Hidden deep within the Saudi desert is Al Ahsa: a UNESCO heritage site and incredible oasis characterized by 2.5 million palm trees. Here, the trees are cove...

Arabs suffer from a long and systematic stereotyping from the West. From the Orientalist movement of the 18th century till today, Western perceptions of Arabs and by extension Muslims, are based on what they have been conditioned to believe through the media be it in the form of literature, art, and more recently, movies and...

President Volodymyr Zelensky has given posthumous awards to four Ukrainian cultural figures, Victoria Amelina, Maksym Kryvtsov, Vasyl Kukharskyi, and Volodymyr Vakulenko, according to a decree published on Jan. 23.

Photojournalist Jelle Krings has been documenting Ukraine’s flower industry since the start of the invasion, looking at how it helps the country cope with war. From a greenhouse production plant built with Dutch technologies, we follow the supply chain of flowers throughout the country to the people who use them, exploring the...

The Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine has impacted every aspect of life for Ukrainians, even the date they celebrate Christmas. What hasn’t changed is the tradition of serving 12 dishes on Christmas Eve, known as Svyata Vecherya or the Holy Supper. Earlier this year, the Orthodox Church of Ukraine

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Local activists in Kyiv hung a brightly colored camouflage net over a centrally located statue of famed Russian writer Alexander Pushkin as a protest of the continued Russian cultural imperialism in Ukraine, Ukrainska Pravda said on Oct. 24, citing the activist's Telegram post.

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Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples are dotted around Japan—but how are they different?...

From well-preserved merchant districts to quaint fishing villages, take a trip back in time with these charming traditional Japanese towns.

Hanetsuki (Japanese: 羽根突き or 羽子突き) is a Japanese traditional game, similar to racket games like badminton but without a net, played with a rectangular wooden paddle called a hagoita and a brightly coloured shuttlecock, called a hane. Often played by girls at the New Year, the game can be played by any gender in...

The series takes us to the very heart of urban life in the Mediterranean area, the hub of the ancient world. The mighty metropolises of antiquity evolved here from a scattering of settlements. And not one city is like the next. Each developed in its own characteristic fashion, each uniquely marked by its geographical location,...

Ukraine’s Ministry of Culture and Information Policy has updated the statistics on damaged cultural heritage sites in Ukraine since the beginning of the full-scale invasion. From 24 February 2022 to 25 July 2023, 763 such objects were damaged or destroyed.

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Photographers captured the moment on Aug. 1 when the Soviet coat of arms was removed from Ukraine's tallest statue, the Motherland Monument, making way for the installation of a trident – Ukraine's coat of arms.

Work to dismantle the Soviet emblem on Kyiv's Motherland Monument has started, the Culture Ministry reported on July 30. The monument will instead be fitted with a Ukrainian trident, which will reportedly be finished by Ukraine's Independence Day on Aug. 24.

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine [Ukrainian parliament – ed.] has supported the resignation of Oleksandr Tkachenko, Minister of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine.

The resignation of Culture Minister Oleksandr Tkachenko was not supported by a vote by the Parliamentary Committee on Humanitarian and Information Policy on July 26.

Squint very hard and you might be able to divine an allegory about the Russian attack on Ukraine – but you can also enjoy it for the nice designs and throat singing

Découvrez (ou non) la super (à mon humble avis) émission de Lex, la pop culture sous le prisme des conditions de travail des artistes et, entre autres du soft-power (power manière douce » ou le « pouvoir de convaincre)

While Belarusian is one of the two official state languages in Belarus, the decision to speak, read, and write it can be a dangerous choice for Belarusians. Growing up, the Belarusian poet and translator Valzhyna Mort was aware of how the Belarusian language was perceived in her country. “Belarusian was

Culture Minister Oleksandr Tkachenko announced on July 21 that he had submitted his resignation.

For the third day in a row, Russia has launched overnight missile attacks on the city of Odesa. On the night of 20 July, the Russian missiles damaged the Odesa Literary Museum, the Odesa Archaeological Museum and the Museum of Western and Oriental Art.

Cultural monuments in Ukraine continue to suffer due to Russian full-scale invasion. The list of damaged sites includes unique objects of cultural heritage, which were destroyed in the attacks of the Russians. Today, the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy, which records such losses, cannot provide full information on the...

A remarkable season in Kyiv has given artists and audience a brief respite from the horror of war