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Saturday, 12 November 2016

One hand will not be enough

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TOPSHOT - Syrian women walk during a sandstorm near at a temporary refugee camp in the village of Ain Issa, housing people who fled Islamic State group's Syrian stronghold Raqa, some 50 kilometres (30 miles) north of the group's de facto capital on November 10, 2016. The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said their advance on Raqa was being held back by a sandstorm that had hit the desert province. Speaking in Ain Issa, the main staging point for the operation some 50 kilometres (30 miles) north of Raqa, the commander said the sandstorm was also impeding visibility for coalition warplanes. / AFP PHOTO / DELIL SOULEIMANDELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP/Getty Images

Syrian women walk through a sandstorm near a temporary refugee camp in the village of Ain Issa, which houses people who have fled Islamic State group’s Syrian stronghold Raqqa: photo by Delil Souleiman/AFP, 11 November 2016

TOPSHOT - Syrian women walk during a sandstorm near at a temporary refugee camp in the village of Ain Issa, housing people who fled Islamic State group's Syrian stronghold Raqa, some 50 kilometres (30 miles) north of the group's de facto capital on November 10, 2016. The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said their advance on Raqa was being held back by a sandstorm that had hit the desert province. Speaking in Ain Issa, the main staging point for the operation some 50 kilometres (30 miles) north of Raqa, the commander said the sandstorm was also impeding visibility for coalition warplanes. / AFP PHOTO / DELIL SOULEIMANDELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP/Getty Images

Syrian women walk through a sandstorm near a temporary refugee camp in the village of Ain Issa, which houses people who have fled Islamic State group’s Syrian stronghold Raqqa: photo by Delil Souleiman/AFP, 11 November 2016



#Syrie A l'intérieur du camp de déplacés temporaire d'Ain Issa, où les gens ont fui l'EI. Photo @Delilsouleman #AFP: image via Agence France-Presse @afpfr, 11 November 2016 


#Syrie A l'intérieur du camp de déplacés temporaire d'Ain Issa, où les gens ont fui l'EI. Photo @Delilsouleman #AFP: image via Agence France-Presse @afpfr, 11 November 2016


#Syrie A l'intérieur du camp de déplacés temporaire d'Ain Issa, où les gens ont fui l'EI. Photo @Delilsouleman #AFP: image via Agence France-Presse @afpfr, 11 November 2016


#Syrie A l'intérieur du camp de déplacés temporaire d'Ain Issa, où les gens ont fui l'EI. Photo @Delilsouleman #AFP: image via Agence France-Presse @afpfr, 11 November 2016
 

Syria Kurd women fighters out for revenge against jihadists By @Delilsouleman #AFP: image via AFP news agency @AFP, 10 November 2016


L'armée irakienne proche de la cité antique de Nimrod par Ahmad Al-Rubaye #AFP: image via Agence France-Presse @afpfr, 11 November 2016
 
  
A firefighter stands by an oil well fire set by fleeing fighters for the Islamic State near Qaiyara, Iraq, on Wednesday: photo by Chris McGrath, 9 November 2016


 
A firefighter stands by an oil well fire set by fleeing fighters for the Islamic State near Qaiyara, Iraq, on Wednesday: photo by Chris McGrath, 9 November 2016

 
Les forces d'élite irakiennes progressent dans les rues de Mossoul par @odd_andersen #AFP: image via Agence France-Presse @afpfr, 11 November 2016


Iraq - A gunner from the Iraqi Special Forces jumps onto his fighting vehicle to take his position during #MosulOffensive. By @odd_andersen: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 11 November 2016


Iraq -  A soldier from Iraqi Special Forces guards 2 suspected IS fighters found hiding in a house during #MosulOffensive. By @odd_andersen: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 11 November 2016


Members of the Iraqi police try to pull a body from a mass grave discovered in Hamam al-Alil on Monday: photo by Ahmad Al-Rubaye/Agence France-Presse, 7 November 2016
 

Members of the Iraqi police try to pull a body from a mass grave discovered in Hamam al-Alil on Monday: photo by Ahmad Al-Rubaye/Agence France-Presse, 7 November 2016
 
