May 20 2021, 9:13 PM
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May 20 2021, 9:13 PM
(Bloomberg)
(Bloomberg)
Five southern African nations plan to start the first-ever aerial survey next year of an area larger than California where more than half of the worldâs African elephants live to get a more accurate idea of their numbers.
The survey, using fixed-wing aircraft, of the KavangoâZambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area, which includes the Okavango Delta in Botswana and the Victoria Falls that lies between Zimbabwe and Zambia, is a step to help the countries better manage the animals, Nyambe Nyambe, the executive director of the zone known as Kaza, said. Namibia and Angola will also participate.
Ala’ Hamameh
In his “Suitcase Memory” series, Hamameh addresses the situation of those forced to flee their homes and homeland during Syria’s brutal ongoing civil war, leaving with only what they could fit into their luggage. Hamameh himself is one of them, now living in Germany. In the auction catalogue, Hamameh explains that the vivid colors of his paintings are used not in a bright, optimistic way, but to hint at the violence of war. Hamameh has felt since his childhood that intense color can be overwhelming.
‘Drifting Destinies’
Houda Terjuman
Terjuman’s symbolism-heavy surrealist works tackle issues including displacement and identity. “She uses common items and natural elements … and then juxtaposes them against a particular setting,” the catalogue explains. Given Terjuman’s own background, the themes of her work are no surprise. “The history of my practice is overwhelmingly informed by my status as a hybrid migrant,” she explains. “My father is
MADRID: Spain’s defense minister on Thursday accused Morocco of “aggression” and “blackmail” after a record 8,000 migrants poured into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta this week largely unimpeded. “It is an aggression of Spanish borders and of the borders of the European Union, and this, in international law is unacceptable,” Margarita Robles said during an interview with Spanish
PARIS: The latest exhibition at the Arab World Institute (IMA) in Paris has been ready for almost a year, but only now, as French museums and cultural venues finally reopen after their enforced closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will the public finally get the chance to see “Arab Divas, from Umm Kulthum to Dalida.” The exhibition which runs from May 19 to September 26