Egyptian Screen Goddesses and Western Fashion: Freedom or Oppression? Popular Egyptian cinema abounds in screen goddesses in high heels and short skirts. Is this the typically Western idea of being free to wear whatever you like? Or of women dressing like tarts in order to attract men? Arnoud Vrolijk • January 23, 2020
The chosen people - The relief of Leyden one century later One-hundred years after the relief of Leiden in 1574, the 'Year of Disaster' ravaged the Netherlands. Karel Crucius (1648-1728) managed to put present hardship in historical context. Anton van der Lem • October 02, 2019