Arts & Culture
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Philhellene author Arnold Zable recognised from the start the Greek passion for life with a deep sense of familiarity
“My work has been written, performed, in the spirit of philoxenia, of welcoming the stranger and seeking him out. Because…
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Henry Kissinger, America’s Most Notorious War Criminal, Dies At 100
The titan of American foreign policy was complicit in millions of deaths — and never showed remorse for his decisions.…
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Kibogo by Scholastique Mukasonga review – crisis in colonial Rwanda
“Kamanzi, our sub-chief, came to take away our children.” Aminatta Forna The Guardian So begins a trail of misfortune that…
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Is it time to reconsider the idea of ‘the banality of evil’?
It was his sheer normality. She subtitled her 1963 book on the subject, Eichmann in Jerusalem, “a report on the…
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Truth, lies and the long road to exposing an Australian ‘hero’
“I’d probably ring Nick McKenzie and say, ‘I’ve got a good story for you, mate. I’m gonna go kayaking’,” the…
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Cambodia : Mass evictions at UNESCO World Heritage site Angkor violate International Law
10,000 families reportedly affected Interviews with more than 100 people show Cambodian authorities used threats to force people off their…
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Can you celebrate Diwali if you’re not religious? These Indian Australians do it to feel closer to their culture
An Indian woman in one of my university classes once asked me this. Angelica Silva ABC Ironic that it was…
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A cosmic ocean of shame: Jesmyn Ward’s Let Us Descend confronts a history beyond the ken of storytelling
Are there subjects so immense in historical scope and in depths of human suffering that a form engineered to tackle…
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Language induces an identity crisis for the children and grandchildren of Latino immigrants
They would speak to her sons in Spanish, before quickly adding in the same language, “How awful! You don’t understand…
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Κοινή Διακήρυξη πολιτών για την Απελευθέρωση της Κύπρου
Ενεργοί πολίτες της Κυπριακής Δημοκρατίας, παρουσίασαν το όραμα και τις θέσεις τους για την επίλυση του Κυπριακού, μέσα από ένα…
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Kıbrıs’ın Kurtuluşuna İlişkin Yurttaşların Ortak Bildirisi
Kıbrıs Cumhuriyeti’nin aktif vatandaşları, ortak ilke ve hedefler belgesi aracılığıyla Kıbrıs sorununun çözümüne yönelik vizyon ve konumlarını sundular. Kıbrıs’ın Özgürlüğü…
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Citizens’ Joint Declaration for the Freedom of Cyprus
Active citizens of the Republic of Cyprus, presented their vision and positions for the solution of the Cyprus problem, through…
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Melbourne presentation of book on woman-symbol of the anti-occupation struggle in Cyprus
She saw her husband, her father and other close relatives killed in front of her. She saw Turkish soldiers raping…
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The true crime story of the Osage Nation would take a century to tell
Based on David Grann’s meticulously researched 2017 book, the movie delves into racial and family dynamics that rocked Oklahoma to the…
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Borno: Gov Zulum converts Arabic school to specialised institute to counter Boko Haram ideology
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has announced the conversion of Mustapha Umar Elkanemi Arabic (Teachers) College in Maiduguri…
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Orwellian nightmares: What I learned about today’s rage culture from rewriting 1984
A few years ago, I got what, for a writer of political fiction, is a dream job. Sandra Newman The…
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