• NYU Arab Festival vibrantly celebrates Middle Eastern and North African cultures

    On Monday, April 15, in the Kimmel Center for University Life’s Eisner and Lubin Auditorium, the Arab Students Association hosted the Arab Festival. The event was a spectacular display of the rich, vibrant cultures of the different countries in the Middle Eastern and North African region. Dozens of attendees were dancing, singing and clapping to This story NYU Arab Festival vibrantly celebrates Middle Eastern and North African cultures appeared first on Washington Square News.

  • Universal Day of Culture marked in Romania with embassies and cultural institutes

    On Monday, April 15, 2024, at 18:00, we celebrate the first edition of the Universal Day of Culture at the National Museum of Romanian Literature in Bucharest (8 Nicolae Crețulescu street). At the initiative of the museum to choose an object, a building or a personality important for the culture of each country, the Embassy […]

  • Dwayne Johnson Says "Cancel Culture" & "Woke Culture" Really Bug Him

    Dwayne Johnson has gone through plenty of changes during his entertainment career. However, Johnson has made it clear that he certainly won’t be getting into politics. In fact, Dwayne Johnson recently revealed his new stance on politics as well as “cancel culture” and “woke culture.” The 51-year-old WWE star turned actor, whose works include The []

  • Traveling beyond the Yellow Brick Road: “The Wiz” and its forever cultural impact on black culture

    Broadway producer Kenneth Harper wrote “The Wiz” directly based on the

  • Anti-Arab hate, harassment and threats loom over this year’s Arab American Heritage Month

    Arab American Heritage Month is intended to commemorate and honor the achievements of the some of the roughly 3.7 million members of the community residing in the U.S. But this year, many Arab Americans don’t feel inclined to celebrate. Instances of anti-Arab hate and sentiment have been on the rise in the U.S. since the start of the war in Gaza in October, according to experts, who have received an influx of reports. The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) said it received 2,500...

  • Culture is key for Scotland

    It also bolsters our reputation for hosting world-leading events and our contribution around the world. It is also a key tool for our international offices to engage with the international community. In short, the strategy aims to provide an innovative, more sustainable, and economically stronger culture and creative sector; an internationally connected and diverse culture and creative sector that contributes positively to people and communities; and an enhanced international reputation for...

  • Beware Cultural Drift

    Thoughts on modernity’s monoculture mistake.

  • The Toxic Culture at Tesla

    "The factory floors at America’s top seller of electric vehicles are rife with racial harassment, sexual abuse, and injuries on the job."

  • The Toxic Culture at Tesla

    Bryce Covert The factory floors at America’s top seller of electric vehicles are rife with racial harassment, sexual abuse, and injuries on the job.

  • Making a Culture of Creation, Not Consumption

    Throughout history, humankind has excelled in being creative. I’d argue that we still do! Unfortunately, in our modern times, this natural creativity is being pushed aside in favor of our need to consume. This need is just as instinctual, of course; how could we survive if we didn’t consume water, food, sleep, or shelter? We

  • The Journal Friday Newshound Quiz

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  • Are the world's cultures growing apart?

    Cultural values may have become more different globally, but more similar regionally, over the past 40 years according to a paper published in Nature Communications. The authors suggest that over time, high-income Western countries have grown increasingly culturally distinct from other world regions. In contrast, countries in the same world region have developed more similar cultural values.