A soldier from the Iraqi Special Forces 2nd division looks for hostiles as they engage Islamic State group fighters pushing through the eastern Samah area and into the Arbagiah neighbourhood of Mosul on November 11, 2016. Elite Iraqi troops battled the Islamic State group in the streets of Mosul, as the UN reported IS jihadists had executed dozens of people inside the city for alleged "treason". / AFP PHOTO / Odd ANDERSENODD ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images

A soldier from the Iraqi Special Forces 2nd division looks for hostiles as they engage Islamic State group fighters pushing through the eastern Samah area and into the Arbagiah neighbourhood of Mosul.: photo by Odd Anderson/AFP, 11 November 2016

A soldier from the Iraqi Special Forces 2nd division looks for hostiles as they engage Islamic State group fighters pushing through the eastern Samah area and into the Arbagiah neighbourhood of Mosul on November 11, 2016. Elite Iraqi troops battled the Islamic State group in the streets of Mosul, as the UN reported IS jihadists had executed dozens of people inside the city for alleged "treason". / AFP PHOTO / Odd ANDERSENODD ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images

A soldier from the Iraqi Special Forces 2nd division looks for hostiles as they engage Islamic State group fighters pushing through the eastern Samah area and into the Arbagiah neighbourhood of Mosul.: photo by Odd Anderson/AFP, 11 November 2016
 
Abdellatif Laâbi: Une seule main ne suffit pas pour écrire

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Street scene, Sidi Ifni: photo by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, April 2011

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Boys at improvised street soccer pitch, Tarfaya: photo by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, April 2011 
  
Une seule main ne suffit pas pour écrire      
Par les temps qui courent                          
il en faudrait deux                           
Et que la deuxième apprenne vite
les métiers de l'indicible:                            
broder le nom de l'étoile                      
qui se lèvera après la prochaine apocalypse             
reconnaître entre mille le fil qui ne casse pas
coudre dans l'étoffe des passions
langes, capes, linceuls             
sculpter l'aube dans un tas d'immondices
Deux mains ne suffisent pas pour écrire
Par les temps qui courent
et les misères qui grondent               
il en faudrait trois, quatre
pour que la vie daigne visiter            
ce terrible désert blanc                

Abdellatif Laâbi (b. Fes, Morooco, 1942): Une seule main ne suffit pas pour écrire, from L'etreinte du monde, 1993

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Tarfaya, on the Atlantic coast of Morocco: photo by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, April 2011 

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Blowing sand over the shoreline, Tarfaya: photo by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, April 2011  

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Couple embracing in a secluded spot behind a derelict building on the beach, Sidi Ifni: photo by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, April 2011

Remembrance Day 
 

A civil defense volunteer walks through Douma, a rebel-held neighborhood in Damascus, Syria, that had been damaged in government airstrikes. Witnesses reported a bombing with napalm, which injured 25 people.: photo by Mohammed Badra/European Pressphoto Agency, 11 November 2016
 


A civil defense volunteer walks through Douma, a rebel-held neighborhood in Damascus, Syria, that had been damaged in government airstrikes. Witnesses reported a bombing with napalm, which injured 25 people.: photo by Mohammed Badra/European Pressphoto Agency, 11 November 2016
 


Napalm bombing on #Douma today, #Syria @epaphotos: image via Mohammed Badra @badramamet, 7 November 2016



Napalm bombing on #Douma today, #Syria @epaphotos: image via Mohammed Badra @badramamet, 7 November 2016 


Napalm bombing on #Douma today, #Syria @epaphotos: image via Mohammed Badra @badramamet, 7 November 2016


A woman watching a Remembrance Day parade in Fulham, west London, on Tuesday, a day when Britain commemorated the nation’s war dead: photo by Kevin Coombs/Reuters, 8 November 2016



 A woman watching a Remembrance Day parade in Fulham, west London, on Tuesday, a day when Britain commemorated the nation’s war dead: photo by Kevin Coombs/Reuters, 8 November 2016


Hindu devotees sat on the floor of a temple to observe a religious service near Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Tuesday: photo by Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters, 8 November 2016



Hindu devotees sat on the floor of a temple to observe a religious service near Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Tuesday: photo by Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters, 8 November 2016

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 Tucumcari, New Mexico: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga, October 2016
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 Tucumcari, New Mexico: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga, October 2016

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 Tucumcari, New Mexico: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga, October 2016
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