So, what is it with falafel? It is a humble patty made of pulse with some spices, fried and then eaten with bread. Because of its post-frying colour brown, it is sometimes known as the ‘poor man’s meat’. Indeed, due…
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Have you ever wondered why, relatively speaking, there is less airplane failure in mid-air, even if an engine catches fire or some other similar major event? I will tell you at the end of the blog. ‘sweat your asset’, ‘cash…
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Sorry to disappoint you but, I am not going to talk about the affectionate action of kissing between lovers, family members, or friends. This is the acronym most of us are familiar with which stands for ‘Keep It Simple, Stupid’,…
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Amid the thick fog of isolation, social distancing and inability to resume normal routine, most of us have kept in touch with the outside world by utilising the wonders of technology from the humble Skype to more sophisticated means of…
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I love words as individual entities and the potential meanings they hold within a handful of letters. I love words when crafted together by a master craftsman such as a novelist, an essayist, or a poet to convey a complex…
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I have a small heart. Not in the actual physical sense, of course, but in the capacity to accommodate people I love and care about. Every now and again, somebody comes along, like a newly born in the family who…
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Oh how I long for those happy days when all of Europe and most of the world was talking about nothing else but the UK leaving the EU, otherwise known as BREXIT. Here in the UK, Brexit by far was…
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Six years ago, in March 2014, I uploaded a number of posts on my new-look blog www.mufidsukkar.com with help from an excellent Cypriot professional called Andreas Avraam. A year or so before that, I had the urge to write about…
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In 2018, I spent some time in a hospital in Nicosia, Cyprus. My stay can be described in many ways one of which is “BORING”. Confined to bed for a lengthy period, nights and days start to merge together and…
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Eight years ago, today, 29th February, a number of people gathered at the Londa Beach Hotel (Limassol, Cyprus), for the launch of the Leap Day Foundation (LDF). This event, on the extra day in a leap year, kick-started many initiatives…
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