http://www.janera.com/janera_blog.php JANERA.COM is a new online publication and social network for and by the vibrant comunity of Global Nomad. en-us PHP/4.4.7 http://www.janera.com/janera_blog.php?id=60 All eyes are on Turkey, a Westernized, secular-but-Muslim, half European-half Asian country, as it tries to determine its modern identity. Around the globe, our daily lives are increasingly affected by other cultures. Could this uniquely positioned coun Read more Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:05:34 -0700 http://www.janera.com/janera_blog.php?id=60 http://www.janera.com/janera_blog.php?id=59 The hooligans have arrived! The peaceful town of Basel is now thronged with soccer fans from across Europe. Kiosks have sprung up, selling pretzels, crepes, bratwurst, and beer. Despite the continued rain and chill, a raucous crowd had gathered in the Ma Read more Mon, 09 Jun 2008 06:26:28 -0700 http://www.janera.com/janera_blog.php?id=59 http://www.janera.com/janera_blog.php?id=58 There were no seats left when I arrived five minutes late to the Art Basel "Conversation" on Middle Eastern Art yesterday—a clear sign that collectors and dealers (and art journalists, no doubt) are curious about the work that's emerging from this region. Read more Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:26:20 -0700 http://www.janera.com/janera_blog.php?id=58 http://www.janera.com/janera_blog.php?id=57 Yesterday morning over breakfast at Der Teufelhof hotel, I got an earful about what it’s like to work at Art Basel. While the annual 5-day fair may be an occasion to look forward to for collectors and museum curators, it’s a bit of a slog for Read more Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:29:00 -0700 http://www.janera.com/janera_blog.php?id=57 http://www.janera.com/janera_blog.php?id=55 "Not Dead Yet": Julie Neuberger teaches us how to respect the older generation. Read more Fri, 30 May 2008 06:11:19 -0700 http://www.janera.com/janera_blog.php?id=55 http://www.janera.com/janera_blog.php?id=54 Jimmy Carter provides a 10 minute manifesto to restore U.S. honor in the eyes of the world. Read more Wed, 28 May 2008 06:10:55 -0700 http://www.janera.com/janera_blog.php?id=54 http://www.janera.com/janera_blog.php?id=53 Asne Seierstad speaks to Christopher Hitchens about going undercover in Chechnya; Accidental product placement; and photographer Justin Griffiths-Williams speaks passionately about the plight of Haiti. Read more Mon, 26 May 2008 13:44:56 -0700 http://www.janera.com/janera_blog.php?id=53 http://www.janera.com/janera_blog.php?id=51 23/24 May 2008: Jamie Oliver charms as he teaches; Joseph Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes talk about the true costs of war; and Sky Arts offers a playground of color for the kid in each of us. Read more Sun, 25 May 2008 07:58:08 -0700 http://www.janera.com/janera_blog.php?id=51 http://www.janera.com/janera_blog.php?id=50 At his recent appearance at the New York Public Library, Pico Iyer spoke to Paul Holdengraber about his latest book, “The Open Road, The Global Journey of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama,” which has been widely covered in the press Read more Fri, 23 May 2008 09:41:35 -0700 http://www.janera.com/janera_blog.php?id=50 http://www.janera.com/janera_blog.php?id=49 Last week’s JANERA.com salon, hosted at the spacious Bowery loft of Andrea Sertoli (founder and owner of luxury travel agency Select Italy, was surprisingly fun and entertaining considering the topic: the Credit Crunch. Read more Thu, 22 May 2008 15:24:46 -0700 http://www.janera.com/janera_blog.php?id=49 http://www.janera.com/janera_blog.php?id=48 The hour-long drive from the five-star hotel into Dubai is full of plans for the future. A city rising out of the sand, literally. There are billboards, metal rods stuck in the rolling waves of the sandy Saudi Arabian peninsula, advertising an emerald-cit Read more Sun, 18 May 2008 04:17:04 -0700 http://www.janera.com/janera_blog.php?id=48 http://www.janera.com/janera_blog.php?id=47 A single chair to stage right remains empty throughout the two hour lecture and discussion session. Next to the chair in the Great Hall at Manhattan’s Cooper Union, an American flag hangs limply from a pole. No less than 31 separate spotlights illuminate Read more Sat, 17 May 2008 13:05:29 -0700 http://www.janera.com/janera_blog.php?id=47 http://www.janera.com/janera_blog.php?id=46 Cinema’s usual thematic suspects include death, sex, and money, but leave it to New York’s festival season to pry up the floorboards of these foundations, delivering a powerhouse of subject matter to those willing to brave sidewalk lines, higher-than-usua Read more Tue, 13 May 2008 04:28:27 -0700 http://www.janera.com/janera_blog.php?id=46 http://www.janera.com/janera_blog.php?id=44 I live on Curaçao, a Caribbean island. I travel the Southwestern States of the USA every year to visit with native friends, whose cultures I studied. Read more Wed, 07 May 2008 05:03:02 -0700 http://www.janera.com/janera_blog.php?id=44 http://www.janera.com/janera_blog.php?id=43 I used to live in San Jose, Costa Rica, a place glamorized in travel sections, where it is marketed as an accessible paradise. Guidebooks would gush about the safety, the friendly locals, and the surrounding sights. Read more Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:06:36 -0700 http://www.janera.com/janera_blog.php?id=43 http://www.janera.com/janera_blog.php?id=41 Three twisting love stories make up "Maldeamores," the most recent film from a small Caribbean island not exactly known for having a film community. The Puerto Rico Film Commission would like to see that notion changed, though. Boasting the largest tax in Read more Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:49:34 -0700 http://www.janera.com/janera_blog.php?id=41 http://www.janera.com/janera_blog.php?id=39 Kicking off the 5th State Of the Planet conference last Thursday morning, a gentlemanly Kofi Annan spoke to us of climate change, extreme poverty, and dwindling natural resources. Read more Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:24:17 -0700 http://www.janera.com/janera_blog.php?id=39 http://www.janera.com/janera_blog.php?id=38 “He Truly is a Global Nomad” 18 March 2008 Cai Guo-Qiang at the Guggenheim, Lin Yilin in conversation at the China Institute and the Asian Contemporary Arts Week Rolls On Read more Sat, 22 Mar 2008 19:43:54 -0700 http://www.janera.com/janera_blog.php?id=38 http://www.janera.com/janera_blog.php?id=37 The Asian Contemporary Art Week got underway Saturday evening with Sotheby’s crowded first look at major works of Chinese modern art. Chinese contemporary, currently one of the industry’s hottest areas, is drawing both curious newcomers and collectors to Read more Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:05:23 -0700 http://www.janera.com/janera_blog.php?id=37 http://www.janera.com/janera_blog.php?id=36 “How many of you here tonight were born in America?” asked Parag Khanna, a senior research fellow at the New America Foundation and author of the new book The Second World. Less than half of the assembled dinner guests—mostly New Yorkers—raised their hand Read more Sun, 09 Mar 2008 17:59:48 -0700 http://www.janera.com/janera_blog.php?id=36 http://www.janera.com/janera_blog.php?id=35 It was a bitterly cold February night in Manhattan—already deeply dark by 6:30pm—when the doors opened to JANERA.com’s inaugural poetry salon at the Soho Loft, Thursday, February 21. Read more Fri, 29 Feb 2008 07:15:10 -0800 http://www.janera.com/janera_blog.php?id=35 http://www.janera.com/janera_blog.php?id=23 On Saturday December 29th, Janera Soerel organized another Global Nomad Salon. This time, the Global Nomads met in Curaçao in a beautiful country house called the Landhuis Bloemhof. Curaçao, a small island in the south Caribbean (off the coast of Venezuel Read more Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:32:48 -0800 http://www.janera.com/janera_blog.php?id=23 http://www.janera.com/janera_blog.php?id=22 On Friday November 30th I hosted the third Global Nomad Immigration Dinner Salon. This one was held at the Cosmos Club in Washington D.C. This club, only after much controversy, allowed woman as members in 1988. The elite 129-year-old establishment, often Read more Wed, 05 Dec 2007 05:14:56 -0800 http://www.janera.com/janera_blog.php?id=22 http://www.janera.com/janera_blog.php?id=21 Here we are, the glitterati of Washington, D.C.’s Immigration-speak set, and token extras, such as self, who like their drink with a side of meaty conversation. Read more Mon, 03 Dec 2007 08:37:00 -0800 http://www.janera.com/janera_blog.php?id=21 http://www.janera.com/janera_blog.php?id=19 Last Thursday I attended a Global Nomad Salon on Immigration, held in Trastevere, Rome, in the beautiful Villa Sospisio of Guya and Riki Sospisio. The evening was hosted by their daughter Micol Morandi and Janera Soerel. Read more Sun, 28 Oct 2007 19:31:37 -0700 http://www.janera.com/janera_blog.php?id=19 http://www.janera.com/janera_blog.php?id=17 By Farrah SarafaA New York Times article, published on June 29, sketched the difficulties that stemmed from President Bush’s new immigration bill, the first attempt at revamping immigration policy in 20 years. The bill, whose provisions caused deep, i Read more Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:58:11 -0700 http://www.janera.com/janera_blog.php?id=17 http://www.janera.com/janera_blog.php?id=16 One hot Saturday afternoon, Farrah Sarafa, our site’s most colorful associate editor, introduced me to Gerard Libero on the dance floor of Long Island City’s hipster haven, PS1. Who was this tall, older man wearing many necklaces? He had a longish, slicke Read more Wed, 29 Aug 2007 09:18:08 -0700 http://www.janera.com/janera_blog.php?id=16 http://www.janera.com/janera_blog.php?id=15 A few days ago, I went with some friends to an all-night meditation and hugging session with the Indian saint Amma at the Manhattan Center. The program book for her Summer 2007 tour explains that darshan is Sanskrit for having audience with a saint. With Read more Fri, 20 Jul 2007 07:57:15 -0700 http://www.janera.com/janera_blog.php?id=15 http://www.janera.com/janera_blog.php?id=14 JANERA.com is a new online publication and social network for and by the vibrant community of Global Nomads, people like you. We link you across streets and oceans, creating a virtual—and actual—community of like-minded individuals. The Voice of Globa Read more Wed, 20 Jun 2007 12:11:31 -0700 http://www.janera.com/janera_blog.php?id=14 http://www.janera.com/janera_blog.php?id=13 A Little About Us Read more Tue, 01 May 2007 20:38:32 -0700 http://www.janera.com/janera_blog.php?id=13