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Cultural Diversity and Global Sustainability

Oct 27, 2009 Comments Off Mark Abouzeid

UNESCO and the world's foundations have come to understand that current measures provide short term fixes, generally, and a more long term approach to solving the world's various problems is required. “Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day; Teach a man to fish and he will feed his whole village!”

Cross-cultural understanding – French

Oct 12, 2009 Comments Off Mark Abouzeid

Dans les villes et les quartiers européens, la diversité humaine se traduit parfois par des tensions génératrices de violence au lieu d’une cohabitation harmonieuse. Polémiques sur le port du voile, craintes liées au terrorisme et à l’extrémisme religieux font quasi quotidiennement partie du discours médiatique, alimentant un fossé entre les communautés. Ce phénomène nourrit sans doute ...

Is there a choice for Wadi Rum’s Unesco bid?

Sep 4, 2009 Comments Off Mark Abouzeid

[caption id="attachment_560" align="alignright" width="299" caption="Photo: Paola Biondi"][/caption] Over the past few weeks, much has been said about the latest bid by archaeologists, government officials and tourism experts to have Wadi Rum admitted to a prestigious group of natural heritage sites named UNESCO. There can be little question that the protected zone’s unique landscapes, natural rock formations, ...

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It all begins with Respect

“If we begin to see each other as we are…brothers, all striving for the same things and with the same problems…then maybe we can begin to put an end to this madness. We are fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers, bosses, employees, emigrants, lovers and, most of all, children.

As long as we highlight differences in our cultures, traditions and lives, then a true dialogue can never begin. However, once we show respect for the traditions, history and lifestyle of other peoples, then we can truly begin to talk about the numerous problems we all face.”

Mark Abouzeid, co-founder BHP
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Cultural Diversity and Global Sustainability

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Is there a choice for Wadi Rum’s Unesco bid?

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