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NPR: Hagia Sophia Hosts 1st Friday Prayers Since It Was Turned Back Into A Mosque

asianct - July 24, 2020 0

Thousands of people attended prayers at Istanbul's historic Hagia Sophia on Friday, completing the famous building's conversion from a secular space into...

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BBC: Hagia Sophia: Turkey turns iconic Istanbul museum into mosque

asianct - July 10, 2020 0

The world-famous Hagia Sophia museum in Istanbul - originally founded as a cathedral - has been turned back into a mosque.

Tools for teachers: How to lead conversations about tough topics

Campus News asianct - August 19, 2022 0

For the second summer in a row, emerging teachers at Penn GSE spent a week learning how to lead tough conversations about...

BBC: The ancient French town of floating gardens

Culture asianct - August 19, 2022 0

Carved out of the River Somme's marshy hinterland, the Hortillonnages is made up of 110km of slender canals that have led Amiens...

Study: Holocaust Museum motivates visitors to create social change

Illinois asianct - August 19, 2022 0

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — “Dark tourism” experiences – sites and museums associated with violence, tragedy and war – draw millions of travelers each...

NPR： How climate change drives inland floods

News asianct - August 19, 2022 0

Climate change means more flood risk across the United States. That includes places far from the ocean and sometimes far from rivers and...