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Seven “Managers” From Heaven by Mufid Sukkar
I recently wrote about “Nine Managers from Hell” so, it is only fair to set the record straight and speak of managers who showed me how to be a better manager. By the way, I am not talking about leaders and leadership, that’s something altogether different. From personal experience, the most impressive leaders I have come across were actually terrible managers. Let’s face it, to find an inspirational leader who also happens to be a great manager would be rare indeed. So, back to my seven great managers, here they are : The Oracle : He is the one who seems to have a wealth of knowledge and experience ; no matter what information or data you are missing, he has a knack for knowing the facts and placing them in front of you, thus throwing light in to darkened areas of your work. All of (...)more... |
Nine Managers From Hell
A lot of professionals consider promotion to a management position as a final destination rather than a start of a journey. Incompetent management comes in a variety of forms. I am sure you can (...)
Wisdom of A Child
Sometimes I think I have gone mad but when I reflect on what had happened, I am relieved to realise perhaps it is the business world I inhabit that is slowly but surely going completely nuts ! (...)
A Lesson in Integrity, Professionalism and Earned Respect
In one of the companies I work with, there is a man whom I look up to for three attributes that I have always aspired to achieve in my professional life, they are : integrity, professionalism and (...)
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What to believe and what not to believe
Considerable progress has been made in technology. Look at mobile telephones and the Internet. Today, many people enjoy a standard of living much higher than that of their parents. So what is really happening ? Are the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer, as one recent analysis suggested ? Will the middle class disappear, as many social scientists predict, and if so what will replace it ? How will posterity look upon our society ? What kind of world will we leave for our children ? How many times have we seen the label “approved by scientists”, “approved by the medical association” on a product ? What could be more certain than resorting to the integrity of a professional organization ? Marketing at its best ? But, despite all this, has the world really become a better place (...)more... |
What is wrong with wishing people a Happy New Year ?
Every year at Christmas/New Year time, we send off a greetings card to all our friends and relations and in the envelope we include a “family newsletter” ‒‒ a recto/verso page describing what (...)
Thoughts...on a gloomy day
“There is something I don’t understand,” a friend observed. “Ever since I was on the ground covering the Libyan crisis, we reported that you could buy a Kalashnikov for US$50, while for US$400 you (...)
I hardly ever watch the news on TV anymore
“I hardly ever watch the news on TV anymore,” my colleague said the other day. “All you hear about is killings, wars, crimes … I’m tired of sad and depressing news.” It may be a general trend, because (...)
Business, ethics, deeds …
“With this financial crisis and its consequences, do you realize that people are going back to more traditional values ?” my colleague observed one day. “It’s not only in Europe. You can find this (...)
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Negotiations between Presidents of Turkmenistan and Afghanistan
President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, who arrived in Turkmenistan on a two-day official visit, recently held negotiations in Ashgabat. When arriving to the Palace complex “Oguzhan” along the capital city’s main street, the motorcade of the Afghan leader was escorted by Turkmen cavalry which is a sign of an utmost respect towards high-ranking guests. President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov greeted the President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan at the central entrance of the magnificent palace complex. Having warmly greeted each other, the leaders of the two states proceeded to the building’s hall “Oguzhan” where a ceremony of the official high-level meeting with the high-ranking guest took place. (...)more... |
Turkmen sport – ascent of new heights
At the enlarged meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan held on January 9, which summed up the results of the last year, including on development of sport movement, it was sounded the (...)
Les discussions sur la réforme du Conseil de sécurité au sein de l’Assemblée générale durent depuis près de deux décennies, sans que des progrès, même minimes aient été enregistrés.
Bien que le sujet soit évoqué régulièrement par les grandes puissances –et en premier lieu par celles qui ont un siège permanent assorti de l’exorbitant droit de veto, le sujet reste « tabou. » Elargir (...)
Du 22 au 30 septembre, plus de 140 chefs d’états et de gouvernements se sont pressés dans les couloirs de la vénérable maison de verre, dans l’espoir, souvent vain, d’exposer les problèmes de leur pays à la tribune de l’Assemblée générale, de faire entendre leur voix.
De l’avis général, 2014 fut l’année de toutes les crises : L’Irak, Gaza, Israël, la Syrie, la Libye, la République Centrafricaine, EBOLA et bien d’autres. L’espace de quelques jours, le plus grand (...)
