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Over the course of years, I have been a loyal visitor to Double Tree Hotel in Kuala Lumpur and had become friends with many of the workers: concierge desk, Front…
Who is deemed to be a WARRIOR? The best definition I have heard is from the American Indians. My UmonHon Indian teacher said to me: The duty of the Warrior…
The book was given as a gift. I was about to go to Malaysia for a visit. I was a freshly minted graduate doctor in the halls of a hospital…
I am a Doctor without Borders, in the sense that I help with the little talent I have as a Pubic Health physician based on Endocrinology and Anthropology, in many…
Honoring U.S. Healthcare Workers Who Died From Coronavirus It is always sad to hear about your colleagues dying at work. But there has not been an episode such as this…
The Journey, I said Good Bye and You never arrived . Tenho saudade de tudo “All men have stars, but they are not the same things for different people. For…
If you are a Jewish traveller, in the mode of Benjamin of Tudela of blessed memory, you would make note of the particularities of the observances of different jewish communities…
WILL PROTECTORATES BE BACK When the Lebanese population were clamouring for the ageing political elites to step down and President Macron of France was visiting, one of the requests was…
Al Jazeera, the news channel based in Doha is unique among the news channels in the world( with the exception of the venerable BBC, that many of us grew up…
Imagine the wonder of our ancestors watching the phases of the moon.. Most ancient calendars, predating the Christian one, is Lunar in nature. The Muslims followed the Jews in setting…
In this photograph, taken at the Beth Shalom Synagogue in La Habana, you see Adela Zworin, the President of the Jewish Community of Cuba, along with the then President Raul…
I will never forget the words of the elder, Adeline W. Here we were sitting at her modest home in the settlement of Indians out of the bling and business…