Silma Ihram

I love the word ‘accountability’! It is heard everywhere in the 21st century - whether in economics, politics or social relations. Is it rea...

It was terribly hot and Sandy tried to sleep. She could hear the whispering in the room next door. Two of her kids were asleep, the third wa...

I love listening to James Valentine. Every day he seems to hit on some relatively insignificant aspect of our lives and extend it, develop i...

My second day in Cordoba was less dismal – the first day being so sad at the loss of so much history and beauty with the Cordoba mosque. Wa...

Today I visited Medinat al Zahra – the excavated city built in the tenth century and later buried only to be discovered in the early 1900’s....

The trip to Madrid was quite long – definitely plane travel would have been quicker for some parts and less expensive. However it was certa...

Wales has been an absolute treat! I’m staying in a 17 th century house – which was split into two accommodations after a fight between the...