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6 Interview with 30 The new world of work:
Yasmine Sherif Rising importance of Data

12 Interview with 32 Interview with
Mrs Doreen Bogdan-Martin Ryan Kennedy Reflections on Emerging into
Another Spring
18 David Fernandez Puyana 36 And where is Gondor?
UPEACE Observer to the
United Nations and UNESCO 38 “The World in Faces” Life can be divided in two parts, my So, whether we like it or
a hymn to the people of reflective colleague said the other not, this Covid 19 has
day, before and after Covid 19.
had a serious impact
19 Interview avec Monsieur the world on our lives. First of
Makaila Nguebla At this time two years ago, I was in all, the digitalization of
42 Climate change: Taking the total lockdown, an experience that our daily lives is getting
22 “Uzbekistan GTL” - Pulse of the Dying Glacier I would say today made me reflect more and more visible. We are more more attention to what we eat, the
a giant plant in the middle of (part 3) on what was important in life. It is and more exposed to all kinds of compositions of the foods, and even
true that we all got our lives more “surveillance” through the different many of us have even turned into
the steppe or turned up-side down, when most applications we use on our phones. real cordon blues with the additional
47 Le Clocher in Annecy-le- of the world’s governments declared I, continued, get an overview every kilos around our waist and bellies.
Vieux, Haute-Savoie one after the other, lockdowns more month over all the places I have So, looking back, it was a dreadful
or less strict, in their fight against visited during the month. My cell experience, but perhaps we needed
Culture 48 Venez danser sous les the Covid19 virus. Now whether it phone is spying on me whether I this wake-up period after all to realise

etoiles! was the right or wrong strategy, is approve or not. Workwise we have that we do not live forever, that we
another issue, that future will tell.
been working remotely – something need to be there for one another, and
24 Ahmed Al Maadheed’s that has been quite nice, at least for not the least, take care of our Planet
artworks on Football and 51 Curious Vangelis People living in France were in strict some time. People could work from Earth, because we have made a huge
Human Rights lockdown with only one hour to home in their PJ and almost nobody mess of our inheritance from the

53 a-ha’s latest concert in go out, and despite some creative would notice. Many industries generations before us. Let us only
27 Interview de the U.S. minds, it was quite difficult to escape have suffered terribly, and people hope that through our actions we
from the authorities’ eyes. The big have lost their jobs, the economic will be able to correct some of them
Zahi Haddad brother was there, as we had to fill out consequences have been terrible before it’s too late.
electronic forms on our cell phones. too.
Only those smart enough printed Upon these thoughts I wish you all a
it out on paper and used erasable The textile industry for instance was very pleasant day!
ink pens to extend their “hours of suffering a lot by this low level of Marit
liberty” but apart from walking long business. Who needed a suit, new
The views expressed are the Mailing address: Editor: Marit Fosse walks and doing sports there was shirts, skirts, blouses …when all
responsibility of the authors and do DIVA International Diplomat Deputy editor: Evelina Rioukhina nothing much else to do. The feeling of a sudden, we could work in PJs,
not necessarily reflect the views p/a Salle de Presse 1 of being in prison made me think jeans and other comfortable leisure
of DIVA Palais des Nations Graphic Design: Iris Hariz about all the world’s prisoners, and clothes? Wearing the masks, the
© www.divainternational.ch 1211 Geneva 10 ® how terrible it must be to be behind whole time, also reduced the lipstick
Tel: +41 22 917 43 01 Contributing to this issue: the bars! and make-up consumption – who
DIVA International is a publication David Fernandez Puyana, Alex Caire, would see your face, so why put on
of Graficim Media Ltd E-mail: Evelina Rioukhina, Christian David, Standing in queues to buy food, make-up that only would ruin your
29 Linconl’s Inn Field, Holborn, diva.international@gmail.com Dogan Guven, Antonina Maliei, Ita feeling the stress whenever you had mask? Only the eye make-up use
WC2A3EE, England Marguet, Christina Giordano, Janique been more than one hour outside, has been more or less normal. In
Soler, Zahi Haddad, Pierre-Michel and the police were there to control addition, many of us have become
ISSN: 1660-1934 Virot, Ryan Kennedy, Ekaterina the authorization, was another thing. health freaks. We pay more and
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