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UAE promotes culture of tolerance through Bangkok workshop
Published on 07/07/2025
» The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Embassy in Bangkok, in collaboration with Krirk University, hosted a cultural workshop aimed at promoting tolerance and peaceful coexistence, as part of its broader efforts to strengthen cultural ties and mutual understanding with Thailand.
Artist explores plight of the Middle East
Life, Published on 26/12/2023
» The plight of the Middle East is reflected through artwork during "A Hope And Peace To End All Hope And Peace" which is running at Jim Thompson Art Center, until March 10.
'Third way': Turkey's whirling dancers celebrate mystic Rumi
AFP, Published on 19/12/2023
» KONYA, Turkey - The skirts of whirling dervishes twirl in a symphony of disco colours celebrating mystic Sufi poet Rumi at a cultural centre in central Turkey's Konya.
Legends on the wrist
Life, Noko, Published on 01/07/2022
» After his parents took him to a watch restorer's workshop, teenage Christophe Claret became fascinated with complicated timepieces, and particularly attracted to minute repeaters that strike hours, quarters and minutes on demand.
Graffiti artist follows his rebellious roots
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 06/06/2022
» A daubed wall marks off a rundown area where makeshift houses were put up for rent, a stone's throw from a luxury condominium in the heart of Bangkok's Sathon. A 40-year-old man exits his car with pink luggage. He puts on a black hat and ties a small cloth around his head. He's wearing a long-sleeve checked shirt, shorts, and black sneakers and his socks are printed with cannabis patterns. Mue Bon, literally translated as "restless hands", opens his arsenal and begins to spray paint a rough sketch of the flightless black bird on the wall.
1st Shura Council elections herald a new era in Qatar
Published on 16/12/2021
» The year 2021 holds several important implications for the State of Qatar both internally and internationally. Perhaps the most prominent internal achievement of the State of Qatar is the holding of the Shura Council elections for the first time in the country’s history. This is within the framework of the ambitious policy pursued by the State of Qatar to develop its legislative mechanism by expanding the popular participation in the way that reflects the value of Qatari constitution and Qatar National Vision 2030.
Israeli firm in Gaza extracts drinking water from air
AFP, Published on 05/01/2021
» GAZA CITY (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES): The densely populated Gaza Strip has long lacked sufficient drinking water, but a new project helps ease the shortage with a solar-powered process to extract potable water straight from the air.
Sesame Street adds Rohingya puppets
Thomson Reuters Foundation, Published on 19/12/2020
» DHAKA, Bangladesh: The children’s television show Sesame Street has introduced its first Rohingya Muppets to help thousands of refugee children overcome trauma and tackle the impact of the pandemic in the world’s largest refugee settlement in Bangladesh.
The spirit of Bengal
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 13/06/2019
» As the first rays of light shone on the Bangladeshi morning, the new dawn brought hope and optimism. I got out of the van and walked down the street in Dhaka with other international journalists, the ground still wet after the rains of the previous night.
Memories of Sudanese music
Life, John Clewley, Published on 16/04/2019
» Sudan is in the news for another political upheaval, one of the many that have plagued what was once Africa's largest country, a nation with a deep and fascinating musical culture.