When Tropentag comes to Bonn
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When Tropentag comes to Bonn

ByDr. Marwa Shumo

[aesop_quote type=”pull” background=”#282828″ text=”#FFFFFF” align=”left” size=”1″ quote=”The surest way to make your dreams come true is to live them.” parallax=”off” direction=”left” revealfx=”off”] The Tropentag is a development-oriented and interdisciplinary conference. It addresses issues of resource management, environment, agriculture, forestry, fisheries, food, nutrition and related sciences in the context of rural development, sustainable resource use and…

Berlin Calling (again and again and again)
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Berlin Calling (again and again and again)

ByDr. Marwa Shumo

[aesop_quote type=”block” background=”#008040″ text=”#ffffff” align=”left” size=”1″ quote=”“Live as if your were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”~Mahatma Gandhi” parallax=”off” direction=”left” revealfx=”off”] I would like to live my life to the fullest. I would like to be able to look back and say: been there, seen that and done this than…

A summer full of new ventures
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A summer full of new ventures

ByDr. Marwa Shumo

[aesop_quote type=”block” background=”#282828″ text=”#ffffff” align=”left” size=”1″ quote=”The purpose of life, after all, is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience. ~Eleanor Roosevelt” parallax=”off” direction=”left” revealfx=”off”] Here is a retrospect to what happened after our Swahili doodles workshop just in case you…

Zamalek residential buildings at the Eastern shore. Photo by Irit Eguavoen
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Waterfronts and green spaces in central Cairo – what´s the way forward?

ByIrit Eguavoen

The city of Cairo is a sprawling metropolis of now eight million inhabitants in its inner core, which has witnessed an Europeanising of its urban fabric some 160 years ago under Pasha Ismael who was inspired by French squares and boulevards after visiting the World Exposition in Paris in 1867. Afterwards, Ismael initiated the construction…

Marwa & the Fellas week in Petershagen
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Marwa & the Fellas week in Petershagen

ByDr. Marwa Shumo

Towards the upper most region of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, we decided to travel all the way from Bonn to approximately 10 kilometres northeast of Minden and precisely to the little town of Petershagen on the banks of the River Weser. The trip from Bonn to Petershagen lasted for around 6 hours, the journey started…

Beautiful Endings…New Beginings
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Beautiful Endings…New Beginings

ByDr. Marwa Shumo

Two years ago, the idea of spending two years on a field research in Kenya seemed overwhelming. Yes, it seemed like forever and it seemed a bit risky. The 6 months prior to traveling to Kenya, Marwa was fully absorbed in preparations. She was planning her research and reading more about a place she never visited…