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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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Paris-Beirut

June 11th, 2008 · No Comments

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Paris-Beyrouth_0001
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Tags: Personal · Travel · Video

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

Les premières neiges

December 15th, 2007 · No Comments

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Snow in Lebanon
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Les deux premières affiches qui apparaissent dans la vidéo sont le portrait du PDG du quotidien libanais AnNahar, Gébran Tuéni. Il venait d’être élu au Parlement, et dirigeait avec passion depuis plusieurs années déjà AnNahar, le quotidien en langue arabe le [...]

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Tags: Human Rights · Politics · Travel · Video · War & Conflict

There’s no place like home…

December 7th, 2007 · 1 Comment

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I thought I’d share with you this video that is currently played on lebanese TV’s. Since the blasts started in Lebanon, in february 2005, the lebanese diaspora hesitates to return to Lebanon to spend vacations. Numerous members of parliament and intellectuals, even journalists, were killed [...]

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Tags: Arts & Culture · Politics · Society · Travel · Video