Articles for My Homeland

How Syria's 'musician of the revolution' feels after the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime
1 week, 3 days ago

How Syria's 'musician of the revolution' feels after the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime

NPR  

How Syria's 'musician of the revolution' feels after the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Syrian-American composer Malek Jandali about the fall of the dictatorship in Syria and his hopes for his homeland's future. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Compositions of Malek Jandali include protest chants from Syria, his homeland. JANDALI: It's a very legitimate concern, Scott, but …

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After making it across the Pakistan border, eight Afghan families find shelter in a lodging house
3 years, 3 months ago

After making it across the Pakistan border, eight Afghan families find shelter in a lodging house

ABC  

A Hazara woman and her baby live with seven other families in a house is Pakistan after escaping the Taliban. All the families living in the lodging house are Hazara, an ethnic minority that has long been persecuted in Afghanistan, each with their own harrowing tale of escape over the border into Pakistan. "It was like a Bollywood movie," said …

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Afghan singer Sharafat Parwani sings about homeland in viral video from US
3 years, 3 months ago

Afghan singer Sharafat Parwani sings about homeland in viral video from US

India Today  

Popular Afghan singer Sharafat Parwani, who was evacuated from Afghanistan after Taliban takeover, was spotted singing in a video that has gone viral on social media. In the 1-minute-50-second-long video, Sharafat Parwani can be heard singing about his homeland with other fellow countrymen. Sharafat Parwani, a popular singer who was recently evacuated, sings the song somewhere in a military base …

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The land we came from: My people are my homeland
3 years, 3 months ago

The land we came from: My people are my homeland

Al Jazeera  

Listen to this story: In this series “The land we came from”, we asked writers to reflect on the environment they grew up in and how it has shaped their lives. I do not know what to make of our loss, but if it is easy for the Yé xwelítem, or even our own, to degrade a mountain or a …

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Film on China's poverty battle grosses $295 million
4 years, 2 months ago

Film on China's poverty battle grosses $295 million

China Daily  

Moviegoers check in to see My People, My Homeland at a cinema in Beijing on Monday. BEIJING — My People, My Homeland, an anthology comedy film depicting China's achievements in the battle against poverty, has generated a total of 2 billion yuan at the China box office since its release on Oct 1, both the National Day and the Mid-Autumn …

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Chinese movie theaters raise attendance cap before holiday
4 years, 3 months ago

Chinese movie theaters raise attendance cap before holiday

China Daily  

Movie theaters in China will raise their cap on maximum seating capacity from the current 50 percent to 75 percent， the new attendance cap will take effect on Sept 25. The seven-day National Day holiday last year proved a lucrative season, contributing 5 billion yuan to China's yearly box office of over 64 billion yuan. On the long list of …

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