Despite the impact of globalisation and the Belt and Road, the Hispanic population remains little compared to people from the English speaking world or other Asian countries. However, this does not impede them from exploring this unknown oriental nation. Yi ZOU In recent years, the connection between China […]
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The current state of identity
You could think that the question of identity has lost relevance in an ever more globalised and interconnected world. Indeed, it is not difficult to state that identities have become more fluid, ephemeral and unpredicta.
Multiculturalism has allowed ethnic minorities and immigrants not to be absorbed by dominant discourses. The struggle for recognition as has gained new forms.
Yara Costa Pereira: Wear your heritage well, it’s what you are
Turbo-powered versions of Islam and Christianity are threatening the peaceful co-existence of religions in Mozambique. Centuries of migration, trade and colonial domination have produced unique multicultural societies. Her films are her way of negotiating her identity in uncertain times. Graham Douglas In her earlier work she developed the […]
Yara Costa: new religious colonialisms in Mozambique
Wahabi Islam and evangelical Christianity are both growing in this tolerant and multicultural country. Multinational companies are extracting wealth and security companies profiting from social conflict, because it is an opportunity for private security firms to move in. And Sharia utopia conflicts with the desire for consumer goods.
Maher Harb, wine and Beirut
Attracted by Lebanon’s potential as a wine-producing region and nostalgic for his homeland, Maher Harb left a consultancy firm in Paris, fixed up a disused family farm and recently launched his first vintage, which he aims to market to Europe.