Posts Tagged ‘Culture’

Iran’s hospitality culture spread by tourist guides, deputy minister says

TEHRAN – Tourist guides are the ones who spread the culture of Iranian hospitality, the deputy tourism minister has said.  Source

The Death of Office Culture Leads to Boom Times for Used-Chair Salesman

The warehouse was packed, filled to the brim with used Herman Miller Aeron chairs, Herman Miller Mirra 2 chairs, Herman Miller sit-to-stand desks, and other remnants of the daily commute era. “There’s so much product. We have no room in our warehouses,” Zachary Unger said excitedly. “At this point, we need to get, like, another […]

Sarah Huckabee Sanders attacks ‘left-wing culture war’ in SOTU response

Republican Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders undercut President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address as beholden to “woke fantasies” and untethered from mainstream America. “Most Americans simply want to live their lives in freedom and peace, but we are under attack in a left-wing culture war we didn’t start and never wanted to fight,” […]

Trump unveils new education policy loaded with culture war proposals

Former President Donald Trump is unveiling a 2024 education policy plan, one focusing heavily on the culture war components that have animated conservatives. The plan, shared in advance with POLITICO, calls for cutting federal funding for any school or program that includes “critical race theory, gender ideology, or other inappropriate racial, sexual, or political content […]

Exclusive: Resistance culture undergoing war – Jamileh Alamolhoda

January 23, 2023 Source: Al Mayadeen By Al Mayadeen English  Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s wife, Jamileh Alamolhoda, tells Al Mayadeen that Iran is standing in the face of western patriarchal hegemony through cultural resistance. Iran is one of the few countries that want to stand in the face of the West’s patriarchal standards, and this is […]

Watch–Alex ‘HRH’ Pierce on Dr. Phil: ‘Cancel Culture Ruins Everything’

Alexandra Pierce, founder and designer of HRH Collection, says “cancel culture ruins everything” including free speech, honesty among peers, and comedy.  Source

Which “Lost Culture” Created This 2,000-Year-Old Tomb?

An ancient burial mound excavated in Siberia was found to contain 50 bodies and numerous bronze tools and artifacts. This exciting discovery belongs to an as-yet unidentified culture. Read more Section:  Artifacts Ancient Technology News History & Archaeology Read Later  Source

The Year of the Slap: Top Pop Culture Moments in 2022

Taylor Swift was up. Elon Musk was in, out, in and maybe out again. Tom Cruise was back. BTS stepped aside, and so did Serena Williams, and Tom Brady too — oops, scratch that. Source

British Culture Secretary Warns: Returning the Parthenon Sculptures to Greece “A Very Dangerous and Slippy Road”

British culture Secretary Michelle Donelan has issued a warning that returning the Parthenon sculptures to Greece would be a “very dangerous and slippy road.” The 2,500 year old Parthenon sculptures (also referred to in popular culture as the ‘Parthenon Marbles’ or the ‘Elgin Marbles’) were removed from the Acropolis in Athens over 200 years ago […]

Greek Culture Minister Lina Mendoni visits New York MET over collaboration with Greek museums

Greek Culture and Sports Minister Lina Mendoni paid a visit with ministry officials to the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met) in New York and met with Greek and Roman Art Curator Seán Hemingway. They discussed the next steps in implementing the Memorandum of Collaboration (MoC) between the ministry, the Met, and the Museum of Cycladic… […]

ACH (1984) Mallificus Scott – The Limeys #97 – Does The White Man’s Contribution To 21st Century Culture Consist Of How Many Tattoos He Can Fit Upon His Arms?

In today’s show originally broadcast on November 28 2022, Andy presents “The Limeys” with his co-host Mallificus Scott for a show entitled, “Does The White Man’s Contribution To 21st Century Culture Consist Of How Many Tattoos He Can Fit Upon His Arms?” We discussed: the Billy Graham and Richard Nixon clip that we played during […]

International Conference: “The Greek World and India: History, Culture and Trade from the Hellenistic period to Modern Times”

“The Greek World and India: History, Culture and Trade from the Hellenistic period to Modern Times (4th c. BCE – 18th c. CE)” will take place from 12 to 16 of December 2022 at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, Convention Centre. The conference is organised by the Greek Chair “Dimitrios Galanos” at Jawaharlal Nehru University, the… […]

Cancel Culture’s War on History, Heritage and the Freedom to Think for Yourself

There will come a time in the not-so-distant future when the very act of thinking for ourselves is not just outlawed but unthinkable. We are being shunted down the road to that dystopian future right now, propelled along by politically correct forces that, while they may have started out with the best of intentions, have fallen prey […]

Culture War Erupts In Texas Town Over Drag Bingo Event Hosted By Christian Church

By Darlene McCormack Sanchez via The Epoch Times Outside a drag bingo event hosted by a pro-LGBT church in Texas, a microcosm of Source

‘Postcards From Ukraine’ Project Shows Devastation To Ukraine Culture By Russian Invasion

More than six months after the Russian invasion of Ukraine started, with thousands dead and many cities demolished, one organization is keeping track of another aspect lost in the war ― Ukrainian cultural sites. The Ukrainian Institute’s “Postcards from Ukraine” project documents before-and-after images of historic sites and buildings damaged by Russian troops, combining them […]

‘Postcards From Ukraine’ Project Shows Devastation To Ukraine Culture By Russian Invasion

