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Speaking of the Olympics…

15/08/2016 by ORIENTAL REVIEW / 1 comment

Is anyone else as upset as I am that the SYRIAN swimmer, Yusra Mardini, is being recognized as a refugee, not as a Syrian national, and that, if she wins a medal, the members of the Olympic Committee have decided they will raise a special flag they made for refugees, […]

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Olympic Executioners: Guilty Until Proven Guilty

11/08/2016 by ORIENTAL REVIEW / 3 comments

“Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.” – William Penn “If you tremble with indignation at every injustice, then you are a comrade of mine.” – Ernesto Che Guevera I can’t claim the social conscience of a Che […]

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The Olympics as a tool of the new Cold War

21/07/2016 by ORIENTAL REVIEW / 31 comments

The 6th Fundamental Principle of Olympism (non-discrimination of any kind, including nationality and political opinion) seems to be forgotten long ago. In ancient Greece the competition of best athletes was able to halt a war and serve as a bridge of understanding between two recent foes. But in the twentieth […]

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