Kuwaiti painter seeks to expose social contradictions
*Editor’s note: This is the second installment of six-part stories about six Arab women artists devoting themselves to creating different style of art and innovating their methods of expression for “revolutionary” change. Ghada Alkandari “A Pretty Green Bullet” “My name is Ghada Alkandari, an artist and ambitious blogger from Kuwait. I only realized that when I started my blog in April 2010, and […]
A Singaporean temple goes ahead in practicing green energy
Spiritual food for the soul is what you get when you visit any Buddhist shrine in Asia … until you step into the Poh Ern Shih (Temple of Thanksgiving) in Singapore. There, you will receive something more, something scientific and enlightening too. At this Chinese-style Mahayan shrine, devotees come and pray to the Buddhist saint, […]
Pakistani brick-making workers suffer inhumane treatment
Mud bricks and fire-baked bricks are used in construction across Pakistan except Karachi, the biggest city of the country located at Arabian Sea Coast in South where the buildings are erected using concrete blocks. The mud bricks and fire-baked bricks are traditionally used since ancient days in this region as they control the severity of […]
Hopeful candidates dropped out of Egyptian presidential race
The Long Awaited Man of Egypt! It seems like a multi-act play, with a stage full of different audio-video effects, as actors come and go, players appear and vanish, personalities rise and fall, and no one yet to know when is the most interested climax, as many have already passed, and might be even forgotten. […]
Rival parties of Bangladesh asked to have dialogue
Dhaka — After a series of diplomatic maneuvering and pressure from the donor community, the ruling party and the opposition in Bangladesh have started talking about “dialogue” which appears to be remote possibility in the present political context. The ruling Awami League wants a dialogue about holding the next general elections while the opposition alliance […]
Tragedian-in-chief
WASHINGTON ― President Barack Obama recently addressed the White House correspondents’ dinner as comedian-in-chief at the capital’s Hilton Hotel. The annual gathering has been held since 1920 to strengthen communication between the presidential office and journalists. It has a rich tradition of pertinent humor and amusing dialogue between the incumbent president and the White House […]
Trilateral discussions
In the old days, when Japan was the world’s second largest economy, American officials used to describe the U.S.-Japan relationship as “the most important bilateral relationship in the world, bar none.” Nowadays such words, if spoken, refer to China, not Japan. But, of course, Japan continues to be vitally important, not only to the United […]
Helping hands being extended for offsprings of prostitutes
DHAKA, Bangladesh — Maria, Rabbi, Jolly, Farjin and Bristy are some of the names of kids getting special care away from their mothers. They do not know who are their fathers but know only mothers living in the red light area and two female teachers who are taking care of them at the early learning […]
Flood leaves 17 dead and 47 missing in Nepal
KATHMANDU, Nepal— Seventeen people died and 47 went missing in a flash flood triggered by the bursting out of Seti River clogged by debris from an avalanche near the base camp of Mt. Fish Tail following continuous rains Saturday. The death toll could go higher as the chances to rescue the missing alive were slim, said […]
Arab women artists seek “revolutionary” change
*Editor’s note: This is the first installment of six-part stories about six Arab women artists devoting themselves to creating different style of art and innovating their methods of expression for “revolutionary” change. Six Revolutionary Arab Women Artists What is revolution in art? Isn’t it calling for, seeking and attempting to bring about change? Look at the works of the six women […]
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