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.
Culture
“I don’t belong here”… families broken up by inhuman US law
These are the stories of people convicted of minor crimes and deported to their place of birth in the Azores, which many left as young children. Deported hours after sentences completed, refused permission to say goodbye to families, or refused entry after a holiday, all because they didn’t apply for […]
José Barahona… In Lisbon I remembered you
What is it like for a Latino man with few resources to look for a new life in a different continent? Even a common language plays tricks. And when things are hard, do you stop calling your family? These are the issues in this new film between fiction and documentary.
Recipes and other secrets of Salvador Dalí
The German publisher Taschen will launch the “Les dîners de Gala” volume on 20th November, written by the Spanish painter and inspired by one of the most recurring muses in his art: his wife.
It is estimated that there are only around 400 prints of the recipe book, and some have been auctioned for large amounts.
“The sound of culture”: Not for beginners
It has some crucial analysis of the roots of white racism and its overlap with technology, and the portrayal of blacks in sci-fi. This book by Louis Chude-Sokei, begins with a trenchant expose of 19th century racism but ends by being absorbed in sophisticated cultural studies.