Did you know that when you renounce your U.S. citizenship, you have to pay a fee? The subsidized fee used to be $450, but this week the State Department has announced that they plan to raise the fee to $2,350. The process has also been become increasingly more complicated. Now, not only do you have […]
Culture
Dis-United Kingdom: Will Scotland Become Independent?
A referendum on whether Scotland should become an independent nation, thus breaking away from the United Kingdom, will take place on Thursday, September 18th. The vote is a long time coming as Scotland has been toying with the idea of independence since it first sent 11 members of parliament to Westminster in the 1970s. Were […]
Qahwah, Anyone?
A recent museum opening in Dubai seeks to combine our favorite things here at CAI, coffee and culture. Khalid Al Mulla, a Dubai-based coffee trader, is the founder and curator of the Middle East’s very first coffee museum, the Dubai Coffee Museum, now open to tourists and coffee enthusiasts alike. Ever since being cultivated in […]
2014 World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
In the great words of Dr. Seuss’ Butter Battle Book “And the things that you’ve heard about Zooks are all true. The terribly, horrible thing that they do, and in every Zook house and in every Zook town every Zook eats his bread with the butter side down. But we Yooks, when we eat, when […]
FIFA: Bridging Cultures and Uniting People
In less than one month, Brazil will be hosting the World Cup. Much has been in the news regarding the event and the internal tensions it has created in Brazil. With so much stress and negative media attention, why would a country want to host the competition? Why is it so important? Football, also known […]
What is the Eurovision Song Contest
This Saturday, 10 May 2014 many people throughout the world will be paying close attention to the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 Grand Final. The Eurovision Song Contest is essentially a European competition where participating countries each enter one musical act to represent their country. This contest, established in 1956, predates American Idol, Pop Idol, and […]
