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Entries Tagged as 'War & Conflict'

Gaza, Gaza

January 7th, 2009 · 2 Comments

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Three hours of cease-fire. Three hours to breath. Is it supposed to be enough? Should the Gaza people be grateful? Is it all the UN can do? And after these three hours what will happen? Death again? With everyday, three hours to barry [...]

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Tags: Personal · War & Conflict

Is Gilad Shalit alive?

December 29th, 2008 · 8 Comments

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According to a Hamas website cited by the Naharnet lebanese website, “Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, who is held captive by Hamas, was injured during Israeli raids on Gaza”
This could mean that the kidnapped israeli soldier is still alive, and that Hamas will probably use him [...]

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Tags: Politics · War & Conflict

Ahmed Rashid, the interview

December 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

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I met him at the presentation of his new book DESCENT INTO CHAOS
Here he talks about the MUMBAI ATTACK

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and about WESTERN COUNTRIES in Central Asia

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and about WOMEN in Afghanistan

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Tags: Human Rights · Politics · War & Conflict · women

Un autre film exceptionnel d’Aractingi

November 29th, 2008 · No Comments

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Entre la fiction et le réel, “Sous les Bombes” (Taht El Qassf), film libanais qui représentera le Liban à Hollywood pour les Oscar, connaît un autre grand succès auprès du public égyptien. Compte Rendu.
Dans le cadre du Festival International du Cinéma qui a eu lieu [...]

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Tags: Arts & Culture · War & Conflict · cinema

Intercultural dialogue in Brussels : Together in Diversity…

November 14th, 2008 · 6 Comments

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Sur une seule scène elles étaient trois musulmanes, trois chrétiennes et trois juives. Elles chantaient en toute harmonie des chansons mélangées entre arabe, anglais et hébreu. Elles étaient là à l’ouverture d’un séminaire sur le dialogue interculturel ; Un défi pour les croyances et [...]

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Tags: Community Development · Meditérranée · Politics · Religion · War & Conflict

Des deux côtés du mur

November 7th, 2008 · No Comments

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Arte diffuse une série de documentaires, tournés des deux côtés du mur.
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Tags: Society · Video · War & Conflict

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

Walls

October 27th, 2008 · No Comments

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Tellement emue par les photos, les petits morceaux, les impressions changeants de L’Israel et des Palestinian Territories. Et le mur. Je suis restée dix jours au Jerusalem, Ramallah et Bethlehem au 2004 et le mur commençait s’aggrandir tres vite, tellement grand et imposant, construit au grand [...]

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Tags: Arts & Culture · Human Rights · Personal · Photo · Travel · War & Conflict

Theatre exhibit for the Palestinian people

October 1st, 2008 · 2 Comments

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Pictures I took at the Sunflower theatre in Beirut. This exhbit is based on true stories that were told to the author of the exhibit, so each one represents a real person, a true story while they were running away from Palestine, or stories they [...]

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

Lebanese photographer Rima Maroun wins Anna Lindh Euro-Med Award

October 1st, 2008 · 2 Comments

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Lebanese photographer Rima Maroun has officially been announced as the winner of the Anna Lindh Euro-Med Award for the Dialogue between Cultures in 2008, the Anna Lindh Foundation said Tuesday. The Award, which is bestowed and voted on by the members of the Anna Lindh [...]

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Tags: Arts & Culture · Community Development · Human Rights · Photo · War & Conflict