Hello Bonaparte! Commemoration of Napoleon – Culture – Al-Ahram Weekly
"The news came that the French had reached Damanhour and Rosetta, causing their inhabitants to flee," wrote the early 19th century Egyptian historian Abdel-Rahman al-Jabarti in his account of the invasion and the French occupation of Egypt…
Palestinian “Cinema Bus” aims to revive art and culture in Gaza
âOur society avoids selecting films that conflict with politics and religionâ and only chooses films that âserve the community and promote positive conceptsâ.Mahmoud…
How the demographics of COVID-19 deaths have changed since vaccines became available: NPR
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Samantha Artiga of the Kaiser Family Foundation about racial disparities in COVID-19 deaths.
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST:
We have repeatedly heard from officials…
Ward 9: Candidates, demographics and voter mood
Ward 9 encompasses a wide range of communities from the east of downtown to the eastern outskirts of the city. He has an incumbent councilor running for re-election. Scroll down for a list of candidates About 88,000 people live…
Marauders and Dragons face off for Boundary Rail under the lights – The Daily Reporter
The Mt. Vernon football team celebrate their 35-22 victory over conference rival New Palestine on Friday, September 11, 2020 (Tom Russo | Daily Reporter)
HANCOCK COUNTY - Red or Black?
At night's end, the coveted!-->!-->…
Egyptian Supreme Council for Culture celebrates Egyptian-Chilean cultural ties
Flags of Egypt - Chile - Crossed Flag Pins
CAIRO - September 9, 2021: The Supreme Council for Culture, in cooperation with the Foreign Cultural Relations Sector,…
Famous Greek Composer Mikis Theodorakis Dies at 96 | Arts and culture news
Mikis Theodorakis, the beloved Greek composer whose fiery music and life of political challenge gained international fame and inspired millions of people in the country, has passed away. He was 96 years old.
His death Thursday at his home…
The museum as a multidimensional compass in time and geography – the Brooklyn Rail
The creation of the British Museum in the 1750s was never content to build a collection of exceptional objects, to build beautiful galleries or to bring together brilliant curators. Our national museum project began as our…
Prasanna Aditya reviews The Power of Geography: Ten Maps that Reveal the Future of Our World, by Tim…
Physical characteristics shape global politics, says Tim Marshall, and with the world order changing, more countries are looking to expand their influence
Physical characteristics shape global politics, says Tim Marshall, and with…
2020 U.S. Census Results: Demographic Trends in Falls Church
FALLS CHURCH, VA - The past 10 years have marked a dramatic shift in the demographic makeup of the United States, with a marked decrease in the white population and rapid growth in the Hispanic / Latino community.These changes were…
James Bond is back – and he dresses like a geography teacher
Corduroy Massimo Alba Sloop Suit, £ 775, Mr. Porter
It's reduced to the micro-fine lines known as needle-punched drawstring, which impart a soft texture rather than the usual grooved effect, and Bond's is paired with a neat…
CUNY teachers’ union divides over Israeli-Palestinian conflict
When the Professional Staff Congress, the union of professors at the City University of New York, passed last month A resolution strongly criticizing Israel for the recent violence against the Palestinians, the reaction has been intense.…
Dick Durbin: Demographics Republican Election Bills
Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D., Ill.) Speaks during a press conference at the United States Capitol in Washington, DC on March 16, 2021. (Kevin Dietsch / Pool via Reuters)…
Geography Determines Survival Of Babies Born With Birth Defects Across The Globe
The survival of a baby born with a birth defect depends on where you were born
The survival of a baby born with a birth defect - otherwise known as a birth defect - depends on where you were born, a new study finds.
