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Makamba's: Dank voor de slavernij 1

Makamba's: Dank voor de slavernij

De neger komt wel uit het oerwoud maar het oerwoud komt nooit uit de neger of ‘Jullie (de mensen van Curaçao) zouden ons (de blanke Nederlanders) dankbaar moeten zijn dat we in de 17e eeuw slaven hebben gebracht. Jullie hebben nu een beter leven’. Zomaar twee uitspraken waar tegenwoordig niemand wakker van ligt.

Closing the week 11 – Sectarianism, Syria, Europe, Dutch 0

Closing the week 11 – Sectarianism, Syria, Europe, Dutch

A weekly round up of writings on the Internet, some relevant for my research, some political, some funny but all of them interesting (Dutch/English). (As usual to a large extent based upon suggestions from Dutch, other European, American and Middle Eastern readers. Thank you all.) (As usual to a large extent based upon suggestions from Dutch, other European, American and Middle Eastern readers. Thank you all.)

Marriage as punishment: documentary about women’s rights in Morocco 1

Marriage as punishment: documentary about women’s rights in Morocco

The suicide of the 16-year-old Amina Filali from Larache, who presumably was forced to marry her rapist, gave Nadir Bouhmouch the idea to use her story as the main topic for a documentary about women’s rights in his country of birth: 475 – When Marriage Becomes Punishment.

Surveillance: Veiligheid, Risico en Nederlanders in Syrië 1

Surveillance: Veiligheid, Risico en Nederlanders in Syrië

Het ministerie van Veiligheid en Justitie maakt bekend dat het dreigingsniveau in Nederland verhoogd is van ‘voorstelbaar’ naar ‘substantieel’ hetgeen betekent dat er een reële, maar niet meteen acute, dreiging zou zijn. Wat betekent dat, hoe bang moeten we zijn en hoe past dit in het overheidsoptreden?

Closing the Week 10 – Women's Day, Prayer, Reverberations, Nones, News, Dutch 0

Closing the Week 10 – Women's Day, Prayer, Reverberations, Nones, News, Dutch

A weekly round up of writings on the Internet, some relevant for my research, some political, some funny but all of them interesting (Dutch/English). (As usual to a large extent based upon suggestions from Dutch, other European, American and Middle Eastern readers. Thank you all.) (As usual to a large extent based upon suggestions from Dutch, other European, American and Middle Eastern readers. Thank you all.) This week special attention to the new academic blog on prayer: Reverberations!