• 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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    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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  • Culture

    The Hour Glass

    By Pooneh Nedai, Editor in chief of Shokaran magazine – Iran Just a little spark In the neighbor galaxy It was me Who lost my way to the milky way And found my wings on the earth Dusty, bloody and thorn   I am not aware of the location This…

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  • Culture

    Flak and some praise for Singapore Press Club’s Hall of Fame

    By Ivan Lim, Former AJA President, Contributor to AsiaN   SINGAPORE: An initiative by the Singapore Press Club in setting up a Hall of Fame for media personalities has received some praise, but the flak it drew was unhesitating because of its noticeably exclusive approach in choosing candidates. Fifty people made…

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  • Culture

    Ashraf Aboul-Yazid conferred the Esteemed Patron of the Arts Award by PAWA

    IBADAN: Egyptian poet, novelist and journalist Ashraf Aboul-Yazid, has been conferred the Pan African Writers Association (PAWA) its golden medal of Esteemed Patron of the Arts Award, during the Award Ceremony Night that concluded the African Literature Conference 2022 in Ibadan University, Nigeria (23-26 June 2022). The medal has prominent…

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  • Politics

    President Joko Wiododo: Path of Humanitarian Diplomacy

    By Eddy Suprapto  The Russia-Ukraine war dragged countries on the European continent in the threat of widespread war. Even the impact of the war not only brought a humanitarian crisis but an economic crisis, energy and food hit the world. Efforts to negotiate peace and end the war should be…

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  • Business

    IUGG National Committee of Republic of Korea holds 33rd Conference on Mathematical Geophysics

    SEOUL: The International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) National Committee of Republic of Korea will hold the 33rd Conference on Mathematical Geophysics (CMG2022) from June 20 to June 24 at the Seoul National University, Seoul City, ROK. Welcoming The Year of Basic Sciences proclaimed by the United Nations, the…

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  • Culture

    Asia Journalist Association is media sponsor of Rakoda Film Festival

    By Ashraf Aboul-Yazid Asia Journalist Association President ALEXANDRIA: An agreement was reached between the Rakoda Film Platform, Asia Journalist Association and its digital and paper publications, The AsiaN (Next News Network), and Magazine N. The association and its various publications will be the media sponsor of the Rakoda Film Festival.…

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  • Culture

    Foreign Film industry invited to Kazan Film Market in KIMFF

    XVIII Kazan International Muslim Film Festival. logo By Ashraf Aboul-Yazi President, Asia Journalists Association CAIRO: Kazan film market is one of the key events of the business platform of the XVIII Kazan International Muslim Film Festival. Regional film market will take place in Kazan State Institute of Culture on September…

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  • Culture

    A woman victim of sexual violence wins Cannes’ Best Actress award

    By Alireza Bahrami CANNES: The 75th Cannes Film Festival (2022) awarded one of its most special prizes to a woman who was a victim of sexual violence a few years ago. Zahra Amir Ebrahimi, the star of “Holy Spider” at the Cannes Film Festival, won the Best Actress award. The film…

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