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West Asia
With new Palestinian rules, men were banned from teaching at girls’ schools
Palestinian students take part in a class at an al-Qahera elementary mixed school in Gaza City, on April 2, 2013. New rules from the Education Ministry of the Islamist Hamas movement would bar men from teaching at girls’ schools and mandate separate classes for boys and girls from the age…
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South Asia
Pakistani Christians live in a slum having neither running water nor sewage disposal
A Pakistani Christian boy living in a slum, stands outside his home, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, April 1, 2013. Slums which are built on illegal lands have neither running water or sewage disposal. Pakistani Christians living in a slum, gather around a water point to collect water,…
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South East Asia
A girl reads at the International Children’s Book Day fair in Bangkok
A girl reads a book at an book exposition in Bangkok, Thailand, April 2, 2013. A book exposition was held here on Tuesday, the International Children’s Book Day, attracting lots of local children to read their favorite books. <Xinhua/Gao Jianjun>
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South East Asia
The aquatic bank branch “Bank on the Boat” sets to sail in Bangkok
The “Bank on the Boat” sails on the Mae Nam Chao Phraya River, in Bangkok, Thailand, April 4, 2013. Thailand Government Savings Bank opened its first aquatic branch in 1958 for the convienience of the inhabitants living onshore. Now the “Bank on the Boat” still works for those residents alongside…
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West Asia
The refugee school funded by Angelina Jolie opens in Afghanistan
A teacher teaches local language at a refugee school in Afghanistan’s Parwan province, April 3, 2013. Angelina Jolie, a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, funded this school where most students are girls who started to enjoy the right to education after Taliban government collapsed. Students…
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East Asia
Despite doomsday warnings, life continues in Pyongyang
Editor’s note: North Korea’s bellicose rhetoric and actions over the past few weeks have gone too far. It has been extraordinary. It has threatened the United States with nuclear weapons with the promise to rain missiles on mainland America and military bases in Hawaii and Guam and declared a “state…
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South Asia
[Book Review] The world is a map of books given to knowledge lovers
The world is a map of books given to minds that love knowledge. Here we have some of the new publications in the Arabic world, and internationally, as electronic drops from the ink of knowledge all over the world. New Releases in Arab world: • “The Queue” novel by doctor…
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East Asia
A North Korean vehicle carries a missile during a mass military parade
In this Sunday, April 15, 2012 file photo, a North Korean vehicle carrying a missile passes by during a mass military parade in Pyongyang’s Kim Il Sung Square to celebrate the centenary of the birth of the late North Korean founder Kim Il Sung. North Korea has moved a missile…
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South Asia
Villagers showcase Indian rural arts and craft traditions at a Delhi festival
Villagers of Mubarakpur of Azamgarh District show the handmade sarees at the Festival of Rural Art and Craft of Azamgarh in New Delhi, capital of India, April 4, 2013. The 3-day festival in New Delhi will showcase the arts and craft traditions of three villages in Azamgarh District – Hariharpur…
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East Asia
Red Cross officials and students plant trees in NK’s reforesting campaign
Red Cross officials and North Korean students dig holes on a mountain to plant young trees during an event by the Red Cross Society in Ryongchol-ri, Kujang County, North Phyongan Province, North Korea, Thursday, April 4, 2013. North Koreans have been carrying out tree-planting campaigns in line with leader Kim…
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