Word: interest
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...these larger than life installation pieces seems to be wrestling for attention. Although Damián Ortega now lives in Berlin, Germany, his roots in Mexico City remain a strong influence on his work. On a cultural basis, his work mirrors developing societies, often drawing from his birthplace. This interest is evident in “Do It Yourself,” which opened last Friday at the ICA and will run until January 18. Ortega’s background as a political cartoonist is pervasive in his art. The pieces he creates have a distinctively dark humor about them...
...others. The photographs—which will be moved later today—were first exhibited at the Democratic National Convention, but with the help of the Massachusetts Coalition to Save Darfur, the Harvard Darfur Action Group has brought this small sampling to campus in an effort to inspire interest in their cause. Trevor J. Bakker ’10, one of the co-presidents of HDAG, hopes that the exhibition—which also includes paintings by Sudanese artists—will remind students on campus of a conflict in a faraway section of the world. To this...
...Libya spoke to both the Iranians and the North Koreans on this topic? Yes, indeed. Of course, I mean we have conveyed to them the wish of the friends, that they got in touch with us, mainly in the interest, the wish that they would take the peaceful road...
...Arabs are not the Romans who persecuted them or massacred them. The only way open for them is to accept the Arabs and to accept to live with them, to co-exist with them. Because the establishment of a pure Hebrew state is not in their own interest. That would be a target. Their protection comes from being part of the Arab scene. Mixing with the Arabs. I believe that the youth supports me, supports my idea ... Investors would prefer this mixing with the Arabs, being with the Arabs, living with the Arabs, co-existing with the Arabs. But they...
...media has an important role to play. Some western country states have in the past few decades not taken a very favorable position vis-a-vis our region and specifically with regards to Iran, and they have adopted stances that at times would've been against Iran's national interest. These have marked bitter historical memories in the nation psyche of Iran as well as the memories of many in our region. To bring about a change of these memories, it is necessary to rethink our attitudes and approaches to our part of the world and the part of some...