The Importance Of The European Union

The first thing you have to consider when it comes to the European Union is its great practical importance for every institution of the member countries. EU is not only manifested politically, being also able to influence the everyday life of its citizens in various fields. A suitable example is the introduction of its own currency, Euro.

Segregation, Discrimination, and Multiculturalism

There is an elephant in the room when it comes to these three things. But who is listening and can anything be done to overturn them. We might hate racism and that kind of thing which is intolerable to most so it will pay to look at the place from where it might be originating.

Insha’Allah (God Willing)

It was a Eureka movement for women not only in Saudi Arabia but women all over the world when Saudi King Abdullah declared that women in the Middle Eastern country will have the right to vote in municipal elections. Not only that, Saudi women will also be allowed to run in future municipal elections, and will be appointed as full members to the Kingdom’s Shura Council, which is the King’s advisory board. A pat on the back of King Abdullah who stunned the ultraconservative nation with a daring reform like this, that nobody ever expected for decades to come….

New Testament and Mythical Religious Dogma

People question why we have things like child abuse, wars, drugs, slavery and thousands of over unpleasant things such as diseases and disasters, but few question the origin of the religions they believe in and follow. Behind them is fraud, lies, power and control and we all need to wake up and stop supporting the things that are destroying the world.

ABC of Expat Woman’s Life: C – Culture Shock

We are not aware of the culture until we start socialising (family, school, society etc.); a blueprint that we will always use to understand the world and to give meaning to experiences and things around us. People of the same culture share the same way of experiencing, thinking of and solving problems that come on their way. They understand each other because they share the same system. Put simply, culture provides “glasses” through which we perceive and understand the world. So, what happens when two people of different cultures meet? They both wear different pairs of glasses. Even if they communicate in the same language, meanings and interpretations of the same things can vary significantly. This process can be very frustrating.

Hausas and the Cost of Fighting in Jos

The Hausas often consider themselves a unique extraction given that they often rise to lead events in foreign lands of minority tribes within and around them. Uniqueness when viewed critically in this context is a metaphor for numeral advantage and explains their rise to leadership prominence in the lands of minority tribes with whom they co-exist as neighbors. Nigeria’s ethnic population stands at over two hundred fifty.

ABC of Expat Woman’s Life: D – Dimensions of Culture

Cultural Dimensions In order to better understand how cultures differ, Geert Hofstede identified five main dimensions based on which you can compare cultures. When I saw it, a couple of years ago, it became obvious to me (Polish cultural context) why certain things were sometimes irritating or difficult to understand. So, I will use the Dutch culture as an example to describe them.

Domestic Vote Bank Politics in International Diplomacy

India’s close tie with Israel as a leading partner in Defence sector surprised many Indian citizens on the government’s declaration to support Palestine at its UN bid. Indian citizens have expressed worries on the impact on India’s future bilateral ties with Israel and consider the decision to be hollow only to expose India’s double stand on the assertion for bilateral relations with its neighbor, a special reference is towards India’s continuous refusal to accept Pakistan’s assertion for UN involvement in Kashmir statehood issue. India’s International development and relation policy is not formulated on well considered ground on current international…

A New Annual UN Report Predicts That Food Prices and Insecurity Will Increase

A new UN report has concluded that high food prices are likely to continue and possibly increase over the next decade which could lead to increased food insecurity in many countries. The authors of the report, The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2011, say that food insecurity is likely to grow and identifies 20 countries most at risk, the majority in Africa but some also in South Asia. They are most likely to be those that are highly dependent on importing food.

Food in a European Capital

Some time ago, I drove to Piraeus (the port area of Athens) for an errand. I was lucky enough to find a proper parking space outside a super-market and was marveling, upon returning to my car, how a bureaucratic task had just finished quickly and painlessly. As I was starting the car off, I noticed a rather unusual sight in front of me.