BHP Featured Photographer: Paola Biondi
Sep 30, 2009 Comments Off Mark Abouzeid[caption id="attachment_578" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Sunset on the border of Saudi Arabia. Photo: Paola Biondi."][/caption] BHP has published a selection of the photographic work of Paola Biondi taken during the July field expedition to Wadi Rum. The exhibit provides a strong example of the breadth and depth of the upcoming masterpiece collection.
Continue ReadingThe smell of home.
Jun 30, 2009 Comments Off Mark AbouzeidExperienced real estate agents know that every culture has its own odor that reminds us of home. In America, home sellers are told to stew apples before potential buyers arrive; in Italy, braising onions has the same effect. These are the scents that take us back to our childhood and help create our ...
Continue ReadingSafeguarding the World’s Intangible Cultures at Risk.
Jun 12, 2009 Comments Off Mark Abouzeid“When a child is born, the father goes into the desert in search of the largest scorpion he can find. The eldest woman slowly cooks the animal in a pan over an open fire until it melts like butter. This salve is massaged into the skin of the baby. The baby gets sick as a ...
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