List of Culture articles
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<> on April 2, 2011 in Pyongyang, North Korea. Longform’s Picks of the Week
The best stories from around the world.
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Booklist_image1 Around the World in 40 Books
Headed to Rio, Paris, or Cape Town this summer? We asked distinguished writers and thinkers to pick their favorite books about 20 of the world’s great cities.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 A Best Defense commenter who is a former Marine JAG explicates ‘Turn’
Warning: Plot Spoilers Ahead.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Ludacris Said George W. Bush Was America’s Worst President. Now He’s Performing at Gitmo.
Nothing says Fourth of July like a free Ludacris concert at Guantanamo Bay.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Burqinis Are in This Season, But One German Swimming Pool Is Behind the Times
This isn’t the first time the burqini has been targeted in Europe.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Millionaire Tries to Stop Documentary Claiming to Tell the True Story of Russia’s Missing $230 Million
A new documentary about Sergei Magnitsky brings the drama of big money versus free speech to Washington.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Vladimir Putin-Elton John Gay Rights Summit that Wasn’t
The British pop star and Russian president will no longer meet to discuss gay rights.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Middle East’s New Renaissance
It’s time to let go of outmoded — and parochial — ideas about what “culture” and “civilization” in the Arab world is supposed to look like.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Croatia’s Far Right Weaponizes the Past
The new government includes an outspoken apologist for the country's World War II-era fascist regime.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Art Is a Window to the Arab World’s Soul
If you want to understand the Middle East (in Washington, D.C.), ditch the think-tank panels and catch the photo exhibits and hip-hop shows by Arab artists.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 A Head of STEAM
The case for teaching arts in the Digital Age.
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Asteroid_image1 The Asteroid Miner’s Guide to the Galaxy
U.S. companies are preparing to tap the solar system’s riches. But will they share the trillion-dollar deep-space market with hungry foreign competitors?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 In New Delhi, a Nation’s Treasures Consumed by Fire
“A loss of a natural history collection at this scale has not been seen outside of war."