Kazakhstan - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

by Dina Zhansagimova (Author), Culture Smart! (Author)

New
Illustrated
2013
$12.48

Culture Smart! Kazakhstan explains how to avoid cultural gaffes when out and about in the country. Giving the historical, political and cultural background, the guide reveals how to read body language and be aware of potential pitfalls in communication, a

Synopsis

Culture Smart! Kazakhstan explains how to avoid cultural gaffes when out and about in the country. Giving the historical, political and cultural background, the guide reveals how to read body language and be aware of potential pitfalls in communication, a

$12.48

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 168
Edition: New
Publisher: Kuperard
Published: 03 Oct 2013
ISBN 10: 185733681X
ISBN 13: 9781857336818

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Author Bio

Dina Zhansagimova is a Kazakh journalist living in Almaty. After graduating in economics from the Kazakh State University, and gaining an MBA, she became a reporter covering news and current affairs for Kazakh television companies. She then joined the UN Development Program to work on social development projects in Kazakhstan, traveling to some of the most remote regions of the country. In 2003 she was invited to London by the BBC World Service to broadcast news programs in Kazakh. Later she moved to the BBC World Service Trust, the BBC's international development charity, where she ran a number of media projects in Eurasia, before eventually returning to Almaty. She currently works for the British Council in Kazakhstan.