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Culture
Human rights for all people at all times, even during wars
By Dr. Hassan Humeida KIEL, GERMANY: Citation-I: “The many receiving countries are doing their best to receive and take in the war refugees without any narrow ethnic or religious leanings – Title of the article: Standing together during the arduous challenges of war, written by Hassan Humeida” Citation-II: “Here, only…
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Business
African World Poetry Movement coordinators: Our Earth, Our Responsibility
By The AsiaN Editor CAIRO: An online meeting was attended by six African national coordinators of World Poetry Movement drew a plan map for the movement in the continent. The meeting, on March 10, had an agenda to give an induction of the coordinators on the work and programs…
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Society
When a woman feels good, the Universe smiles – Kyrgyzstan President
BISHKEK: Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Zhaparov has congratulated the women of his country on International Women’s Day, stressing that the special day came with the first breath of a gentle spring breeze. “On the fragile shoulders of a woman, not only home comfort and family well-beinga re kept, but also peace…
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Society
One hundred years after his death, Russian Poet Nikolai Gumilev resumes his travels
By Ashraf Aboul-Yazid (Ashraf Dali) Asia Journalist Association President CAIRO: Nikolai Gumilev (April 15, 1886 – August 26, 1921) was an influential Russian poet, literary critic, traveler, and military officer. He was a cofounder of the Acheist Movement in Russian poetry. He was the husband of the well-known Russian poetess…
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Society
Contact-free smart libraries rise in pandemic era
By YONHAP News Agency SEOUL: On her way home from work, Lim Kyung-nan, a mother of two living in Anyang, occasionally borrows books from a smart library, an unmanned book-rental machine, usually installed at subway stations. “I usually can’t go to community libraries since I leave my work in the late…
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Culture
Pan African Writers Association announces poetry laureates
By Ashraf Aboul-Yazid President, Asia Journalist Association ACCRA, GHANA: The Lilt of The Rebel, a collection of poems by Obari Gomba, a professor of English at the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has won the 2022 Pan African Writers Association (PAWA) poetry prize. The Lilt Of The Rebel was announced…
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Politics
An existential issue, says Singapore dubbing foul invasion of Ukraine
By Ivan Lim, Former AJA President, Contributor to AsiaN SINGAPORE: Singapore has stood out among its Asean partners to boldly call out Russia for its invasion of its next-door neighbour Ukraine on Feb 24 that has shaken up the world. The city-state has followed up its condemnation of Moscow with…
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Society
Ashraf Aboul-Yazid: My novels are the cherished daughters of my travel literature
CAIRO: Ashraf Aboul-Yazid combines being a novelist, a poet, a journalist, a travel writer and an author of children’s literature with distinction in all these fields. He has worked in cultural journalism for more than three decades. He was chosen as the Cultural Personality of the Year in the Republic…
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Politics
Standing together during the arduous challenges of war
Merciless onslaughts and formidable challenges fail to wipe off the hope in this young refugee’s eyes (World Vision) By Dr. Hassan Humeida Kiel, Germany: It is war and its machine does not stop and goes on. Many people are currently on the run. Civilians who have been forced to leave their safe…
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Politics
Ukraine will blossom again
Scene from the 2014 revolution in Ukraine (Photo: Alireza Bahrami) By Alireza Bahrami TEHRAN: These days, as Ukraine has been at the headlines of world news after the Russian invasion, I am thinking of a trip I made to this country a few years ago. I am sure that Ukraine will…
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