Sanja Hurem
President Sarkozy, what were you thinking?
Not only did he get drunk with former Russian President Putin and subsequently gave a G8 speech presumably drunk; he became known for his divorce from long-term wife Cecilia Ciganer-Albeniz and subsequent marriage to Carla Bruni. Given her impressive dating record, some  have referred to Miss Bruni as the famous man’s concubine, but I like to think of her as a beautiful woman who just happens to be compatible with rich and powerful men. More recently, Sarkozy also managed to insult one of the …

ANA-MARIA SINITEAN
[Spring 2008, Volume IX]
I met Victor the summer of 2006 at the Romanian Baptist Church in Paris. Victor had been living in Paris for the past two years, having come as an 18 year old from Romanian Moldova to find work abroad. He quickly hooked into the larger Romanian network in Paris, he works for Romanians, lives with Romanians, and attends church events. Victor is also enrolled in a language school to learn French and attends classes after work. Just recently, he took an entrance exam to the Music …