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Court circuit – Embassy 8 – May 2008
From the Silk Road: Mukaram Zaintidinova, Dilbar Safarova and wife of the Uzbek Ambassador Nisa Akbarova
ISS Chairman Douglas Lewis, Spring Fair organiser Elisabeth Young, the Ambassador for Bosnia Herzegovina Tanja Milasinovic and Sir Anthony Figgis
Belarussian belles: Ludmla Nevyglas, Anastasya Kazakova and Natalia Khiristich
Bulgarian bounty – from wines, to ceramics and cosmetics
Chinese charm
Moroccan magic: Dina Melehi, Mrs Ase Belmahi and Fatouma Hilal
Gambian High Commissioner Elizabeth Ya Eli Harding shops for a Qatari kaftan from Basha Kose
Mrs Mirian Nasser-Romero serves up Honduran fare at the food market
Patrick Doyle (IDS) selling the best British wines and ales
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Laila Jelban in Libyan costume
Global market
Every May Kensington Town Hall is transformed into a world souk for the ISS Spring Fair. More than 80 embassies did brisk trade with 4,000 visitors this year, selling everything from Panama hats (from Ecuador) to silks and ceramics from the Silk Road. And after some feverish shopping, visitors retired to the world food market where the Kazakh dumplings were selling like hotcakes. Organiser Elisabeth Young hopes the fair will equal last year's total of £100,000 and all proceeds will help the ISS continue its work in reuniting families torn apart through war, trafficking or migration.
Wife of the Nigerian High Commissioner Mrs Salamatu Tafida and baby Chizala
Carnival culture – Jussara Charlton and Graca Fish from Brazil
High Commissioner and Mrs Gumende of Mozambique and Nomsa Gatsi with tropical treasures from home
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