Apr 15, 2020
SAUDADE POR QATAR AIRWAYS
It was a nice day in August 2012, when I left the reservation of the UmonHon Indians in the USA and flew from Houston to Doha, connecting to Jakarta. It…
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The current inquiry follows one trail through the archive: food culture, metabolic health, Indigenous knowledge, and Suriname.
Apr 15, 2020
USA A RICH COUNTRY NOW NEEDS ISRAEL FOR ITS TECHNOLOGY AND CUBA FOR ITS HUMAN SOLIDARITY
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…
Apr 15, 2020
ARE THE MEXICAN AMERICANS BEING SAVED BY THEIR INDIAN BLOOD ADMIXTURE ? IN THE TIME OF COVID-19
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…
Apr 15, 2020
CUBAN MEDICAL ASSISTANCE TO ANDORRA. IN ADDITION TO OTHER 13 INTENATIONAL MISSIONS SO FAR TO COMBAT COVID-19
CUBAN MEDICAL ASSISTANCE TO ANDORRA This morning I woke up to read the good news that Cuban Medical Brigade is in the tiny Pyrenean country of ANDORRA helping them with…
Apr 15, 2020
LIMBO VS LIMINALITY. THE METAPHOR FOR OUR PLANET
Limbo vs Liminality These two words have tremendous significance and relevance in the situation we are going through and the state of our societies even before the calamities stepped in…
Apr 15, 2020
MASKS: THE FEAR OF THE OTHER AND OTHER THOUGHTS OF LIMINALITY
There is no visible symbol in the west that has been associated with another entire hemisphere such as the MASK. People stared at Japanese tourists politely had their masks on…
Apr 15, 2020
SIXTY DAYS WITHOUT A FLIGHT: UNUSUAL BUT UNDERSTANDABLE
Sixty days ago, I arrived in Miami on a flight, and took Share Ride Uber to my sisters house and I have not been back to the airport since. I…
Apr 15, 2020
MALAYA MONGOLIA AND THE MASK. THE STORY OF DR WU LIEN TEH OF PENANG,
MALAYSIA, MONGOLIA AND THE MASK HISTORY OF THE FACE MASK Tell me who your friends are, and I will tell you who you are. Its title is an Armenian proverb;…
Mar 15, 2020
THE ORIGIN OF THE SPANISH FLU OF 1918
WHERE DID THE “SPANISH” FLU BEGIN ? SPAIN FRANCE USA OR CHINA ? This article is collected from multiple sources. Just before breakfast on the morning of March 4, Private…
Mar 15, 2020
A HAPPY SONG FROM ISRAEL ..A COMBINATION OF MIDDLE EASTERN MELODIES. SHLOMI SHABAT. YUVAL DAYAN. IDAN AMEDI
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…
Mar 15, 2020
WHY DO WE LISTEN TO MUSIC AND LOVE IT EVEN IF YOU DONT UNDERSTAND THE LYRICS
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…
Mar 15, 2020
IBURPROFEN IN THE TIME OF CORONA
France along with Spain and Italy has larger share of Coronavirus in Europe. In France, as of this writing, there are over 5000 cases, with more than 125 deaths and…
Mar 15, 2020
BEDLAM IN USA BUT CALM MINDFUL NIGHT IN MIAMI
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…
Mar 15, 2020
ULTRAPROCESSED FOOD AND THE BRASIL PARADOX..THE CAUSE OF RISING OBESITY AROUND THE WORLD
The concept of UPFs was born in the early years of this millennium when a Brazilian scientist called Carlos Monteiro noticed a paradox. People appeared to be buying less sugar,…
Mar 15, 2020
DONT JUDGE THE PROFICIENCY OF A LANGUAGE SPEAKER BY HIS OR HER ACCENT
I have always been interested in languages. I am not sure what language was the one I first heard or understood but study of languages (more cultural anthropological rather than…
Dec 15, 2019
QATAR . QATAR AIRWAYS . DOHA . MARRIOTT MARQUIS HOTEL . FOR ME ..
In this crazy world we are living in at the moment, whether large scale demonstrations in India or mass slaughtering of the protesters in Iran or jihadists knifing non believers…
Dec 15, 2019
GRATEFUL FOR THE CHANCE TO HELP ANOTHER HUMAN BEING . A STORY FROM CUBA
I was born HOMELESS in that my parents were not in their countries of origin and like my brother Eliyahu ended up in countries that were not in our destiny,…
Dec 15, 2019
THE FROZEN ROSE . A POIGNANT SHORT FILM FROM IRAN
How many countries I have fallen in LOVE in all these years of my travels? AUSTRALIA USA JAMAICA ENGLAND CUBA AND HAVE FELT STRONG EMOTIONS FOR MEXICO ARGENTINA FRANCE BELGIUM…