The film studio complex “The Cité du Cinéma”, which is dedicated to the cinematography industry and rubs shoulders with studios, students and professionals in the industry, is the brainchild of French producer/film maker Luc Besson. The building is a former power plant (in service from 1933 to 1981).
Pakistani schoolgirls are walking to school.
Girls in Pakistan face unique challenges and disadvantages. Two-thirds of Pakistan’s out of school children are girls, amounting to over 3 million girls out of school. However, too often we portray girls without power and no opportunities to prosper in society. When they can, young girls in rural areas are countering this notion through access to education.
Just as Malala Yousafzai, students and often girls keep on being attacked by terrorists just for wanting to go to school. Malala was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her tireless advocacy for children and girls rights for education. Above all, she is one of Pakistan’s youth. She represents the passions and enthusiasm many young Pakistanis have.
For years, Kenya has threatened to shut the sprawling Dadaab Camp, a crowded, sweltering realm near Kenya’s border with Somalia that has been a refuge for desperate people since Somalis began fleeing to Kenya in 1991, when their country was plunged into civil war.
A Kenyan judge ruled that the Kenyan government’s contentious plan to close Dadaab, the world’s largest refugee camp, was “illegal” and “discriminatory,” and that the refugees could not be forcefully relocated.
Stade de France is the largest French stadium with 81,338 seats in football/rugby configuration. Located in the Plaine Saint-Denis district in Saint-Denis
Stade de France is the largest French stadium with 81,338 seats in football/rugby configuration. It is located in the Plaine Saint-Denis district in Saint-Denis
Riquewihr was one of the few towns in the area not to be badly damaged during World War II. The town is surrounded by Classified vineyards and its medieval fortifications. It is overlooked by a castle from the same period that is today a museum.
Unlike most other French wine regions, there is only one AOC for most wines made in the whole of Alsace.