22 million people displaced by disasters in 2013, global trends on the rise
NEW YORK, 17 September 2014 : Four decades of data show that twice as many people are being displaced today than in the 1970s. A new report by the Norwegian Refugee Council’s Internal (...)
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NEW ZEALAND : Emphasizing multilateralism Interview with Amanda Ellis, Ambassador of New Zealand to the United Nations and other specialized agencies
Ms Ellis is one of those dynamic, sporty, hardworking and friendly ambassadors who is determined to put her country on the international agenda. Madame Ambassador has a difficult task because most people do not know very much about her country, apart from the fact that it’s on the other side of the globe. New Zealand is a major agricultural exporting country, mainly known for its dairy, meat and wool production. But did you know that it also publishes the UN Handbook, a long tradition that they have carried on for over fifty years. With a lot of work on her plate, Madame Ambassador speaks very highly of her colleagues in the diplomatic community of Geneva, and the quality of the work being carried out in the UN and the different agencies. She had previously worked in the World Bank (...)more... |
Abdoulaye Diop le tout nouveau ministre des Affaires étrangères malien, était à l’ONU. Il s’est exprimé devant le Conseil de sécurité.
Q : Quelle est la situation sur le terrain. Les forces de l’ONU et la force Serval font-elles leur travail ? Quel est votre sentiment ?
R : La situation est complexe. Aujourd’hui, seule la moitié (...)
DIPLOMATIE INTERNATIONALE ET SOCIETE Par Dan Albertini QUEBEC : LE CORONER BROCHU ASPHIXIE LA PENSEE D’INDEPENDANCE
Entre (). Si la Crimée souffrait de compétences locales bidons, elle ne pourrait se dresser souveraine dans sa volonté de référendum l’opposant à l’UE, aux EE UU, aux Ukrainiens et même aux Canadiens. (...)
DIPLOMATIE INTERNATIONALE ET SOCIETE Par Dan Albertini Carrefour Autonome une vision de mégapole
Entre (). L’Oncle Sam s’assume, le dalaï lama dort à DC en dépit des invectives communistes sans nuance, qui dévoilent l’ambition pyromane de l’expansionnisme bouddhiste dit de sagesse. Conjoncture et (...)
DIPLOMATIE INTERNATIONALE ET SOCIETE Par Dan Albertini HAÏTI : la nouvelle lecture Intérimaire
Entre (). Pourquoi les Communautés helvétiques ont voté contre Shengen, le (9-02), malgré le CERN ? Un NON en majorité faible. Si c’était une manipulation raciste qui a généré ce vote tandis que des (...)
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UN-facilitated Dialogue Libyan Political Dialogue Concludes First Round in Geneva
Photos : ActionPress/P.M Virot 15 January 2015 - Participants in the Libyan dialogue hosted by the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) concluded two days of intensive discussions at the Palais des Nations in Geneva aimed at finding ways to end their country’s political, security and institutional crisis. They expressed their unequivocal commitment to a united and democratic Libya governed by the rule of law and respect for human rights. The talks were constructive and conducted in a positive atmosphere, and reflected the participants’ sincere commitment to reach common ground. The participants agreed after extensive deliberation on an agenda that includes reaching a political agreement to form a consensual national unity government and the necessary security (...)more... |
Commemoration for the victims of the Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris 9 January 2015
Photos : Actionpress/PM Virot
What fell upon Paris two mornings ago was an awful crime, and we remember all the victims today, and pray for, and mourn with, their families this morning. Their (...)
L’OFFICE DE L’ONU À GENÈVE ET LES ÉMIRATS ARABES UNIS SIGNENT UN ACCORD SUR LA RÉNOVATION D’UNE SALLE DE CONFÉRENCES DU PALAIS DES NATIONS
M. Michael Møller, Directeur général par intérim de l’Office des Nations Unies à Genève, et Obaid Salem Saeed Al Zaabi, Représentant permanent des Émirats arabes unis auprès de l’Office des Nations Unies (...)
Après la mort, rien ne vaut la vie ! Christian David - Responsable Relations Presse
La fondation Eve la Vie, située à Genève, accompagne les personnes touchées par le deuil avec une approche optimiste et positive. Redonner à la vie toute son intensité constitue le leitmotiv de chacun (...)
UN Library celebrates the founding of the United Nations Society of Writers 25 years ago
On 14 October 2014 a vibrant and well-attended Library Event was held in the great conference hall on the first floor of the library under the grand Rêve de Paix fresco by Erik Sorensen, a 1939 (...)
