No matter how many fancy internet applications become available to us, language barriers are still very real. As it was with the book I wanted to talk about today: People like us from Joris Luyendijk. Originally only released in Dutch, People like us (or in Dutch ‘Het zijn net mensen’) sold very well, but [...]
Filed under: Politics by Robert Nijssen | Social tagging: books > Islam > Joris Luyendijk > journalism > Middle East
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I am a lucky person. For some reason I always manage to end up in the most interesting situations. As was the case last Saturday. For the Turkish community their month of fasting came to an end and to celebrate the fast breaking (or iftar) for the last time this year, a dinner was organized [...]
Filed under: Leisure, Politics by Robert Nijssen | Social tagging: Iftar > Islam > multiculturalism > Ramadan > sufi dancing
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