This garment continues to be a topic of great debate on the continent, in particular following an increase in the number of Muslim communities in many countries. August marked one year since the Netherlands banned wearing burqas in public places. But discontent continues between defenders and opponents of the veil. […]
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There is only one Omara Portuondo
At nine decades of life, Cuban Omara Portuondo moves people with her voice on the most diverse artistic stages in the world and is considered a banner of Cuban culture. The Prisma’s memoirs. Liz Arianna Bobadilla León Her performances are synonymous with memories, love, sadness, identity and passions. […]
Rediscovering the State
The Conservative government has headed off a rebellion from its own MPs, who are unhappy about reimposing the Three Tier system to combat Covid, after the Lockdown finishes. The Prisma’s Memoirs. October 2020. Steve Latham These parliamentarians are ideologically committed to individual liberty, and the cause, especially of […]
Prostitution (III): against immigrants… against women
Trafficking of women in this country is certainly alarming. However everything seems to indicate that the government is manipulating the statistics to use them for their own benefit. The Prisma’s Memoirs. July 2012. _ César Amaya Sandino There are no definitive statistics for it, but those that do exist […]
The politics of unknowing
I went to my barber today. Inevitably, we talked about Covid. She expressed her fear, that current restrictions may become permanent, and we could lose our personal liberties for ever. The Prisma’s Memoirs. October 2020. Steve Latham It was, she felt, an opportunity, which the state is taking […]
















