Before starting the recording, Mr. Tallal Ashraf (Vicktor) had told me that he was born Muslim. Few days after my attempt to talk with her, L.S. had told me that she is a transgender Dutch converted to Islam, but she wasn't born Muslim. I have approached two Muslim business owners, three mosques, one community center, and one asylum institution to prepare my material. All of them did not answer. You can listen to Mr. Tallal, read a quotation from L.S., and some thoughts collected in the past three years of living in the Netherlands. The material results from my training in "Improve media … [Read more...] about The beauty of Islam
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Roshni Sharma
Let's take a classic Indian story: usual family - four girls and one boy, loving first daughter, a father who is making her mind for the future. You can see how she is growing up, and it is called Roshan Lal. Even the specific music and dance is there. Exactly like in the legends because that it is today: a myth in the mind of other women who are spreading her story in the shadow of the Banyan tree. Any story is starting with the character: person and attitude. Sharma Roshni felt her adventurous spirit from the age of discovering the surroundings and herself. The parents understand in those … [Read more...] about Roshni Sharma
Dreptul de a fi un nemernic
Asta-i important, duhoarea aceea; cineva care pute nu se poate bucura de prea multă simpatie, duhoarea poate orbi - cât de omenești ar fi acele mirosuri, ele de fapt estompează ideea de om făcut din carne și sânge. Asta nu-i o scuză pentru ce s-a întâmplat, însă nici nu trebuie trecut așa ușor cu vederea. Nedreptatea constă mai degrabă în faptul că și lichelele ajung pe lista victimelor nevinovate. Că și numele lor sunt înscrise pe monumentele de război. Fragment din "Cina" de Herman Koch, Editura Polirom, 2015, traducere din limba neerlandeză de Gheorghe Nicolaescu. Publicată cu ajutorul … [Read more...] about Dreptul de a fi un nemernic
Invent-Believe-Share
Invent-Believe-Share is AI Expo Europe 2018 which consist actually in three events reunited under the "Uniting the future of technology": 1. AI Expo - Artificial Intelligence; 2. Blockchain Expo - new technologies; 3. IoT Tech Expo - the Internet of Things. It has certainly been an interesting year so far with plenty of innovation taking place - and the Netherlands has been no exception. Back in January, the Port of Rotterdam - Europe's largest port by cargo tonnage - announced it would embark on a "multi-year digitisation initiative" in a bid to become the "smartest" port on the planet, … [Read more...] about Invent-Believe-Share