Language
- A guide to Levantine Arabic – a very useful historical background on the dialect as well as a list of most common words
- Germany to wipe Nazi traces from phonetic alphabet – change happens! Words added by the Nazis will be removed and new inclusive terms will be added
- How young workers are changing the rules of ‘business speak’ – introducing more informal ways and more platforms to communicate on
Society
- Kaavan, the world’s loneliest elephant, is finally going free – a happy twist in the history of the world’s kindest animal
- 10 ways to have and hold dazzling conversations with anyone – Vanessa Van Edwards is a dream mentor and teaches amazing tips to overcome introvertedness and shyness!
- 4 secrets that will make you emotionally intelligent – Eric Barker is another dream mentor, he writes about science-based insights with the goal to be awesome at life!
- What can different cultures teach about boredom? – how do men in Niger deal with boredom and unemployment
- How do you self-isolate in a refugee camp? – when social distancing just is not an option
- Snapp: your guide to Iran’s indefatigable version of Uber – despite sanctions and bans from tech giants, Snapp continues to thrive
Women
- The angry pop song calling out China’s domestic violence problem – this is pop done right, fighting against one society’s biggest issues
- World’s first hijabi skater: ‘I want to show the world that our women are powerful’ – the story of Zahra Lari, never giving up on wearing a headscarf and competing at the highest level
Technology
- Workers in South Korea demand change – work can actually kill you if you work in logistics in S Korea
- The dark web dilemma – Tor, an online anonymity-granting system, enables both freedom of speech and illicit activities
- The unfiltered lessons of Facebook’s bid for Instagram – an interesting description of the conflicts of interest that arose after Facebook bought Instagram
- 14 tech trends to watch out in 2021 – innovations listed per world region
Podcasts/videos
- The beauty of Persian poetry – listening to it is the best meditation (find out more: https://ganjoor.net/)
- Challenging the Middle Eastern myth – Rebecca Lowe is such an inspiration, here is her story about the time she cycled from London to Tehran
En français
- Lexique sur les genres – apprendre à parler de manière inclusive est clé, afin de représenter chacun !
- Remplacer «droits de l’homme» par «droits humains» n’est pas un débat anecdotique – redonner de la visibilité aux femmes qui ont sciemment été écartées de l’espace public
- Le -isme qui sème la discorde – un article qui étudie les origines des mots français islamisme/iste, en faisant le lien avec la langue arabe
- Jordanie. L’impossible lutte contre la « wasta » – analyse contemporaine du rôle du « piston » et ses conséquences dans la société jordanienne
- Où est passé le temps libre ? (podcast) – nous n’avons pas moins de temps que les générations précédentes, au contraire, ce podcast explique pourquoi nous courons toujours après le temps