Tag: culture
Kyrgyzstan festival spotlights how people-land relationship shapes human identity, defines culture
BISHKEK: A festival in Naryn, Kyrgyzstan, has showcased a range of works that explored the relationship between people and the land, and how this relationship shapes human identity and culture […]
Fujairah: A trailblazer for women’s empowerment
FUJAIRAH: The picture says it all. At the awarding ceremony of Al Bader Festival in Fujairah, HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad Al Sharqi honored the committee that oversaw the event […]
I Won’t Find Another You: Their best love poems face our hard times
By Ashraf Aboul-Yazid, President, Asia Journalists Association CAIRO: “I Won’t Find Another You” ; a bilingual anthology of best love poems in English and Hindi, has been published recently. I […]
My Cat Writes a Book
By Ashraf Aboul-Yazid CAIRO: The special pleasure of receiving the prominent Sawiris Cultural Award for Children Literature was that it was my first award in Egypt, my homeland! I have been awarded and honored several […]
Korea’s first Culture Minister Lee O-young who made Koreans fall deeper in love with their culture dies at 89
SEOUL: Former Culture Minister Lee O-young, one of South Korea’s most revered literary critics and novelists, died of cancer Saturday at the age of 89. Lee, born in 1933 in […]
Visiting Expo 2020 Dubai: The flamboyant charm of connecting cultures, minds
By Habib Toumi DUBAI: Wading through the large avenues and alleys in the huge Dubai EXPO 2020, I can sense the excitement and enthusiasm among the thousands of people coming […]
Edition Delta: German home of outstanding Korean authors
Interviewed by Ashraf Aboul-Yazid President of the Asia Journalists Association The Stuttgart literary publisher Edition Delta was awarded the German Publisher Prize 21 by the Berlin Ministry of Culture at […]
The new phase of cultural relations between Iran and Korea
By Pooneh Nedai Editor in chief of Shokaran magazine and publisher of Amrood Tehran: Iran and Korea have a long historical relation that goes back to more than 1500 years […]
Ambassador to promote South Korean culture in five Indonesian cities
Jakarta: South Korean Ambassador to Indonesia Kim Chang Beom will promote his country’s culture, tourism and traditional food in the five Indonesian cities of Jakarta, Cirebon, Brebes, Solo, and […]
Cultural centers growing in Iran
Iran is a vast country not only regarding its population but also its different cultures and languages. In these days of heavy American sanctions against Iran, there is stress about […]