Turkey earthquake survivors search rubble for their gold savings
Osmaniye, TurkeyReuters In the nearly-deserted centre of the southern Turkish city of Osmaniye, an elderly couple wait by the ruins of the three-story building where they lived, hoping their life savings might emerge from the debris when it is cleared. Reyhan Vural, 48, and her 59-year-old husband Metin survived the devastating 6th February quake that […]
Origins: Why do brides wear white?
MARLISE SCHOENY, assistant curator for the Ohio State Historic Costume & Textiles Collection, looks – in an artcile first published on The Conversation – at the origins of the white wedding gown…
News coverage of Muslims is more negative than of other minority groups, says report
RNS A new study of how the media covers minorities in the United States finds that depictions of Muslims in the news remain by far the most frequent and the most negative. “Muslims are just way down there in comparison to the other groups,” said Erik Bleich, director of the Media Portrayals of Minorities Project […]
STOP THE MUSIC!: INDIANS SHUN TRAFFICKED DANCE TROUPES AT WEDDINGS
ANURADHA NAGARAJ, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from India…
Australian Christian wedding magazine owners says they’ve been forced to close for not featuring same-sex weddings
A leading Australian wedding magazine has announced it is closing with the Christian publishers saying they were forced to shut down after they, advertisers and people featured in the publication were subjected to a “campaign” over their decision not to feature same-sex couples. Newcastle-based couple Luke and Carla Burrell made the announcement in a post […]