1 January 2015-
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American, Mexican and Lebanese estimates to wallpaper a room in the White House.
American, Mexican and Lebanese estimates to wallpaper a room in the White House.
Another genre makes fun of particular ethnic groups or the inhabitants of certain cities.
After the beginning of the International conference Geneva 2, Paolo Branca show another scenario, where the Syrians are always the protagonists and a smile is still possible.
What an Arab boy with an Arab name should do if he is resident in France?
A new joke on how women are seen by Arab men.
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 ...
I prefer a different approach to show you the Mediterranean I know. I keep smiling ...
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.
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.
FocusMéditerranée is an independent online magazine – blog format launched in 2011 by the Italian photo-journalist Silvia Dogliani as a place of dialogue between the two sides of the Mediterranean.
