Parts of Africa grappling with the dual challenges of armed conflicts and climate change are among the most vulnerable regions in the world, says a senior official at the International Committee of the Red Cross. "There are parts of Africa that are economically advancing like Kenya and South Africa, but there are also over 20 nations that are living in …
Mining sensuality from the depiction of involved handcraft, writer-director Maryam Touzani makes elegant human dramas embedded within traditional trades. Her latest delicacy, “The Blue Caftan,” Morocco’s shortlisted Oscar entry, traces the romantic entanglement that Halim, a master embroiderer with a bashful personality but alluring blue eyes, and his dominant, yet sickly wife Mina enter of mutually unspoken accord. Since Mina’s …
