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- The Master and his Pearl (Al-Ahram Weekly)
Mugham , a word the root of which is the Arabic maqam , literally means mode, or scale. Mugham music is based on improvising composition from poetry, usually religious poetry. This genre is ancient, and is spread across many regions of the world, albeit in varying forms.
- Blind Custom That Does Not Provide a Meeting Point for Marrying Couples (Arab News)
JEDDAH, 25 April 2008 — Samar M. was engaged to her cousin for three years while waiting for him to graduate and find a job. Samar never met her fiancé, as her family is strict about women mingling with men unless they are mahram (an unmarriageable kin).
- Concerts celebrate Ash Grove’s golden legacy (The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles)
Ed Pearl, 70, silver-haired and feisty, will forever be associated with the Ash Grove, the folk club he opened 50 years ago with a $5,000 investment, despite the fact that the venue's been closed for a quarter century.
- First Time in Global History Lonely Indian Parents Attempt to Defeat ... - PR.com
First time in world history, lonely Indian Parents attempt to defeat death by supporting and serving bereaved children, parents and their families struggling with losses of their near and dear ones. Kolkata, India, May 28, 2008 --( PR.com )-- Opening ...
- Let children have some input in how they spend their summer - Contra Costa Times
Listen carefully to what your gifted child says. Try to include many of his preferences in your summer plans for him. Summer should be a time for gifted children to explore new and old interests and grow intellectually. He may or may not opt for a ...
- Take This Humorous Look at JFK, LBJ and RMN -- New Book Offers Readers ... - StreetInsider.com
PALM SPRINGS, Calif., May 7, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Author Edward Proffitt is back and this time he shares with readers an amusing view of three great presidents and the events around them: John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard M. Nixon. A ...
- Double art exhibition at Durness gallery - Northern Times
Double art exhibition at Durness galleryNorthern Times, UK - 31 minutes agoHer interest in art and poetry started at Elphin Primary School in Sutherland and continues to this day. When not teaching, painting or spending time with ...
- Afterlife, NT Lyttelton London Dickens Unplugged, Comedy, London ... - Independent
Afterlife, NT Lyttelton London Dickens Unplugged, Comedy, London ...Independent, UK - 31 minutes agoAs for Dickens Unplugged, this is basically just Dickens Doubly Diminished thanks to the American comedian and director Adam Long, a founding member of the ...
- Garrett, prodigious writer and professor, dies at age 78 - Daily Progress
The protagonist may be gone but his stories go on. George Garrett, former Virginia poet laureate, accomplished novelist, essayist and former head of the University of Virginia’s creative writing program, died at his home Sunday night after a ...
- Accessible Contemporary Music: - Chicago Tribune
Accessible Contemporary Music:Chicago Tribune, United States - 5 hours agoThis latest one, "Provenance," combines music and poetry by composers from various Middle Eastern traditions. Look for a provocative cultural meditation ...
- Library Calendar (Southfield Eccentric)
Events Library Closings: Sundays, beginning June 15; Saturday, June 28: early closing (5:30 p.m.) Monday, June 23.
- Bob Dylan's birthday bash in Shillong (Outlook India)
The birthday boy was missing but not the fanfare as his songs sung in the early 60s are still 'blowin' in the wind' for folk enthusiasts here. No other city in India has perhaps been celebrating legendary folk singer Bob Dylan's birthday without a break for the past 37 years.
- Days of Swedish culture banned in Pinsk - Charter 97
Days of Swedish culture banned in PinskCharter 97, Belarus - 9 hours agoThe organisers also used to hold Youth Poetry Contest, where students of Pinsk schools used to participate. A winner of the contest used to be invited to a ...
- Soprano heads to Europe to develop her talents - Brantford Expositor
Soprano heads to Europe to develop her talentsBrantford Expositor, Canada - 4 hours agoFor five weeks, she'll be immersed in intense study of the "poetry and performance of German lied" -- romantic art songs by composers including Franz ...
- Estremera: Conversation among brain cells - Sun.Star
Estremera: Conversation among brain cellsSun.Star, Philippines - 5 hours agoThe poetry is lost in reality because in this part of the universe, no one says inundated plains. We say, "baha" or "lecheng baha." Be gone, you poet, ...
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