American Ballet Theater Ballerina's feetPeople always ask me there I from, and when they here that I am from Kazakhstan, I usually get the same tree responses.
1. "Kazakhstan? BORAAAAT!!! I know, I know! Are the things he said about Kazakhstan, in the movie, true??"
2."...tan, what? Where is it? It should be somewhere in Asia, right?" (They are looking at my narrow eyes and thinking that I have to be Asian)
3. "Never heard of that? How do you speak English so well???"
That's why I want to show you this video about my home country, so you would know the truth about my country!
A.U. ENG 112, Fall 2011
Climate change endangers plants, animals and humans. Our earth or the nature is changing from time to time. The natural disasters around the world are the result of climate change. I believe that everyone of us has the responsibility to protect the nature. We need to make our daily lives environment friendly: recycling our trash, avoiding wastage of electricity or taking the stairs instead of elivator, for example.Introducing littel changes like these, makes a significant difference.
The U.S. government began its attack on Afghanistan 10 years ago, the ex President of the US called it a “war on terror.” It was followed by 8 years of U.S. war in Iraq and now war in Libya and drone wars on Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, and Sudan under Pres. Obama. These are all wars for oil, resources, and markets in the interests of corporate power.
Look what society has done to us and the kind of people we have become. This picture definitely says it all.
This is a picture of an X-Ray of a foot in a high heeled shoe! Just look at the physical stress that is placed on the metatarsophalangeal joints! This also causes problems to the spine, not just the joints in the feet. It is sad to see what people do to themselves in the name of fashion. That shows how the statement “beauty is pain” is so true. Because there is no possible way to believe that heels are comfortable especially when they are over 6 inches high and pointed like a pencil, and makes whoever is walking in them look like they're about to fall on their face! They sure do look nice and “fashionable”, but not at all comfortable. This shows how most girls now a days care a lot more about their beauty than they do about their health.
Ayah Elborhamy
Kevin Carter stared at this scene for about twenty minutes waiting for the vulture to flare its wings so he could get a perfect shot and show the world the horror of the Sudanese Civil War. Finally, he tired of waiting, took the picture and scared off the vulture. Later, in 1994, this picture won him the Pulitzer Prize. A couple of months later he killed himself.
Although this may just be joke, it kept me thinking about it. This may seem feminist to many, however was and still is a reality today. I mean many women are the ones who do all the housework ( i.e cleaning, cooking, etc) sometimes working more than men do. But does this mean that men don't cook or clean? It is true that majority of women are the ones who do all the house chores. However that does not mean men can't. In today's days men also clean and do the chores of the house when women have to work. It is matter of communication and understanding to split house chores between men and women. If men are working to support the family then women should occupy themselves doing the house chores or vice versa. Women and men should help each other mutually. Women are not less than men, therefore they should not be looked like they are inferior to men and stay at home doing all the chores. Women have equal opportunities like men do, and if they have a good work position they are the ones who support the house, and men have to do the chores.
As some of us may know, Fashion designer Dolce & Gabbana is known for its attractive and ‘naughty’ ads. Nevertheless, this ad grabbed my attention more than any other ad for this fashion designer. This ad was somewhat disturbing. Without the logo ‘Dolce & Gabbana’ there is a male pinning a woman down, while four other men are staring at them and they seem to be waiting for their “turn”. Adding to that, the arrangement of the models or the ‘work of art’ that’s in this picture has nothing to do with the products Dolce & Gabbana has to offer! Does an image that looks like a possible gang rape really fit to be an ad? Are people really attracted to such ads? What do you think of such an ad, is it interesting in some way, is it sexy or is it disturbing and offensive to women?
N. AlOmran
VCU Riot after 2011 Final Four from MONDIAL on Vimeo.
@ 1:54 does the girl holding her hands in the air have real justification to why she is protesting? The students were celebrating way to hard and got out of control and are there to suppress the situation. Come on now I know we all want peace but the actions must be mutual!!!
- Khalil Boyd
If you have been paying attention to the news, you will have noticed that this month Haiti faces a new challenge, while still attempting to recover from the earthquake that struck nine months ago. At least two hundred cases of cholera have been confirmed, and the illness seems to be spreading toward the still-devastated city of Port-au-Prince. You can click HERE for a link to a New York Times article about the outbreak.
