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Brother Mine: Episode 2: Global Differences

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Global Differences

Episode 2

Episode 2: Global Differences

BBC Radio 4 - Brother Mine, Global Differences

Islamic countries see sibling relationships develop via wet-nurses.

Julian Lloyd Webber explores different attitudes towards siblings. Islamic countries see relationships develop via wet-nurses. China's one-child policy is proving controversial.

Famous sibling Julian Lloyd Webber takes a closer look at what it is to be a sibling and why that relationship can be a lifelong source of love, hate, conflict and peace. 

Julian looks at global differences in siblings: milk siblings in Islamic culture (sibling through the same milk nurse), sibling hierarchies in African countries, and Chinese and Bangladeshi immigrant families in Britain today.

With contributions from Prof Juliet Mitchell, anthropologist Prof Tom Weisner, psychologist Dorothy Rowe, sociologist Dr Miri Song, Prof Eve Gregory, anthropologist Prof Ruth Mace, and Ahmed Darwish (psychologist and Chairman of the Muslim Council of Wales).

Producer: Terry Lewis
A Tinderbox production for BBC Radio 4.

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