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FATENAH

February 17th, 2010 · No Comments

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Fatenah is an animation film about a young Palestinian woman suffering from breast cancer in Gaza, is now on YouTube
part 1/3

part 2/3

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Tags: Arts & Culture · Health · War & Conflict · cinema · women

Au Liban, les employées de maisons se suicident

November 10th, 2009 · No Comments

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Tags: Gender · Health · Human Rights · Lebanon · Mediterranean · Meditérranée · Uncategorized · Video

Clashes over Swine Cull in Egypt.

May 3rd, 2009 · No Comments

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According to the BBC, Manshiet Naser, a slam area in Cairo, has seen today clashes with police forces over the pigs cull, a governmental precaution measure to prevent the swine flu!
To read more, please click the below BBC link

“http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8031490.stm”

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Tags: Health · Society

Tobias Nyabola: A man of courage and determination

April 6th, 2009 · No Comments

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3 months ago, I met an extraordinary man, in Athens. His name is Tobias Nyabola, he comes from a small village in Kenya, Bama. Tobias is a retired teacher and the elected leader of what is called a CBO in Bama, a community based organisation. [...]

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Tags: Education · Health · Photo · Society

World AIDS Day

December 1st, 2008 · No Comments

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“The AIDS pandemic continues to devastate sub-Saharan Africa. Two million people died from the disease in 2005 alone. Twelve million children have lost at least one parent. The statistics are staggering.”
Kristen Ashburn’s BLOODLINE: AIDS and Family is the story of these men, women and their [...]

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Tags: Health · Sexuality

Le problème de l’eau dans le sud de la Méditerranée

October 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments

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ARCA consulting, une société qui travaille dans la coopération internationale et s’occupe de la gestion de l’environnement et de communication, est en train de produire 4 documentaires qui traitent une problématique essentielle pour l’humanité : l’eau.
Maroc, Algerie, Tunisie, Egypte, Jordanie, Palestine, Liban et Syrie sont [...]

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Tags: Agriculture · Environment · Health · Mediterranean · Politics · War & Conflict

American Mediterranean

October 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment

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Fast Food Hits Mediterranean;a DietSuccumbs

A fast-food restaurant in Kasteli, Crete, offers pizza and burgers in addition to more traditional, and more healthful, Greek salads.
By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
KASTELI, Greece — Dr. Michalis Stagourakis has seen a transformation of his pediatric practice [...]

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Tags: Education · Health · History · Travel · Uncategorized

Nobel Medicine Prize on AIDS and HPV virus research

October 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment

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One German and two French scientists won the 2008 Nobel prize for medicine , traditionally the first of the Nobel prizes awarded each year.
The prestigious prize goes to Harald zur Hausen of Germany for his work into the cause of cervical cancer and Francoise Barre-Sinoussi [...]

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Tags: Health · Society

Danger de mort…

May 31st, 2008 · 6 Comments

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La journée mondiale sans ou avec tabac!? je me demande?!!
Bien que les compagnes de sensibilisation ont été bell et bien présentes, les Tunisiens hommes ou femmes n’ont pas eu le courage d’abandonner leurs cigarettes même pour une journée…
Le tabagisme tue chaque année plus de 4500 [...]

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Tags: Health · Society · Youth · women

Discrimination positive !!!!

May 27th, 2008 · 2 Comments

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Ils étaient là assis dans une grande salle pleine de journalistes, de photographes, de responsables avec de long discours sur la meilleure façon de soutenir les jeunes handicapés et assurer leurs intégrations dans la société…
Plus de 300 jeunes ont été ramené des 24 régions du [...]

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Tags: Health · Human Rights · Personal · Society · Youth