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News and stories from the Arab world, the Mediterranean and Europe, from the point of view of 20 women who met for the first time in November 2007, in Alexandria, Egypt

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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 [...]

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

Mediterranean in peril

May 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment

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Is the Mediterranean in peril? According to scientific data, presented in an environmental conference held in Athens, the Mediterranean would be the first to suffer intensely from the effects of global warming. It is not only a theory. Mediterranean countries have already witnessed a major [...]

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Tags: Environment

Des arbres centenaires massacres… a 100 m. de chez moi

February 24th, 2008 · 3 Comments

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J’ecris ce poste pour dire que les Libanais deviennent de moins en moins civilises, de plus en plus inconscients des ressources de leur pays, de plus en plus indifferents par rapport a leur patrimoine, a leur histoire.
Dans la rue qui mene vers chez moi, il [...]

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Tags: Education · Environment · Personal · Photo

Ecogle, un Google environment-friendly

January 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment

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Un blogueur canadien a démontré il y a quelques temps que si le site Google était noir, on pourrait économiser 750 mégawatts-heures par an, soit toute l’énergie produite par 1000 petites éoliennes ou par 26 turbines du barrage des Trois Gorges en Chine (barrage dont [...]

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Tags: Environment · Science · Technology

Genes and Global Warming

January 20th, 2008 · No Comments

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I was watching on BBC channel a lecture of Dr. Richard Dimbleby about genetic science. Genomes, DNA, discovery of 6 more million genes, decoding and reading of Dimbleby’s genes himself. Sounds like science fiction right? But also sounds like science is offering a solution [...]

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Tags: Environment · Health · Science

Mes origines

January 6th, 2008 · 10 Comments

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La grande Kabylie… mes origines
Tizi-Ouzou est une ville d’Algérie, la capitale de la grande Kabylie, région essentiellement montagneuse, d’une superficie de 2.957,93 km², délimitéeà l’est d’Alger
Tirant son nom d’une plante sauvage verte à fleurs jaunes qu’est le genêt (ouzou en kabyle) qui embellit toute la [...]

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Tags: Environment · Personal · Photo · Travel