Staff Sergeant Narima H. speaks five languages, wears a uniform, takes part in dangerous foreign missions and believes in Allah. And as a woman of Islamic faith, the 29-year-old is precisely the kind of asset the Bundeswehr needs when trying to bridge the cultural gaps that the security of its soldiers and the success of its operation depend on. At present, the Bundeswehr is almost exclusively active in countries where the majority of the population is Muslim, and Narima's next mission is no exception. She is currently preparing for another deployment to Afghanistan. "I am learning Dari," she told Deutsche Welle. "My company is based in Kundus and that is one of the languages spoken in Afghanistan - specifically northern Afghanistan." The trip will be her fourth foreign assignment. "If we have migrants from countries where we are on a mission, we can learn a lot," said Lieutenant Colonel Ulrich Kirsch of the Federal Armed Forces Association. "We can draw on their intercultural expertise."
Staff Sergeant Narima H. speaks five languages, wears a uniform, takes part in dangerous foreign missions and believes in Allah. And as a woman of Islamic faith, the 29-year-old is precisely the kind of asset the Bundeswehr needs when trying to bridge the cultural gaps that the security of its soldiers and the success of its operation depend on.
At present, the Bundeswehr is almost exclusively active in countries where the majority of the population is Muslim, and Narima's next mission is no exception. She is currently preparing for another deployment to Afghanistan.
"I am learning Dari," she told Deutsche Welle. "My company is based in Kundus and that is one of the languages spoken in Afghanistan - specifically northern Afghanistan."
The trip will be her fourth foreign assignment.
"If we have migrants from countries where we are on a mission, we can learn a lot," said Lieutenant Colonel Ulrich Kirsch of the Federal Armed Forces Association. "We can draw on their intercultural expertise."
Chinese archaeologists are set to begin a fresh round of excavations at the site of the ancient terracotta warriors, hoping to uncover more secrets of China's first emperor.
About 1,000 warriors have already been excavated - all with unique features - but archaeologists believe the tomb may contain up to 8,000 life-sized figure.
While surprise discoveries are hoped for from the excavation in a 200-sq-m section of the 14,260-sq-m No 1 pit, the dig is mainly being carried out to test preservation technology that the museum has spent decades developing to ensure terracotta figures remain intact and retain their original colors, said an official surnamed Peng from the Administration of Cultural Heritage. Challenges in preserving the terracotta warriors after they have been unearthed forced Chinese scientists to scale back excavations in the past.
Challenges in preserving the terracotta warriors after they have been unearthed forced Chinese scientists to scale back excavations in the past.
The Neolithic tombs, which until now had gone unnoticed under farmland despite being just 15 miles from Stonehenge, are some of the oldest monuments to have been found in Britain.
The tombs were discovered by Damian Grady, an English Heritage photographer, who flew over the area in a light aircraft taking aerial photographs of the land, looking for marks or features on the landscape suggestive of ancient monuments. One photograph showed two long mounds.
so somewhere in roughly 700 square miles of landscape that is some of the most heavily populated with neolitic remains in Europe. Thats hardly a surprise that new stuff might turn up. Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
