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Drowning Deep Within “L’Encre de tes Yeux” Posted by Hichem on Jun 15, 2011
His name may ring a familiar bell to you. In today’s post, Francis Cabrel, the by-now iconic French singer, borrows une plume to pen a few poignant words that may very well leave some of you, faithful fans of The French Blog, quasi-speechless… Drawn from within l’encre des yeux (the ink of the eyes) of his beloved, his carefully-wrought…
Jacques Brel vs. Colonel Gaddafi: Zangra Meets Zenga Zenga Posted by Hichem on Mar 31, 2011
IF someone told you that Colonel Gaddafi‘s life-long vocation as a deeply confused dictateur (dictator) traced back its origin to the military career of a World War II fascist foot soldier, whose mission was to resume the century-old Italian occupation of la Lybie, you probably would wonder how that could be the case. But what if, in…