Finding the secret of the Prince of Persia in Weimar
Video: Placido Domingo interprets “Nessun Dorma” from Puccini’s opera Turandot One of the most wonderful events that a human being could get to see in his lifetime is the opera Turandot. And for the...
View Article“This Is the Dream” by Norwegian poet Olav H. Hauge
Last night I couldn’t sleep. I choose to read some poetry to go somewhere else for the night. Now I share with you the poem that moved me the most. I hope you enjoy it, This Is the Dream by Norwegian...
View ArticleTED lecture. Sheikha Al Mayassa: Globalizing the local, localizing the global
After watching a TED lecture by Sheikha Al Mayassa, a patron of artists, storytellers and filmmakers in Qatar, I had some questions. First, she emphasizes how art and culture create a country’s...
View Article2012, Early Summer Reading List #Books
I am reading all day long specialized non-fiction books and journal essays. That is how life is like when you want to be an Academic in a world in which competition is getting harder and harder....
View ArticleTerracotta vase in the form of a lobster claw
Visiting history museums is one of my favorite activities. There, one of the things that I appreciate the most is learning about the paintings they have in vases and other pottery utensils from...
View Article82nd & Fifth. “My First Time” from The Metropolitan Museum of Art
One of my favourite museums is The Met and one of my favourite paintings is also there. I was just impressed and happy to see that a new video cured by the art historian and curator George Goldner...
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