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My @TEDx talk is out, on why the Middle East was erased from Renaissance history.
You are very welcome to share if you like it!
Koert Debeuf
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Koert Debeuf
@koertdebeuf
Prof. International Politics @VUB @Brussels_School - Fellow @CRIC_Oxford - Former advisor to the Belgian PM - Author - PhD Philosophy, MA History - Geopolitics
- Wow. Bucharest, Romania tonight. The people ask the government to leave.
- This map of territorial waters in the Eastern Mediterranean show that Turkey actually has a point.
- Replying to @koertdebeufGreek territorial waters are a bit out of proportion compared with the Turkish ones.
- A fox sitting in front of the Royal Palace in the centre of Brussels. Someone has to guard the royal family! Wish I had a better camera though.
- India is tribalizing and polarising more and more. Dangerous evolution.Hindutva thugs enter a predominantly Muslim district in Jharkhand on the anniversary of the destruction of Babri mosque to attack and threaten to kill Muslims.
00:00 - French police found Syrian and Egyptian passports. Why? Because ISIS wants it to be found. Goal: change EU policy of welcoming refugees.
- Remarkable. Turkish pro-gov Daily Sabah praises Sayyid Qutb, the father of modern Jihadism and Al Qaeda. Against 'foreign ideologies'.
- “The grandfather of the European Enlightenment was Muslim”. My latest piece. A bit of intellectual history.
- Picture of the day: a camel in the snow in Egypt. It's like a polar bear in the desert. pic by @belharesya:
- Khartoum, Sudan, today. People are supporting the protesters in Algeria against 5th term of Buteflika.
00:00 - Emmanuel Macron or how you can still win elections today with a positive, inclusive, European, globalist message.
- Replying to @YanniKoutsGreek territorial waters are a bit out of proportion compared with the Turkish ones.
- En plots staat mijn doctoraatsonderzoek in Knack... ‘Arabische filosofen moeten opnieuw de plaats krijgen die ze verdienen' (Koert Debeuf) knack.be/s/r/c/1788447 via @Knack
