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The Library recently acquired an important collection of photographs by William P. Gottlieb, a jazz columnist who shot some 1,500 portraits of more than 250 jazz musicians from 1938 to the late 1940s. Mr. Gottlieb’s photographs have great appeal in the jazz world because they are not only what one critic called “very penetrating pictures [...]

Pakistan has had a very strong performance in this year’s ICC World Cup. Namely, in the group stage, they have managed to beat the previously unbeaten Aussies, as well as the highly-touted Sri Lankan squad. Now that they have routed the West Indies in the quarter-finals by ten wickets, they seem to be the most [...]

The ICC World Cup semi-final between Pakistan and India promises to be a match for the ages. In addition to the tens of thousands of passionate fans, for whom cricket is practically a religion, the crowd will also include top government officials and business tycoons from both countries, not to mention Indian Prime Minister Manmohan [...]

“Boy, how it makes you wish, looking at them, that you could hear the music of the instant,” Mr. Bamberger said. “Bill’s photos are of performance art captured through the lens of another art,” that of writing critical reviews. Mr. Gottlieb began work at the Washington Post as an advertising agent and later started a [...]

The exhibition The African American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship, showcases the incomparable African American collections of the Library of Congress. Displaying more than 240 items, including books, government documents, manuscripts, maps, musical scores, plays, films, and recordings, this is the largest black history exhibit ever held at…[Read more]

Climate The city of Dubai is situated on a coastal strip bordered by desert and gets very hot. It is dry on the hottest days and humid during the cooler days in the summer. Cooler, more pleasant weather lasts from the end of September to beginning of May (although note that pleasant is relative, with daily [...]

Climate The city of Dubai is situated on a coastal strip bordered by desert and gets very hot. It is dry on the hottest days and humid during the cooler days in the summer. Cooler, more pleasant weather lasts from the end of September to beginning of May (although note that pleasant is relative, with daily [...]

Dubai is one of the seven emirates that make up the United Arab Emirates. It is rather like an independent city-state and is the most modern and progressive emirate in the UAE, developing at an unbelievable pace in the tourist and trade sectors especially. Districts Satwa — One of Dubai’s Little India and Little Manila, due [...]

Dubai is one of the seven emirates that make up the United Arab Emirates. It is rather like an independent city-state and is the most modern and progressive emirate in the UAE, developing at an unbelievable pace in the tourist and trade sectors especially. Districts Satwa — One of Dubai’s Little India and Little Manila, due [...]

Witnesses to the locust invasion that befell Jerusalem and the nearby Syrian region in 1915 agreed that they had seen nothing to equal it in their life-times. It was truly a natural disaster of biblical proportions. Members and employees of the American Colony were active in complying with official eradication efforts during the plague. They [...]

Witnesses to the locust invasion that befell Jerusalem and the nearby Syrian region in 1915 agreed that they had seen nothing to equal it in their life-times. It was truly a natural disaster of biblical proportions. Members and employees of the American Colony were active in complying with official eradication efforts during the plague. They [...]