by the end of this hour, i ll be seen by many as a terrorist sympathizer, a zionist tool, a self-hating jew, an apologist for american imperialism, an orientalist, socialist, fascist, cia agent and worse. so here goes nothing. i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha la la la la sha la la la la la sha la la la la sha la la la la la la anthony: i was raised without religion. one side of the family long ago, catholic i think. the other side, jewish. i ve never been in a synagogue. i don t believe in a higher power. but that doesn t make me any less jewish, i don t think. these guys sandbagging me at the wailing wall, they don t seem to think so either. man: jewish, my friend. anthony: only half. man: jewish? anthony: yes, so that makes me jewish. man: so now for first time, we need you to go for bar mitzvah. two minute
about in a boat on this exact spot in the arabian gulf half a century ago, what would you have seen? not the futuristic cityscape before me today, that s for sure because in recent decades, doha has witnessed unbelievably rapid change. i can t help thinking that the same is true of art history. this excitingly dynamic discipline that s always evolving. that s certainly the case with our ever expanding understanding of islamic art the speciality of an extraordinary and recently revamped museum that s filled with masterpieces fashioned everywhere from the mediterranean to southeast asia, all housed in a stunning limestone building which i ve travelled to qatar to explore. i m hoping here not only to experience for myself some horizon broadening work from the islamic world, but also to gain insight into what we mean by islamic art. so, this is quite exciting. i wasn t sure if it was going to happen, but it s now been confirmed that i m being whisked by golf buggy to meet the
ajournalist, ifeel like a very lucky man indeed, because i get to spend tons of time inside museums places i ve loved ever since i was a boy. and during my working life, i ve witnessed something astonishing how radically they ve changed. the days of museums as grand, intimidating treasuries for dusty objects. they re long gone. they re becoming much more dynamic and inclusive places, less solemn, less elitist, less west centric, too. museums, i believe, are really having a moment, and that s what i want to explore. that s part of the story here what s the museum about? which history do you want to tell? i really feel proud to be standing here and looking at these beautiful pieces from my country. good experiencel for my kids also. they laugh if you were bobbing about in a boat on this exact spot in the arabian gulf half a century ago, what would you have seen? not the futuristic cityscape before me today, that s for sure because in recent decades, doha has witnessed u
telling americans to brace forac a quote, economic hurricanee. but joe biden seems to think our economy has never been better. in fact, earlier today he strolled in from a beach and announced that america is on the move. watch. we ve laid an economic foundation that s historically strong and now we re moving forward to a new moment where we can build on that foundation. the two challenges on the mindsi most working families are prices at the pump and prices to grocery store. both of these challenges have been directly exacerbatedor by putin s war in ukraine. the price of gas is up a dollar 40 since the beginning of the year when a putin began amassing troops at the ukrainian border. this is a putin price hike.t putin s war has raised the pricee of food because ukraine and russia are two of the world s major breadbaskets. they just cannot quit russia, russia, russia nowru putin, putin. as youwa can see, joe biden wans all of the credit with none of the blame. it s no wonder