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A Movie Called War – Poetry from Korea

Where to film war movies Battleground On the set of a war movie on this planet! Sungrye Han, a seasoned poetess from Korea, the Land of Morning Calm, shares her poetry Sungrye Han from Republic of Korea (South Korea), is a poet, translator (Japanese – Korean), and adjunct professor. She majored in Japanese language and

UAE Team Emirates' Hirschi continues winning streak at Memorial Pantani

Marc Hirschi continued his run of excellent form in the build-up to the World Championships in Zurich with yet another victory at the Memorial Pantani in Cesenatico, Italy today. The 26-year-old puncheur timed his sprint well to power his way to the front of the reduced peloton. The 195km course beginning in Cesena was controlled from the

Rock Carvings in Azad Kashmir’s Chitter Pari

Alongside cup-marks, the Chitter Pari rock art site features anthropomorphic, zoomorphic and geometric motifs In 2008, I visited Chitter Pari for the first time as I was travelling to Mirpur City. A friend had told me about the rock carvings in Chitter Pari village while I was doing research on the cultural landscape in Punjab’s

How Mohamed Okasha Raised His Creative Clouds

The poet, critic and artist Mohamed Okasha faces our creative life with more than one mask. We can describe these masks accurately when we read his poetic and prose texts, follow his critical analyses, or stand before his sculptural works. How to Raise a Cloud, Book Cover If we praise words by describing them as painted with

LEARNING LIVING ARTS

In spite of great advances into the material world, men have not learnt the essential arts of living If we compare a growing plant and a growing child, we will understand what the difference between men and nature is. A plant when grows up, gathers a lot in its stem, and from here, it forms the grain, which is not meant for its own