Cecile Guidote-Alvarez says, “Where politics divides, arts can cement a nation and peoples together. Culture and Arts recharges memory. Without memory, we will never learn from the mistakes of the past and we would not know where to draw our strength as a springboard to realize our dream of sustainable development. The launching of Mobilizing Cultural Diversity for the UN Goals was held at the 31st ITI Congress and Theatre Olympics of the Nations in May 2006 in the Philippines. The successful event with 80 countries participating has generated impact on policy. Now, the ITI proposes for UNESCO to lead in selecting annually a world culture capital of the Performing Arts as a vehicle for practices of culture for social cohesion, transformation and harmony.”
Tag: Egypt
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REVOLUTION 2.0 | You must remember this: Egypt’s artists drove its Summer of Mass Re-Awakening
Make no mistake: artists led Egypt’s Revolution 2.0, which moved to depose its first freely elected Islamist president. The military’s action to oust Morsi was, in fact, but the final moving piece in Egypt’s complicated political domino. It should be remembered that this Summer of Mass Re-Awakening began as a culture war. It was a fight for free expression. It was a battle for Egypt’s soul.
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Egyptian artists seek resignation of the new culture minister | " data-medium-file="https://i2.wp.com/cultureofoneworld.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/egitto_f_0607_-_giornalista.png?fit=691%2C461&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i2.wp.com/cultureofoneworld.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/egitto_f_0607_-_giornalista.png?fit=691%2C461&ssl=1"/> CALL FOR ACTION | Artists, intellectuals break into ministry of culture to protest against the Islamization of Egyptian culture
the Egyptian branch of the International Theatre Institute (ITI) has distributed a letter to its international colleagues around the world, which formally asks the help of the international community to oust the controversial minister from his office. ITI is a UNESCO entity with more than 90 centres around the world.
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David Henry Hwang’s “Chinglish” | Photo by Sara Krulwich " data-medium-file="https://i1.wp.com/cultureofoneworld.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/30chinglish-blog480.jpg?fit=480%2C341&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i1.wp.com/cultureofoneworld.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/30chinglish-blog480.jpg?fit=480%2C341&ssl=1"/> My picks for the world’s best theater of 2011
My picks for the world’s top-10 best theater reflects my travels in 2011 and is therefore deeply personal.