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Over the course of one year, Qisasna will train 32 virtual teams consisting of ten participants each \u2014 evenly divided between Americans and Yemenis. Qisasna instills global citizenship values and understanding of others among participants. It also provides participants with storytelling skills to help them develop more nuanced and empathetic views of others and pathways for sharing their efforts with the broader public.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As part of a cross-cultural effort designed to enhance bilateral understanding and cooperation, participants join an orientation and complete a series of asynchronous podcast training modules. Afterwards, participants from the multinational podcast teams will engage in a series of facilitated, online dialogues, along with synchronous work, to create a pilot podcast. The activities are complemented by synchronous mentoring to support their podcast efforts. Following facilitation training, facilitators will moderate the initial cross-cultural dialogues that will take place within project cohorts, participate in podcast planning sessions, and provide support during the podcast creation process. 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