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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
The Holy Fire
Events repeated
"Experimenter" (2015), film about Milgram's experiment
Obedience
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
Countering gender stereotypes is not easy
Gender stereotypes
Is it possible to get rid of them?
Capote’s literary value is well recognized in the United States, but he is more admired in Europe and Latin America
Truman Capote’s whip
Chained to a merciless master
Edward Hopper, Hotel By A Railroad, detail
2022 intentional: human completeness
Now is the time for Americans to recognize the crucial need to treat and act more “human” to each other
In the language humans use to communicate, they agree on the meaning of the words to avoid misunderstandings
Words, words, words...
On the power of words and their relation to things
A pig roasted on the spit has been an unavoidable Christmas dish in Orthodox Balkan families and the apple was used as a universal remedy
Superstitions of an Orthodox Christmas
Odd archaic rituals can help us to prioritize domestic harmony, health and spiritual wellbeing
Bronze Capitoline she-wolf, 5th century BCE, the symbol of Rome
Understanding how Rome shaped the rabbis
An interview with Rabbi Burton Visotzky
Instead of just photos, some will decide for a painting of a scene of the wedding by an artist who live paints
An American wedding
In the USA it is a whole different story, made of hundreds of small and big things
Budo teaches complete determination combined with mental flexibility and constant adaptation
Implementing budo-based tools
Combining full determination with mental flexibility in daily life
Hope must be based in truth and reality
These are not normal times
We must always continue to hope
Connection to nature is central to many indigenous cultures
Why we need spiritual ecology
Significant ecological changes demands a change of perspective
There are no minimum wage or overtime pay requirements for prison work
Forced labor
Modern slavery in the US prison system
Iranian writer Sadegh Hedayat
Sadegh Hedayat: as influential as Kafka, yet in his shadow
One of the greatest Iranian writers and pioneer of modern Persian literature
In 1992, Rigoberta was youngest person and first indigenous person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize
Rigoberta Menchú: an extraordinary woman
An interview with the Nobel laureate and Guatemalan indigenous rights activist
In everyday language, guilt is understood as responsibility
Guilt and forgiveness
How to deal with guilt?
How could we possibly start to understand another's point of view if we do not take the time to listen?
How cancel culture only cultivates disconnection
I want you to believe I am having a human experience
In northern Serbia, česnica is an essential sweet of crispy layers filled with walnuts and raisins
Orthodox Christmas in the Balkans
Christian and pagan customs intertwine to celebrate life
French film "Joyeux Noël" shows the ceasefire on Christmas Eve 1914
Merry Christmas at war
Venezuelans in World War I
Budo teaches complete determination combined with mental flexibility and constant adaptation
Budo for education
Combining full determination with mental flexibility in daily life
Luca Lampariello is more than just a polyglot
Learning foreign languages for real!
Interview with Luca Lampariello, one of the greatest polyglots in the world
The aim of this campaign is to unite people from the seven corners of the earth
Promoting peace through global memory
The New7Wonders movement explores symbols, peace and collective experience
Titanic tragedy really shows the class system in a nutshell
In memorial of Titanic and the great widows it left behind
Julie Cook relives her authorial journey with a candid interview
Scientists have warned that the present level of commitments would drastically increase heat waves, droughts, flooding and wildfires across the globe
Climate change conference of the parties 26
Do we still have leaders capable of making hard decisions?
The rapid ingress of the transgender movement into so many of our professional and personal lives
Questioning transgender ideology
We must demand better theory, better research and much more careful practice
Dialogues take centre stage during the Cortona Week, participants are encouraged to build meaningful connections
Perspectives
A vital need for augmenting the traditional educational system
Statue of the wounded Amazon, Capitoline Museums, Rome
Was the queen of Amazons a spy?
A way of stabilizing peace, very common in ancient times
Montenegro is tiny country with long and turbulent history
An interview with Paul S. Cutter, code name Siberian monk
A new light to the origin of Montenegrin family Petrovic-Njegos
The world is at a dead-end and facing the most serious crisis in history
Philosophy on the ropes? Not in Lima, not in Mexico
A Latin American response
The Caucasian Albania capital during antiquity was Qabala (Gabala)
Caucasian Albania
The ancestors of the Balkan Albanians?
Our conversations ranged about everything
A neighborhood corner conversation
There is something else beyond objectivity and opinion
Your job as a witness is simply to tell the truth
Expert tips for smart and relaxed testimony
The more clear and neutral you are, the more you will be a trustworthy and helpful witness
Two beams of light mark the location of the old World Trade Center towers
Memories of 9/11
Stories of heartbreak and survival
Maya Lin, American designer and sculptor, within her “Ghost Forest” (2021) installation. Courtesy of the artist and Madison Square Park Conservancy. Photo credit: Andy Romer
The alarming increase of ghost forests
An artistic intervention in New York City underlines the problem
Venice is a fragile city that only its inhabitants can make live
Venice, “the Serenissima” since 1600 years
With Nicola Sene and Silvano Gosparini, resistant craftsmen-artists
September 11, 2001, New York
A Venezuelan in each tower
Twenty years ago, New York
There is no humanity without philosophy
Is philosophy on the ropes?
