Marc Jessel, Country Director British Council Jordan, blogs about an unusual art project that managed to brighten up the neighbourhood and keep our offices secure at the same time.

Ziryab Al-Ghabri recording a radio interview in Edinburgh
In 2010 the British Council in Yemen ran a national film making competition called Zoom. The aim was to find Yemeni amateur film-makers with talent, determination, original vision and a passion for film-making as a way of life.
On 21 November 2011, Rosemary Arnott, British Council Director Bangladesh, opened the first ever Hay Festival there, at our office grounds on ‘a cool and sunny (almost) winter morning to resemble a perfect summer’s day in Hay-on-Wye itself’.
The British Council's India Wales Writers Chain is a project that marks and celebrates a growing relationship between Indian and Welsh literature.

Abdel Rahim Al Bahar hard at work next to his hot-desk.
Alaa' Maa'ytah, who works for the British Council in the Palestinian Territories, finds that their educational radio programme has all sorts of unlikely fans.
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