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Reborn today.

September 6th, 2011 · No Comments

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It was a shock when I woke up on a phone call from my parents in Cairo,  informing me that our old neighbor got stabbed to  death in her bed before killers stole her jewelry. Then they jumped on our roof, entered my [...]

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Tags: Personal · Society

Explosion in front of a church in Alexandria – Egypt.

January 1st, 2011 · No Comments

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This is an extremely sad and criminal way to start the new year 2011. Last night’s explosion in front of a church in Alexandria (second biggest city in Egypt), can and will only accentuate tension and clashes between muslims and christians in Egypt. Even though [...]

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Tags: Personal · Religion · Society

My “paper” life!

May 23rd, 2010 · 2 Comments

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It has been a few months now that I did not post anything on our blog. Not only have been and still am extremely busy at work, training courses or traveling a lot, but also have been caught in an extremely bureaucratic system.  Recently, my life has been a spiral of the good [...]

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Une nouvelle jeune, même trés jeune femme au sein du blog

February 22nd, 2010 · 11 Comments

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J’ai l’ honneur et le plaisir de vous presenter le plus beau cadeau du ciel, ma petite chérie ,elle s’appelle Isma, elle est née le 02 septembre 2009 à 11h40. Elle ressemble à son papa et sa presence parmis nous est un grand bonheur.

 

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Lounis Aït Menguellet à la salle Atlas, un vrai régal

February 21st, 2010 · 5 Comments

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La salle Atlas était archicomble, pleine comme un œuf. Elle a connu, hier après-midi, l’ambiance des grands jours. Lounis Aït Menguellet a drainé, comme à l’accoutumée, la grande foule. Il a rassemblé, l’espace de deux heures, plusieurs générations de ses admirateurs, du grand-père au petit-fils. [...]

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Tags: Arts & Culture · Mediterranean · Meditérranée · Personal · Photo · Society · music

Rétablissement!

February 19th, 2010 · 5 Comments

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«  Rien de pire qu’un mur pour bloquer les idées » je trouve que c’est très vrai. Je suis dans « le non-blogage » depuis un certain temps. Un temps qui dure depuis des mois et la seule exception était mon « SOS » pour notre Newslab…une exception que je [...]

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Plane crash near Beirut

January 25th, 2010 · No Comments

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Plane crash near Beirut
by LeliaLeb

Till now there are no survivors. These images were filmed at the Hariri hospital where families are waiting for the ambulances to take the corpses to the hospital were DNA tests are being held in order to identifu the victims.
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Tags: Lebanon · Mediterranean · Personal · Society · Video

Iceland, the country of natural wonders

January 18th, 2010 · No Comments

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For the New year’s eve, I was lucky enough to be… in Iceland! After a stop in Paris and Copenhaguen, and a 3hrs and a half flight from Denmark, I finally got to a dream place.

I knew it was going to be breathtaking, but I [...]

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Tags: Arts & Culture · Personal · Photo · Society · Travel

Lebanon is still stuck in an endless summer

January 18th, 2010 · No Comments

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Beirut and Lebanon are still stuck in an endless summer. Last monday, Beirutis were on the Corniche, walking, fishing, swimming and sun bathing. An incredible weather for January, while ski lovers are still impatiently waiting for the snow to fall on the mountain tops. Here [...]

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Tags: Economics · Environment · Lebanon · Mediterranean · Personal · Photo · Society

Crise de Foot

November 26th, 2009 · 2 Comments

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Si j’écris aujourd’hui ces quelques lignes, c’est surtout parce que je suis non seulement écoeuré et frustrée par ce qui se passe depuis le 14 Novembre 2009 entre deux pays frères, l’Egypte et l’Algérie, mais aussi parceque cela fait un moment que je reçois des [...]

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