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Restoring Past Glory in Old Kabul (Washington Post) KABUL -- The road that rings the old city district of Murad Khane is thick with smoke from the hearths of a row of blacksmiths. Until recently, few people in the Afghan capital had much reason to venture beyond the plumes of black smoke into the district.
The art of the word of God (Tacoma News Tribune) Next weekend, Tacoma Art Museum will display the first handwritten Bible since the invention of the printing press 500 years ago. The Saint John?s Bible, commissioned by a Benedictine university in Minnesota, isn?t just a Bible ? it?s more than 1,000 2-feet-by-3-feet pages of calligraphy and illuminations, thousands of hours of scribe work, hundreds of cow skins for the pages. It?s a huge ...
'Kung Fu Panda' success may see China loosen control on creativity (New Kerala) New Delhi, July 5 : Animated film 'Kung Fu Panda' has motivated senior advisors to the Chinese Government to seek lesser control on creativity.
Well And Rested (Sin Chew Jit Poh) WELCOME: Clay statues of women from the Tang Dynasty greet guests in each apartment unit. (Photo courtesy: China Daily) COMFY: Tall athletes like Yao Ming won?t have to worry about their height with beds equipped with an extra-long mattress.
Exhibit aims to shatter US stereotypes of Islam (The Myrtle Beach Sun News) By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press Writer LITTLE ROCK, Ark. | In the months following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Princess Wijdan Al Hashemi and her friend Aliki Moschis-Gauguet noticed that the only depictions they saw of Muslim women showed figures behind veils, oppressed by their cultures.
State mulls over Bakun HEP equity: Dr Chan (The Borneo Post) MIRI: The state government will study the equity interest in the Bakun hydroelectric project (HEP) before taking it up or otherwise. The equity in Sarawak Hidro Sdn Bhd (SHSB) became available after Sime Darby Bhd recently decided not to take it up.
On Film, a Monk?s Passion and Protest (New York Times) With the help of a New York-based producer, a documentary profiling the life of Palden Gyatso, a 77-year old former political prisoner in China, will open in August.
Anne Arundel Education Notes (Baltimore Sun) Introducing a group of about 40 fourth- through sixth-graders to Chinese culture, language and customs, the Maryland Summer Center for Chinese Studies will conduct its two-week summer program at Meade Middle School from tomorrow through July 18.
Two-person exhibit includes fanciful 'visual conversations' (The Oklahoman) NORMAN ? Delicate, classical oriental brushwork paintings by Beverly Herndon almost perfectly complement the fanciful ink drawings of C. J. Bradford in a show at Firehouse Art Center, 444 S Flood. A bamboo grove provides "Sanctuary? in one ink-watercolor drawing on rice paper by Herndon, and a mountainous landscape offers a seated old man (and us) a place for "Contemplation? in another. Even ...
Calligraphy draws student interest (Vietnam Net) VietNamNet Bridge - Calligraphy is considered to be a classic art form pursued by adults, but the fact that nearly 1,000 young students are studying it in Hanoi belies the claim.
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