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Potential of Turkmenistan on increase of national gas export
At the meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers held on February 6, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov gave a series of instructions alongside with other assignments to the leadership of oil and gas sphere on further development of fuel-energy complex of the country, introduction into the sector of the leading technologies, attraction of foreign investments in the large infrastructural projects. Modern Turkmenistan possesses not only huge resource base of onshore and offshore hydrocarbons, but also possibility of its exploitation. According to estimation of the experts, total potential hydrocarbon resources of the country came to 71.2 billion tons of standard fuel. Its 53billion tons is the share of land, and 18.2 billion tons – of marine part. More considerable part of (...)more... |
ILO to hold an international Tripartite Meeting of Experts to advise on recognition of Seafarers’ Identity Documents and border security concerns From 4 to 6 February 2015, the ILO Governing Body has convened an international tripartite meeting of maritime and technical experts on border control to advise on the national implementation of the Seafarers’ Identity Documents Convention (Revised), 2003 (No. 185).
From 4 to 6 February 2015, the ILO Governing Body has convened an international tripartite meeting of maritime and technical experts on border control to advise on the national implementation of (...)
Europe’s slow recovery still fragile, warns UN report Many European countries still struggling with high unemployment ; geopolitical tensions have potential to disturb recovery
Geneva, 19 January— Europe continues to recover moderately from the global financial crisis of 2008, but tensions in Ukraine and other risks could send Europe back into a recession, according to (...)
World Employment and Social Outlook – Trends 2015 Unemployment on the rise over next five years as inequality persists
GENEVA (ILO News) – Unemployment will continue to rise in the coming years, as the global economy has entered a new period combining slower growth, widening inequalities and turbulence, warns a (...)
Ebola epidemic dramatically halting social and economic development in West Africa, says UNDP report
Geneva – January 15th - A new study on the socio-economic impact of the Ebola disease in West Africa published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) shows that Ebola will have a (...)
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UNHCR and ITC partner to support economic empowerment for refugees
Geneva) – The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Trade Centre (ITC) have agreed to step up joint efforts to ensure better economic and employment opportunities for the millions of refugees across the world. The collaboration will seek to improve the livelihoods of refugees by enhancing their skill set and connecting them to opportunities linked to international trade. The Agreement was signed by High Commissioner António Guterres and ITC Executive Director Arancha González at UNHCR headquarters on Wednesday 21 January 2015. ‘Building the economic potential and creating job opportunities for refugee communities is about investing in peace, security and dignity,’ said Ms. González. ‘By linking refugees to markets we assist these (...)more... |
Syrian civilians unable to escape
Syrian civilians trying to escape the brutal war inside Syria, risk being turned back at the borders and the number of refugees finding safety abroad has declined dramatically, according to a new (...)
UNITAR’s Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT) reports major damage to cultural heritage sites in Syria – Call for protection
23 December 2014, Geneva, Switzerland - UNITAR’s Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT) today issued a substantive report following detailed satellite imagery analysis of cultural (...)
As number of seafaring migrants surges, UN calls for better global protection efforts
10 December 2014 – Amid record high numbers of global migrant arrivals by sea, the international community is steadily losing focus on saving lives and intensifying its efforts to deny foreigners (...)
ON WORLD FOOD DAY, UN WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS PROGRESS TOWARDS ZERO HUNGER EVEN AS MULTIPLE EMERGENCIES FLARE
GENEVA – Amid several hunger emergencies – both natural and man-made – the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is marking World Food Day, 16 October, by highlighting both the challenges around (...)
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"DYSLEXIQUE…VRAIMENT ? Et si l’on soignait l’école"
Tout un programme ce titre du livre de Colette Ouzilou qui apporte un vent de fraicheur dans la réflexion sur les causes réelles de l’épidémie de dyslexie qui envahie depuis quelques décennies les statistiques scolaires et les esprits de nombreux élèves et de leurs parents. Colette Ouzilou est une orthophoniste qui en 40 ans d’exercice a reçu des centaines d’enfants "mauvais lecteurs" dans son cabinet. Parmi ces enfants à peine une vingtaine était dyslexique. "En 1968, je rééduquais essentiellement des enfants souffrant de retard de langage, de bégaiement. Mais, au début des années 70, j’ai vu apparaître la première vague de lecteurs défaillants, et, depuis, leur nombre n’a fait qu’augmenter" témoigne-t-elle. L’auteur décrit les processus qui ont conduit l’institution scolaire à abandonner et (...)more... |
Learn a language in 80 hours in Geneva or in New York
“Learning a language in 80 hours” is an innovative, efficient and stimulating teaching method which enables students to master a foreign language in 80 hours over a matter of months ‒‒ or even (...)