Unesco’s Audrey Azoulay takes culture to Belfer
View on the Roman Forum
Ancient Jewish Rome
An interview with Micaela Pavoncello
Italy influences global culture in a pivotal way, like no other country on the planet
Did you just Google "how to learn Italian easily?"
Francesca Ruberti solves your doubts
Transgenderism has become a social movement
Gender transition
An article I didn't want to write
Ernest Hemingway in Finca Vigía, Cuba
Hemingway’s connection to Latin America
The influence of Cuba on his writing
It is more important than ever to be sure that our children are learning an honest and accurate American history
Future generations need to be able to think critically
Why the fear of teaching true American history?
Salman Amin Khan
Sal Khan, an unsung hero
Using Khan Academy to make learning more equitable
ANU - Museum of the Jewish People, exterior
ANU. The museum of the Jewish People
An interview with Dr. Orit Shaham Gover and Mr. Assaf Gamzou
Unfortunately, slavery still exists today
Racial bias
Human races do not exist
Relationships are based on digits transmitted through particle-waves
Hungry for your electrons
Virtual and remote reality is a matter of daily life
Gabriel García Márquez
Gabriel García Márquez’s ‘lost’ legacy
The man who always expressed his concern for the dispossessed of the earth
The Tulsa Massacre (1921)
We have been deprived of learning the true history
Why the fear of teaching true American history?
Hugues Taraval, The feast given to the gods by Tantalus, 1767
Villains punished
Authority and cruelty
German submarine U123
The Venezuela freighter sunk in 1941
A Swedish ship attacked during World War II
History has had the tendency to present our countries in the light of the glorious past
Can history help us out of this muddle?
The oppression machinery
Borges changed language, but also people.
Borges' peculiar sense of humour 
Endlessly readable by those who admire him, awaiting rediscovery by new generations of readers
Four pillars of destiny
The study of destiny
BaZi: “four pillars of destiny”
While philosophy touches upon social issues, it is not a form of politics —at the very least it is above the mundane level of confrontation known as “politicking”
Philosophy’s disdain of politicking
"Let us return to serious things"
Rachel Hore
Time travelling
An interview with Rachel Hore
Women must be respected and appreciated
Why teach feminism in curriculum?
Feminism is rarely in the textbooks and out of the news
Former South Korean “comfort woman” Lee Yong-soo photographed during the unveiling ceremony for the new memorial in Seoul
The human tragedy of “comfort women”
Japanese Imperial Army's legacy of abuse
Meeting between the physicits Walther Nernst, Albert Einstein, Max Planck, Robert Andrews Millikan and Max von Laue
Max Planck and the hard times
Not only the genius, the human being
Julius Caesar was given military support by Jews at a critical moment in his fight in Egypt against Pompeii
A new chapter in history
What do Julius Caesar, George Washington, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have in common?
Deforestation in Indian Himalaya, deepening our rift with nature © Ashish Kothari
Oxygen and the airs of forgetfulness
The most important thing in our life
For some to tear down the system, while for others transform it with love
Baby boomers and the age of reckoning
A generation with a thirst for change
Anonymous, Napoleon crossing the Alps
The louse that defeated Napoleon in Russia
Reinterpreting history through genetic research
Léonie Bischoff
Depicting a muse
An interview with Léonie Bischoff
Silk road
Silkworm secrets
New and very risky ventures upon a global Silk Road
Georg Perlberg (1807-1884), Siege of the Acropolis, during the Greek War of Independence
1821: freedom or death
History, drama of ceaseless struggle
Wearing masks most all the time
Unmasking fear
No one wants to die!
The future is now
The future has arrived
It is definitely nothing that has come before
Anonymous Painter, Havana
Ego-stuff made in ego-land
Low-pain ideas on freeing ourselves from ahamkara
There are unlimited opportunities to take pen to paper
Anyone can write
Who needs Cyrano de Bergerac?
Pablo Neruda and Salvador Allende
Pablo Neruda
Man of words, man of politics
Tsubaki, the first novel by Aki Shimazaki
The essence of writing
An interview with Aki Shimazaki
The Atlantic Spain's historic offer of citizenship to Sephardic Jews
Hidden legacy of the Jews of the Iberian Peninsula
An interview with Michael Steinberger, at the crossroads of Sefarad
Topiary art originated in the first century B.C. in ancient Rome at the time of Lucullus and Sallustius
Life and the art of pruning
What is essential becomes visible
Cloud Gate (2006) Anish Kapoor, Chicago, USA © Peter Miller/the artist
The Haçienda must be built
The pressing need for creative, financial and industrial visionaries
The flat-Earth movement conspiracy
The mother of all conspiracies
What is life all about?
Traditionally Chinese believe that everyone’s birthday is celebrated on New Year’s Day
Chinese New Year or Spring festival
Two celebrations in one
Auguste Rodin, Le Penseur
Mysticism of a normally difficult life
Short ideas about moments that pretend to be eternal
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