Language

Merry Christmas and Happy new year in Arabic – these terms do not have a literal translation, this article provides a few way to send your wishes
Israeli woman invents new typeface combining Arabic and Hebrew – this typography designer created a 638 character alphabet which can be read by speakers of both languages, to promote co-existence
Do You Speak Arabic Chat? ta7ki 3arabi? – when chatting online, Arabs often use the Latin letters to write in Arabic instead of the Arabic alphabet: find out what they are!
What is a vision statement? – this article provides tips, steps and examples will help you construct a meaningful vision statement

Society

Office politics: avoiding the new wave – an interesting take on what office politics will look like, with the return of actual facetime
The four keys that could unlock procrastination – I found this article extremely helpful, explains the psychology behind procrastination as well
The German ‘Quereinsteiger’ ending career-changing stigma – once-shunned, this term now helps people turn their career around. To be applied globally!
‘Rent-a-person who does nothing’ in Tokyo – a very interesting concept, which tells a lot about the way people (need to) feel nowadays
Quiet People in Meetings Are Incredible – they also have something to bring to the table, they just need the time and the chance

The pandemic has hit female entrepreneurs hard – it is unfortunately not surprising, but this article reminds us why
Sacred threads: Fashion meets traditional embroidery in Lebanon’s refugee camps – sustainable fashion providing a living for women in refugee camps – here is where you can purchase some garments

The biggest technology failures of 2020 – by the MIT tech review, featuring covid tests that bombed!
How Bad Is Your Spotify? – a fun test to make 🙂

Review: Ai Weiwei’s ‘Human Flow’ Tracks the Global Migrant Crisis – this famous Chinese artist travelled to 23 years in 1 year to make this movie
Eat sleep work repeat: a year of change – a listener’s guide to fixing workplace culture for 2021, you can choose among last year’s 30 episodes
2020 remixed! (Year review by Cee-roo) – an editing masterpiece capturing 2020’s most compelling events: you might laugh and you might cry
Tesber | Osama Khaled ft. Badr (video, song) – a touching song by a Yemeni artist about the current situation in his country
Top Netflix drama lays open Turkish divides – about “Ethos”, a series both incredibly well shot and well built, with endearing characters, depicting contemporary Istanbul

L’agenda papier disparaît et avec lui, une part de notre intimité – une espèce en voie de disparition qui est pourtant tellement importante et chargée d’émotion
Géopolitique des écritures – une excellente carte du monde animée avec les différentes écritures pratiquées selon les langues
The line : une ville révolutionnaire en ligne droite sans voitures ni pollution – la crème de la crème, en construction en Arabie Saoudite
Où est passé le temps libre ? (podcast) – par Travail en cours, une analyse anthropologique par Jean Viard, sociologue, du temps en France durant le siècle écoulé. « On travaille à peu près 10% de son existence aujourd’hui, alors qu’il y a un siècle, l’ouvrier et le paysan travaillaient à peu près 200 000 heures dans une vie de 500 000 heures » !
La politique, d’homme à homme (podcast) – Comment l’exercice du pouvoir politique est-il imprégné par la masculinité hégémonique ?