Bernard Grua | Media blog

Le Pakistan offre aux influenceuses internationales des opportunités de développement d'audience remarquables, tout en bénéficiant d'un contexte favorable à la production de contenu.   Les institutions ne leurs ménagent par leur soutien a fin d'en faire des outils de promotion touristique, selon une stratégie appuyée sur la puissance des réseaux sociaux. Mais cette symbiose s'établit dans un relatif manquante de transparence. Les risques tant pour les vlogueuses ou les instagrameuses, que pour les visiteurs étrangers et le pays lui-même, semblent insuffisamment pris en compte.

Although, twenty years ago, the deadly Trade Center attack evidenced the inclusion of a high level of technology, this warning has been largely underestimated. Islamist fanatism and terrorism are generally associated with underdevelopment, ignorance and male dominance. However, there are some clues education and social progress will not be enough to protect us from this threat. Here is an example of an original path which evidences another side of such a hybrid war. This article in French on a Agoravox, a French news website enjoying a powerful SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) and a large number of readers:  Pakistan, l'extrémisme comme conséquence de l'arriération ou comme crise de la modernité ?

Ramla Akhtar wrote numerous posts about Chapursan Valley . They are contrary to the general opinion. Because Gojal, a region located in the northern mountainous part of Pakistan at the Afghanistan and China corner, is still not an area with a high tourist frequentation. Nevertheless, unanimous reports praise its hospitality, its peaceful people and its pristine environment. The Facebook blog page “Black Mountain, Dragon Soul - a Wounded Mystic Spins Her Yarn" exposes a different point of view. While Ramla Akhtar (aka Rmala Aalam), the contributor of this blog, is a local resident with an external background, it is of importance to review what she reveals of a risks faced, according to her, by solo female travelers in Chapursan Valley. We will look to the sources and inspirations of such a novel. We will try to separate what is part of ancient myths and what pertains to the today reality or imagination. Then, we will learn more on how the shock of cultures and traditions between...