A hundred Muslim and Jewish young leaders daring to believe something is possible that everyone says is impossible
Each year, the Muslim Jewish Conference (MJC) gathers together 100 young Jewish and Muslim leaders from more than forty countries, allowing them to talk to each other for a whole week instead of (...)
Le Centre International de Formation ``Golda Meir`` (MCTC) au chevet des pays du sud dans le domaine du développement communautaire et de la gestion de micro-entreprises. Par Roch Alfred KIKI (AFRIQUE)
Le MASHAV entendu l’Agence Israélienne pour la Coopération Internationale au Développement (MASHAV), une institution israélienne qui œuvre pour la coopération entre les peuples du monde à travers (...)
Pestalozzi, père de la pégagogie moderne
« J’ai vu mieux que le paradis de la Suisse, j’ai vu Pestalozzi » (Karl Ritter, célèbre géographe allemand).
La pédagogie, une passion suisse ? On peut l’affirmer si l’on pense à Pestalozzi, Rousseau, (...)
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Genève au 16ème siècle : Jeanne de Jussie, religieuse persécutée, raconte…
Avant de devenir la Rome protestante, Genève a vécu au milieu du 16ème siècle une période de graves conflits religieux et politiques. Jeanne de Jussie, une sœur du couvent de Sainte-Claire au Bourg-de-Four, a été le témoin de cette époque troublée qu’elle relate dans une chronique passionnante dévoilée aujourd’hui par l’historienne et romancière Anne Noschis, récemment publiée aux éditions Slatkine. Jean-Michel Wissmer. Anne Noschis, pouvez-vous à grands traits nous présenter Jeanne de Jussie ? Anne Noschis. Née en 1503 dans une famille de petite noblesse savoyarde, forcément catholique, Jeanne de Jussie grandit entre le village de Jussy (alors en Savoie) et la ville de Genève. Elle va à l’école chez les clarisses du Bourg-de-Four, y apprend la piété, la lecture et l’écriture. Vive et intelligente, elle (...)more... |
Entrevista con Luis Ayhllón, escritor y dramaturgo mexicano
Luis Ayhllón (fotógrafa Liliana Padilla)
El dramaturgo y guionista mexicano Luis Ayhllón (1976), residente en Ginebra, es uno de los autores más representativos y premiados de su generación. (...)
Culture Sector in Public Policy of Turkmenistan
At an extended government meeting of 7 July, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov outlined current issues facing the field of national culture at the present stage, having stressed the need to (...)
Geneva Book Fair 2014 edition
Photos Action Press/PM Virot
Among the famous people at the Geneva Book Fair were Mr Matsumoto, the « pope » of the Japanese Mange, Luc Ferry, a former French Minister or Mr Philippe (...)
Magtymguly Pyragy – the pride of the Turkmen nation Commemorating the 290th birthday anniversary of the great poet
“The poetical world of Pyragy – is, in fact, the Turkmen philosophy generated in the course of millennia, the melody of Turkmen soul, and the invincible spirit of the Turkmen”. President of (...)
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Government of Mali and WHO announce the end of the Ebola outbreak in Mali
Bamako, 18 January 2015 - Malian authorities and the World Health Organization (WHO) today announced the end of the outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Mali since 42 days had elapsed after the last Ebola case tested negative in laboratory tests on the 6 December 2014. In a statement published today, the Minister of Health and Public Hygiene, Mr Ousmane Kone, officially declared Mali free of Ebola virus disease. He praised the efforts of national and international organisations, thanking in particular the WHO Representative that led the fight against Ebola with the Malian people. Highlighting that the risk of Ebola remains, Mr Kone called upon the public to remain vigilant and to observe the basic preventive measures. He also invited health workers to strengthen the fight. For his (...)more... |
WHO warns that progress towards eliminating measles has stalled : 2015 targets will not be met
GENEVA – The World Health Organization (WHO) warned today that progress towards the elimination of measles has stalled. The number of deaths from measles increased from an estimated 122 000 in (...)
