Korean Ambassador to Egypt dances to Nubian rhythms
Ambassador Hong Jin-wook By Aya Medhat Korean Culture Promotion Ambassador at the Korean embassy CAIRO: South Korean Ambassador to Egypt Hong Jin-wook has continued to show his love and support for Egypt, this time in the Nubian way, during his recent visit to Aswan. The ambassador fell in love with the Nubian culture and many […]
Why a cultural boycott of Russia may not be the solution
By Rahul Aijaz KARACHI: 2022 has brought about an explosion of a conflict that has been boiling for many years – the Russia-Ukraine War, or as it should rather be phrased ‘the Russian invasion of Ukraine’. But it would be unfair for me to delve into the political circumstances that led to this or analyze the […]
Kyrgyzstan’s nature, culture wows Dubai EXPO 2020 visitors
BISHKEK: EXPO 2020 in Dubai will end soon, on March 31. Kyrgyzstan participated in the EXPO by opening its pavilion on 115 squаre meters among other 200 countries participating in it. To date, more than 20 million people have visited EXPO 2020. According to data of standist of the Kyrgyz pavilion Talasbek Alybaev, an average […]
Poetry, music in the ancient city of Babylon
Alireza during his participation in the festival By Alireza Bahrami BABYLON: Coinciding with World Poetry Day and surrounding days, the Babylon International Poetry and Music Festival was held in the ancient region of the Hanging Gardens and the Ishtar Gate of Babylon. During this edition of the festival, Alireza Bahrami and Hamidreza Shekarsari from Iran […]
Trouvaille, a travel anthology of travels, vistas and editorial
Authors By Sreetanwi Chakraborty, Editor, Trouvaille New Delhi: The onslaught of the worldwide pandemic has clearly revealed a strong yet suspicious binary: One, what the world was before the pandemic, and two, what the world is after the pandemic. Across the serrated passages of time, the gongs and the old church bells, cityscapes, waves of […]
African World Poetry Movement coordinators: Our Earth, Our Responsibility
By The AsiaN Editor CAIRO: An online meeting was attended by six African national coordinators of World Poetry Movement drew a plan map for the movement in the continent. The meeting, on March 10, had an agenda to give an induction of the coordinators on the work and programs of WPM. The introduction was […]
When a woman feels good, the Universe smiles – Kyrgyzstan President
BISHKEK: Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Zhaparov has congratulated the women of his country on International Women’s Day, stressing that the special day came with the first breath of a gentle spring breeze. “On the fragile shoulders of a woman, not only home comfort and family well-beinga re kept, but also peace on earth, tranquility and creation. […]
One hundred years after his death, Russian Poet Nikolai Gumilev resumes his travels
By Ashraf Aboul-Yazid (Ashraf Dali) Asia Journalist Association President CAIRO: Nikolai Gumilev (April 15, 1886 – August 26, 1921) was an influential Russian poet, literary critic, traveler, and military officer. He was a cofounder of the Acheist Movement in Russian poetry. He was the husband of the well-known Russian poetess and the father of researcher, […]
Contact-free smart libraries rise in pandemic era
By YONHAP News Agency SEOUL: On her way home from work, Lim Kyung-nan, a mother of two living in Anyang, occasionally borrows books from a smart library, an unmanned book-rental machine, usually installed at subway stations. “I usually can’t go to community libraries since I leave my work in the late evening,” Lim said. “Besides, the […]
Pan African Writers Association announces poetry laureates
By Ashraf Aboul-Yazid President, Asia Journalist Association ACCRA, GHANA: The Lilt of The Rebel, a collection of poems by Obari Gomba, a professor of English at the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has won the 2022 Pan African Writers Association (PAWA) poetry prize. The Lilt Of The Rebel was announced as the winner in a […]
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