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Over the course of years, I have been a loyal visitor to Double Tree Hotel in Kuala Lumpur and had become friends with many of the workers: concierge desk, Front…
It was love at first sight. I remember arriving in Miami and seeing the city and the water. I have always loved Miami, having spent years at the University of…
Innate Immunity As you may know, the body has several structures that serve as protective barriers against infection. These include the skin, respiratory and digestive tract mucous membranes, and other…
Albert Memmi, a leading mid-20th century French intellectual and writer best known for nonfiction books and novels that unraveled his anomalous identity as an ardent anti-imperialist, an unapologetic Zionist and…
If you are a Jewish traveller, in the mode of Benjamin of Tudela of blessed memory, you would make note of the particularities of the observances of different jewish communities…
WILL PROTECTORATES BE BACK When the Lebanese population were clamouring for the ageing political elites to step down and President Macron of France was visiting, one of the requests was…
Here we are in Miami where the worst thing is the vitriol of the local and national politicians. I think of the winds hitting the fragile houses and farms of…
Al Jazeera, the news channel based in Doha is unique among the news channels in the world( with the exception of the venerable BBC, that many of us grew up…
Sometimes you hear a song that becomes imbedded in your memory, forever. I heard this song, while watching a Brasilian movie to an empty theatre many years ago in Brighton…
whose heart is not touched by what happened at the Lebanese capital city's port? 150 has died , thousands injured and hundreds and thousands made homeless. Initially the politicians blamed…
I will never forget the words of the elder, Adeline W. Here we were sitting at her modest home in the settlement of Indians out of the bling and business…
Out of nowhere,a sliver of a song drifts in Where did I hear it before The streets of Paris? Where at one time, I walked along the streets with my…