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Entries Tagged as 'Humour'

Tabbouleh is Lebanese and so is the Hummus

November 2nd, 2009 · No Comments

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Tags: Arts & Culture · History · Humour · Lebanon · Mediterranean · Meditérranée · Society · Video

Seven things I love about Cairo drivers!

February 26th, 2009 · No Comments

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1- We always respect traffic lights. Come on guys admit it. Basically when the light is green we stop and when it is red we move on. Yellow! Nah that is not up to our standards!
2- We never notice other people around us, hey! We’re [...]

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Tags: Humour · Society · Uncategorized

Bye bye Bush!

January 17th, 2009 · No Comments

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Tags: Humour · Politics

Happy New Year!

January 5th, 2009 · No Comments

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Tags: Humour

Des situations qu on voit vraiment rarement

December 2nd, 2008 · 2 Comments

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Tags: Humour

So, which one do you prefer?

October 28th, 2008 · No Comments

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Tags: Humour

Bucarest pendant les élections locales / Bucharest during local elections May/June 2008

October 27th, 2008 · No Comments

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Voici un petit aperçu de Bucarest (Roumanie) en période électorale. Ce n’est pas aussi spectaculaire qu’aux Etats Unis, mais il y a quelques (mauvaises) idées qui pourraient inspirer nos politiciens…

  

 Retrouvez toute cette série de photos sur ma page perso Zooomr.
Cette série de photos a également [...]

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Tags: Humour · Photo · Politics · Society

Dos au Mur/14

October 25th, 2008 · No Comments

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Coexistence pacifique, Chrétiens et Musulmans vivent en bonne intelligence à Bethléem.Les Chapelets et les Tchadors se mélangent dans les rues. Pélerin d’un jour, pélerin toujours.

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Tags: Humour · Personal · Photo

Portuguese contemporary and “sort of kitsch” new fado

September 15th, 2008 · 2 Comments

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This group is called Deolinda, which is a very typical, yet old-fashioned, female name in Portugal. The group tried to recreate a modern and urban (suburban, actually) concept of the traditional Portuguese song fado, with an inch of humor. Although you probably won’t understand what the [...]

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Tags: Arts & Culture · Humour · music

Just crossing the street!

August 20th, 2008 · No Comments

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Tags: Humour · Photo