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A photograph of Istanbul, Turkey.

Jenny Ayling of South Yorkshire earned herself a scholarship to Israel where she spent six months in 2000 on the Bridge in Britain / Gap year programme of Friends of Israel Educational Trust.

A photograph of Dohuk, Iraq.

It was an ‘experiment that worked’ was how philosopher Martin Bauber put the kibbutz movement. Matt Scott describes his time on the experiment that worked so well it’s still going strong.

A photograph of Oruro, Bolivia.

Giving up the nine to five for the four to noon, Jonathan Adams describes a stay at Kibbutz Ein Hasheloshaon in the Negev desert.

A photograph of Luxor, Egypt.

Whereas the perhaps slightly excessive abundance of national flags flown almost everywhere around central Kuala Lumpur could be seen as a reflection of political insecurity, the Petronas Twin Towers are a symbol of Malaysia’s growing economic self-confidence since independence.

A photograph of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.