… In Myth and Tradition Greece has a strong folk music culture and a tradition of Byzantine music (Greek Orthodox … create a ‘national music,’ but their music was ultimately seen as foreign to the vast majority of the Greek population. …
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… by the global organization Mercy Corps in partnership with localcommunity organizations in northern Jordan reduced levels of … are now rebuilding their lives in neighboring Jordan. “ Community-based mental health interventions can help young …
… Book Prize for best book for Newsprint Literature and Local Literary Creativity in West Africa, 1900s - 1960s … to African-owned newspapers in the colonial period and local print cultures in the twentieth century. The prize … for the winning books follow: Newsprint Literature and Local Literary Creativity in West Africa, 1900s - 1960s …
… of the western alphabet. Her forthcoming book, titled “The Kingdom of Characters: How China Won the Language Wars and … my fellowship year I will be finishing up my book “The Kingdom of Characters,” which focuses on how the Chinese … glance. I want my students to be able to use lessons about culture and history to help them interpret and excavate the …
… who might know only a little about this region and its materialculture. But the book is not primarily about the Taj Mahal. … Islamic façades, the most famous instance of which can be seen at the Taj Mahal. In literature, it is acknowledged that …