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- Darwish -The Palestinian Icon (Middle East Times)
The last time Arab masses (and Mideast watchers) were mesmerized was when they heard that Gamal Abdel Nasser , the popular Egyptian president, passed away prematurely in 1969 – an event that changed the political climate in the Middle East and presaged the rise of Islamic fundamentalism.
- Interview: Gao Xingjian (Guardian Unlimited)
Gao Xingjian: 'It's in literature that true life can be found. It's under the mask of fiction that you can tell the truth'
- Fan Zeng's paintings true to tradition - China Daily
China DailyFan Zeng's paintings true to traditionChina Daily, China - 3 hours agoThirteen generations since the Ming Dynasty have been devoted to poetry, prose, calligraphy and painting. He started school at age of four, ...
- Singing Rhenium Trader Knows Why $11,100 a Kilo Saves (Update1) - Bloomberg
Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- For more than a decade, Anthony Lipmann led a life of trading metals such as indium, dysprosium and strontium while feeding his passion for the arts with singing lessons and the theater. Nowadays, Lipmann is fighting off ...
- Song and Dance - Financial Times
Song and DanceFinancial Times, UK - 8 hours agoThis poetry club has a pedigree quite unlike any other; past alumni include Alan Hollinghurst, Pico Iyer and Mick Imlah. Like all societies, however, ...
- Poetry recital is a friendly affair - Worcester News
Poetry recital is a friendly affairWorcester News, UK - 52 minutes agoBy Lauren Rogers » POETRY centred on love may hold the monopoly on the book shelves, but friendship has not gone forgotten. Whether it is Children's Poet ...
- Portraits of Binoche - guardian.co.uk
guardian.co.ukPortraits of Binocheguardian.co.uk, UK - 3 hours agoFilms, paintings, dance, poetry ... Juliette Binoche looks well on her way to becoming a national treasure in the UK The British love creating national ...
- In the footsteps of a trailblazer: First woman to scale Pikes Peak (Colorado Springs Gazette)
When Julia Archibald Holmes stepped onto the summit of Pikes Peak 150 years ago, she not only became the first woman to scale the 14,115-foot mountain in recorded history, she also became the first person to do it with panache.
- Physical Fitness - Chicago Tribune
TODAY Nature walk Anita C. Leight Estuary Center at Otter Point Creek will hold a nature discovery walk at 10:30 a.m. at 700 Otter Point Road, Abingdon. Free for all ages. 410-612-1688. Wine and jazz Fiore Winery will hold a wine, jazz and art ...
- New Christian Website “ Sink Your Roots ” Offers Downloadable ... - Businesswire.com
SCHWENKSVILLE, Pa.--( BUSINESS WIRE )--Sink Your Roots ( www.sinkyourroots.com ), a new Christian website offering challenging Bible studies for serious Christian growth, announced Wednesday the official launch of its website and online Christian ...
- The Beauty of the Scriptures is Lost! - WEBCommentary
The Beauty of the Scriptures is Lost!WEBCommentary - 9 minutes agoThere is no beauty, there is no poetry, there is no rhythm, and there certainly is nothing to draw a reader to the pages. (Now there is the new GREEN BIBLE. ...
- Laureate of Arabia (Hindustan Times)
They fettered his mouth with chains And tied his hands to the rock of the dead. They said: You're a murderer They took his food, his clothes and his banners, And threw him into the well of the dead.
- Richard Cohen: 'A change is gonna come' - Long Beach Press-Telegram
S am Cooke, the great R&B singer, wrote those words in 1963 following a visit to a civil rights event in what was then Jim Crow North Carolina. Thursday evening, an era and more than a thousand miles away, Barack Obama echoed Cooke. "America, this is ...
- Literary events for the week beginning Sunday, July 27 (The Olympian)
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- Fuel's Errand: "Alternative" Fuel Hunt by State (Scientific American)
New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman has a new book out called Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America. He makes the case that going green isn’t bad for the economy--in fact, it’s the only way for America to remain an economic leader. I interviewed Friedman for the weekly Scientific American podcast (available at www.SciAm.com/podcast). And ...
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