Nov 15, 2021
WHAT IS HAPPENING TO CUBA? HOW CAN I GO HOME?
Today is November 15, 2021 and flights to Cuba will commence after a very long shut down. But checking at the airfares to Havana from Miami, you would notice that…
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Nov 15, 2021
WHEN AND HOW VIPASSANA MEDITATION COME TO BE INTRODUCED TO MY WORLD VIEW? A PERSONAL HISTORY
Who has not heard of Easter Island and the legendary Moai there? Because of the extreme isolation of the island, travel there is not easy. I have been lucky enough…
Nov 15, 2021
SPENDING TIME WITH GOOD FRIENDS IS A TREASURE OF LIFE
The Covid 19 isolation has affected every one and it is now slowly coming coming unbundled. Our fears are now confronted by science and we all have been vaccinated which…
Nov 15, 2021
WHO IS JALALUDIN RUMI, MAULANA RUMI? YOU ARE RUMI, SO AM I .
Not Christian, nor Jew nor Muslim, not Hindu/ Buddhist, Sufi, or Zen. Not any religion/ or cultural system. I am not from the East/ or the West, not out of…
Nov 15, 2021
EATING IN MARRAKECH. I PROMISED TO EAT ONLY MOROCCAN FOOD DURING MY STAY AND IT WAS EASY
I cannot imagine eating Italian food in Kuala Lumpur or Burgers in Cochin or not to indulge in khmer cuisine in Siem Reap or not to savour the sumptuous flavours…
Nov 15, 2021
LA PETITE POETE DE COTE SAUVAGE AND THE BRASILIAN POET CECILIA MEIRELLES .. E MOI, AVEC SAUDADE
The Young poet of Cote Sauvage, one day said to me: The waves are coming to say Hello to the Earth .. She will grow up to be another Cecilia…
Nov 15, 2021
THE MELLAH OF MARRAKECH, THE JEWISH QUARTER OF MARRAKECH MOROCCO
On my first full day in Marrakech I decided to visit and savour the Jewish Quarter or MELLAH of Marrakech. I was staying at a Riad in the Medina and…
Nov 15, 2021
MY MOROCCAN JEWISH CONNECTION: NOW WE ARE ALL JEWS
When I arrived in MIami to do postgraduate work in Endocrinology, one of my colleagues at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital was a Panamanian Jew by the name of…
Nov 15, 2021
CABO VERDE. BRASIL. CUBA WORDS AND MUSIC RINGING IN MY EARS SODADE POR CESARIA EVORA AND NERUDA TO THE RESCUE
Bem conchê ess terra morena Ondê que cada criola é um serena Bem, q’ês nos céu tambê é de anil Êss nos terra piquinina É um padacinho di brasil Brasil,…
Nov 15, 2021
MY NEW FRIENDS IN MARRAKECH..SMILES AND HELLO AND ALWAYS MADE TO FEEL WELCOME
If I stayed one month in the Medina of Marrakech, i am sure I will have to say Hello to hundreds of people. People remember you and of course, being…
Nov 15, 2021
RUE DE RIVOLI IN PARIS TO KENDALLTOWN IN MIAMI. TEN YEARS ON THIS DAY OF MOURNING 25.11.2021
We had been invited to dinner at the home of the daughter of my Brother Youssef. It is only a short walk from where I am staying with him. The…
Nov 15, 2021
MOROCCO IS NOT AN ARAB COUNTRY, IT IS A BERBER COUNTRY OCCUPIED BY ARABS WHO CAME FROM BAGHDAD AND THE EAST
Currently there is a. great fascination in the west for "occupied lands and peoples". A deep examination would reveal a group of people who do not have a wholistic understanding…