Tag: Culture
“Abidjan-Limoges”, Massidi Adiatou combines “rue Princesse” with the Francophonies of Limoges
To open the Festival des Francophonies in Limoges, France, dancers, fans and spectators came out in unison to defy the rain and bring to life the boundless spirit of Rue…
“On Falling” by Laura Carreira, a life in parentheses
In official selection at the San Sebastian festival, another first fiction film, that of the Portuguese director Laura Carreira, already the author of noted short films. On Falling focuses on…
story of a smokescreen operation – L’Express
It was October 2005, when I was writing the literary column for World 2magazine supplement of World. A small work was to be published entitled My God… why? Short meditations…
Why do all the babies in the world say “mama” and “papa” – L’Express
It’s an apparent mystery. While there are 6,000 to 7,000 languages in the world, babies, in almost all latitudes, affectionately refer to their father and mother with the same two…
This is life for Famorroh in the bed-bath-bread shelter
Utrecht continues with the bed-bath-bread shelter for rejected asylum seekers, despite the cabinet’s decision to stop the subsidy. The municipality will now pay for the shelter itself, with help from…
The change of name of the Franco-Nigerien Cultural Center raises questions
In Niger, the authorities announced a few days ago the creation of the Moustapha Alassane Cultural Center of Niger, named after a Nigerien director who died in 2015 in Ouagadougou.…
Artist Taysir Batnisi exhibits “200 keys to Palestinian homes in Gaza” at the Lyon Biennale
“I was petrified by anxiety.” At the Biennale Internationale de Lyon, “Au cas où #2” by Taysir Batnisi is the only work on the war in Gaza. As discreet as…
When France celebrates American classics and others… – L’Express
We loved volume 1 in January From Once Upon a Time in America: A History of American Literature (Les Arènes BD), devoted to the 19th century and sponsored by the…
Utrecht films in the lead role on special Utrecht day of the Netherlands Film Festival
We meet Abdulaal in the Wilhelminapark. During his theatre studies he spent a lot of time in this park in Utrecht, which is why it is his favourite place. Abdulaal…
These demons that haunted their last days – L’Express
On February 23, 1942, in Petrópolis, Brazil, two days after sending his publishers the manuscript of the Chess playerStefan Zweig poisons himself with a barbiturate near Lotte, his second wife.…