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 PALESTINE - SURFIN` GAZA
© ALESSANDRO GANDOLFI/PARALLELOZERO I`VE ARRANGED TO MEET THE GUYS ON THE BEACH IN THE AFTERNOON, ONCE THEY`VE FINISHED WORK. THERE`S A BAKER, A BUILDER, A SARDINE FISHERMAN AND A STUDENT FROM AL-AZHAR UNIVERSITY. THEY SMILE AS THEY STROLL WITH THEIR SURFBOARDS UNDERARM, AS IF THEY WERE IN BIARRITZ OR CALIFORNIA. BUT WE`RE IN GAZA, CAPITAL OF THE WORLD`S MOST TORMENTED STRIP OF LAND. "IN ANY CASE, THE WAVES ARE THE SAME HERE AS THEY ARE TWENTY KILOMETRES FURTHER NORTH, IN ISRAEL" EXPLAIN THESE YOUNG MEN FROM THE GAZA SURF CLUB AS THEY PASS BY WITH THEIR OLD SURFBOARDS, HELD TOGETHER WITH ADHESIVE TAPE AND SHOE GLUE. THE SITUATION IN GAZA IS DESPERATE, THIS ISOLATION HAS CUT IT OFF FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD AND THE PALESTINIANS IN THE STRIP ARE PRISONERS IN THEIR OWN HOME. "THIS IS WHY SURFING IS OUR ESCAPE ROUTE" THEY EXPLAIN, "THE ONLY WAY WE CAN DREAM OF FREEDOM". View Content  KASHMIR - SUFI, THE MYSTICS OF ISLAM
© SERGIO RAMAZZOTTI/PARALLELOZERO BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN, IN THE FORGOTTEN REGION OF KASHMIR, THE SUFI SECT KEEPS ALIVE SOME OF THE MOST FASCINATING TRADITIONS IN THE ISLAMIC WORLD, DATING BACK TO THE MUSLIM CONQUER OF THE REGION, IN 14TH CENTURY. BEFORE AND AFTER PRAYER, THE SUFIS, DEVOUT MUSLIMS, HAVE THE HABIT OF RECITING ENDLESS MANTRAS BASED ON THE QU`RAN`S SURAS, ENTERING A STATE OF SEMI-TRANCE THAT SHOULD HELP THE COMMUNION WITH ALLAH. THIS MYSTICAL PRACTICE, DERIVED FROM THE HINDUIST MANTRA RECITATION, IS REGARDED WITH SUSPICION BY THE ORTHODOX MUSLIM COMMUNITY. YET IN KASHMIR, WHERE THE POPULATION PAYS THE HIGH PRICE OF A CRISIS WHICH HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR ALMOST SIXTY YEARS, IT SEEMS TO BE THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO HEAL THE SPIRITS. View Content  MEHLHORN CREATIVITY SCHOOL
© ANDREAS REEG/FOCUS AGENTUR FOUNDED BY PROFESSORS GERLINDE AND HANS-GEORG MEHLHORN, BIP CREATIVITY NURSERIES, KINDERGARTENS, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED IN SEVERAL FEDERAL STATES OF GERMANY. THE BIP CREATIVITY SCHOOL CENTRE LEIPZIG, CONSISTING OF A PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL, CELEBRATED ITS 10TH ANNIVERSARY IN 2007. View Content  AMERICAN LEGENDS
© JAMIE JAMES MEDINA/NB PICTURES LEGENDARY PERSONALITIES OF THE AMERICAN MUSIC SCENE. View Content  UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS
© ALESSANDRO COSMELLI/AGENZIA FOTOGIOR.CONTRASTO SRL BETWEEN 1949 AND 1950, THE BUILDING COMPLEX OF THE UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS WAS ERECTED ON A SITE NEXT TO THE MANHATTAN EAST RIVER. AT THE BEGINNING, AN INTERNATIONAL TEAM COMPOSED BY THE MOST IMPORTANT ARCHITECTS IN THE WHOLE WORLD (AMONG THE OTHERS ALSO LE CORBUSIER) WAS IN CHARGE OF THE DESIGN, BUT DUE TO DISAGREEMENTS, EVENTUALLY ONLY OSCAR NIEMEYER WAS ENTRUSTED WITH THE PROJECT. AFTER ABOUT 50 YEARS OF DEBATES AND SUMMITS CONDUCTED IN SIX DIFFERENT LANGUAGES, THE CAPITAL MASTER PLAN HAS BEGUN: IT IS A RESTORATION OF TWO THOUSAND MILLIONS DOLLARS COMMITTED TO THE ARCHITECT MICHAEL ADLERSTEIN. View Content  PARIS, VILLE LUMIERE
© MASSIMO SIRAGUSA/AGENZIA FOTOGIOR.CONTRASTO SRL PARIS: A MIXTURE OF COLORS, CULTURES AND NATIONALITIES. PARIS, VILLE LUMI?RE, THE CITY OF THE LIGHTS, THE MOST ROMANTIC METROPOLIS IN THE WORLD IN SPITE OF THE MODERN AGE CHANGES. View Content  THE DOUBLES OF MAO
© TOMMASO BONAVENTURA/AGENZIA FOTOGIOR.CONTRASTO SRL IN CHINA THERE ARE ACTORS SPECIALIZED IN IMPERSONATING MAO ZEDONG. THEY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A PHYSICAL RESEMBLANCE THAT IS SOMETIMES EXTRAORDINARY, YET THEY SPEND SEVERAL YEARS STUDYING THE MOVEMENTS, THE LANGUAGE, THE CALLIGRAPHY AND THE POETRIES WRITTEN BY THE GREAT STEERSMAN. View Content  FROM MOROCCO WITH LOVE
© STEPHANIE SINCLAIR/VII PHOTO AGENCY LLC MOROCCO IS AN EXOTIC COUNTRY SYNONYMOUS WITH SPICE AND ROMANCE. THIS PHOTO ESSAY EXPLORES TRADITIONAL, AND NOT-SO-TRADITIONAL, NOTIONS OF LOVE AND ROMANCE IN THIS SPECTACULAR COUNTRY. View Content  THE GREEN WARRIORS
© GIULIO DI STURCO/VII PHOTO AGENCY LLC SINCE 1971, GREENPEACE HAS BEEN FIGHTING AGAINST ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, CONDEMING ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMINALS AND CHALLENGING GOVERNMENTS AND CORPORATIONS WHEN THEY FAIL TO SAFEGUARD OUR ENVIRONMENT AND ULTIMATELY OUR FUTURE. View Content  AFRICA`S FOOTBALL DREAMS
© NEV MOUNTFORD/NB PICTURES A STORY ABOUT THE CENTRAL ROLE THAT FOOTBALL PLAYS IN THE LIFES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN MALI. View Content | |||
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