Ziad Shihab

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A History of the North Korean Cult of Personality and the Kim Dynasty

The Mansudae Grand Monument in Pyongyang in 2014 depicting Kim Il-sung (left) and Kim Jong-il (right), with visitors paying homage[1] / Photo by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, Wikimedia Commons The pervasiveness and extreme nature of North Korea’s personality cult surpasses that of even Joseph Stalin or Mao Zedong. Curated/Reviewed by Matthew A. McIntoshPublic HistorianBrewminate Introduction The North Korean cult o...

Sulabh International Museum of Toilets – History of Toilets

History of Toilets exploring history of sanitation & hygiene The paper presented by Dr. Bindeswar Pathak, Ph.D., D.Litt., Founder, Sulabh Movement at International Symposium on Public Toilets held in Hong Kong on May 25-27, 1995 Wet toilet of Harappan Settlements, India, 2500 BC Mohenjo-Daro in Sind Province of Modern Pakistan UNLIKE body functions like dance, drama and songs, defecation is considered very lowl...