14 November 2013-
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Thinking on the worst countries for women in the Arab world - where, according to a recent survey, Iraq ranked second-worst and Lebanon seventh-worst, I immediately reminded a joke which made me smile.
Away from stereotypes and clichés, the Mediterranean of Paolo Branca is rich in elements and nuances that perhaps only few know. |Lontano da stereotipi e luoghi comuni, il Mediterraneo di Paolo Branca è ricco di elementi e sfumature che forse a molti sfuggono e pochi conoscono.
Thinking on the worst countries for women in the Arab world - where, according to a recent survey, Iraq ranked second-worst and Lebanon seventh-worst, I immediately reminded a joke which made me smile.
Sometimes confidential secrets can be said, especially on a plane, next to a stranger.
Never ask questions to your young and attractive wife, if you are an old and jealous Arab husband.
"Where were you last night, Superman?”, asked an Arab woman to her husband ...
Today a joke on marriage ...
An Arab diplomat steps aside with the US President ...
I prefer a different approach to show you the Mediterranean I know. I keep smiling ...
Somebody asked an Arab doctor what new surgical techniques had recently been invented in his world ...
This week some more jokes. And we will discover that not even religion is absent from the commonest topics for jokes.
The way the poor have taken at least some revenge on the powerful, have always been children's nursery rhymes, popular sayings and jokes. Today some jokes also on sex and taboos.
Bush, Blair and an Arab President meet in Hell, where an Arab dictator is is waiting to be tortured by Marilyn Monroe.
Today a smile with a bit more of politics and humor, with Arab ministers, Arab presidents, etc. etc.
Italian elections seem to be over, but the current political situation by no means excludes humour.
What happens when men claimed to be Prophets in front of the authorities?
Meeting foreign women during the period of the pilgrimage to Mecca, questioning the experts of the law on extravagant cases, reading the Sura of the Heifer and carrying a flask which could hold wine. These are the situations and the cases of this week.
Arab humor goes on also this week with some more stories on the entourage of the powerful ...
When the characters combine political power and religious charisma...
Oh yes, also Arabs can smile! Professor Paolo Branca of the Catholic University of Milan (UCSC) is giving us a new image of the Mediterranean, "The Mediterranean he knows". He will start with a smile: a series of articles on the Islamic humour.
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