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I have chosen to love three different countries other than my own: USA , Israel and Cuba. This is the story about the three of them. While hard hit countries…
Everyone knows of my obsession with Persia IRAN, something dating back to the time when we had some family connection to that land. As I grew up I became enchanted…
American Epidemiologists, in anthropological parlance, are referred to as, those troubadours of tragedy. Always ready to incite fear, they might begin an article with” in 2040 there would be 500…
ARE THE MEXICAN AMERICANS BEING SAVED BY THEIR INDIAN BLOOD ADMIXTURE ? IN THE TIME OF COVID-19 I have had the pleasure of visiting Indigenous groups in most of the…
BEAUTY IS IN THE EYES OF THE BEHOLDER…. THE ORIGINS OF RACISM IN MODERN TIMES? I was sitting on the stretch of grass behind my sister’s house in Miami. I…
We are living through a little difficult times that requires understanding of one another and also tolerant and compassionate behaviours to the others and be considerate of the feeble persons…
I have always wondered why we listen to the music that we listen to. Cesaria Evora from Cabo Verde sang in Portuguese Creole that no one, not even Portuguese speakers…
Today is NOWRUZ, the first day of the Iranian New Year. A terrible time, a terrible year past for the people of Iran so better to hope and dream of…
We are passing through times that we had never imagined but sitting here at the sunset in Miami, I felt strangely calm. I felt connected to the entire world, as…
I was a young boy when I across this saying in one of the journals that arrived once a month: Life is a long holiday with Intervals of work. I…
People worry that they would be bored if they have to stay home for more than a few days, as most people in this world are forced to do now…
What is the origin of this EUPHORIA? It originated somewhere else, but came seeking me .. And I was listening to Alex Fox from Argentina playing his Spanish Guitar I…