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Marriages in the past were mostly arranged and newlyweds did not actually know each other

The first night(mare) of marriage

Balkan wedding customs of years gone by

Ukrainian citizens leave by train to safer areas

Voices from the Ukrainian heartland

Looking in horrified: an interview with Valentin M. Yakushik

Reflecting on the world

Are human traits stopping us from achieving peace?

The hurdles and obstacles facing a peaceful planet

Young and talented: Ellie Archer, the author of The Leaf Gurl

Ellie Archer: The leaf gurl

Reconnecting with nature: a six-year-old author's debut storybook

Rewilding is the philosophy of allowing nature to take the reins

The absurdity of rewilding

A philosophical take on conservation

Exploited children may be used as sex workers, drug couriers or servants

Children at risk

The fate of children in a world out of control

Battle between the American Filibusters and the Central American Alliance

Heroes of Costa Rica

Three brothers who fought against William Walker

Ostrog Monastery: considering primitive equipment and poor transportation, the construction of the cave monastery at the height of 900 meters above sea level in 17th century was a miracle itself

Heaven is a place on Earth

Saint Basil and the Ostrog Monastery in Montenegro

Calling out these attitudes is essential to fight long prevalent stereotypes

Racist discourse and the covid pandemic

Why do toxic stereotypes continue to be perpetuated?

Peaceful existence on this beautiful planet

Creating peace on Planet Earth

A theoretical perspective

This generation is not only being denied the opportunity to shape the world according to their own vision, but is being denied the possibility of life itself

I weep for the children

We are denying the next generation the truth, the complexity of life, the beauty of the gifts of the earth

Piana degli Albanesi, in Southern Italy

The Arbëresh of Italy

An anthropological miracle?

“War is the father of all,” said Heraclitus the ancient Greek philosopher

Homo sapiens and a perpetual casus belli?

Human history is all about wars

The Paris-World of more than two centuries ago is a city destined to repeat itself and fascinate

La Paris fin de siècle in five literary steps

I created Montmartre!

The Cyrus Cylinder is considered to be the world's first statement of human rights

Cyrus the Great: father of a nation

The first administrator of human rights

The Ark of the Covenant is the most sacred relic of the Israelites

Events repeated

"Experimenter" (2015), film about Milgram's experiment

Submission and dehumanization

Red Easter eggs: what do the colors symbolize?

Coloring Easter eggs

Why do so many countries and cultures follow this custom?

Robben Island in South Africa, by Moheen Reeyad

On Nelson Mandela's island prison

The true power is that of love

Sandra Gering in the Vatican Library

Sandra Gering’s Tikunei haZohar

An artistic replica of the most popular work of the medieval Jewish Kabbalah

Ruins of the ancient Apollonia town, Albania

The Arvanites of Greece

The ‘Old Albanians’ of the Hellenic Republic

Giovanni Bellini, The Murder of Saint Peter Martyr

The Cathar Revenge

Bogomils and Cathars

International Women's Day is celebrated annually on the 8th March

A celebration of International Women's Day

Four heroines from around the globe who made great sacrifices for humanity

Many languages, and consequently communities, are strongly affected by the pressure of dominant languages and discriminatory and racist linguistic ideologies

Endangered minority languages

A reflection on the importance of revitalizing them

Since the old times, people regard dreams as mysterious and meaningful

Dreams interpretations

Meaning of dreams in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Police officers are stationed at many schools in the USA

School punishments

Student infractions: the school-to-prison pipeline in the USA

In arranged marriages, a couple may only meet shortly before the wedding

Old and odd Balkan wedding traditions

Preservation of unusual traditions promotes the uniqueness of cultures and nurtures cultural sensitivity

INDH in the Kingdom of Morocco is fully committed to the emergence of a united vision of education

Morocco's initiative in support of primary education

A powerful tool for the development of society

Giacomo Lenghi, Watercolor, 1830 ca., Jewish Museum of Rome

Le Cinque Scòle

The five synagogues ‘under one roof’ in the Jewish Ghetto of Rome

Black Panther demonstration

Black Power in print

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Edward Hopper, Early Sunday Morning

The erasure of all our most important values and principles

Truth is now hate

Dr. Roberto Savio is somewhat unique as an eyewitness to history and builder of institutions, a man who turns his visions into reality

Conversation with a media icon: Dr. Roberto Savio

The Inter Press Service co-founder is part of a vanishing breed

No one certainly wants to be “tiger kinged”

Are we being “tiger kinged”?

Living in dangerous times of media algorithm

Events in Culture

The Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame Display. Courtesy of Ingenium

The Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame Display

1 Jun 2015 — 1 Jun 2022 at the Ingenium in Ottawa, Canada

Supremacy in the Baltic. Courtesy of Sjöhistoriska museet

Supremacy in the Baltic

Permanent event at the Sjöhistoriska museet in Stockholm, Sweden

Digging Veritas. Courtesy of Peabody Museum

Digging Veritas

Permanent event at the Peabody Museum in Cambridge, United States

Marine. Courtesy of Royal Army and Military History Museum

Permanent event at the Royal Army and Military History Museum in Brussels, Belgium

Musée du coeur. Courtesy of Musée du Cinquantenaire

Musée du coeur

Permanent event at the Musée du Cinquantenaire in Brussels, Belgium

Shipwreck Tunnel. Courtesy of Sjöhistoriska museet

Shipwreck Tunnel

Permanent event at the Sjöhistoriska museet in Stockholm, Sweden

Surreal Worlds. Courtesy of Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg

Permanent event at the Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg in Berlin, Germany

Life on Board. Courtesy of Sjöhistoriska museet

Permanent event at the Sjöhistoriska museet in Stockholm, Sweden

House of Music. Courtesy of Landesmuseum Württemberg

Permanent event at the Landesmuseum Württemberg in Stuttgart, Germany

Ancient Chinese Buddhist Sculpture. Courtesy of National Museum of China

Ancient Chinese Buddhist Sculpture

Permanent event at the National Museum of China in Beijing, China

Participation of the Armed Forces in the Unification of Bulgaria in 1885. Courtesy of NMMH

Unification of Bulgaria in 1885

Permanent event at NMMH in Sofia, Bulgaria

Neolithic Period. Courtesy of National Museum of Korea

Neolithic Period

Permanent event at the National Museum of Korea in Seoul, South Korea

Gardner D. Stout Hall of Asian Peoples. Courtesy of American Museum of Natural History

Gardner D. Stout Hall of Asian Peoples

Permanent event at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, United States

Joseon I. Courtesy of National Museum of Korea

Permanent event at the National Museum of Korea in Seoul, South Korea

Sud-Est asiatique. Courtesy of Musée du Cinquantenaire

Sud-Est asiatique

Permanent event at the Musée du Cinquantenaire in Brussels, Belgium

First Peoples. Courtesy of Royal BC Museum

Permanent event at the Royal BC Museum in Victoria, Canada

Atomium. Du symbole à l'icône. Courtesy of Atomium

Atomium. Du symbole à l'icône.

Permanent event at the Atomium in Brussels, Belgium

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