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Inviato 12 April 2016 - 06:37 AM
grazie Bluestar, abbiamo postato la foto sulla pagina FB 
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Inviato 12 April 2016 - 06:56 AM
😩Bono...what a style!
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Inviato 12 April 2016 - 07:49 AM
Nella seconda foto ha l'espressione tipica del "Te c'hanno mai mannato....a quer paese?!"#Bono after lunch at #TavernaTony in #Malibu, #LosAngeles what a style! via @ABACAPRESS
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Inviato 12 April 2016 - 07:53 AM
bella la foto dove parla ai bambini
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Inviato 12 April 2016 - 12:45 PM
Bono sul NY Times, diario di una visita in Giordania:
I arrived in Jordan, a country where about one in five people is a refugee. The Jordanian government’s figure is 1.2 million refugees, mostly Iraqis and Syrians — and the true number is probably larger. When we think of refugees at all, most of us think of people living in camps. But here in Jordan a vast majority of these transitory souls are living in the community.
I was able to spend some time with a Syrian family who moved from a camp into housing in Amman. Abu Emad and his wife welcomed us into their home. Their 10-year-old son, Qusai, has the wisdom of the ages in his eyes, which is heightened by his professorial spectacles. Qusai told us that if he one day becomes a politician, he will try to put his people’s safety before anything else.
Abu Emad told me that he loved his hometown, Homs, more than his own eyes and that he dreamed constantly of returning there. He told us the details about the spice market that he ran, the employees he seemed to cherish and the relaxed nature of the neighborhood they lived in. It was clear that they are still shellshocked. Their daughter, Layla, whom we didn’t meet, was 5 when they left. The shelling made her incontinent and left her with post-traumatic stress so bad that she can’t be left alone.
Though heavily in debt from medical care for Abu Emad’s diabetes, the family offered us lunch and poured freshly made coffee. The family was expecting cash assistance from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, which has developed a biometric-triggered system for distributing funds. As part of the registration process, all incoming refugees receive an iris scan, which serves as a digital identity card and also acts as a “pin code” at A.T.M.s in the camp, allowing them to withdraw cash once a month for what they need most. It’s a way of increasing refugees’ autonomy, as well as the local economy. Most refugees don’t have work permits, so the cash assistance is critically needed.
The family said the Jordanian camp they left was “seven star” because they were treated so well. But the neighborhood they live in now has brought them to their knees in gratitude. Christian and Muslim neighbors welcomed them, brought supplies of gas, beds and pillows, and constantly check up on Abu Emad and his health.
If you ever lose hope in our fundamental humanity when faced with the daily acts of barbarity in Syria, here in this little neighborhood of Amman, you’re reminded what it’s all about — what we’re all about — which is, in the end, one another.
I arrived in Jordan, a country where about one in five people is a refugee. The Jordanian government’s figure is 1.2 million refugees, mostly Iraqis and Syrians — and the true number is probably larger. When we think of refugees at all, most of us think of people living in camps. But here in Jordan a vast majority of these transitory souls are living in the community.
I was able to spend some time with a Syrian family who moved from a camp into housing in Amman. Abu Emad and his wife welcomed us into their home. Their 10-year-old son, Qusai, has the wisdom of the ages in his eyes, which is heightened by his professorial spectacles. Qusai told us that if he one day becomes a politician, he will try to put his people’s safety before anything else.
Abu Emad told me that he loved his hometown, Homs, more than his own eyes and that he dreamed constantly of returning there. He told us the details about the spice market that he ran, the employees he seemed to cherish and the relaxed nature of the neighborhood they lived in. It was clear that they are still shellshocked. Their daughter, Layla, whom we didn’t meet, was 5 when they left. The shelling made her incontinent and left her with post-traumatic stress so bad that she can’t be left alone.
Though heavily in debt from medical care for Abu Emad’s diabetes, the family offered us lunch and poured freshly made coffee. The family was expecting cash assistance from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, which has developed a biometric-triggered system for distributing funds. As part of the registration process, all incoming refugees receive an iris scan, which serves as a digital identity card and also acts as a “pin code” at A.T.M.s in the camp, allowing them to withdraw cash once a month for what they need most. It’s a way of increasing refugees’ autonomy, as well as the local economy. Most refugees don’t have work permits, so the cash assistance is critically needed.
The family said the Jordanian camp they left was “seven star” because they were treated so well. But the neighborhood they live in now has brought them to their knees in gratitude. Christian and Muslim neighbors welcomed them, brought supplies of gas, beds and pillows, and constantly check up on Abu Emad and his health.
If you ever lose hope in our fundamental humanity when faced with the daily acts of barbarity in Syria, here in this little neighborhood of Amman, you’re reminded what it’s all about — what we’re all about — which is, in the end, one another.
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Inviato 12 April 2016 - 04:05 PM
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Inviato 12 April 2016 - 06:43 PM
#Bono answers yr Q's and discusses his experiences at Kenya & the Middle East refugee camps: http://ow.ly/10zI3K
Bono: “we can help host countries see refugees not just as a burden, but as a benefit” http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/12/opinion/bono-time-to-think-bigger-about-the-refugee-crisis.html?_r=1 …
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Inviato 12 April 2016 - 08:02 PM
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Inviato 12 April 2016 - 08:30 PM
grazie ancora sia a Bluestar che Monique, abbiamo retwittato e socializzato fb
ps certo che sembra di essere lontanissssssimi dal tour... altro che
ps certo che sembra di essere lontanissssssimi dal tour... altro che
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Inviato 12 April 2016 - 10:21 PM
"[A] lot of my best friends are atheists. It's lukewarm believers that drive me out of the church." - Bono oggi
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Inviato 13 April 2016 - 07:18 AM
Forse davvero il tour è lontano ma il viaggio di Bono produrrà tante esperienze profondamente umane che sicuramente confluiranno in esso.Dobbiamo solo aver fede, amici e un po' di pazienza. Ciao!
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Inviato 13 April 2016 - 07:25 AM
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