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Culture
Istanbul hosts V Eurasian Literary Festival of Festivals
ISTANBUL: The fifth Eurasian literary festival of festivals “LiFFT-2021 will open in Istanbul on November 11 with a press conference on the world event. Invited personalities to attend this mega literary occasion are Minister of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Turkey, Mr. Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, Head of the…
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Business
First trial flight lands at newly-built airport in Uzbek Sokh enclave within Kyrgyzstan
By Dilmurod Jumaboyev, Editor-in-chief of Vodiymedia.uz SOKH: The first trial flight to test the runway of the newly built airport in Uzbek Sokh enclave, located within Kyrgyzstan successfully touched down today. The Uzbek Humo Air aircraft AN-2 took off from the Fergana international airport at around 12:30 pm and landed…
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Culture
A train crosses the rivers Indus, Nile and Volga
By Rahul Aijaz KARACHI: A train leaves the station near the Indus River in Sindh province in Pakistan, goes through the Nile River in Egypt and finally arrives at the Volga in Kazan, Tatarstan in Russia. That’s the long journey we undertook starting in early 2020 to late 2021. It’s also…
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Culture
“Jack Hirschman: Egyptian Poems and Testimonies” pays tribute to late US poet
By Ashraf Aboul-Yazid AJA President CAIRO: As a tribute to the name of the late American poet Jack Hirschman, World Poetry Movement called on its members across the world to dedicate their cultural activities along the month of October 2021 to one of its founders, and one of the poetic…
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Politics
Real Choices?
By Alin Ferrer-Garganera MANILA: Last Oct. 8, 2021, presidential aspirants here in the Philippines lined up to file their certificates of candidacy for the 2022 national elections. It was a week-long spectacle, with dozens proclaiming their intent to run as President and Vice-President and hundreds more want to become Senators.…
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Society
GCS International hosts international conference on 40th anniversary of U.N. International Day of Peace
By Seok-Jae Kang GCS International Secretary General, Asia Journalists Association Vice President SEOUL: An international conference to mark the 40th anniversary of the U.N. International Day of Peace was held at Seoul Airport in Seongnam. Gyeonggi Province on October 21, 2021. The seminar was jointly promoted by GCS International and…
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Society
Jack Hirschman: Egyptian Poems and Testimonies
Ashraf Aboul-Yazid Asia Journalists Association President CAIRO: This month, a special edition of the Silk Road Literature Anthology will be published to commemorate the late poet Jack Hirschman, responding to World Poetry Movement’ s call to make the month of October 2021 devoted to celebrate this iconic poetic figure around…
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Society
‘2021 Taekwondo UCC Contest’ to be held on Oct. 5 – Nov. 12
By Seok-Jae Kang GCS International Secretary General, Asia Journalists Association Vice President SEOUL: Under the theme “All for Taekwondo in Everyday Life,” a taekwondo UCC contest will be held from October 5 to November 12, 2021. The 2021 Taekwondo UCC Contest, open to everyone who loves taekwondo at home and…
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Business
GCS International Signs MOU with Korea Saemaul Undong Center, GCS Korea
By Seok-Jae Kang GCS International Secretary General, Asia Journalists Association Vice President SEOUL: GCS International signed a cooperation agreement on the creation of a together-well-living community and the promotion of world peace with the Korea Saemaul Undong Center and the GCS International Korea Chapter on September 28, 2021. Under the…
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Society
Hunting, equestrian show in UAE capital: The skill of foresight, the power of success
By Habib Toumi ABU Dhabi: When the late Shaikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan initiated the Abu Dhabi International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition (ADIHEX) in Abu Dhabi in 2003, very few thought that it would achieve huge success locally, regionally and internationally, turning into a landmark event for enthusiasts, fans,…
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