Tag: Culture
Press freedom and whistleblowers: ungag the truth!
On Wednesday April 27, a draft European directive was presented to the European Commission to fight against abusive prosecutions aimed at silencing journalists and whistleblowers. They are called “gag procedures”…
“The Humble Are Not Afraid of Water, An Undercover Journey” by Matthieu Aikins
The international book plunges us into the odyssey of migrants to Europe. Omar, a young Afghan driver and interpreter, decided in 2016 to take the road to exile. The journalist…
Mikhaël Hers presents “Passengers of the night”
There are graceful films that take you into their universe, all in finesse and emotion. Passengers of the Night, the fourth feature film by Mikhaël Hers, is one of them.…
“Nobles of hearts” or “telling about the youth thrown on the roads of exile”
How to speak of those who go on the roads of exile? Marc Alexandre Oho Bambe and Fred Ebami chose the graphic novel. noble at heart, is the title of…
Zineb Mekouar, back and forth between Morocco and France
Zineb Mekouar was born in 1991 in Casablanca, and has lived in Paris since 2009. She has just published her first novel under the title “The hen and its cumin»,…
Anthony Kavanagh, a thousand reasons to be happy
After 5 years of absence, Quebec comedian and singer Anthony Kavanagh returns to France with a new show. A concentrate of good humor that comes back to everything that makes…
“Elements of language”: comic strip behind the scenes of the OIF
Elements of language tells a story of the International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF) seen from the inside. The author, Bertin Leblanc, a former journalist, was the spokesperson for the…
Venice Biennale: Francis Alÿs collects videos of endangered children’s games
Cultural meeting Francis Alÿs is the Belgian artist who represents his country at the Venice Arts Biennial, the most important artistic event in the world, taking place until November. He…
Jean-Claude Ellena “nose-writer”: lexicon of lovers of smells and perfumes
It’s a book that talks about smells, perfumes and the words of this universe, written by two friends, one a composer of recognized perfumes, the other a journalist whose perfume…
Works by the Samsung family on display at the National Museum of Korea
Just a year ago, the heirs to the Samsung empire offered the South Korean state 23,000 works of art, including those by Gauguin, Dali, Picasso and Monet. Part of this…