Before getting ready to visit a country like Laos we need to reset all our certainties of what we think…
How many times have you heard people referring to Iranians by using the term Arabs? Or people who have hard…
Every year more and more patients use falsified medicines (FM), and this is not dreadful only for the pharmaceutical sector,…
There is still no confirmed news about the fate of Saudi opposition writer Jamal Khashoggi, who disappeared last Tuesday when…
The leaders of the three-way summit (Turkey, Russia and Iran) held in Tehran on Friday 7th Sempteber agreed to address…
How many times have you heard people referring to Iranians by using the term Arabs? Or people who have hard times in dissociating Arabs from Muslims? Or in distinguishing Arabs from Middle Easterners? Even politicians, journalists and academics themselves make these mistakes and if you have the slightest doubt, this article is what you need.…
By Andrew Katz @andrewjskatz I just had a long conversation on twitter with a Brexiter. He was polite and civil, but he was pretty aghast at my suggestion that the referendum was too complex a question to be put to the electorate. This is counterintuitive to many people, and I want to set out my reasoning. The…
There is still no confirmed news about the fate of Saudi opposition writer Jamal Khashoggi, who disappeared last Tuesday when he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul to conduct some transactions. The Turkish authorities believe that the prominent Saudi journalist, who disappeared a few days ago, was killed inside the consulate. “The initial assessment of…
By Tim Schofield Throughout human history immigrants have always been a soft target for unscrupulous politicians seeking a bit of cheap popularity. This is especially true of those who are a “bit different”, whether it be skin colour, religion, or just by speaking a different language. They generally don’t have a vote, come with much money,…
Abstract: Social networks are one of the most popular ways of communication in the world. Learning its wise use and knowing the alphabet is one of the fundamental steps to pursued, with greater tenacity in health, due to the risks and benefits that these powerful tools offer. Social media has become a powerful vehicle to…
“No problem can be solved from the same consciousness that created it. We must learn to see the world anew” A. Einstein In my last article, I wrote about the change of era we are experiencing and introduced the idea of leveraging our collective intelligence, to address the challenges we collectively face in this globalized world.…
Before getting ready to visit a country like Laos we need to reset all our certainties of what we think we know, because the same terms we use every day, concepts, definitions, values, verbs, in other cultures can take on a meaning completely different. Laos is a very poor country, only the main roads are…
STRASBOURG – Volt, the first pan-European progressive political movement, launched at the summit held in Paris over the weekend the start of its campaign for the European elections. The Assembly has registered the participation of over 200 members of the movement, coming from all over the continent, who have developed the strategy to be adopted…
We are living in a world where people hardly tolerate everything that is far from their own culture. “Parler en paix” provides a place, in Paris, where Arabic and Jewish cultures can find a common ground. The association has been founded in 2004 in Paris. It provides lessons in both Arabic and Hebrew in order…
Every year more and more patients use falsified medicines (FM), and this is not dreadful only for the pharmaceutical sector, but especially for the consumers. As a matter of fact, FM could have a wrong dosage – either too high or too low – or even can be made with toxic ingredients. According to the…
Abstract: Social networks are one of the most popular ways of communication in the world. Learning its wise use and knowing the alphabet is one of the fundamental steps to pursued, with greater tenacity in health, due to the risks and benefits that these powerful tools offer. Social media has become a powerful vehicle to…
The European Union member countries have renovated for five years the authorization for using the glyphosate, the most widely used herbicide, since years subject of concerns and worries. Years of criticism on the use of the chemical compound in agriculture, considered by many carcinogenic to humans. Even the International Agencies (like the European Food Safety Authority EFSA,…
This might sound funny, but going to a Coldplay concert led to my diagnoses of having a chronic illness. If I could thank the band, I would. I had gone to see their world tour when they came to Seattle, Washington this past summer. I was up on my feet for the amazing 2 plus…
