When two tongues collide
By Ray O’Reilly No this isn’t a perverse way of describing French kissing, but a new theory of how two languages can peacefully co-exist in one country. Friday 11 March 2011 Analysing the pattern of...
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A knack for the exclusive non-interview
By Christian Nielsen The Belgian magazine Knack did something shocking, brilliant, or lazy… depending on how you look at it. Thursday 4 October 2012 The Flemish-language weekly has published a Q&A...
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Promised lands and chosen peoples
By Khaled Diab Protestants are the chosen people and Western Europe and America their Promised Lands, according to Israelism and Christian Zionism. The Garden of Eden by Jan Brueghel. Thursday 3 July...
View ArticleJust one of those unlucky lucky days
By Christian Nielsen Unlucky days can sometimes turn out to be a different kind of lucky… the tortuous variety. Thursday 2 November 2017 One recent Saturday, the day after my birthday, as it happens,...
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A new Tembo for an old museum
By Christian Nielsen As Belgium’s revamped Africa museum prepares to re-open its doors, Christian Nielsen checks out its glistening new restaurant. Photo: ©Christian Nielsen Friday 16 November 2018...
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Robust health systems are society’s first line of defence against pandemics
Belgium has long been written off as a dysfunctional and failing state, yet its response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been surprisingly functional and successful. This highlights how effective...
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Belgium’s endless identity crisis
As it stumbles from one political crisis to the next, Belgium faces a profound existential threat. But can the slow disintegration of the Belgian state be reversed and, if so, how? The caretaker...
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White extinction and the mythical menace of multiculturalism
By Khaled Diab Despite the paranoid conspiracy theories and fear-mongering of the extreme right, cultural diversity is a beautiful and wondrous thing. Vlaams Belang’s Tom Van Grieken holds up a sign...
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