La Veleta Internacional

   El pasado lunes tuve la ocasión de asistir a una cena con el embajador de Turquía organizada por el Foro Mayor San Pablo . A la misma acudió el embajador del país otomano, veterano diplomático con experiencia en países como Siria, Arabia Saudi y la representación de su país en Organismos como la OTAN y el gabinete encargado de la política con Africa y Oriente Medio. A lo largo de la cena, el embajador disertó sobre los distintos temas de actualidad, muchos de las cuales afectan a Turquia de forma directa o indirecta.

Foto en la ciudad de El Jadida, antigua ciudad colonial portuguesa de Mazagan De nuevo me detengo en un aspecto que me parece importante y es en qué medida la forma en la que nos proyectamos a nosotros mismos se manifiesta en nuestra realidad exterior. Esto ocurre a nivel individual pero también a nivel plural y es lo que determina en gran medida la autoestima de un grupo o colectivo.  En este sentido, la experiencia de estar en un país como Marruecos, me ha hecho ver lo importante que resulta quererse a uno mismo ya que solo de esta forma te querrán los demás. Todos tenemos experiencias vividas en ese sentido, pero quizás no nos damos cuenta de ello hasta que no te encuentras con un ejemplo de lo contrario. 

Senegal joyful kids It's already been 2 weeks since I came back from Senegal, and I consider it has probably been one of the most intense travels in my life. I had been looking forward to visit Africa for a long time, and Senegal was probably my first inside perspective into it .The two other countries I had visited: South Africa or Morocco , the country where I live right now,  are just the gates offering you a slight taste of a continent full of contrasts and diversity. Since I first arrived to Dakar, travelling from Casablanca I quickly noticed the big difference since I went outside and saw a bunch of taxi drivers craving in an aggressive way so I took a taxi with them. Thanks god, I had already arranged to meet a taxi driver that was supposed to pick me up. I had already been told that in Senegal, just like in Morocco, you were supposed to bargain in every single moment, " don't take anything for granted " they told me, " Bear in mind you alw...

“ Iran, in its former incarnation as Persia, created the world's first empire, produced titanic figures like Cyrus, Darius, and Xerxes, and is one of the great fonts of world culture.”   Stephen Kinzer Considering all the countries in the Middle East Region, Iran is the one that has fascinated me the most. Although, the first thing I learnt many years ago is that Iran was not Arab but Persian, my first impression on this country came from literature . Many authors have been attracted by this misterious land all through history, describing this strangely exotic but illustrated country called Iran. The physician by Noah Gordon