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I was happy to see the following article written by two nutritionists from the USA.. they were talking about the humble black beans of Cuba.. a bean that appears regularly…
HEALTH INFORMATION ON INTERNET DISTORTED BY COMMERCIAL GROUPS Low Vitamin D Levels Tied To Increased Risk For Type 2 Diabetes. HealthDay (2/24, Predit) reports that a study published in the…
Who else do you need in Miami, asked my sister, you have me and my husband and also your good friends M and G and all of us like to…
MULTIPLE NATIONALITIES, DISTINCT IDENTITIES BUT SIMILAR ASPIRATIONS I was at a Shopping Mall near my sister’s house on this sunny but breezy day. At the Apple Store, a young man…
Well known French Ethnologist was asked about Identity and this was one of his answers: Actualmente predominan en la vida social las tendencias provenientes de la defensa del multiculturalismo, posturas…
THE GIFT MARCEL MAUSS AND HIS LESSONS FOR CURRENT DAY CUBA Marcel Mauss, considered the Father of Modern Ethnology was the nephew of Emile Durkheim, considered the Father of Modern…
Just twenty four hours ago, I left the crowded, unruly Terminal 2 of the Jose Marti International Airport in La Habana to arrive in the crowded, unruly but more diverse…
MEDICAL CONSULTATION IN THE INDIAN COUNTRY I am proud to be a Physician to some Native American Indian tribes. On this day, this 54 year old Indian came to see…
SUCCESSFUL SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RESEARCH IN HEALTH, ILLNESS AND DISEASE You have to tip your hats off to molecular scientists who concentrate on a minute aspect of metabolism. But it…
IN MEMORY OF ALL THE JEWS WHO LIVED IN ARABIC/PERSIAN SPEAKING LANDS, IN HISTORIC TIMES AND THOSE WHO CONTINUE TO LIVE IN IRAN AS MOST ARAB COUNTRIES HAVE MADE REFUGEES…
Early on in my association with the Indigenous North Americans, they reminded me, We know the answers but no one asks them. Also the well meaning, Euro-Americans come to the…
December 21st, 2014, it would be the night of YALDA, celebrated in most of the Persian Speaking Middle East and Central Asia, also spilling into the Indian Subcontinent. But one…