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My Mizrachi (Iraqi mother, Egyptian father, brought up in Kobe) brother and I used to travel and we had, among many other things, the love for the music of the…
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Cuba alista 100 millones de dosis de vacuna antiCovid-19 La Habana, 20 ene (Prensa Latina) Cuba crea las capacidades para producir 100 millones de dosis de la vacuna Soberana 02…
This is a quite an impressive book. There is a six part series of a BBC documentary that goes with it. Lots of research has gone into unearthing the history…
On the morning of October 5, 2019, I knew my. life was going to change, but did not expect so many changes. I am used to unexpected pleasures but this…
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…
whose heart is not touched by what happened at the Lebanese capital city's port? 150 has died , thousands injured and hundreds and thousands made homeless. Initially the politicians blamed…
I have always been interested in isolated jewish communities or "exotic" jewish communities, the Mountain Jews of Azerbaijan and Cochin Jews of Kerala are the best known among them. But…
AH IRAN IN MY HEART .. The Mirror of My Heart (Bilingual Edition): A Thousand Years of Persian Poetry by Women Hardcover – May 19, 2020 by Rabe`eh Balkhi (Author),…
We are passing through unusual times. The code of behaviour to other people have changed. On top of it, the flowering of an anti-racist movement has added yet another glittered…
After writing a blog about Dame Vera Lynn who passed away on 18/6/2020, I thought of other icons of music from other countries that I could think of and also…
My love for Iran is as old as myself, from stories transmitted to me as a child some of which I remember. While a teenager, on a exchange course of…