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Yael Naim
Yael Naïm, was born in Paris to French and Tunisian Sephardi-Jewish parents and she was raised in Israel, which explains why her songs are sometimes in both French and Hebrew. I personally liked “Paris” and “New Soul”, of which you can see the video below. Wikipedia tells us that Steve Jobs himself chose this song [...]
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Poems
Le Jardin du Luxembourg»
”Le Jardin du Luxembourg”
quand tous les gens sont disparus
les bancs abandonnés
ils ont déjà et bien compris
que l’automne est arrivé
mais ils jouent à chat
avec le vent
et les feuilles colorées
Books
One book …»1. One book that changed your life?
Youth by J.M. Coetzee
2. One book that you have read more than once?
Kaplan by Leon de Winter
3. One book you would want on a desert island?
The Bible
4. One book that made you cry?
The Chosen by Chaim Potok
5. One book that made you laugh?
Letters of Anton Chekhov by Anton Chekhov
6. One [...]
Useless Knowledge
Moleskine»Ever since I discovered the moleskine notebooks about a year ago, I have loved mine… It’s a simple but beautiful notebook. I also have the moleskine organizer and some thin cahiers for less important notes. Amongst others, Vincent van Gogh, Bruce Chatwin, Henri Matisse, Oscar Wilde and Hemmingway used them: ”At the Closerie des Lilas I sat [...]
