Will classical music still have a place in Syria? First concert since Assad’s ousting held
The concert was a way of saying "we are here and able to produce art" despite years of devastating civil war, Antaki said ...
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Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures Scholarships
The endowment is used to provide unrestricted support and discretionary funds for the Chair of the Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literature for the development and support of Arabic ...
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At Damascus opera house, hopes for a better future
To applause, percussionist Bahjat Antaki took the stage with Syria's national symphony orchestra, marking the first classical concert at the Damascus opera house since president Bashar al-Assad’s ...
The Pilot20d
Exploring the growth of Catholic classical liberal arts education
Jay Boren, headmaster of St. Benedict Classical Academy since 2015 ... We are members of the Institute for Catholic Liberal Education. They were really at the forefront of designing programming to ...
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19 iconic pop songs you didn’t know were directly inspired by classical music
From Billy Joel’s inability to resist a good Beethoven melody to Lady Gaga’s sampling of rhapsodic violin solos, here are the greatest examples of classical samples in pop. In 19 cases of chicken and ...
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Wisconsin Republicans ask liberal Supreme Court Justice to step aside in union case
(AP) — The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature on Tuesday asked that a liberal state Supreme Court justice step aside in a pending case that seeks to overturn a 2011 law that effectively ended ...
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Why Trump’s first moves in office have been so scary
President Donald Trump and his aides are launching a full-scale war against modern liberalism. And I’m very worried that they will be successful. Though what exactly defines liberalism is ...
The Globe and Mail23d
In the Liberal leadership race, the cybersecurity risks are massive
If you set out to intentionally design a perfect target for a cyberattack, you couldn’t do much better than the Liberal Party of Canada’s leadership contest now under way. Foreign adversaries ...
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Liberal Party approves 6 candidates to run in leadership race
Six of the seven Liberal leadership candidates who submitted their nomination papers have now been approved by the party to run in the race to succeed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Former central ...
The Conversation24d
Mark Carney might have the edge as potential Liberal leader, but still faces major obstacles
Despite the focus on the personality of the candidates, the Liberal leadership will be won or lost on the basis of “ground-game” organization — that is, who can identify, register and ...
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Who's in and who's out of the Liberal leadership race
Liberal party leadership candidates are shown in these recent file and handout photos. Top row: Mark Carney, Chrystia Freeland and Karina Gould. Bottom row: Frank Baylis, Jaime Battiste and ...