Archives Mensuelles: août 2011

Book Review: HUMAN RIGHTS A Very Short Introduction by Andrew Clapham

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The human rights movement is getting huge attention internationally. So I thought I’d recommand a book about that matter for you guys.

The book is called HUMAN RIGHTS : A Very Short Introduction by Andrew Clapham.

I got it for 35 dhs about 6 weeks ago and I just had the chance to read it this week.

It explains the scope of human rights today, and how they are used in both national and international law.

Clapham was for six years the Representative of Amnesty International at the United Nations in New York  and he approaches his subject squarely from a legal angle.

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Anass Yakine: The Tour of Morocco on Foot

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The idea behind this article came out of a facebook page I joined about two weeks ago…

I had been thinking a lot about what my next article would be about and I knew that the main subject I had to cover had to be around the notions of adventure, identity, Morocco and community. Simply because I’ve noticed that some people seem to have a stronger sense of them than others…

Now back to the Facebook page I joined; it’s called Anass Yakine: Le tour du Maroc à pied and I’m sure a lot of you just went: "Ahhhhhh, I know who that is!"

But for those of you who still have no idea where I’m going with this. Allow me to introduce you to Anass, a 23 year old young man who’s going to walk 5000 Kilometers through Morocco in small steps that will became one giant walk towards achieving enormous goals.

He will walk from Laguouira to Tangiers, linking Morocco’s North, West, East and South and gathering Rif, Atlas and Sahara together while seeing the country and meeting different people along the way.

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An open letter to Khaddafi

Guess what ?

I made an executive decision last night. I’ve decided to quit watching CNN, BBC, Arabia and AlJazeera and read their tweets instead.

And it’s all because of YOU !

Yes you, I’m not even sure if that’s the right way your last name is spelled but who cares anyway… I’m going to be nice for the upcoming 30 seconds, so enjoy them to the fullest and please, pretty please be afraid of my thoughts…

Please, worry about how I feel towards you and everything you’ve done to those innocent citizens, that country, the world’s tweet trends, the Youtube chanels and my TV !

Let me begin by stating the following: You are a cruel, heartless, crazy, pshco, ugly, walking fashion criminel, dictator and useless speck of instability that I find repulsive and vile !

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