Sep 15, 2012
AUGUST A MONTH OF GOOD NEWS FROM NORTH EAST WEST SOUTH
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE A Good Month of News that warms the heart.. I left IAH on 1 August 2012 on Qatar Airways to DOHA and…
Stories
Field notes from the road
Medicine, culture, travel, food, healing, and human stories from my archive. Start with a trail, search for a memory, or move by year.
Roads, meals, clinics, and human encounters.Archive into inquiry
These field notes are not only memory. They are the ground from which my new field inquiries begin.
The current inquiry follows one trail through the archive: food culture, metabolic health, Indigenous knowledge, and Suriname.
Aug 15, 2012
LOOKING AT LA COTE SAUVAGE, THE WILD COAST OF QUIBERON AND THINKING OF MY INDONESIAN FRIENDS
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE LOOKING AT LA COTE SAUVAGE, THE WILD COAST OF QUIBERON AND THINKING OF INDONESIA Ever since leaving my friends, Pak Joe and…
Aug 15, 2012
EVEN IF YOU ARE FAR AWAY, CUBA IS IN YOUR HEART
CUBANIDAD IN MORBIHAN, FRANCE Most foreigners especially in the West has access only to news and information about Cuba which stresses on the material and economic aspects of our beloved…
Aug 15, 2012
HAPPY DOCTORS DAY : TOLERANCE HAS ITS REWARDS
Doctors day is celebrated on various day on various continents, in Cuba, it is the birthday of Carlos Finlay that is celebrated as the Doctors Day. Today is the Birthday…
Aug 15, 2012
AHMAD SHAMLOU..SHAME OF IMPOTENCE ARISING OUT OF OPPRESSION
I had begun this journey from the Reservation of Omaha Indians of North America, which took me, either on airlines or countries which were mostly Moslem: Qatar, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei,…
Aug 15, 2012
IN PRAISE OF QATAR AIRWAYS
This was my first journey with Qatar Airways and I can assure you that it wont be the last. I am so very impressed with the service, the quality of…
Jul 15, 2012
IT IS EASY TO LEARN TO SPEAK ENGLISH POORLY
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE A French academician once put it: English is a language that is relatively EASY to speak POORLY. A language so rich as…
Jul 15, 2012
THE FRENCH AND THE HAMBURGER
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE The French and the Hamburger The French are concerned that they have become the SECOND largest consumers of Hamburgers in the European…
Jul 15, 2012
SOME GOOD NEWS FROM IRAN
Some Good News about Iran These days, one hardly hears anything good from Iran. Just yesterday USA tightened the sanctions against Iran, banning certain people and companies including some tanker…
Jun 15, 2012
HEALING CEREMONY
I have been praying for three consecutive nights and also tomorrow, making it four, for the health of a person close to the two people that I love in Paris,…
Jun 15, 2012
RELIGION AND OBESITY IN THE WEST
Normal 0 false false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Countries with low levels of teenagers giving birth accept sexual relationships among teenagers and provide comprehensive and balanced information about sexuality…
Apr 15, 2012
PEER EDUCATION AND PREVENTION OF DIABETES AMONG THE INDIANS
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE PEER-TO-PEER P2P EDUCATION AMONG CHEYENNE RIVER LAKOTA INDIANS I have just spent five full days at the Youth Diabetes Prevention Programme, under…
Apr 15, 2012
ET TU, BRUT US
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE ET TU, BRUT US (A) Endocrine Society says FDA excludes critical research in decision-making on BPA use in food packaging Chevy Chase,…
Apr 15, 2012
Medical Anthropology in Paris The Cuban Connection
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Medical Anthropology in Paris- The Cuban Connection Soon after graduating from the Medical Anthropology programme in London, I was requested to give…
Apr 15, 2012
DIABETES CARE WITHOUT BORDERS: MOPOTSYO.ORG OF CAMBODIA
I have been very lucky to have become involved in International Health at an early stage of my Medial Career. It was not something that was encouraged or looked upon…
Mar 15, 2012
THE BOOKSELLER OF MOGADOR
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE THE BOOKSELLER OF MOGADOR Until 1956, when Morocco became independent of France, the popular seaside town of Essaouira (very popular with Americans…
Feb 15, 2012
Round the World Endocrinogist Medical Anthropologist
It was France, USA, India and Oman in January and I have just finished my second trip for the year 2012 CDG-SIN-KCH-KUL-PNH-ICN-LAX-IAH-OMA-IAH-SAT-EAGLE PASS-SAT-IAH-CDG I can use Food as a Metaphor…
Feb 15, 2012
CURRY PUFFS, SAUVIGNON BLANC AND FERNANDO PESSOA
It is coming up to 11 Am in Paris, close to 5 Am in Havana but I am sitting looking at the fading lights of the day over Mount Sandibong,…