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Culture
Ahmad Samiei Gilani: A man who has lived in three centuries
By Alireza Bahrami TEHRAN: A cultural figure lives in Iran who has lived in 3 consecutive centuries. Ahmad Samiei Gilani is the most famous editor in Iran and whose life span was in the 13th, 14th and 15th solar centuries (Iranian calendar). He was born on January 31, 1921, while…
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Culture
Silk Road Literature Serie’s “Arabian Nights, World Poems” digitally published in two parts
Ashraf Aboul-Yazid, President, Asia Journalists Association CAIRO: The new edition of the Silk Road Literature Series ANTHOLOGY “Arabian Nights, World Poems” has been digitally published in two parts, to cover the contributions of 156 poets from more than 40 and 15 languages. Poems are written in different languages including Arabic,…
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Society
At the opening of Medellín Poetry Festival, it rains world poems
By Ashraf Aboul-Yazid, President of Asia Journalists Association MEDELLÍN: The Medellín International Poetry Festival opened its XXXII edition on Saturday with a rain of poems to celebrate the reunion with the public on the return to the event after taking refuge in virtuality for two years due to the pandemic.…
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Business
Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety permits import of aguaje oil
By Seok-Jae Kang Asia Journalists Association Vice President SEOUL: The Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety has approved imports of aguaje oil from the Peruvian jungles on July 15, 2022, according to a local trading company. The Korean firm, Worldone Trade Co. Ltd., said it will start importing aguaje…
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Society
Nomad fashion highlighted at world festival in Kyrgyzstan’s Cholpon-Ata
CHOLPON-ATA: The third edition of the World Nomad Fashion festival in Cholpon-Ata, Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan, a special platform to celebrate and popularize traditional knowledge, culture and clothing history, has concluded on a high note. The festival at the Rukh-Ordo cultural center was attended by famous designers, artisans and specialists in the fashion…
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Politics
Ire among some in Singapore over Sri Lankan Terminator’s stay
By Ivan Lim Former AJA President, Contributor to AsiaN SINGAPORE: The unexpected arrival in Singapore of former Sri Lankan strongman Gotabaya Rajapaksa, 73, on July 1, has caused anger among some people in the Republic and raised inconvenient questions for the authorities here. Critics, overlooking the fact that he tendered…
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Culture
Celebrating the 1100th Anniversary of Ahmed Ibn Fadlan’s Travel to Tatarstan
By Ashraf Aboul-Yazid President, Asia Journalists Association ALEXANDRIA: On July 14, the Media Club had its monthly forum in the Russian House of Alexandria on the topic: “1100 years since the arrival of the mission of the traveler Ibn Fadlan to Tatarstan”. The event was attended by Mr. Pavel Kydysyuk…
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Politics
Shinzo Abe’s murder raises troubling questions
By Ivan Lim Former AJA President, Contributor to AsiaN SINGAPORE: The tragic untimely death of Shinzo Abe at the hands of an assassin has raised some troubling questions. One: Is there a shortcoming that in a robust democracy like Japan citizens still have to resort toviolence to resolve their grievances…
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Politics
Safety Waves versus Death Waves
A keynote speech at the 60th African literature and writers’ anniversary conference By Ashraf Aboul-Yazid IBADAN, NIGERIA: In our time, we live in more than one circle; circles that narrow and widen, touch, overlap and intersect, and sometimes even resist each other, and contradict with other circles. They are circles…
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