It has been a busy year, thanks to getting back to my favorite action of travel. In April 2022, I was in
Togo for giving a paper on African Literature and Environment, in the country’s first
literature symposium, hosted by the University of Lomé, and organized by the Togolese
Writers Union.
In June, I was invited to
Alexandra Ochirova presents her book (My Horizons) as if she were making a philosophical poetic statement with logic.
This edition in Russian, English, and Arabic, which I had the amusement to translate, is part of the Silk Road Literature Series, a path perfectly represented by Alexandra Ochirova 's biography; she is a UNESCO Goodwill
The Kazakh writer and translator, Bakhit Rustamov, combines being a
writer outside the local borders and a practitioner of popular diplomacy
- acting an important role in friendship between the peoples of the
world. I met him personally for the first time in Turkey at the Eurasian
International Literary Festival (LIFFT), 2021.
UD Trucks - the Japanese truck manufacturer, and part of Volvo
Group, and the world's largest tire and rubber company - Bridgestone, and Abu Dhabi’s
conglomerate - Al Masaood Group, joined forces for a brand new Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR) campaign aimed at educating truck drivers about the importance of health
and
The very English custom of taking afternoon tea is thought to have found its roots in the 19th century by Lady Anna, the seventh Duchess of Bedford. Lunch in those days was rather early and dinner was not served until late in the evening. Every afternoon, the Duchess found that she was famished and began to request a pot of tea, served with
