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Lebanon’s empty schools bode long-term damage from crisis
BEIRUT (AP) — On a recent school day, the Rene Mouawad High School in Beirut was empty, its classrooms dark, just like all of Lebanon’s public schools have been for most of the past three months. Its striking teachers were protesting in front of the Education Ministry, not far away. About a hundred teachers joined the demonstration outside the ministry, blocking traffic and holding placards demanding pay raises. “We are done with charity,” said Nisreen Chahine, the head of the union for contractor teachers. “We are not negotiating anymore. They should either rightfully pay us or go home.” The teachers gave speeches demanding officials come out and talk to them.…
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Bode makes 20th century clothes for 21st century people
Published by Nick Remsen, CNN CNN Design is a single of the formal media associates of Paris Fashion Week. See all coverage here. A number of weeks in the past, Mick Jagger posted a vacation concept to his Instagram feed whilst donning a deep pink paisley shirt, its pattern whirling with canary yellow and inky black particulars. The piece had one thing nostalgically glamourous about it: Decadent nonetheless at ease, it was as befitting of Jagger’s bohemian rockstar aesthetic as it was his timeless presence. “Perhaps he acquired it for Christmas,” joked Emily Adams Bode Aujla, creator of the garment and founder of its eponymous label, Bode, more than a…
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