Choice emerges as an unavoidable condition of human existence. Indifference, the pursuit of peace and individual responsibility are placed at the centre of a reflection on freedom. Nigel Pocock Indeed, to make no choice, is to make a choice. You are already committed. Let us then play a […]
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Each winery should have its own story to tell
Attracted by Lebanon’s potential as a wine-producing region and nostalgic for his homeland, Maher Harb left a consultancy firm in Paris, fixed up a disused family farm and recently launched his first vintage, which he aims to market to Europe. Armando Reyes Harb is part of Lebanon’s growing […]
Colonial control in the West Bank
The subject of this book is a security facility situated between Bethlehem and Jerusalem and known as Checkpoint 300. It is in the West Bank, the largest of the two Palestinian territories – the other being Gaza – and has been under Israeli occupation since 1967. Sean Sheehan […]
Masterpieces, hostages of the clandestine market
The robbery of five pictures from the Museum of Modern Art in Paris fed theories many years ago that went well beyond simple theft. A market was spoken of where works of art serve as guarantees for criminal operations, instruments of speculation or assets it is impossible to sell but […]
Words, with a capital letter, are a light in the conscience
They will keep going against all those that raise their voices, with force, truth and strength in favour of freedom, loving their neighbours, protecting nature, equality, snubbing consumerism, and without limits of money as the only real and symbolic value in this society. Armando Orozco Facundo Cabral, the […]
















