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Maxinews

News about History, future, science, space, tech, IT, geek stuff & design by Maxime Duprez Source: Maxinews

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Invisible Atheists: The Spread of Disbelief in the Arab World | The New Republic

Invisible Atheists: The Spread of Disbelief in the Arab World | The New Republic

Invisible Atheists: The Spread of Disbelief in the Arab World | The New Republic.   AST DECEMBER, DAR AL IFTA, a venerable Cairo-based institution charged with issuing Islamic edicts, cited an… Source: Invisible Atheists: The Spread of Disbelief in the Arab World | The New Republic

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Some say it was Norman Parkinson who brought fashion photography into the 20th century. Maybe yes, maybe no. But his influence can’t really be argued. Source: It Norman Parkinson who brought fashion photography into the 20th century

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Irving Penn - Portrait Icon - Anatomy Films

Irving Penn – Portrait Icon – Anatomy Films

Irving Penn never considered himself a fashion photographer, ( more of a portrait photographer), or sought the limelight like many of todays photographers. Source: Irving Penn – Portrait Icon – Anatomy Films

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Fidel Castro: Glamorizing Tyranny

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Hurricane Trump - Al-Ahram Weekly

Hurricane Trump – Al-Ahram Weekly

Issue No.1320, 17 November, 2016 15-11-2016 06:12AM ET Hurricane Trump Upturning all predictions, Trump has won the US presidency. But now he will face an uphill battle of proving that he can do better than the politicians he lambasted, writes Hany Ghoraba PrintEmailShare/Bookmark The majority of world political analysts and pundits discounted Donald Trump from a victory in the Republican Party…

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Hurricane Trump - Al-Ahram Weekly

Hurricane Trump – Al-Ahram Weekly

http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/17863/21/Hurricane-Trump.aspx

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The permanent revolution: From Cairo to Paris with the Egyptian surrealists | MadaMasr

The permanent revolution: From Cairo to Paris with the Egyptian surrealists | MadaMasr

http://www.madamasr.com/en/2016/11/11/feature/culture/the-permanent-revolution-from-cairo-to-paris-with-the-egyptian-surrealists/

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Reflection on Trump's victory and the crisis of the liberal camp

Reflection on Trump’s victory and the crisis of the liberal camp

5-Stars Excellent analysis of American politics by Dr Nervana Mahmoud “the Egyptian lady sitting in the last row,..”

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Reflection on Trump’s victory and the crisis of the liberal camp | Nervana

Reflection on Trump’s victory and the crisis of the liberal camp | Nervana

  “To the Egyptian lady sitting in the last row, if you want Trump, you can have him.” I was attending a political conference that featured a heated debate on the US presidential election, and these … Source: Reflection on Trump’s victory and the crisis of the liberal camp | Nervana  

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The Novelist Whose Twitter Feed Is a Work of Art - The New Yorker

The Novelist Whose Twitter Feed Is a Work of Art – The New Yorker

http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-novelist-whose-twitter-feed-is-a-work-of-art Alameddine, who now has about twenty-five thousand Twitter followers, has become a kind of online cult celebrity on account of these strange and mesmerizing threads. The critic Jerry Saltz has called his Twitter feed “a work of art.” “No one is posting better pictures online,” he said. “He’s an artist.…

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Cosmic Cathedral

Seattle based artist Antonio Holguin composed a beautiful series called “Cosmic Cathedral” that celebrates celestial art.

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✿ James GALINDO ✿ - Catherine La Rose Poesia e Arte

✿ James GALINDO ✿ – Catherine La Rose Poesia e Arte

Source: ✿ James GALINDO ✿ – Catherine La Rose Poesia e Arte   Catherine La Rose

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Albert Watson Large Format photography with his 4x5 Horseman camera

Albert Watson Large Format photography with his 4×5 Horseman camera

Albert Watson Large Format photography with his 4×5 Horseman camera was what he was pretty well known for. Even doing a Levis campaign with a handheld 4×5 Source: Albert Watson Large Format photography with his 4×5 Horseman camera ALBERT WATSON – THE HORSEMAN YEARS …

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Ansel Adams was a photographer who is known for his large format imagiing.

Ansel Adams was a photographer who is known for his large format imagiing.

  Ansel Adams was an American photographer who is widely known for his modern day representations that are made on calendars, posters, and in books. Source: Ansel Adams was a photographer who is known for his large format imagiing. Ansel Adams is one of the most truly famous photographers that ever existed. Ask any truck driver who Mario Testino is, and he’ll look at you perplexed. (or Terry…

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A kiss, a hug – and three years in prison?

These two girls in Morocco need your help RIGHT NOW.

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Conflict Medicine: A Manifesto

Conflict Medicine: A Manifesto

Source: Conflict Medicine: A Manifesto adequately manage their disease. This is further exacerbated by the targeting of medical facilities and the flight and migration of medical experts from conflict zones. In addition to this, the paradigms of diagnosing and treating the mental health consequences of protracted conflicts also need to be revisited. The predominance of psychiatric models, such as…

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