Jul 15, 2025
Assassins
A historical note on the origins of the word assassin, moving through Bernard Lewis, Amin Maalouf, and medieval memory.
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Jul 15, 2024
A LITTLE RAY OF HOPE IN THE USA. VIVA KAMALA HARRIS
Today has been a quiet, compassionate day in this part of the USA. Received notes from other parts of the USA that a sense of euphoria and an old fashioned…
Jul 15, 2023
SOME INTERESTING FACTS. JEBEL TARIK. ESTEBANICO ZANJ IL BAR SIDDI AFRO IRANIANS
SOME INTERESTING FACTS. HISTORY AND TRAVEL GIBRALTAR the part of United Kingdom at the African tip of the Iberian Peninsula, is named after the Amazigh General(native people of North Africa…
Feb 15, 2023
A MOST PLEASANT 14 FEBRUARY. DIA DE LA AMISTAD AS WE SAY IN CUBA. A DAY OF FRIENDSHIP
Today has turned out to be a very pleasant day.. I do not pay much attention to the Valentine's Day hype in the West but in Cuba this day is…
Jan 15, 2023
WHERE IS MY CUBAPASION ? WHERE IS THE GHOST OF THIS MOVEABLE CITY
Cities evoke a nostalgia in me . My own home city of Melbourne always reminded me of the fragrance of the flowers that i use to sense as I walked…
Jun 15, 2021
TO SOLVE THIS CLINICAL CASE, CALL IN DR JULIO FERREIRO
I had a chance to study at the Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami School of Medicine, twice during my professional formation as a Consultant Physician in Endocrinology. I was there…
Mar 15, 2021
THE MIDDLE EASTERN MUSIC OVER THE CENTURIES AND THEIR APPARENT ORIGINS IN SOUND
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…
Jul 15, 2020
LOTS OF DISCOURSES ON HAPPINESS… HOW ABOUT LIVING IT ?
By an immense stroke of luck, I was able to spend an extended period of time in Southern Sweden. I had left Australia where I felt so secure about our…
Jan 15, 2020
ARRIVING IN MUSCAT OMAN A VERY NICE WELCOME FEELING
Oman has always a special place in my heart. I came to Salalah in Southern Oman in search of Cheng Ho/ Zheng He the great navigator and my first visit…
Jan 15, 2020
GOOD BYE, SULTAN QABOOS MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE
There was a time when there were multiple Sultanates in this world, most of which have disappeared or become ornamental, such as Sultan of Ternate or Sultan of Yogyakarta..Only two…
Jan 15, 2020
OMAN THE NICEST FRIENDLIEST COUNTRY IN WEST ASIA
I wanted to say that OMAN is the friendliest Muslim country that I have ever visited, but then I realized that the friendly nature of the Omanis have very little…
May 15, 2019
SAVE A CHILD’S HEART ISRAEL TREATS FREE OF CHARGE 5000 CHILDREN FROM POORER COUNTRIES
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