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Photos de circoncision

July 21st, 2008 · No Comments

1- La tenue traditionnelle d’un circoncis

2- La circoncision

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Tags: Arts & Culture · Education · Gender · Personal · Photo · Religion · Sexuality · Society · Youth

L’UPM, quelles perspectives pour le Liban ?

July 14th, 2008 · No Comments

Article paru dans L’Orient-Le Jour samedi 12 juillet- par Lélia MEZHER

Le chef de la délégation de la Commission européenne à Beyrouth, Patrick Laurent, a été responsable de 1998 à 2001 du processus de Barcelone. « Depuis 1995, c’est quelque chose que j’ai fait grandir », depuis son bureau à Bruxelles. Aujourd’hui, si un bilan des […]

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Tags: Arts & Culture · Community Development · Economics · Education · Environment · Politics · War & Conflict

Harvard’s Hellenic Studies Centre in Nafplion

July 1st, 2008 · 3 Comments

Harvard University, the most famous educational institution in the United States, has a new base in the historic city of Nafplion in Greece. It is a modern Centre for Hellenic Studies, which constitutes Harvard University’s first facility for international programs in continental Europe.
The site carries an immense symbolic weight, as Nafplion was the first capital […]

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Tags: Education · History · Photo

Nowhere-Elsewhere

May 7th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Lost and useless.
Le monde a la tête à l’envers : des militaires méprisants, corrompus, inhumains…des militaires qui se prennent pour Dieu, décidant, où,quand, comment,et qui sauver.Des émeutes de la faim, ici ou là, des guerres infinies, le bruit des armes, les silences coupables, les mensonges.
Nuit sombre sur Paris. Coeur noir.
Lost and Useless.

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Tags: Arts & Culture · Education · Human Rights · Personal · Photo · Politics · Society · War & Conflict

Queima das Fitas (Coimbra’s students annual party)

May 2nd, 2008 · 2 Comments

 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 very emotional. Trust me, I was once one of those […]

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

Dans les toilettes de MacDo

April 16th, 2008 · 7 Comments

Hier, mercredi, je me balladais sur la rue Istiklal, la principale rue pietonne d’Istanbul, le coeur européen, commerçant de la ville, le centre nocture aussi.
Je m’arrête dans un Mac Donald’s pour aller aux toilettes (c’est le genre d’endroit où l’on n’est pas obligé de consommer pour les utiliser !). Bon, je pousse la porte, et là, […]

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Tags: Education · Gender · Politics

Le Kidnapping des enfants en Algérie : l’effrayant cauchemar continue

April 7th, 2008 · No Comments

L’appel à la vigilance est devenu une nécessité pressante au moment où nos bambins risquent de rencontrer, sur leur trajet à l’école, dans la cage d’escalier ou dans la rue, un homme étranger animé d’intentions malsainesIl suffit d’un moment d’inattention et le tour est joué, car on ne prévoit jamais ce type d’incidents malencontreux.
Nombreux sont […]

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Tags: Education · Sexuality · Society · Youth

Violence against teachers: the Portuguese video

March 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment

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

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Tags: Education · Society · Video

‘Real Lives’ and Symbolic Identities: some stories from rural Ghana

March 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment

This montage gives hints of local stories, situations and symbolisms that I picked up during my time at a community radio station in a town called Ada, Ghana. The audio montage includes a range of voices, from University lecturer, midwife and the local leader of community radio, to old and young women from farming and […]

 
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Tags: Agriculture · Community Development · Education · Gender · Health · Human Rights · Society

Egyptian women survive community hazards!

March 7th, 2008 · 2 Comments

“Bedour, did you have to die for some light to shine in the dark minds? Did you have to pay with your dear life a price … for doctors and clerics to learn that the right religion doesn’t cut children’s organs.”  Nawal El-Saadawi
Lives saved by death!
Women’s rights are essential to reach comprehensive human rights: […]

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