New York’s Modern Art and Met museums are both featuring exhibits dedicated to the guitar. Viewed together, the Moma’s “Picasso Guitars” and the Met’s “Guitar Heros” say a lot about diverging trends in modern art history.
Month: May 2011
A miraculous discovery in Buenos Aires has brought the classic German silent film Metropolis close to the way its producers originally intended before decades of brutal editing.
Scientists are looking at nature’s myriad molecules — studying substances like tree bark and fungi — in hopes of coming up with cures for cancer and other maladies.
Just how effective have NATO operations in Libya been? Depends on who you ask. With propaganda percolating on both sides, military experts say it’s hard to know exactly how the conflict is unfolding.
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Quebec Sets Off To Conquer Far North
Canada’s vast northern territories are to be opened up in a plan to exploit its rich natural resources. Some environmentalists are skeptical about the long-term effects.
Newly released Communist-era files show a complicated relationship between the Polish regime and the Wunderkind French-Polish filmmaker, from his first success to his escape from Hollywood after having sex with a minor.
Osama bin Laden’s death has deepened tensions between Islamabad and Washington. Will Pakistan fall into China’s arms?
Times have changed for the world’s carmakers. Renault is investing in aeronautics, while Audi promotes alpine research and water sports. For today’s auto advertisers, preaching a good cause may be every bit as important as pitching the product itself.
After designing London’s Millennium Bridge and the Beijing airport’s international terminal renowned architect Norman Foster is now looking to leave his mark on the Dolomite Mountains, with a ski lodge billed as seven-star luxury. But some local
The democratic movement in Morocco has yet to target the monarchy, which still has wide popular support. But if reform doesn’t come quickly, the King risks the same fate as other leaders in the region.
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A Libyan War Diary
Award-winning Italian photojournalist Davide Monteleone recently returned from three weeks covering the war in Libya. The April 20 deaths in the coastal city of Misrata of fellow photographers Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros has added a bitter epitaph to this latest assignment. But sadly, there is still a war to be covered, one more story […]
As they develop a passion for pop gatherings, Chinese music enthusiasts are creating new market opportunities for organizers and sponsors. Authorities are allowing the shows to go on, but with a discrete presence of state police. And state censors.
Exactly 30 years ago — on May 10, 1981 — France elected its first socialist president. This week the country’s Socialist Party is heralding the historical event, overlooking Mitterrand’s dark side to celebrate the highlights of his political legacy.
A recent treaty between Peru and Ecuador could complicate matters for Chile, which is involved in a drawn-out border dispute with authorities in Lima over Pacific water rights.
A recent reconciliation deal signed with Fatah may be proof that Hamas is maturing politically. But is the Islamist group ready to enter into a full fledged unity government?
In keeping with their country’s world famous culinary heritage, Italy’s top corporations have abandoned standard team-building activities in favor of group cooking classes.
While Bavaria leaps forward, Berlin languishes. Germany’s south is on the rise, thanks in large part to tech investments and shifting migration patterns.
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Rembrandt And Faces Of The Living Christ
A new exhibition at the Louvre features a rare collection of religion-themed paintings, drawings and prints by the Dutch painter who changed the way art depicted the Savior.
In the eyes of Europe, Turkey’s jailing of journalists and limits on Internet access raise serious questions about freedom of the press as the country’s entry into the EU remains in doubt.
Transported secretly from Tehran to Paris, the films directed by Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof will be screened at Cannes, shining a spotlight on Iran’s repression of artistic and political expression.
Rolex hopes its associations with classical music and charitable events can recast the Swiss watch brand in China from a symbol of gaudy power to a mark of refined class.
Once the emblem of a harmonious and multicultural France, the French national soccer team is currently engulfed in a scandal that mirrors wider racism inside (and outside) the sport.
Editorial: Three events over the past week – a London wedding, a Vatican mass, and a death in Pakistan — signal that popular sentiment within the West wants its leaders to defend core values.
Instant messaging will notify Air France customers in real-time of every twist in their itinerary, from delays to sudden cancellations to the whereabout of your luggage.
A R A B I C A ارابيكا DAY OF DEFIANCE*Wire agencies continue to cover the Syrian revolution from a distance, relying on eyewitness accounts and amateur footage posted online. Syrians turned out across the country for the “Day of Defiance” protests, with at least protesters killed in Homs and one in Hama. Meanwhile, the […]
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The Island Of Happy Bees
On the Canadian island of Newfoundland, bees don’t get sick or sting. Researchers want to spread this buzzing paradise, and get some organic honey in the process.
In the wake of the democratic revolution, Islamist groups that were once considered enemies of the state are now openly pursuing their political ambitions.
In northwestern China, traditional water supplies can’t quench the massive thirst for development. Government desertification cures don’t include saving an ancient canal system that had sustained locals for centuries.
A R A B I C A ارابيكا IT’S ALMOST FRIDAY IN SYRIA *Syria’s community of online activists is organizing a “day of defiance” for Friday despite the military’s ongoing arrests of hundreds, possibly thousands of who the Syrian government is calling “terrorists.” The “Syrian Day of Anger” facebook group reminds supporters, “The people of […]
Former Guantanamo inmate Adel Ben Mabrouk is back home in Tunisia after a decade behind bars. He speaks of his respect for Osama Bin Laden and his plans to write a book on his prison experiences.
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In France, meat eaters strike back
Confronted to rising criticism of the shoddy practices and environmental damage of the meat industry, beef lovers are organizing themselves to defend their beliefs.
Editorial: The population may be aging even worse than authorities admit in the latest 10-year census. Why China urgently needs to change its birth control policy.
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Chinese Lessons For First Graders
In France, demand for lessons in Chinese and Japanese now rivals traditional options Spanish and German. English is still tops.
Swiss scientists searching for the “altruism gene” use robots to show why creatures, human and otherwise, sacrifice themselves for the sake of others.
Editorial: Ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s visit to Europe, Le Monde says the Arab Spring and Hamas-Fatah reconciliation mean the time for posturing is over.
From bombings to kidnappings, Islamists in North Africa have adopted their leader’s methods.
A R A B I C A ارابيكا AFTER BIN LADEN*Kuwaiti daily Al-Anba published the purported will of Osama bin Laden, a four-page farewell that the Al-Qaeda leader predicts will come following “betrayal” and “treachery” of those around him. While he did not mention the number of wives and children he leaves behind, Bin Laden […]
The French First Lady appears to be gearing up for Nicolas Sarkozy’s reelection bid next year by talking more in public. But she won’t confirm or deny whether a First Baby is on the way.
Not so long ago, the Prime Minister surprised everyone by seeking reconciliation with Turkey’s Kurdish minority. Yet ahead of national elections next month, Erdo?an has changed his tune.
A R A B I C A ارابيكا IS IT HIM?*@Mar-bahrain tweets a picture of what purports to be the corpse of Bin Laden: “A picture of Bin Laden’s body before being thrown in the sea…smiling.” *Fadhilhoum tweets, “There is no plausible proof that Osama Bin Laden died. This is a bad play by the […]