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...Another renowned miniaturist, the Pakistani Muhammad Imran Qureshi, has contributed an installation entitled "Changing Times." In the pools of light coming through the exhibition venue's French windows, he has painted the delicate foliage common to traditional miniatures. They were executed at different moments of the day, indicating the passage of time, but also the ravages of history: it is as if the building's marble floors are witnesses to Afghanistan's eras of light and destruction. Some are filled in completely, others are more fragmented, as if indicating the slow state of reconstruction in Afghanistan today...
...Qureshi, who teaches modern miniature painting at the National College of Arts in Lahore, was nervous at first about coming to Afghanistan. But this exhibition, bringing together work from three countries that suffer contentious relations even if they share a common heritage, has opened his eyes, he says. "We all live next door to each other, but there is no communication between our peoples. This experience may be able to bring about understanding, tolerance and the beginnings of change...
...organizers hoped that the films would foster a greater depth of understanding among Americans and generate pride in the Palestinian community in Boston. “Film, and especially good films, allow you to reach that understanding and bridge the gaps in your knowledge by building connections through seeing common human experiences even under very different circumstances than ours here in the West,” Ayyash said. —Staff writer Meredith S. Steuer can be reached at msteuer@fas.harvard.edu...
Indeed, a common thread among a cappella singers is that they participate more for themselves than any audience. “Making the music is more important to me than having the music received,” Shukla explains. “Everyone wants to be able to express themselves—more so than they want to feel the self-actualization of showing up on stage and having people clap for them...
...University of Pennsylvania—explained in an article for The Daily Pennsylvanian: “There’s no evidence that the death penalty does anything to reduce homicides.” Linked to this flawed belief in ‘deterrence’ is the common perception that putting a criminal to death is less costly than lifetime imprisonment. Again, this notion is unsubstantiated: The death penalty is more burdensome for the state. For example, in California, it costs an average of $90,000 more per inmate to confine an inmate to death row compared...