WHO highlights devastating global impact of drowning Every hour, every day, more than 40 people lose their lives to drowning 372,000 people drown each year, with those under 5 years at greatest risk
GENEVA –The World Health Organization’s first Global report on drowning : preventing a leading killer reveals that drowning claims the lives of 372,000 people each year and is among the ten leading (...)
Ten million childhood disabilities prevented in campaign to end polio – UNICEF
NEW YORK, 23 October – Every day, a thousand or so children have been protected from disability during a 26-year global effort to eradicate polio. The worldwide campaign has immunised millions of (...)
Improved data reveals higher global burden of tuberculosis
22 October 2014, Geneva - Recent intensive efforts to improve collection and reporting of data on tuberculosis (TB) are shedding new light on the epidemic, revealing that there are almost half a (...)
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Nasser…. ce jour du 28 septembre
Anouar El’Sadate grimpait nerveusement l’escalier de l’appartement de la famille Nasser, en ce début d’après-midi agité du 28 septembre 1970. Il rata la dernière image du raïs vivant. Il eut juste le temps de lui fermer les yeux. Gamal Abdel Nasser est mort dans son lit après une vie animée de victoires, d’espoir et de déception. L’Egypte ne sera jamais remise de cette perte. Il est rare qu’un homme politique divise autant l’opinion publique de son pays depuis près de sept décennies. L’Egypte qui l’a vu naître en 1918 sera toute autre à sa mort, ce jour du 28 septembre ancré dans l’histoire de celle-ci telle une huitième plaie. Le raïs rendit son dernier souffle, emporté par une complication cardiaque, en état d’épuisement total. Menant une guerre d’usure contre Israël après la défaite de 1967, cette guerre a (...)more... |
Revivre la Patrie *
La Patrie n’est pas un lieu géographique inéluctable défini par les lois de la nature ou par les impératifs de la vie. Elle est la demeure de l’amour premier, la demeure de l’enfance, celle du (...)
Retrouver Camus
Albert … Le jour où tu as perdu la vie, j’avais à peine 7 ans. Je ne te connaissais pas encore ni même lu aucune de tes (...)
Le double miroir de Mahfouz
Aucun romancier égyptien n’ose encore se départir de l’héritage de Mahfouz ni revendiquer publiquement sa succession. Et pour cause. Ses disciples1 le prennent pour ce qu’il fût : le maître. Cette (...)
L’Amour se renouvelle ...
L’Amour se renouvelle ...
Mauresque
Il n’existe de jour qui passe sans sentir ton souffle remonter à mes lèvres
Ton absence t’impose telle une source d’eau, masquée d’ombres, dans un jardin andalou (...)
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« Sans Patrie », le livre qui prépare et annonce Heidi
Tout le monde connaît « Heidi », pas forcément l’original, c’est-à-dire les tomes publiés en allemand par Johanna Spyri en 1880 et 1881, mais sans doute ses adaptations et traductions multiples et diverses (dont des suites qui ne sont pas de l’auteure), ses versions pour enfants (raccourcies et simplifiées), et surtout ses apparitions au cinéma (inoubliable Shirley Temple), dans des séries télévisées, et le nouveau visage presque définitif que lui a donné le Japonais Isao Takahata en 1974 dans son dessin animé en 52 épisodes qui a fait le tour du monde… Et j’en oublie certainement ! Tellement reproduite, allongée, raccourcie, transformée, adaptée, que l’on ne sait peut-être plus très bien de quoi l’on parle. Et puis, que sait-on de Johanna Spyri ? Trop peu de choses. Mais ce que l’on sait renverse tous les (...)more... |
Literature in the service of peace - 25 years of the United Nations Society of Writers (UNSW), Tuesday 14 Oct., 1 p.m. Library Events Room, United Nations, Geneva
UNITED NATIONS SOCIETY OF WRITERS SPONSORS A POETRY READING ON THE LAKE
On Saturday 10 March beginning at 11 a.m. and continuing until well past noon, the United Nations Society of Writers/Société des Ecrivains des Nations Unies and its literary journal Ex Tempore (...)
Zidane Meriboute, Islam’s Fateful Path 
We are happy to inform you on the publication by the Londonian Publisher I.B Tauris of the translation and Update into English of the book : "La Fracture islamique:demain le soufisme ?" , (...)
At Sixty
Sixty is no eschatological age, but a breathing pause after a good run. Sixty is no end and no beginning, but a hyperbolic notwithstanding, a parable of sowing and reaping, a metaphor of (...)
