REVOLT IN EGYPTInterviewHAZEM KANDILA. THE MOVEMENTAfter a reign of thirty years, Mubarak was overthrown by a popular movement in less than three weeks. How did the uprising originate? Over the last few years, a rebellion had been brewing under the surface. There was a general sense that the status quo could not be sustained. Movies, novels, songs were permeated by the theme of revolt: it was everywhere in people’s imagination. Two developments were responsible for making ordinary, apolitical Egyptians feel they could no longer carry on with their...
Saturday, 23 April 2011
LOGSE IMMIGRANTS IN THE CANARY ISLANDS
IMMIGRANTS IN THE CANARY ISLANDS The non-governmental organization Human Rights Watch conducted a six-week research mission to Spain to investigate the human rights situation of immigrants Research focused on the arrival, detention, and expulsion of immigrants and included visits and interviews with NGO members, governmental representatives, and immigrants in several parts of mainland Spain and the Canary Islands. According to the Human Rights Watch's report immigrants arriving illegally to Spain’s Canary Islands received awful treatment both...
LOGSE Transforming the Earth
Transforming the EarthThe history of life on Earth is a history of a radical transformation -and that’s why our beautiful blue planet exists as it does. When the Earth was born, it had no oxygen in its atmosphere, and the land was composed of barren rock. It was fortunate that the Sun was only about 70 percent as bright then as it is now, because if the present-day Sun had shined down on that Earth, the thick layer of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere would have provided enough of a greenhouse effect to turn the planet into a boiling Venus-like...
LOGSE Bookcrossing
BookcrossingYou may find one of these books in your doctor’s waiting room, left on a park bench or inyour school library. They can be paperback, hardback, used or brand new but they all wear alabel which reads “I’m not lost; I’m travelling. Take me home.”Welcome to the Bookcrossing phenomenon: it’s free, it’s as anonymous as you want it to be,and it’s great fun.The invented term “bookcrossing” has become so popular that in 2004 it made it into theOxford English Dictionary: “Bookcrossing, (noun), the practice of leaving a book in a publicplace to...
LOGSE Mediterranean Diet
Mediterranean DietHow often have we heard people mention the “Mediterranean diet”? In these times of mad cows and chicken flu, the experts never tire of reminding us of the importance of maintaining a balanced diet. The Mediterranean diet includes abundant fruit and vegetables, olive oil as the principal source of fat, more fish, the discreet consumption of wine with meals, and the use of typical ingredients like ham, garlic, onion and nuts. Instead of a high obesity rate, the Mediterranean diet dazzlingly produces better proportioned figures,...
LOGSE There’s no Hell like Home
There’s no Hell like HomeIn Spain, two million women, as well as numerous children, are victims of domestic violence.For various complex reasons, the home is the ideal environment for the development ofabusive behaviour, physical and psychological violence and even murder.On the one hand, until not too long ago this space was immune from the actions of thejudicial system and social services. Women and children were defenseless beings, the perfectsubjects on whom to unload frustrations.On the other hand, there’s no doubt that love and hate are tightly...
LOGSE Soccer violence, Spain’s new vogue
Soccer violence, Spain’s new vogue In a report produced at the start of the season, UEFA indicated that the security measures taken in Spanish soccer league games were rated more highly than those of other European countries. Today, it is hard to imagine that UEFA’s analysis would be the same. Spanish soccer has been besmirched* in recent months by a series of violent acts, carried out not only by fans, but also by soccer players and even club directors. Such displays of aggression remain common in other European countries, particularly Italy,...
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