Archive List for arts & culture

Libya’s olive harvest: Small town continues centuries-old industry

0 For thousands of years, the small mountain town of Msallata in Libya, 100 kilometres (62 miles) southeast of the capital Tripoli, has cultivated olives, growing and pressing the fruit by hand. It has even managed to produce oil from the olives it cultivates during the civil war of the last few years. Al Jazeera’s Malik Traina reports from Msallata, Libya. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #Libya #LibyanOlive #Msallata

Mexico cave shows humans lived in the Americas 30,000 years ago

A groundbreaking discovery in Mexico shows that there may have been humans in the Americas 15,000 years earlier than thought. It is one of several findings this year that are reshaping our view of history. Al Jazeera’s Manuel Rapalo reports from Mexico City. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #Mexico #Yucatan #ChiquihuiteCave

Planting trend in Lebanon amid deepening financial crisis

In Lebanon, inflation is soaring and the economy is close to collapse. As the cost of bread and other basics continues to climb, some people have had to start growing their own food. Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr reports from Beirut. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #Lebanon #LebanonFoodSecurity #HomePlanting

🇮🇳 A life displaced: Tibetan in India remembering home through culture | Al Jazeera English

India’s capital is home to a community of Tibetan refugees. They have been living there for more than a decade after a crackdown by China. In the second part of our series, A Life Displaced, some of those Tibetans in India say they’ve had no choice but to adapt to life in India. Al Jazeera’s Sohail Rahman reports from New Delhi, India. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #Tibet #India #TibetanCulture

🇶🇦 Qatar National Museum set to open its doors to the public | Al Jazeera English

The National Museum of Qatar (NMoQ) is set to open its doors to the public on Thursday. Designed by Jean Nouvel, the Pritzker Prize-winning French architect, the multifaceted structure resembling a giant desert rose sits across from the bustling Doha Corniche, the main waterfront promenade in the Qatari capital. The futuristic, sand-coloured structure, located near Doha’s airport highway, is likely to be among the first buildings visitors will spot when arriving in the city. Al Jazeera’s Osama bin Javaid reports from Doha. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #QatarNationalMuseum #QatarNews

🇵🇭 🏀 Are Filipino basketball players getting taller? | Al Jazeera English

People in the Philippines love basketball and wish their team played better. Many feel it’s the country’s short stature that’s holding it back. But is a nationwide “growth spurt” about to change that? Al Jazeera’s Jamela Alindogan reports from Manila. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/

Samoa obesity: Activists launch campaign to change locals’ diet habits

The island nation of Samoa in the Pacific has one of the world’s highest rates of obesity. Imported fast food is favoured over natural, local produce. But a campaign’s underway to change that. Al Jazeera’s Yaara Bou Melhem reports from Apia, Samoa. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/

Sierra Leone: Efforts to preserve slave trade history

A national organisation in Sierra Leone is looking to raise funds and awareness to preserve what was once the country’s biggest slave trade port. The station on Bunce Island was set up 350 years ago to ship thousands of Africans to the Americas. Al Jazeera’s Nina Devries reports from Bunce Island. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/