Samarkand, a UNESCO World Heritage site and one of the oldest urban centers, has long storied relationship with music. Archaeological findings, such as the 3,000-year-old flute discovered around the old city, tell us that music culture has ancient roots in Central Asia. Additional studies provide evidence that the ud, a medieval variant of a lute, was spread throughout the orient ... Read More »
Benyamin Bahadori is a Pop singer, composer and songwriter. His first album “85” released in 2006, was a massive commercial success within Iran and with the diaspora abroad. Read More »
How do presidents have fun, deal with stress and stay fit? Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has his own recipe of mixing business with pleasure when the harvest season is in full swing. Taking a break from a number of serious official events, the president headed to his official residence where he harvested some watermelons, the ONT TV station reported Wednesday. Read More »
Parents often believe they are thinking only of their children without realizing the power of their own unconscious experience and its impact on how they raise their kids.”I think parents often don’t realize how their own emotions, thoughts, feelings, and overall ‘stuff’ significantly impacts their decisions and perspectives,” said Shuli Sandler, a psychologist. Read More »
Life was an American magazine published weekly until 1972, as an intermittent “special” until 1978, and as a monthly from 1978 to 2000. Read More »
Love is one of the most profound emotions known to human beings. There are many kinds of love, but most people seek its expression in a romantic relationship with a compatible partner. Read More »
Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice and augments regular speech by the use of sustained tonality, rhythm, and a variety of vocal techniques. Read More »
The final – and most exciting – red carpet of the awards season is upon us: the Oscars. Before the attention turns to who wore what- and, crucially, who wore it best – A-list stylists Elizabeth Saltzman, Law Roach and Ilaria Urbinati tell Vogue about the styling secrets and behind-the-scenes deals that go into creating those spotlight-worthy Oscar looks. Read More »
Forget tofu or soy milk. Entrepreneurs out of South Africa have opened a pop-up restaurant dedicated to serving gourmet meals, all made from alternative, insect-based ingredients. Read More »
When Nai Barghouti was 11 years old, she was trying to get from her home in the occupied West Bank to a music lesson in Jerusalem, a journey she made every week. She was stopped at a checkpoint, and told that she had the wrong papers; she always carried a photocopy of her birth certificate, but this time the Israeli ... Read More »