21.   While making mummies in science, the sixth-graders are reading a novel about Egypt in language arts and studying Egyptian culture in social studies.

22.   Kirsten Staab, a German who studied Islamic culture and advises the center, says many Emiratis have their own prejudices about the West that need to be overcome.

23.   Teachers, police, social workers and many others are required to study Slavic culture, and eight Spokane-area churches serve people who worship in Russian.

24.   The group recently helped put on a conference in the Canary Islands that drew European and American professors who study black culture.