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West Asia
[Novel] The Road to Shamawes ④
[5] A whole day may pass without seeing her. He gets up early in the morning, according to his thirty – year biological clock. He waits to her in the horizon cross the green path on her way back from the village of Shamawes. She cuts her heart, as a…
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East Asia
Starlight in the Desert: Recommendations for ‘Kuwaiti Woman’ by Souad Al Sabah
– Poet Ko Un My eyes suddenly opened! Souad Al Sabah’s poems float upon the long river of time. The sounds of truth are sloshing about. Souad Al Sabah’s poems conceive the sunset’s horizon reminiscing over the midday sun. The cries of her poems are only possible as a mother.…
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East Asia
‘Arabic Scent of Poetry’ Delivered in Korean
Kuwaiti Woman by Dr. Souad Al Sabah: the First Kuwaiti Poems Published in Korea “My eyes suddenly opened! Souad Al Sabah’s poems float upon the long river of time. The sounds of truth are sloshing about. Souad Al Sabah’s poems conceive the sunset’s horizon reminiscing over the midday sun. ……
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South Asia
Hindu devotees attend Maha Kumbh festival in Allahabad, India
A woman seeks blessings from young boys dressed as Lord Ram, left, and his wife Sita during the Maha Kumbh festival in Allahabad, India , Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. Millions of Hindu pilgrims are attending the Maha Kumbh festival, which is one of the world’s largest religious gatherings that lasts…
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South Asia
Pakistani women collect canola flowers from a field near Islamabad
Pakistani women collect canola flowers from a field on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Muhammed Muheisen>
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East Asia
People jampack a supermarket in Huaibei City to prepare for coming Spring Festival
People select goods at a supermarket in Huaibei City, east China’s Anhui Province, Feb. 7, 2013, to prepare for the coming Spring Festival, which falls on Feb. 10 this year. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Wang Wen> A girl selects toys at a supermarket in Sanhe City, north China’s Hebei Province, Feb. 7, 2013, to…
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East Asia
A Chinese leader encourages cast, crew of the CCTV’s Spring Festival gala show
Liu Yunshan, a member of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, poses for a group picture with cast and crew of the 2013 China Central Television (CCTV)’s Spring Festival gala show during a visit…
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Central Asia
Sochi Olympics countdown clock installed outside Kremlin in Moscow
A countdown clock for the 2014 Sochi Olympics is installed outside the Kremlin in Manezh Square, with Kremlin’s Spassky Tower at right in the background, in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Mikhail Metzel>
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South Asia
Millions of Hindu pilgrims attend Maha Kumbh festival in Allahabad, India
A young Naga sadhu or naked Hindu holy man sits with others during an evening prayer at their camp at Sangam, the confluence of the Rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati , for Maha Kumbh, festival, in Allahabad, India , Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. Millions of Hindu pilgrims are attending…
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East Asia
Chinese Art performers prepare gala show to celebrate lunar New Year in Stockholm
Performers from China’s Jiangsu Overseas Chinese Art Group prepare before a gala to celebrate the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year in Stockholm, Sweden, Feb. 6, 2013. <Xinhua/Liu Yinan>
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