One of my favorite couples in the travel literature, and a monument of love beyond the grave, is Pietro della Valle and Maani Gioerida. Della Valle (1586-1652) chose a pilgrimage to the Holy Land and many trips as an alternative to suicide after an unhappy love affair. He lived in Constantinople for a year and then moves on to Alexandria and Cairo. In 1616, he celebrated the Passover in Jerusalem, then went to Aleppo and Baghdad. There he met the beautiful and charming Maani, a daughter of Nestorian Christians in the south-eastern Turkey.It was love at first sight and they married, and immediately traveled together everywhere. On their way to Hormuz, Maani tragically died of a fever during labor. Peter gave orders that his embalmed, using camphor, oils of embalming because none were at hand. He then sealed in a lead coffin, and hid it in a large trunk full of clothes. He then sailed for India, where he stayed for several years. He was constantly in fear of the mummy to be detected at one of the many borders he crossed, as anyone who has ever tried to pass this extra bottle of whiskey in his suitcase easily understand.He finally returned to Rome in 1626, incidentally the introduction of the Persian cat to Europe. Maani was buried in the family vault, Pietro opened the coffin at first for a last look. Soon after, he married a Persian girl who was good Maani, 14 and had son with her.

The area: Marketing

Find the user. Find magic. Connect the two. At its core, marketing, Google starts with technology and end user, bringing both together in unconventional ways. Our work is to demonstrate how Google products to solve the problems of the world - the epic of the everyday, the mundane to the monumental.And we approach marketing in a way that only Google can - break the rules, redefining the medium, the user is the hero, and ultimately the technology can be expressed.

The role: Marketing Manager, Egypt and North Africa

As director of marketing for countries, you will be responsible for defining and executing the marketing strategy for Egypt and North Africa. You will need to define strategies for convincing our main products, accelerating the penetration and use of the product.Defend yourself, communicate and implement strategy to country teams and senior management, working closely with central and regional public relations, political and product teams and project manage the implementation of programs with high impact to meet the objectives. You can also work with a market overview and marketing to design and deliver quantitative studies and monitor the effectiveness and ROI of marketing programs. You will report to the Regional Marketing Manager for Turkey, Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa....

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