Labbaba JAHANGIR If land is the body then culture and civilization are the soul of that body. This region of South Asia has been blessed with a rich soul. Pakistan contains some of the oldest archaeological site of the world. It is home to several such sites dating from Lower Paleolithic period to … [Read more...]
ETHNIC IDENTITIES OF THE BLACK SEA PEOPLE: LIVING TOGETHER IN DIVERSITY
Glauco D’AGOSTINO Abstract. The issue presented here is a reflection on the complexity of communities living together on the same territory, their origins still defining identity and the political determinants that have affected decisions and behaviours of entire social components. The … [Read more...]
ISLAMUL VĂZUT DE CĂTRE OCCIDENTALI ŞI OCCIDENTUL VĂZUT PRIN OCHII ISLAMIŞTILOR
Dr. Cristina ALEXANDRESCU* Abstract. Women's violence is one of the forms of the most systematic violations and more widespread, being rather rooted in sexist social structures than in individual acts and isolated. Such violence affects all women, regardless of age, socioeconomic status, education … [Read more...]
MODELUL DOBROGEAN DE CONVIEŢUIRE INTERCONFESIONALĂ
Erghiun REFI* Islamul este una din marile religii ale lumii contemporane şi cuprinde peste un miliard de adepţi, grupaţi în două mari curente: sunniţi şi şiiţi. Populaţia islamică din România (de naţionalitate turcă, tătară, albaneză) aparţine ramurii Sunnite. Comunitatea noastră datează din … [Read more...]
PSIHOLOGIA FRICII: FRICA DE CELĂLALT ŞI COMUNICAREA INTERCULTURALĂ
Conf. Univ. dr. Aurel Mircea NIŢĂ* Drd. Ionela Gabriela SOLOMON** Abstract. Human emotions can be classified into two types: fear-based emotions and emotions based on love and compassion. This paper aims to address in terms of intercultural communication the interaction between individual mind and … [Read more...]
Fantana din Bahcesaray
Dedicated to my Crimean friends Mustafa Jamilev Karîmlî, Refat Chubarov și Ali Hamzî! Sunt multe erori istorice, făcute deliberat pentru a justifica politica rusească fată de Crimeea (ex.Palatul din Bahcesaray ar fi fost construit de "sclavi ruşi şi ucraineni", adică aceştia ar avea un drept … [Read more...]
Fuga după kitsch, spectaculos şi senzaţional!…
Stelian Gomboş Că suntem tineri sau bătrâni, bogaţi ori săraci, culţi sau ignoranţi, foarte mulţi dintre noi avem tendinţa/pornirea de a fugi după senzaţional, după himere, după kitsch, după spectaculos, după ceva colorat şi răsunător, chiar dacă este ceva lipsit de substanţă, esenţă şi (de) … [Read more...]
RELAŢII CULTURALE DINTRE AZERBAIDJAN ŞI ROMÂNIA – în domeniile muzică şi teatru –
dr. Zhala ISMAIL Abstract. The cultural relationships between Azerbaijan and Romania were intense after the Second World War. Before the war, we can state that there had been almost no cultural or political relationships. With Azerbaijan's independence, in 1991, a new period commenced in the … [Read more...]
A BRIEF PRESENTATION OF THE ARMENIAN COMMUNITY IN ROMANIA
Mihai Stepan CAZAZIAN The oldest findings prove the presence of Armenians on the present territory of Romania more precisely in Moldavia, in an inscription on a tombstone in Cetatea-Albă, dated A.D. 967. The Hungarian chroniclers Simon of Kezai and Thuroczi recorded that, under Duke Géza and King … [Read more...]
AZERBAIJAN: A TURKIC-SHIITE IDENTITY HANGING ON OIL
Glauco D'AGOSTINO Abstract. Among the three trans-Caucasian republics, Azerbaijan is currently the most challenging, due to its socio-economic, ethnic, religious and geo-political features. Its internal problems remain dysfunctional institutions, corruption of the ruling political class, and a … [Read more...]