by Peter Speetjens | 06/02/2019 | Brazil
‘Alles beter dan PT (Arbeiderspartij)’, was een veel gehoorde kreet onder de fans van Jair Bolsonaro tijdens de Braziliaanse verkiezingen vorig jaar oktober. Alles beter? Maar wat te doen met zijn waslijst controversiële uitspraken over de militaire dictatuur, het...
by Peter Speetjens | 11/11/2018 | Middle East, South America
EXECUTIVE MAGAZINE; Nov. 8, 2018 Text/ images Peter Speetjens More than a year has passed since US President Donald Trump stood on the White House lawn and promised an answer to the “menace” of Hezbollah. The Americans have long had Hezbollah in their crosshairs,...
by Peter Speetjens | 18/07/2018 | Art & Culture, Middle East
Hassan Hajjaj gives you the Orient In all its warmth and colors. Yet his is not a nostalgic Orient that stood still in time. No, his orient has fully come to grips with modernity. His does not fear or resent it, but embraced and enriched it. Hassan talks about...
by Peter Speetjens | 11/07/2018 | Middle East
When Narendra Modi became the first Indian prime minister ever to set foot in Israel in July 2017, he made a quick stop at the grave of Theodor Herzl, the founder of the World Zionist Organization and spiritual father of modern Israel. The 67-year-old placed a small...
by Peter Speetjens | 08/04/2018 | India
Ayodhya ligt slechts 150 kilometer ten noorden van Varanassi, maar met de lokale stoptrein ben je toch al snel een dag onderweg. Wellicht is dat de reden dat de geboorteplaats van Rama nauwelijks westerse toeristen trekt.Wel arriveren er elke dag bussen vol Indiase...
