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December 10, 2012 08:36 AM UTC --
This little story, or what's happened to me during my holidays in Turkey, has nothing to do with the current period of festivities. However, the end may have the same analogy with Christmas or Hanukkah. . . .
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October 02, 2012 12:30 PM UTC --
As a bard I portrayed our society
Is it a crime of vanity?
As a storyteller, I confessed what was my life,
Written in a long autobiography.
Is it villainy?
As a bard I reported local . . .
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September 26, 2012 12:14 PM UTC --
With ultra-liberalism, the principle of not impeding on any individual initiative, even if it continues to be in place amongst the “dangerous” poorer classes, has moreover been lifted for . . .
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September 21, 2012 01:27 PM UTC --
At school I read a lot of books. These books transported me in another “world”. One day I wrote a poem, which has been published, all the pupils could read it. I was proud of . . .
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September 20, 2012 12:26 PM UTC --
Hanukkah is one of the most popular holidays on the Jewish calendar. Hanukkah means “dedication” and commemorates the rededication of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem in 165 . . .
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September 20, 2012 11:53 AM UTC --
Will you pardon me?
I had to fly to Switzerland in mid-August till now because my father had an operation.
He is much better but still very fragile. He walks with difficulty and his breath is . . .
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July 12, 2012 01:39 PM UTC --
"Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
An exhibition has been organised by Soka Gakkai International . . .
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June 22, 2012 12:39 PM UTC --
A whole crowd, so compact that it is difficult to count exactly the number of attendees. All these people keep burning candles and chanting in the streets, in and around churches. The crowd moves slowly . . .
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June 21, 2012 08:52 PM UTC --
Like the rivers that mark and flow through the earth,
Like the mountains and trees, which rise of the land,
Like Hope, that reappears after a war,
Like the sky and the stars that . . .
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May 15, 2012 11:00 AM UTC --
That's it... my first book is for sale with XLibris!
http://www.xlibrispublishing.co.uk/bookstore/bookdisplay.aspx?bookid=304007
My autobiography which describes what I saw and/or done in various . . .
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July 17, 2011 06:09 PM UTC --
Gunaydin!
I left Fort Augustus (Highlands of Scotland) around midday and took the train to Glasgow. Three hours later I arrived in Dunbarton (suburb of Glasgow) where my sister-in-law pick-me up for . . .
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June 14, 2011 05:09 PM UTC --
This is just to see how many people would like to buy my future book, which I hope to be edited by the end of this year!
What is about? "
" Moaning, crying and praying are equally . . .
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April 02, 2011 11:42 AM UTC --
A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to a better day, a more tranquil night, and a bright, infinite future. ~Leonard Bernstein, The New York Times, 30 October 1988
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March 30, 2011 03:34 PM UTC --
In various posts and comments I said that various committees, organisations, etc. exist and are working for a better understanding between the two communities and trying to establish peace between . . .
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March 11, 2011 04:50 PM UTC --
The idea of this little story has been given to me by my husband when we discussed at dinner, as usual, about the worldwide news regarding the Libyan uprising.
The Members of our esteemed organisations, . . .
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March 02, 2011 07:17 PM UTC --
This email has been sent by Nonie Darwish to a resident in Gaza. this resident asked her how she could like Israel, and why, and why she made a group "Arabs for Israel". She was Born in . . .
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February 21, 2011 10:54 AM UTC --
In 1979 in Iran the protesters were saying “Allah Akbar down the imperialism”. Today the Middle East and North African countries are protesting for more democracy, for internal reforms. . . .
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February 16, 2011 12:40 PM UTC --
When the next demonstration in Tehran takes place the protesters will be in danger if other people around the world do not show their support by also taking part of demonstrations.
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February 05, 2011 06:46 PM UTC --
This house is one of the oldest properties in St-Arnoult en Yvelines (France), 45 km far from Paris.
It has been bought by my uncle, Raphael, in the 60's, and when I worked in Paris between 2000-2004 . . .
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February 02, 2011 05:21 PM UTC --
The situation
Apparently the uprising against Mubarak is for more democracy, asking President Mubarak to restore the freedom of speech and assembly, to end with the “Emergency Law” . . .
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