October 1, 2023Image source, Maher MezahiIn our series of letters from African journalists, Maher Mezahi returns to the reasons which pushed him to leave France and return to Algeria, where his family is from.In every immigrant family, there is a person who is overly critical of everything related to their country of origin.During a family discussion, you may mention a fruit that grows in your home and they will reveal that its price has more than tripled in the last year.News will come in about a niece or nephew who graduated high school and they will lament that it was…
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By Ilias Karagiannis Of flames of war in Israel to be appointed deputy director of the Dutch football club Ajax, the journey of the Greek Australian Michael Valkanis is in fast forward, because he has not had time to digest the significant changes that have occurred in his life. Having strong ties to Victoria, having previously played for South Melbourne FC and coached at Melbourne City FCValkanis is still today one of the personalities who make the Australian Greek community proud. On the occasion of his recruitment to Ajax, The Greek Herald contacted Valkanis looking for the threads that still…
Raleigh, Austin And Milwaukee take the top spots by making significant progress compared to last year.TYSONS, Virginia., October 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Today, the PenFed Foundation, a national 501(c)(3) organization founded by PenFed Credit Union, announced the results of its annual study of America’s top cities for seasoned entrepreneurs. The PenFed Foundation Veteran Entrepreneur Investment Program (VEIP), which supports startups and veteran-owned businesses through education, preparation and network access, conducted the study in partnership with Edelman Intelligence. PenFed Foundation Study Reveals Best U.S. Cities for Veteran Entrepreneurs in 2023 According to the 2023 study, Raleigh, Austin And Milwaukee has made…
Between Afrocentrism and Arabness: Netflix’s Queen Cleopatra and the problem of colorism in HollywoodNetflix’s docuseries Queen Cleopatra has been criticized for casting a black actress to play the Egyptian queen. The platform’s decision to appease Afrocentric beliefs surrounding Cleopatra has brought the issue of colorism back to the forefront. May 11 Netflix created the new docuseries Queen Cleopatra starring black actress Adele James as the pharaonic queen of Egypt. The decision to cast a black actress sparked widespread criticism and accusations of falsification of history. Additionally, it highlighted Hollywood’s double standards when it comes to Arab representationsince Hollywood has become…
Oh, and he’s also Jewish, which is unusual for a big league baseball player. Just over 200 of the 23,115 men who have worn a big league uniform are/were Jewish. Youkilis never made a big deal of it when he played here, and many of us thought he was Greek because “Moneyball” called him “the Greek god of walks.”Get sports headlinesThe Globe’s latest sports headlines delivered to your inbox every morning.Things changed for Jews around the world on October 7 when Hamas invaded Israel and massacred civilians. Israel subsequently declared a state of war and anti-Semitism has increased in recent…
In the early morning hours of the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah, a day that marks joy and celebration, Israel was invaded by land, sea and air and brutally attacked by terrorists from the Gaza Strip led by Hamas. This bloody and unprovoked attack against Israeli civilians and soldiers has to date left more than 900,000 dead, thousands seriously injured and the kidnapping of dozens of innocent hostages in Gaza. No one was spared as women, children, the disabled and the elderly were among those targeted for torture and cold-blooded murder. This massacre and act of rampant barbarity was deliberately…
The most famous war story, the one that will forever be told, is that of the Trojan Horse. It looks like this: About a hundred or a thousand years ago, the Greeks and Trojans had been fighting there for a decade. The Greeks were unable to penetrate the city walls of Troy to seize the valuable lands and eventually declared that they had given up. The two groups collided and the Greeks moved away while the Trojans entered the walled city with the giant horse of their parting gift. The Trojans celebrated a little too much Coca-Cola and passed out.…
The results of a five-year research project into cultural material produced in the Mediterranean islands have been shared at a conference in Sydney by visiting Greek archaeologist Dr Anastasia Christophilopoulou. The senior curator of the ancient Mediterranean at the University of Cambridge’s Fitzwilliam Museum gave a lecture at the University of Sydney’s Chau Chak Wing Museum on Thursday evening, based on a large project undertaken entitled ‘Being an Islander: Art and Identity of the large Mediterranean islands. The conference, titled “Islands and Communities: Stories of Insularity and Maritime Heritage from the Mediterranean to the Great Ocean,” explained the project and…
AAcross the country, unbeknownst to many, there is a growing proactive effort to create and grow “entrepreneurial ecosystems” to dynamically drive innovation, economic development and massive wealth creation. These ten syllables have a strong economic impact and also propel us headlong into the future at an accelerated pace. Entrepreneurial ecosystems can be viewed as an interconnected network of organizations, institutions, individuals, and resources that support the development and growth of entrepreneurs and their new ventures in a specific region. They provide a supportive and nurturing environment where startup founders can access the necessary resources, talent, knowledge and networks they need…
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