ZEF was our venue, an international intercultural hub in Bonn. The German Omani Association, Arabia Felix GmbH and the Embassy of Oman were our main donors, IHV Bonn were our partners, Saleh al Shukairi was our guest and the language we had in common was ARTS. My friend Hind and I thought of turning our…
After some 9 months spent mostly in Nairobi, Marwa was running out of batteries. It was difficult for her to sit on a chair and focus on her research while thinking that she is a few days away from going on a well-earned holiday and where else better than home for a soul therapy. Maya…
Sunday, late at night, Marwa finally returned to her Kenyan home after a wonderful experience in Berlin. Monday morning and just few hours later, she got up and exchanged the winter clothes in her suitcase with summer ones. She was exhausted, yet excited, sleepy but rather spent the night sleepless. As she walked out of…
The weather was cold in Japan. It was rainy most of the days. However, we were lucky enough to see some cherry trees blossoming. Their magical pinky colour attracts people from all around who pose in front of them for pictures or gather at nights to eat and drink beer underneath them. We as tourists…
Interview with Professor Nobuyuki Yagi, who is Associate Professor of Resource Economics and Marine Policy at University of Tokyo’s Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Before joining the University of Tokyo in 2008, he had worked for the Fisheries Agency of the Government of Japan. From 1999 to 2002 he was First Secretary at…
Interview with Professor Kae Miyazawa, Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences of the University of Tokyo Ms. Miyazawa, could you tell us something about your research background? Well, I started my career (BSc) in the field of plant ecology at Tohoku University (Sendai, Japan). I was interested in conservational ecology….
Standing over there waiting for the Skyliner which is similar to the ICE in Germany I would say, the guy who welcomed us at the airport remarks that Tokyo is super clean. He further adds that we are on the right trail, but the train is being cleaned at this moment. “Being cleaned we say?…
The cooperation on paper becomes real. With the recent signing of two Memoranda of Understanding between the University of Tokyo and the University of Bonn on the one hand and the MoU between ZEF and IPADS on the other, the “strategic international partnership” between the institutions in Japan and Germany has become official. This has…
I did mention previously on this blog that I have a thing for Berlin and that Berlin has some mutual feelings towards me. Well, Berlin’s call came a bit early this year and I once again returned to a city I enjoy visiting very much. The reason why I visited Berlin this time was to…
Adversity is a fact of life. It can’t be controlled. What we can control is how we react to it. (Author unknown) January 2016 was by far the month of adversity to the queen of black soldier flies. Marwa just managed to overcome the loss of some 50 thousand adult flies that were washed away…
