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February 16, 2012 by admin

Business Perspective on Sustainable Growth

New York – In just over four months from now heads of state will convene in Brazil for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, called Rio+20 in reference to the city where the first such conference took place 20 years ago.  Rio+20 will focus on promoting a green economy in the context of sustainable development  […]

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February 8, 2012 by admin

Maurice Benayoun Occupies Wall Screens

NEW YORK – Enigmatic and in constant flux, human emotions are not easily grasped, let alone quantified. Yet, the French new-media artist Maurice Benayoun endeavors to do precisely that for the sake of opening new ways of thinking about the world. He tracks worldwide emotional trends and catapults them into the spotlight, juxtaposing real human feelings […]

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February 1, 2012 by admin

Humble Museum Aims for Rebirth

CAIRO – A diamond in the rough, the Egyptian Museum of Modern Art houses works by more than 1,500 Egyptian artists, mostly from the middle and late 20th century, including  the internationally renowned painters Mahmoud Said and Abdel Hadi Al-Gazzar and the sculptor  Mahmoud Moukhtar. Also known as the Gezira Art Center, the museum, occupying an […]