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2022
Christmas in Iran: Inside The 17th Century Iranian-Armenian Monastery of St. Amenaprkich (Vank Church) — In Pictures
Located in Isfahan's New Jolfa neighbourhood, the Vank Cathedral is a major UNESCO World Heritage site that serves as a historic cultural and religious bridge between the Armenian and Iranian communities.
Border Bullies: Weaponising citizenship
In this issue of The Gordian, we talk about the concept of citizenship and why our primary duty should be to humankind and not the state. This issue contains more exclusive reports by, our Art Editor, Carla Pietrobattista; our virtual interns, Atika Harba and Jihan Al-Assad; and other UN-aligned members, namely, Partho Pratim Chatterjee, Anahita Ahmadi, Ruby Goldenberg and Pouyan Jaberi. The editors are Adrian Liberto and Ariana Yekrangi.
2021
Powerful women: The story of Artemisia Gentileschi and her 1639 self-portrait
The Artemisia, also known as the mugwort flower, is a symbol of gratitude, the leaves of the plant give energy and certainly have nothing to do with addiction to absinthe, a substance obtained from them, which generates addiction when associated with alcoholic substances. Gratitude is the feeling that each of us should have towards every artist.
Still Life Without Flowers: A Glimpse Into The Arsal Refugee Camp
First, I will talk about my place of residence in one of the camps in Lebanon, Arsal, and how I was able to adapt to this difficult life, which does not resemble life at all. It is only days that pass without taste.
John Osborne and The Angry Young Men
After our overview of post-war British drama with a survey of the Theatre of the Absurd, let us now look at another important literary movement that developed after the end of World War II. The end of the war left a sense of discontent and disillusionment, especially with the younger generation.
Cherry picking justice: 9 rings of moral tunnel vision
Deluded people generally believe that they would have been on the right side of history, without ever really questioning whether they are on the right side of what is making history. Sure, now, most people are convinced that they would have been against slavery, child labour, the burning of heretics and cannibalism… but given their same mindset, would they have been? All those practices were legal or socially acceptable; and sadly, for most of us, that social acceptability is what defines our morals.
Syrian Refugees Heading for Another Tough Winter
The mere mention of the word ‘refugee’ immediately evokes scenes of pain, sadness, hardship and cold. Syrian refugees in Lebanon seem fated to suffer in all seasons.
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What you may have missed in November 2021
AFRICA 01.11.21: Nigeria. A 21-story building collapsed in Lagos killing dozens of people.
Here's everything you may have missed in November — The Gordian Monthly Recap
In this episode of Gordian Monthly Recap, Ruby and Ariana help you catch up with everything that happened in October 2021.
What have YOU done for Justice this year?
In this issue of The Gordian, we take a look at all the serious issues relating to justice that we may be oblivious to. This issue contains exclusive reports by, our literary editor, Alex Liberto; our virtual interns, Atika Harba and Jihan Al-Assadother; and other UN-aligned members, namely Carla Pietrobattista. The editors are Adrian Liberto and Ariana Yekrangi.
From Michelangelo to Michelangelo: The story behind Caravaggio his "Death of the Virgin"
I don’t think I have yet reached my own style in writing and I don’t even think I want to reach it so as not to end up entangled in webs created by myself. I do not love to rely on chance, but do enjoy spontaneous and sudden thoughts.
Language to Unite, Language to Separate: The Tale of Serbian & Croatian
Croatia and Serbia, once brothers united, have experienced many conflicts since the collapse of Yugoslavia in 1991. In fact, conflicts existed even prior to the demolition of Yugoslavia and can even be traced back as a cause for its collapse.
Harold Pinter: a mirror for the common people
In the last issue we saw how Samuel Beckett and Harold Pinter developed a new drama that was characterized by features that had nothing in common with the prevailing criteria of the time: the Theatre of the Absurd. In this issue we shall take a closer look at Nobel Prize winner Harold Pinter, one of the most influential modern British dramatists with a writing career spanning over more than 50 years.
Yugoslavia’s Failed Social Contract: Lessons Worth Learning
When federalism is not enough When the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFR Yugoslavia, or simply Yugoslavia) fell apart in the early 1990s, its ruins bred unimaginable chaos and destruction. Even though the founding of the federation dated back to anti-Fascist resistance following the occupation of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia by the Axis powers in 1941, the Kingdom itself had been a precursor to the entity since the end of WWI.
UN-aligned's first Annual General Meeting
UN-aligned’s first AGM was held on Wednesday, November 24th, 2021, at 19:30 - 20:30 (EET) on Google Meet. The proposals included in the agenda of UN-aligned’s AGM, together with this invitation, the NGO’s Financial Statement and the Auditor’s Report are all available on this page.
Generation Earth: Why Youth are Necessary for Solving Global Problems
Humanity faces immense challenges Many young people are global. Growing up online has predisposed a generation to a cosmopolitan perspective previously only accessible by the elite.
SDG 16: "People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones"
Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions are three fundamental facets of any progressive civil society in the 21st century. Therefore, as the UN is in many senses the world’s guardian, one of its utmost duties is to promote, instil and maintain these components globally to ensure collective harmony.
Ayesha Kajee Talks to UN-aligned About Her Poem "Silence"
In September 2021, UN-aligned arranged a poetry competition and asked writers to creatively portray the values that its Manifesto campaigns for. The second place was awarded to Ayesha Kajee for her poem Silence.
Poems for a Better World: Silence
i Silence is explicit Silence is complicit Complicity is violence So in the violence of our silence Let us take stock of our complicity ii Our complicity silences truth Muffles honour, rapes innocence The same innocence we plead Confronted by shattered delusion “We didn’t know” iii We wished to not know Blinded, deafened, deadened We turned away Bedecked ourselves in laurel Which now turns to rue iv Our silence - yours and mine - is explicit It is complicit It is violent And in its complicit explicit violence We too have bloodied our souls About Ayesha Kajee Ayesha Kajee, a South African human rights activist and political analyst, has written poems and stories since childhood, but rarely publishes them due to ingrained perfectionism. She was runner up for the Babishaiku haiku prize in 2016.
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