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  • Do you wish it wasn’t a girl?

    Others

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    June 27, 2014
    article, child, culture, development, documentary, girl, girls rights, Human Rights, international, issues, its a girl, life, Politics, rape, rights, women, women rights, world

    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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  • Global warming – Tell me about it

    Environmental

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    June 21, 2014
    climate change, environment, global warming, greenhouse gases, opinion, Politics

    What is global warming? What is it doing to our planet? Are we really responsible for global warming? I’ve had this conversation many times with friends, colleagues, family and yet, answers…

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  • 20 years since Rwanda: What did we learn?

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    April 9, 2014
    armed, conflict, death, Rwanda, war

    Well, nothing really. People are still killing each other, and it seems that is going to stay like that for a while. Or perhaps we did learn something: how to…

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  • “We can not all succeed when half of us are held back” – Malala Yousafzai

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    July 12, 2013
    education, girls, Human Rights, international, Malala Yousafzai, MDG, Millennium Development Goals, school, UN

    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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    June 21, 2013
    afghanistan, conflict, germany, help, iran, iraq, pakistan, refugees, report, somalia, syria, UN

    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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  • Elections in Iran – A time for change?

    Middle-East

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    June 17, 2013
    elections, iran, Middle-East, Politics, US, west

    First of all, shame on me. I’ve been completely busy with thesis (almost done!) and work and the blog was “abandoned” without any pity. After receiving a lot of emails,…

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  • Water is the driving force of all nature – Leonardo Da Vinci

    Environmental

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    December 27, 2012
    2012, blogging, conflict, cooperation, culture, environment, environmental issues, Homer Dixon, issues, MDG, Millennium Development Goals, Politics, privation, report, resources, scarcity, theory of relative deprivation, war, water, water issues, water problems, world

    So…Water issues. Quite a big deal. I’m writing my master’s degree thesis and it regards water issues and the Israeli-Arab conflict. My argument is that when together with other factors,…

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  • Have yourself a merry little Christmas…

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    December 23, 2012
    2013, blog, Christmas, christmas eve, dreams, international, merry christmas, new year, year 2013

    “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…

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  • The “why”, not the “what”.

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    December 18, 2012
    Apocalypse, Christmas, commercials, consumerism, end of the world, Mayan apocalypse, Media, opinion, programs, prophesy, shopping., sites, TV, TV programs

    I was thinking about writing something related with Christmas, since it is only one week away. Several ideas crossed my mind, but they seemed so over-explored that I didn’t want to…

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  • “We’re going to…

    America

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    December 14, 2012
    Barack, Connecticut, law, news, Obama, Politics, shooting, USA, weapons

    “We’re going to have to come together to meaningful action on this, regardless of the politics.” Barack Obama regarding the Connecticut shootings. It hurts my heart to read/watch the news…

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