Posts Tagged: Middle East
The VAK Code
A few years ago it seemed like for a chosen few NLP was the secret. I thought the name was clever: NLP – Neuro-Linguistic Programming. It sort of flew in and out of the window with me though. The ”programming”
The VAK Code
A few years ago it seemed like for a chosen few NLP was the secret. I thought the name was clever: NLP – Neuro-Linguistic Programming. It sort of flew in and out of the window with me though. The ”programming”
Arabs Are Violent?
With the tone of the US media and academic debate about the Arab world over the years, and the anti-Islamic legislation passed in countries like Switzerland, who have banned minarets in the last years (as from 2009, not the call
Arabs Are Violent?
With the tone of the US media and academic debate about the Arab world over the years, and the anti-Islamic legislation passed in countries like Switzerland, who have banned minarets in the last years (as from 2009, not the call
Picture It & Write ~ Zarathustra’s Key
“You called, mate? “Yeah, it’s the key.” “The key?” “The key, addressed to David Buckingham’s Palace.” “Yes?” “And arrived here, at St David’s Place 1, Bucking Hamlet, remember?” “Yeah, it did, didn’t it. So?” “There’s a man at the door,
Picture It & Write ~ Zarathustra’s Key
“You called, mate? “Yeah, it’s the key.” “The key?” “The key, addressed to David Buckingham’s Palace.” “Yes?” “And arrived here, at St David’s Place 1, Bucking Hamlet, remember?” “Yeah, it did, didn’t it. So?” “There’s a man at the door,
Word Play For Today ~ Charismatic
Word Play For Today - one word each day…do unto it what you must… ~~~ “Please allow me to introduce myself, I’m a man of wealth and taste..” There are some among you, who call me charismatic, and of course you
Word Play For Today ~ Charismatic
Word Play For Today - one word each day…do unto it what you must… ~~~ “Please allow me to introduce myself, I’m a man of wealth and taste..” There are some among you, who call me charismatic, and of course you
Carpe Diem Daily Haiku ~ New Year’s Eve
As Kristjaan Panneman, who runs Carpe Diem Daily Haiku says, in classical Japan (following the Lunar calender) there was a fifth season ”New Year”, and this season was from approximately 20 December until 20 January. Following is my haiku on this
Carpe Diem Daily Haiku ~ New Year’s Eve
As Kristjaan Panneman, who runs Carpe Diem Daily Haiku says, in classical Japan (following the Lunar calender) there was a fifth season ”New Year”, and this season was from approximately 20 December until 20 January. Following is my haiku on this
Oh Iran, Iran
Iran reminds us of what religion did when it was in charge. Throughout the Middle Ages, up to the Inquisition, religion took up the role of persecutor, and history is littered by ”appointed’ and executed heretics, and execution for blasphemy
Oh Iran, Iran
Iran reminds us of what religion did when it was in charge. Throughout the Middle Ages, up to the Inquisition, religion took up the role of persecutor, and history is littered by ”appointed’ and executed heretics, and execution for blasphemy
100 Word Challenge For Grown Ups ~ Prompt ‘Grey’
We were on the waterfront, at Aberdeen’s granite harbour, facing the sea and stormy sky. ”Europe’s too grey,” she said, ”in Colombia we have every colour in the rainbow. Here, no.” I remembered Cartagena, and its balconies draped with pink bougainvillea,
100 Word Challenge For Grown Ups ~ Prompt ‘Grey’
We were on the waterfront, at Aberdeen’s granite harbour, facing the sea and stormy sky. ”Europe’s too grey,” she said, ”in Colombia we have every colour in the rainbow. Here, no.” I remembered Cartagena, and its balconies draped with pink bougainvillea,
Christians: Instead of Swallowing – Look First
10% of Arabs in Israel are Christian. In Bethlehem, the population is roughly 1/2 Christian and 1/2 Muslem – plus Jewish settlers. Nearly 80% of Christians state the reason for an exodus of the Christians from Bethlehem (Source) is because
Christians: Instead of Swallowing – Look First
10% of Arabs in Israel are Christian. In Bethlehem, the population is roughly 1/2 Christian and 1/2 Muslem – plus Jewish settlers. Nearly 80% of Christians state the reason for an exodus of the Christians from Bethlehem (Source) is because
Daily Prompt: Connect the Dots
Open your nearest book to page 82. Take the third full sentence on the page, and work it into a post somehow. The book – Blood & Sand by Frank Gardner. The sentence: It was an incongruous sight in the
Daily Prompt: Connect the Dots
Open your nearest book to page 82. Take the third full sentence on the page, and work it into a post somehow. The book – Blood & Sand by Frank Gardner. The sentence: It was an incongruous sight in the
5 Maverick Feathers from the Wings of Icarus
