CURRENT AFFAIRS

 

 

 

1a  -  Fathers and Sons - Zac Ibrahim: The Terrorist's Son

video:

http://www.ted.com/talks/zak_ebrahim_i_am_the_son_of_a_terrorist_here_s_how_i_chose_peace

 

1b - Fathers and Sons - Jihadi John’s father calls him a terrorist ‘dog’: ‘To hell with my son’

articolo:

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/mar/3/jihadi-john-mohammed-emwazi-called-terrorist-dog-h/

 

2 – Leslie Morgan Steiner: Why domestic violence victims don't leave

video:

 https://www.ted.com/talks/leslie_morgan_steiner_why_domestic_violence_victims_don_t_leave


3 - Chris Hadfield: What I learned from going blind in space

video:

http://www.ted.com/talks/chris_hadfield_what_i_learned_from_going_blind_in_space

 

4 - Remarks by the President on the Supreme Court Decision on Marriage Equality

video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b715GKJNWXA

 

5 - António Guterres: Refugees have the right to be protected

video:

http://www.ted.com/talks/antonio_guterres_refugees_have_the_right_to_be_protected

 

6Hyeonseo Lee: My escape from North Korea

video:

http://www.ted.com/talks/hyeonseo_lee_my_escape_from_north_korea

 

5  -  Salgado: The Silent Drama of Photography

video:

http://www.ted.com/talks/sebastiao_salgado_the_silent_drama_of_photography

 

8 – A decision to cover up nude statues from Roman antiquity during a visit by President Hassan Rouhani

articolo:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/28/world/europe/hassan-rouhani-italy-visit-nude-statues-capitoline-museums.html

 

9 - Air France cabin crew mutiny over order to wear headscarves

articolo:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/02/air-france-stewardesses-mutiny-over-order-to-wear-headscarves/

 

10 - Ian McEwan on Charlie Hebdo attacks- Newsnight

video:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQF_QgCqfVk

 (transcript not available for this video)