According to CEOWorld, the top tourist countries in the world are, in order, France, the United States, Spain, China, and Italy. All undeniably wonderfully beautiful countries, each with its own particular allure to travelers from around the world. The cultures, the...
To nip this in the bud before we get into this blog too deeply, I’ll say that I am not, by profession, a photographer. Do I enjoy taking photos and capturing the world around me–certainly–I love it in fact. By trade, I am a radiologist, but I am more than that. I am a...
I’ve lived over five decades across three different continents, witnessing firsthand both subtle and drastic differences in the lifestyles of those who call home France and Canada, and I’ve recently returned to a land whose culture I hold dear, my birthplace of...
On Friday, December 16, a terrorist attack carried out by a little girl with a bomb strapped to her, detonated by terroristic forces within a police station, shocked the people of Damascus, Syria. More specifically, the attack shocked those who read about it, as it...
When we seek to study and understand other cultures, where do we turn? Often, we look to a culture’s history to learn more about it–an understanding of the origins and beliefs of a group of people often sheds light on what that culture means to the individuals within...
