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Kyrgyzstan’s yurt-shaped stadium to combine tradition with sophistication

Kyrgyzstan’s yurt-shaped stadium to combine tradition with sophistication

BISHKEK: The construction of a yurt-shaped football stadium that mixes Kyrgyzstan’s history, culture and warm hospitality with the ultra-modern, will begin in Bishkek soon. The yurt, a circular sturdy tent erected on wooden poles and covered and insulated with skins or felt or handwoven textiles in bright colors, has been the primary style of home […]

Inventor of Iranian Expressionism

Inventor of Iranian Expressionism

By Alireza Bahrami TEHRAN: He was the last child of an important landowner in northern Iran. In a green area near the Caspian Sea. But the Shah of Iran took his father’s lands by force. So, he lived in poverty as a teenager. Before the 1979 Iranian revolution, he was active in a political group. […]

Dolce Classic organizes Composer Jang Dong-In invitational concert in Seoul

Dolce Classic organizes Composer Jang Dong-In invitational concert in Seoul

By Seok-jae Kang Vice President, Asia Journalists Association SEOUL: Dolce Classic organized the Composer Jang Dong-in Invitational Concert at the Yun Bong Gil Memorial Hall in southern Seoul, Korea on March 12, 2024. Under the theme “Bloom, Spring”, the 10th Dolce invitational concert featured a total of 27 gagok pieces, including 12 composed by Korean […]

Poet Yang Geum-Hee – The Green Panther of Jeju Island

Poet Yang Geum-Hee – The Green Panther of Jeju Island

Preview of the poetry collection ‘Nests of Birds’, authored by South Korean poetess Yang Geum-Hee, a lover of nature and a conservationist By Nasir Aijaz, AsiaN Representative SINDH:  Sometimes it happens that you develop good friendly relations with a person whom you have never met. This has become possible mainly because of the cyber age […]

Ashraf Aboul-Yazid: I see myself as “Builder of Cultural Bridges”

Ashraf Aboul-Yazid: I see myself as “Builder of Cultural Bridges”

Interview by Michaael Adeboboye, Editor in Chief, CAJ International Magazine  LAGOS: Coming to the pen profession, Ashraf Aboul-Yazid (Ashraf Dali) is a luminous figure. The Benha born Egyptian poet and novelist is an award winning journalist. He is also a founding member of the Congress of African Journalists (CAJ). His passion for writing and travels have […]

For 8th March

For 8th March

By Pooneh Nedai – IRAN I wanted to be myself A woman for nature with loose hair against the sun But I became a man To get a work visa In a four-cornered city I wanted to be myself A woman for love With a free heart before him But I became a man To […]

‘Smarphoto’ Gains Popularity in Korea

‘Smarphoto’ Gains Popularity in Korea

By Seok-jae Kang, Vice President, Asia Journalists Association SEOUL: A new genre of photography, Smarphoto, is gaining popularity among Koreans, especially smartphone beginners and senior photography enthusiasts. Smarphoto, a coined term combining smartphone and photography, was created by Korean video specialist Park Kyung-sam in 2012. “Smartphones have become an essential part of our daily lives, […]

The ABCs of Sustainable Development Goals and Sudan’s situation XIV

The ABCs of Sustainable Development Goals and Sudan’s situation XIV

Goal 13: Climate Action By Dr. Hassan Humeida Kiel, Germany: KIEL, GERMANY: The importance of the 13th goal, “Climate Action” of the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals related to the state of the planet and its future, comes at a time when global climate change is considered the greatest challenge of our time. Therefore, climate […]

Miracle of music from Africa to Iran, from Iran to India

Miracle of music from Africa to Iran, from Iran to India

By Alireza Bahrami TEHRAN: More than half a century ago, a man in the south of Iran sang a local song. This song referred to the people who came to Iran from the African island of Zanzibar several centuries ago. A few years later, an Iranian pop singer sang this song again. This piece was […]

Ashraf Aboul-Yazid’s new  Poetry Anthology

Ashraf Aboul-Yazid’s new  Poetry Anthology

By Gioia Lomasti Poet, translator and editor, Italy ROME: Ashraf Aboul-Yazid (Ashraf Dali), Egypt, is President, Asia Journalist Association (AJA), since April 2016, Editor in Chief, THE SILK ROAD LITERATURE SERIES,  a member of Egyptian Writers Union, and the National Coordinator of World Poetry Movement (WPM) in Egypt. He was awrded the Manhae Grand Prize in Literature, Korea […]

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