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In "Life"
August 01, 2019
Troubled Woodstock 50 celebration officially canceled
August 01, 2019
Broadway icon Harold Prince dead at 91
MOSCOW — With passionate songs, flowing dresses and the wild strumming of guitars, a Moscow theater has staged colorful aspects of Roma culture since the shows' heyday in the early Soviet era.Calling itself the "world's only" Roma theater, the state-funded Romen Theater occupies a huge building close to the city center and holds near-nightly shows.It was founded in the 1930s as a symbol of the "friendship of the peoples", a phrase coined by Joseph Stalin for relations between the USSR's many ethnic groups — even though Soviet authorities persecuted numerous non-Russian minorities.Today, some 200,000 Roma live in Russia, according to official statistics, mostly in the European part of the country. And, like elsewhere in Europe, the communities often have...
July 31, 2019
Moscow's Roma theater plays on against troubled backdrop
July 31, 2019
Man chases dog on London railway, adding to commuter heat misery
July 31, 2019
African satirist Mamane plans drama school to promote 'freedom'
July 31, 2019
Seesaws let kids on each side of US-Mexico border play together
July 31, 2019
An ancient Egypt-to-Black Sea route? Adventurers to test theory
July 31, 2019
Bulgarian singer hits high with record-breaking vocals
July 30, 2019
Mega-hit 'Old Town Road' breaks US singles chart record
CAIRO, Egypt — Art Jameel, an organization that supports heritage, education and the arts, annouced a summer program of workshops that aim to engage the community in the revival of traditional crafts in rural Egypt.Over four weeks, the program will engage children in Fayoum with workshops focusing on the regions' unique heritage. The program includes workshops that focus on Islamic geometry, brasswork, printing, pottery and ceramics with which Fayoum is so closely associated with, in Egypt.The summer program, Art Jameel’s first major project in Egypt, outside Cairo, will be led by members of the Atelier Cairo Art Jameel, Art Jameel’s platform for Egyptian entrepreneurship, artisanship and design, which opened in February 2019.The Atelier includes alumni of the Jameel House of...
July 30, 2019
Art Jameel’s summer program to revive of traditional craft in Fayoum
