Somber Reflections on the 140th Anniversary of Nikolai Gumilyov
By Olga Medvedko This year marks the 140th anniversary of the birth of the poet Nikolai Gumilyov—a soldier, traveler, literary critic, founder of Acmeism, and mentor to many poets.…
The 45th Anniversary of Saving Ancient Monuments in Egyptian Nubia
After Egypt gained its independence and the British occupiers fully evacuated its land in 1954, the revolutionaries led by former President Gamal Abdel Nasser turned their attention to rebuilding the…







