Herbert James Draper (1864–1920) was an English artist renowned for his works in the Pre-Raphaelite style, blending mythological themes with highly detailed, emotive depictions of the human figure. One of his most celebrated works, The Gates of Dawn (1900), exemplifies his characteristic luminous and ethereal quality.
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Sarajevo, 1914: The Bullets That Ended a Dynasty
«Let justice be done, though the world perish.»—Historical Habsburg Motto
A modest noble house from a rugged alpine valley began as loyal vassals, managing estates with shrewd care. Marriages wove their blood into greater lines, securing lands from misty forests to sunlit plains. Castles rose under their banners, each stone laid with calculated ambition. By the time a golden crown rested on their patriarch’s head, their domains sprawled across rivers and mountains, knit by pacts and dowries. Cathedrals bore their crests, and their court buzzed with envoys from distant realms. Armies marched at their command, while their children, wed to foreign thrones, carried their influence like seeds on the wind. Palaces gleamed, filled with tapestries of their triumphs, as their name became a whisper of power in every corner of the continent.
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Bloodstained Fatwa: The fatal alliance between left-wing groups and the Islamic revolution in Iran
Some leftist factions have embraced the phrase ‹the enemy of my enemy is my friend,› even if it means aligning with groups like Hamas or Hezbollah—organizations that fundamentally contradict their professed core values of secularism and gender equality. The relationship between leftists and Islamist movements has been shaped by a complex set of historical events and ideological developments.
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