Babies born…
Wafa Ghnaim uses traditional Tatreez crafts to preserve and share Palestinian history
Eventually, Abbasi-Ghnaim got married, and in 1979 she and her husband immigrated to the United States. In Cambridge, Massachusetts, those early years, Abbasi-Ghnaim felt lonely and afraid to tell anyone that she was Arab and Muslim. But…
Israel is also changing the demographics of the Golan Heights
Replicating the model of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv aims to create a Jewish majority with illegal settlements on the occupied Golan Heights.…
Family tradition: Ybarra motivated to recover the state title | Sports
SAN ANTONIO - Palestine Ladycat Monique Ybarra grew up with a tennis…
Yemen and the curse of geography: Bab al-Mandab challenged by great power rivalries
Successive crises, conflicts and general instability in Yemen, which have plagued the country for decades, raise the question of how Yemen's unique geography has contributed to its woes. Did a âgeography…
How conflicts, blockades and history have shaped the geography of Gaza
Children are also frequently injured in attacks, as they represent an unusually high percentage of the population.
As a new wave of violence between Israelis and Palestinians heads into all-out war, the death toll is increasingly out of…
Behind the demographic shifts that are reshaping political power in the United States: NPR
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Alexa Ura, reporter for the Texas Grandstandabout demographic shifts that are pushing Sunbelt states like Texas to grow in population and political power.
MARY LOUISE…
Homicides in Indianapolis in 2020: victim demographics, percent resolved
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INDIANAPOLIS - Last year set a grim record for Circle City: 245…
Georgia’s demographics, blue turn organization solidified
(APN) ATLANTA - After nearly two decades of Republican rule over most, if not all, races statewide, Georgia has finally returned to Blue-majority or Democratic-majority status.
Following President-elect Joe Biden's victory over the…
Reviews | Sinai’s sacred geography receives biblical treatment
Since the dawn of exploration and travel, many travelers have drawn their passion and inspiration from the biblical geography associated with the Sinai Peninsula.
Atef Moatamed
Before the development of…
Geography of Galilee supports historicity of Solomon’s kingdom, researcher says
Over the past decades, the historicity of Solomon's kingdom and its importance to the region as described by the Bible has been the subject of much debate among archaeologists and…
Mapping demographic data and parish report data – Episcopal News Service
General Convention Office Launches Online Tool: Mapping Demographic Data and Parish Report Data
Episcopal Church Public Affairs OfficePosted…
Israel urges Gazans to migrate to change demographics | Yousef Alhélou
Gaza is often described as the world's largest open-air prison due to the Israeli blockade in place since 2007. The region is said to be a pressure cooker due to the endless crises facing its growing population. Nearly 2 million…
The Bearded Bakers, Palestinian culture in the spotlight
Knafeh Bakery the adventure has started in Melbourne at the end of 2014, and within 5 years, brothers Ameer and Joey El-Issa can already measure the progress made. After visits to New York and Lebanon, these real âbakery…
Bearded bakers put Palestinian culture on the map
The Palestinian city of Nablus may be famous for being the homeland of knafeh - slices of melted cottage cheese baked in the oven with a filling of kataifi or semolina, then drizzled with fragrant syrup - but in Sydney, two Palestino…
Amman, Jericho, Ramallah: border crossing and the politics of geography
Graffiti on the apartheid wall built by Israel in Ramallah, West Bank, Palestine. (Photo: via AJE)
By Akram Al DeekApril 13, 2019
Amman. 6 o'clock in the morning. 1000 m above sea level.
You queue for a bus going to Jerusalem. No…
Texas Legislature Demographics: Most Lawmakers Are White and Male
History of Women in the Texas Legislature
At home there is
currently 114 men ...
The number of women
from both parties
peaked at 37 in 2009
There was
20 republicans
women in 2003
... and 33 women.
27 Democrats
6…
Lies, damn lies and demographics: are the Jews a minority between the river and
New official statistics from the Palestinian Authority (PA) suggest that Jews are a shrinking minority between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, but Israeli statisticians strongly disagree.The Palestinian Central…
Clark University Geography Graduate Receives Esri Special Achievement in GIS Award – Clark Now
Esri President Jack Dangermond presented Clark University graduate Safaa Karaki Aldwaik (MA '07, MA '10, Ph.D. '12) with the SAG Award at the Esri User Conference in San Diego, July 22. Pictured are Aldwaik, his daughter Samia,…
Israel’s internal demographic catastrophe | National interest
"Ten years go by in the blink of an eye" Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently said, in its sustained offensive against the Iran nuclear deal. The implication of the declaration is that the agreement reached in Vienna allows…