Thursday, 18 October 2012

what do you think about?




A Palestinian friends showed me a cartoon. 4 men are in a class L to R from Arabia, America, Europe and Africa   Interestingly there is no-one from Asia, or maybe the teacher is Asian!   
In Arabic you read from right to left so the cartoon reads: 'What is your opinion about shortage of food around the world?'
the African asks: 'What is food?
The European:  'what is shortage?
the American enquires: 'what is the rest of the world?'
the Arab says: 'what is an opinion?' 


Yes, they are stereotypes. But they make a point and suggest global perspectives in the same problem  It all depends on where you are coming from.....



There are lots of TED talk about food shortage. Here's one:



http://www.ted.com/talks/tristram_stuart_the_global_food_waste_scandal.html

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