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ONE REFUGEE TO ANOTHER... AN EYE OPENER IN HISTORY OR HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF SYKES-PICOT MAP I am a Jew, and firmly rooted in the Middle East, not only the history…
MEDICAL WISDOM FROM CUBA: AN EGALITARIAN APPROACH TO WHAT IS GOOD FOR SOCIETY The other day I was having lunch with the Senior Professor of Endocrinology and a Consultant Psychologist…
Nowhere in the world have I felt affections at their sweetest, at their most innocent, so genuine than in my dearest island, and its capital, San Cristobal de la Habana.…
After a long flight to Bogota from Madrid via Cali, I had hoped to rest well at Hilton Bogota, where they had upgraded me to a spacious room on arrival…
Cuba sends medical personnel to Ecuador following earthquake I am immensely proud of the Humanitarian Medical Solidarity Cuba has demonstrated to our sister countries in times of their need. Last…
AMBIGUITY, SADHGURU AND MY TRAVEL PLANS FOR THE NEXT 8 WEEKS When I woke up this morning, my good friend MC from KL had sent a discourse about Planning your…
DUDU TASSA, NASRIN QADRI AND THE FUTURE OF MIZRACHI JEWS My brother who was born in Bombay but grew up in Kobe and now lives in Portland, Oregon and I…
When I left the Old Lisbon Restaurant in Coral Way in Miami today, I felt such a contentment. I was with my good friends M and W and their good…
SODADE FOR CABO VERDE ON A SNOWY BOSTON MORNING It had been snowing since the morning and it was gaining strength. I had to go from the Hilton Hotel in…
My itinerant life has few things that are stable.. Miami is an exception. It has been continuously present since I first came here as a student.. After the carnage last…
On the day he decided to become a vegetarian, he arrived at the dilapidated International Terminal of the airport at Buenos Aires. The American Airlines from Miami had been staffed…
CUBA IS THE FUTURE FOR LATIN AMERICA AND PERHAPS THE WORLD On my way out of Cuba, from La Habana, on COPA airlines flight to Panama, I wanted to overcome…