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18 years ago, Silo presented “Psychology Notes” at the Book Fair in Rosario.

On August 31, 2006, at the Book Fair in the Argentine city of Rosario, Silo presented his work Apuntes de Psicología (Psychology Notes). The material, as the author comments its composition, “is a compilation of four notes taken on dates…

Montreal Sikhs celebrate their devotion

Sunday morning we woke up to music from the Punjab region echoing all over the street. For the past three years, I have lived with my family in the Parc Extension neighborhood in Montreal. In fact, Parc Extension is the…

Refreshing body and spirit in Yazd, the Bride of the Desert

Some parts of the northern hemisphere are experiencing a particularly hot summer 2024. In cities, it is often not easy to escape the heat unless you have air conditioners, which have a high energy and environmental impact anyway. Those who…

Ascending the Temple Mount: An Unholy Act in a Site of Holiness

Every year, Jews recite the entire Pentateuch aloud in synagogues. It is divided in weekly portions. Last week’s one (Vaet’hanan, Deuteronomy 3 :23 – 7 :11) contains passages that are central to Jewish liturgy, including the Shema, a declaration of…

The dreams that accompany us every day

I walk among trees that reveal the serene autumn sunset and cover the ground with leaves of bright and warm colours. The environment is inspiring and makes my attention focus on that welcoming landscape, but soon those internal images reappear…

How to Heal the Wound of Gaza

The world is bleeding. Life force is leaking from a thousand wounds, and maybe the most serious hemorrhage is that issuing forth from Gaza. The wound of Gaza festers with hate, despair, and cruelty, leaching those poisons through the body…

Pressenza news agency celebrated the launch of its Arabic-language edition

In front of a large international audience, Pressenza news agency celebrated the launch of its Arabic edition. Of particular interest on the occasion was the participation in the celebration of journalists, educators and human rights activists from Libya, Palestine, Lebanon,…

The World Is Pregnant Part 1: The Magicians That Mistook Their Trick For Reality Itself

About a month ago, I wrote an article entitled “How To Avoid Whiplash in 2024 and 2025” (1), in which I mentioned that it was a precursor to an upcoming piece of writing. My intention then was to begin working…

Call for Papers and Activities for the 10th International Symposium of the World Centre for Humanist Studies

The tenth edition of the International Symposium of the World Centre for Humanist Studies will be held from 8 to 11 May 2025 under the title “UTOPIAS ON THE MOVE – Pathways to the Universal Human Nation”. The aim of…

The second conference of the World Humanist Forum has published its first conclusions: Colonial violence persists and overcoming it is everyone’s business.

Continuing the series that began in May, on 7 July the second World Humanist Forum discussion took place under the title “Is colonialism a thing of the past? With the participation of people and collectives from different continents, the aim…

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