IN TRIBUTE TO A MURDERED POLICE CIVIL SERVANT

26 April 2021: in presence of young Muslims, Imam Chalghoumi, a Rabbi and the writer Marek Halter, ceremony to pay tribute to Stéphanie Monfermé, administrative officer of Rambouillet police station murdered a few days earlier by an Islamist, Rambouillet, France

"Keeping silent does not help Muslims…. Fighting extremism is not fighting Islam. To the contrary, it defends it."Salman Rushdie, 22 July 2015, In L'Express Three ceremonies paid tribute to the…

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April 28, 2021
Extremism

FAÑCH BRETON’S CALVARY – MYSTERIES IN PLOUGERNEAU

Fañch Breton sculpting a statue for his project of Calvary at Penn Enez in Plougerneau, Brittany, France

PORZH AR C'HOREJOU: FAÑCH BRETON HA MISTERIOÙ AR PENN ENEZ In Korejou Port, Fañch Breton and the mysterious peninsula you will never changeyou who destroyanything that is not youour eyes are…

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March 9, 2021
Brittany / Travel

DAYDREAM UNDER A GUINEA PLUM TREE

Young Fulani travelling across Fouta Djallon in Guinea

I had daydreamed of Guinea for a while. My desire to explore the country was born while reading “the King of Kahel”, A story composed from 2013 to 2016.

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December 31, 2020
Travel

THE MUSLIM, CHRISTIAN AND BRETON PILGRIMAGE OF THE SEVEN SLEEPERS

Reading of the Koran for the Muslim-Christian Dialogue and Pilgrimage of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus, Vieux Marché/Hamlet of the Seven Saints, Brittany, France

They stayed in their cave three hundred years, increased by nine. Extract of Surah 18 (25) of the Koran, The Cave (Al-Kahf) The story of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus…

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December 16, 2020
Faith

VOODOO BATHS IN HAITI: FROM BEAUTY TO FIERCENESS

Female pilgrim taking voodoo good-luck bath at Saut d'Eau Waterfalls in Haiti

They are named Erzulie, Cousin Zaka, Ogoun Feray. They are the lwas in Creole language, the voodoo pantheon of spirits. They are bridges between humans and the Bondye, the Supreme…

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December 16, 2020
Faith

A RUSSIAN CHRISTMAS EVE SOMEWHAT SPECIAL

Bishop Nestor of Chersonesus celebrating Russian Christmas in the Church of the Three Holy HIerarchs in Paris, France

We are on the 6th of January 2012. This is the Russian Christmas Eve for Orthodox Russians who follow the Julian calendar. Pictures taken in January 2012

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December 16, 2020
Religion

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IN TRIBUTE TO A MURDERED POLICE CIVIL SERVANT

FAÑCH BRETON’S CALVARY – MYSTERIES IN PLOUGERNEAU

DAYDREAM UNDER A GUINEA PLUM TREE

THE MUSLIM, CHRISTIAN AND BRETON PILGRIMAGE OF THE SEVEN SLEEPERS

VOODOO BATHS IN HAITI: FROM BEAUTY TO FIERCENESS

A RUSSIAN CHRISTMAS EVE SOMEWHAT SPECIAL

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