She decided to play tag with me, The Wanderlust Gene, and give me an almost unsurmountable challenge! I am to host a soirée, a gathering – a dinner party, and invite the 5 most illustrative persons I would like to grace
5 Maverick Feathers from the Wings of Icarus
She decided to play tag with me, The Wanderlust Gene, and give me an almost unsurmountable challenge! I am to host a soirée, a gathering – a dinner party, and invite the 5 most illustrative persons I would like to grace
I Am The One: Weekly Picture It & Write
I am the one who can make myself dance. No-one else. And sometimes, at least once a day, I wish that wasn’t true. I can almost hear the waiting hands of my feminist sisters, desperately wanting to applaud my loneliness,
I Am The One: Weekly Picture It & Write
I am the one who can make myself dance. No-one else. And sometimes, at least once a day, I wish that wasn’t true. I can almost hear the waiting hands of my feminist sisters, desperately wanting to applaud my loneliness,
Our 8th – Receding {Or Growing} – Sense: Dumbness
“A hunter-gatherer who did not correctly conceive a solution to providing food or shelter probably died, along with his or her progeny, whereas a modern Wall Street executive that made a similar conceptual mistake would receive a substantial bonus and
Our 8th – Receding {Or Growing} – Sense: Dumbness
“A hunter-gatherer who did not correctly conceive a solution to providing food or shelter probably died, along with his or her progeny, whereas a modern Wall Street executive that made a similar conceptual mistake would receive a substantial bonus and
An Axis of Mismedia
I am tired. Actually, I am sick and tired. With overriding regularity, the media in its laziness and with its agendas constantly pick on its favourite countries to drum a negative, thumping beat. There are some countries that just never
An Axis of Mismedia
I am tired. Actually, I am sick and tired. With overriding regularity, the media in its laziness and with its agendas constantly pick on its favourite countries to drum a negative, thumping beat. There are some countries that just never
~The Wise Barman, The Innocent Dame & Me ~
Of course we all write from our personal experience, though one does like to touch the scene of the memory here and there, to get just right. My memory of an encounter with a woman in Bahrain, after having worked
~The Wise Barman, The Innocent Dame & Me ~
Of course we all write from our personal experience, though one does like to touch the scene of the memory here and there, to get just right. My memory of an encounter with a woman in Bahrain, after having worked
The Learning House
When I was teaching health and safety in the oil industry, in the Steppes of Kazakhstan, in Aberdeen and Baku and in the Gulf – Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia, I often used to kick off a course with my Learning
The Learning House
When I was teaching health and safety in the oil industry, in the Steppes of Kazakhstan, in Aberdeen and Baku and in the Gulf – Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia, I often used to kick off a course with my Learning
{A Writer’s Lair} My Bahraini Dhow
There are golden rules in writing. For all our differences we all share many more similarities, simply in our love of writing, of capturing images, either by camera or pen – or keyboard, and one similarity we all share, and
{A Writer’s Lair} My Bahraini Dhow
There are golden rules in writing. For all our differences we all share many more similarities, simply in our love of writing, of capturing images, either by camera or pen – or keyboard, and one similarity we all share, and
The Daily Post: Democracy or Development, a Deficit of Dualism
We need to be more circular in our communities, in our way of thinking, and designing concepts as well as living space. This means a complete rethink for design on micro and macro scale, as and when we modernise, both
The Daily Post: Democracy or Development, a Deficit of Dualism
We need to be more circular in our communities, in our way of thinking, and designing concepts as well as living space. This means a complete rethink for design on micro and macro scale, as and when we modernise, both
The Last of the Greats ~ Wilfred Thesiger, Freya Stark and Peter Fleming
How can I lament a future unseen? Perhaps it is because today we are berefit of great explorers like Wilfred Thesiger, Freya Stark and Peter Fleming, and in our quest for the most comfortable armchair, we may have forever consigned
The Last of the Greats ~ Wilfred Thesiger, Freya Stark and Peter Fleming
How can I lament a future unseen? Perhaps it is because today we are berefit of great explorers like Wilfred Thesiger, Freya Stark and Peter Fleming, and in our quest for the most comfortable armchair, we may have forever consigned
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