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Le Paxmal : un temple de paix dans les montagnes suisses
Ce temple, c’est l’histoire d’une vie et d’une œuvre, celles de Karl Bickel (1886-1982). Ce Zurichois fut à la fois peintre, sculpteur, graphiste et dessinateur renommé de timbres-poste. Il fut aussi un travailleur acharné et un rêveur idéaliste. S’il est encore mal connu du grand public, c’est que l’on ignore souvent le nom des créateurs d’affiches publicitaires (les siennes, dans le style Art déco, sont pourtant admirables), de catalogues de mode ou de timbres. Quant à son œuvre majeure, le Paxmal, le moins que l’on puisse dire, elle qu’elle se mérite. Cachée dans le renfoncement d’une falaise à Schrina-Hochrugg aux pieds du massif des Churfirsten à 1300 mètres d’altitude, on l’atteint à partir de Walenstadt dans le canton de Saint-Gall, bourgade connue pour la beauté de son lac vert émeraude et ses (...)more... |
A taste of the ancient Silk Road The Aslar Sadosi Festival in Khiva, Uzbekistan
The Asrlar Sadosi (Echo of the Centuries) Festival is an annual event dedicated to the preservation of traditional culture in Uzbekistan. It all started in 2008, when the Fund Forum, a public NGO (...)
Eco-tourism in Jordan
In a beautiful modern building on a hill overlooking one of the landmarks of Amman stand the offices of Wild Jordan. The building is functional, modern and fits into the landscape, and it gives (...)
Le Palais idéal du Facteur Cheval
Tout ce que tu vois, passant, Est l’oeuvre d’un paysan. Ferdinand Cheval
A environ deux heures de Genève existe un lieu (...)
Revoir Venise
Tout le monde connaît Venise, ses gondoles, sa lagune, ses pigeons ; tout le monde (ou presque) y a été ou rêve d’y aller, en touriste, en amoureux, en esthète, en connaisseur. On y vient armé de (...)
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Qu’a t-elle donc apporté !!!!!
Tous les pays communément du tiers monde ont été à un moment de leur histoire colonisés par un pays tiers. Cette colonisation s’est faite pour soit disant "civilisés" ces "peuplades primitives". Cet apport d’une civilisation nouvelle n’a pratiquement rien apporté au pays dominé, mais a sûrement enrichi celui qui au nom de la civilisation à coloniser. Dés lors la question que l’on devrait se poser c’est pourquoi se sont ils lancés à la conquête de ces pays ? Pourquoi a t-on voulu "civilisé" ces populations ? Les a t-on civilisées ? A t-on réellement apporté quelque chose à tous ces pays ? A toutes ces questions que l’on pourrait se poser la seule réponse possible est que ces pays qui ont subi cette colonisation aujourd’hui font tous partie du tiers monde. Est ce donc une simple coïncidence ? Non, c’est (...)more... |
A ces hommes politiques qui nous dirigent
Au risque de dépeindre un tableau noir, au risque de faire rire certains, au risque que cela tourne au ridicule, au risque que l’histoire ne se répète à ces hommes politiques qui nous dirigent.
Dans (...)
Aujourd’hui le monde arabe
On pourrait humilier des peuples pendant des décennies, on pourrait par le biais de la force, par le biais d’un pouvoir autoritaire asservir tout un peuple. Si a cela on ajoute l’appui (...)
A ce Liban, a ce rêve 
Il est de ceux qui se battent pour un idéal et qui sacrifient leurs vies. Il est de ceux, pour qui leur terre est sacrée Il est de ceux pour qui, le pays est synonyme de symbole, d’entité, de (...)
Interview with Mr. Hagop Avakian
You have surely heard the name Avakian somewhere. The Avakians have been in the carpet business for more than four generations, and they have specialized in Oriental hand knotted carpets.
We (...)
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Ita`s world
Europe in the sixteenth century was a continent in turmoil. Religious wars divided communities ; the exploitation of the New World turned the economy on its head ; jealous states fought over scarce resources. Despite its geographically peripheral position, Ireland was at the heart of this upheaval. Under Elizabeth I (r.1558-1603) aggressive state centralisation, enforced religious conformity and stiffening economic competition caused bitter discontent in Ireland and forced many thousands of men and women to seek exile on the continent. They consisted largely of kin and family groupings (...)
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