When Will Smith slapped the host of an Oscar award, Chris Rock, on March 27, a great wave of criticism of the violence on stage automatically triggered the idea that his days as a Hollywood star were over. With the premiere of “Emancipation” (2022), the Academy winner for King Richard (2021), returned to present himself, … Read more
To the dey of Algiers demanding 200,000 piastres to respect a peace treaty with France, Bonaparte replies by threatening “to destroy Algiers and to seize the whole coast of Africa”, succeeding where Charles V failed. On December 28, 1801 (7 Nivose Year X), a treaty signed between the First Consul and the Regency of Algiers, … Read more
William Monsanto[email protected] This illustrious old woman is one of the artistic figures that have transcended her time. She had to flow in a period in which women had many limitations of action, which she managed to overcome due to her social position and her well-defined personality. In literature and the fine arts there were other … Read more
While waiting to see Avatar 2 in theaters on December 14, discover the first reactions from the Anglo-Saxon press about James Cameron’s feature film. Another very short week to wait before discovering Avatar 2 on the big screen! After 13 years of waiting, James Cameron presented the film to the press at a world premiere … Read more
The news reached me from San Sebastián through a friend: “Father Manuel Iglesias, S.J.which among many other things did the translation of the New Testament in the BAC. Wise writer, faithful son of Saint Ignatius, but above all a man of God. Rest in peace”. Perhaps it is not possible to say more or so … Read more
In The Great Replacement or the Politics of Myth, Pierre André Taguieff is the archaeologist of a theme of which the writer Renaud Camus would be the inventor. Fake! A concept that he actually popularized. Multifaceted, this racial ideology is several centuries old, and it invites itself durably in the international public debate. But who … Read more
En la Parroquia La Puerta, diciembre es el mes del regocijo, del reencuentro familiar y de la amistad. Tradicionalmente las fiestas de navidad se prolongan hasta el año siguiente, cuando se empalman con la llegada de los Reyes, el robo y búsqueda del Niño Jesús o la Paradura, y se extendía un poquito … Read more
Meet Yann Defond who undertakes to revitalize an ancestral Cambodian know-how, that of musical kites. Known for his process of assimilation thanks to his television appearances and thanks to his testimonial book A Christian in Cambodia, Yann DEFOND continues on his way with a partial professional conversion. He trained in Cambodian musical kites. Beyond their … Read more
A principios del siglo XIX, un grupo de obreros de la industria textil inglesa pasó a la historia del socialismo por cometer la niñería de atacar a máquinas inertes, pensando que eran estas las que les quitaban los puestos de trabajo, y no los empresarios que las poseían. Dichos obreros se llamaron a sí mismos … Read more
Publisher and writer Farouk Mardam-Bey, in Strasbourg, in 2016. VINCENT MULLER/OPALE.PHOTO The last time Farouk Mardam-Bey saw Syria was in 1975, his mother had just died. Bashar Al-Assad was 10 years old and his father, Hafez, had only been in power for five years. Today, the publisher is 78 years old and unlikely to ever … Read more