More than six months after the Russian invasion of Ukraine started, with thousands dead and many cities demolished, one organization is keeping track of another aspect lost in the war ― Ukrainian cultural sites. The Ukrainian Institute’s “Postcards from Ukraine” project documents before-and-after images of historic sites and buildings damaged by Russian troops, combining them […]

‘Postcards From Ukraine’ Project Shows Devastation To Ukraine Culture By Russian Invasion

More than six months after the Russian invasion of Ukraine started, with thousands dead and many cities demolished, one organization is keeping track of another aspect lost in the war ― Ukrainian cultural sites. The Ukrainian Institute’s “Postcards from Ukraine” project documents before-and-after images of historic sites and buildings damaged by Russian troops, combining them […]

Belarus envoy, Iran’s culture minister meet

TEHRAN – Belarussian Ambassador Dmitry Koltsov has met Iran’s Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, Mohammad-Mehdi Esmaeili, in his office in Tehran to discuss the expansion of cultural ties. “Belarus is a regional friend of Iran and the government seeks to expand relations in different areas, in addition, there are numerous cultural fields in which […]

Belarus envoy, Iran’s culture minister meet

TEHRAN – Belarussian Ambassador Dmitry Koltsov has met Iran’s Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, Mohammad-Mehdi Esmaeili, in his office in Tehran to discuss the expansion of cultural ties. “Belarus is a regional friend of Iran and the government seeks to expand relations in different areas, in addition, there are numerous cultural fields in which […]

Belarus envoy, Iran’s culture minister meet

TEHRAN – Belarussian Ambassador Dmitry Koltsov has met Iran’s Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, Mohammad-Mehdi Esmaeili, in his office in Tehran to discuss the expansion of cultural ties. “Belarus is a regional friend of Iran and the government seeks to expand relations in different areas, in addition, there are numerous cultural fields in which […]

Making sense of reactionary victim culture

Reactionaries, extreme conservatives who yearn for a return to an idealized past, often accuse the left of engaging in a politics of victimization. In their telling, progressives are ‘snowflakes’ incapable of dealing with their ‘edgy’ rightwing humor, which almost always punches down at the marginalized rather than up at the powerful. Many of us actually […]

Making sense of reactionary victim culture

Reactionaries, extreme conservatives who yearn for a return to an idealized past, often accuse the left of engaging in a politics of victimization. In their telling, progressives are ‘snowflakes’ incapable of dealing with their ‘edgy’ rightwing humor, which almost always punches down at the marginalized rather than up at the powerful. Many of us actually […]

Making sense of reactionary victim culture

Reactionaries, extreme conservatives who yearn for a return to an idealized past, often accuse the left of engaging in a politics of victimization. In their telling, progressives are ‘snowflakes’ incapable of dealing with their ‘edgy’ rightwing humor, which almost always punches down at the marginalized rather than up at the powerful. Many of us actually […]

Making sense of reactionary victim culture

Reactionaries, extreme conservatives who yearn for a return to an idealized past, often accuse the left of engaging in a politics of victimization. In their telling, progressives are ‘snowflakes’ incapable of dealing with their ‘edgy’ rightwing humor, which almost always punches down at the marginalized rather than up at the powerful. Many of us actually […]

Making sense of reactionary victim culture

Reactionaries, extreme conservatives who yearn for a return to an idealized past, often accuse the left of engaging in a politics of victimization. In their telling, progressives are ‘snowflakes’ incapable of dealing with their ‘edgy’ rightwing humor, which almost always punches down at the marginalized rather than up at the powerful. Many of us actually […]

AUSTRALIA: Paramatta goes full Greek with the best of our Hellenic culture

The Sydney suburb of Parramatta went full Greek with the “Let’s Go Greek Festival” of the Greek Orthodox Parish-Community of St Ioannis, which took place Sunday, 11 September, with over 40,000 people attending. After a two-year pandemic that deprived Sydneysiders access to in-person events and functions, this year’s festival saw an incredible response from the […]

“It’s cultural genocide”: Ukraine’s Culture Minister trying to salvage the country’s artifacts

Ukraine’s Minister for Culture Oleksandr Tkachenko says that the vandalism and targetting of his country’s cultural sites is nothing short of a “genocide” by Russian forces. Since the war began on February 24th 2022, over 500 cultural heritage sites have been subject to Russian agression, according to Tkachenko.  Speaking to Euronews, Tkachenko said the damage caused […]

Uber culture: How the ride-sharing app helped Ukraine save its historic artifacts

Ride-sharing app Uber’s CEO Dara Khosrowshahi spoke to Euronews about the company’s recent philanthropic endeavours. Ukraine’s cultural sites have not been spared from shelling by Russian forces. Speaking to Euronews, Khosrowshahi explained that the company tried to help in any way it could. “We started on the ground in Ukraine really focusing on helping refugees get to […]

Why Are Leftists Obsessed With Destroying Hero Culture?

In the movie ‘Batman: The Dark Knight’ the well regarded district attorney Harvey Dent makes a statement that has since woven itself into our popular culture to the point that we often hear it quoted as if it was said by some ancient philosopher. He noted: “You either die a hero or you live long […]

Greece, Cyprus don’t follow EU States in culture price hikes

Greece and Cyprus have not followed EU states in increasing costs in cultural goods, per the recent data from Eurostat. According to the report, many sectors are registering price hikes, including culture. Increases above the general inflation were observed at the EU level in some cultural goods, including newspapers and periodicals, when comparing July 2022 with […]

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