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News and stories from the Arab world, the Mediterranean and Europe, from the point of view of 20 women who met for the first time in November 2007, in Alexandria, Egypt

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The Balkans

July 10th, 2008 · No Comments

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Mojca Finc is a blond and beautiful young woman. She was the winner of the European Young Journalism Award from her country: Slovenia. But  Mojca wasn’t born in Slovenia. Twenty three years ago she was born in Croatia and she lived there till [...]

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Tags: History · Personal · Travel · War & Conflict

Gas is a girl’s best friend…

May 29th, 2008 · 3 Comments

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In Portugal, 1L of gasoline now equals 1,501 euros.
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Tags: Humour

Bucharest, May 2008

May 20th, 2008 · 10 Comments

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Tags: Photo · Travel · women

Exciting news

May 5th, 2008 · 10 Comments

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Dear friends,
I’d like to share these amazing news with you: I’m one of the winners of the Young European Journalist Award (for Portugal). All in all, 31 young journalists (ages between 17 and 35) from 31 european countries won this prize that consists in a trip [...]

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Tags: Personal

Queima das Fitas (Coimbra’s students annual party)

May 2nd, 2008 · 2 Comments

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 This is what’s happening in my hometown “as we speak”. It’s called “Serenata Monumental” (monumental serenade). Students sing the tradicional Coimbra’s fado (different from the classical portuguese fado). It’s meant to be a “farewell present” to all the students that are finishing their graduations. It’s [...]

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Tags: Arts & Culture · Education · History · Society · Travel

My hometown

April 20th, 2008 · 4 Comments

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This last weekend I joined the Coimbra’s FNAC photographic marathon. Here are some of the pictures I took. Here are some clips of my hometown. (you might need Mozilla Firefox to see this)

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Tags: Photo

Beijing 2008

April 9th, 2008 · No Comments

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(based on an e-mail)
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Tags: Human Rights · Sport

Violence against teachers: the Portuguese video

March 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment

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The most popular video these past few days in Portugal was this one:

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Tags: Education · Society · Video

Being a woman

March 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment

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On the International Women’s Day, don’t miss this great photo gallery of women, by Reuters.
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Tags: Gender · Photo

Marrakech

February 25th, 2008 · 3 Comments

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Hello ladies! Sorry about my absence, but I’ve been busy and away. I’ve been to Marrakech. Coucou Hasna and Nadia!! Here are some of the things I saw. Hope you like it.

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Tags: Travel