions-get-special-massages/</link>
		<comments>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/rodsolaimani/2009/09/21/karate-champions-get-special-massages/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:59:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod Solaimani - in Morocco</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hamam]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://fulbright.mtvu.com/?p=1023</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Before heading to a Synagogue in the New City of Fez for Rosh Hashanah services, Andrew and I visited the public bathhouse for a serious scrub down. My father and grandfather always described the hamam in Iran with smiles, sighs, and nostalgia. Now I can relate. I also now understand why they always frowned upon [...]]]></description>
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