Category: Others
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A decade later
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About ten years ago, I wrote about conflicts, ecological footprints, and the state of the world from my desk in the UK. I was in my mid-twenties, armed with one…
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Aren’t we all human?
I thought about the best way to start this post, to be honest, as the subject seems to have sparkled controversy everywhere.
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Do you feel safe?
Terrorism. If you check on Wikipedia, it is defined as (…) violent acts (or the threat of violent acts) intended to create fear (terror), perpetrated for an economic, religious, political, or ideological…
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Cante Alentejano – Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
This post is a bit different from my usual ones. Most of you know, from my “about” page, that I’m from Portugal. What you don’t know is that I’m from…
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Have a lovely Friday 🙂
“The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.” – Confucius I wanted to thank all the readers that wrote me asking about my absence. A lot of…
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First World War centenary and the state of the world
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This morning I had a conversation about the state of the world. It is something that has been on my mind for quite some time, as the number of conflicts keeps…
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Do you wish it wasn’t a girl?
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Being a girl in the world. This is a controversial topic, so I just want to let you know that I am not here to attack any country’s politics, culture…
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“We can not all succeed when half of us are held back” – Malala Yousafzai
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I was wandering around international news when I spotted this article about girls and education. Malala Yousafzai gave an amazing speech at UN about universal education. She asked the UN “to fund new…
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People are not numbers
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I’m going to start this post saying that one refugee is already too many. No one should be obliged to run from his country. Yesterday, 20th of June, it was…
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Have yourself a merry little Christmas…
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“All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the…
