Are you afraid of « stans »?

There’s a place in the world where stereotypes are deeply rooted. A region between the Middle-East and Central Asia. This region is the land of « stans ». Afghanistan, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, but also Turkmenistan and tajik and kyrgyz neighbours. Exotic destinations, often hard to write down properly. Lost countries in the middle of nowhere, hard to spot…

From curiosity to conspiracy

In France there’s an old belief that « curiosity is a bad manner ». Our parents or some teachers would have warned us in order to prevent us from irrelevant initiatives. Indeed childhood’s curiosity, naturally motivated by an endless appetite for knowing, can cause trouble to adults’ conventional universe. Adults know, by principle, what to avoid  and how to respect the set social…