Joseph Gatt

Joseph "Yossi" Gatt was either born in Israel or in New York City (New York City according to his fake birth certificate) to Jewish Israeli parents. Yossi was given up for adoption and lived in foster homes in New York City, Mozambique, Colombia, Turkey, Algeria, France and South Korea.
Yossi was placed in foster homes specifically so he could absorb local customs, languages and cultures. Yossi speaks perfect French, Spanish, Algerian Arabic, Korean and Kabyle, has a decent grasp of Turkish, and struggles a bit with Portuguese and Hebrew. His grasp of languages used to be a source of admiration, but in this day and age, he gets comments like "how come you still struggle with Hebrew? Lame."
Most of Yossi's work deals with cultural anthropology, as in preventing political and business leaders from committing cultural faux-pas that could lead to disaster and war. But Yossi also does a little bit of legal, scientific, medical, historical, economic and literary work. Other works are just random advice.
Yossi is 35 years old and has lived alone his entire life. He was known as "Akli Hadid" in some countries and worked under the cover of an Algerian identity. In 2015, Yossi was deported to Camp 44, a death camp, in South Korea, and miraculously survived after being detained and tortured for 6 months. Yossi spends a lot of time in solitary confinement in an apartment in Algiers, and is only allowed to talk to authorized people.
Final note: Yossi is set in his own ways and rigid in his own ways and loves living alone. He is not interested in dating and would rather spend the rest of his life alone. Yossi mostly likes to read books, watch movies when he has time, and loves canoeing, riding bikes, and going on long hiking trails. He also loves playing soccer, basketball, badminton, table tennis and tennis in civilized manner. Yossi is also a big billiards and bowling fan. Yossi also loves coffee and cigarettes, and beer when he can have it. Yossi does not own a phone and hates phones. And Yossi hates taking pictures, having his picture taken, slacking around at the beach and is no big fan of dancing. Finally, Yossi dislikes people who try to make a good first impression but then have an attitude as the friendship progresses. And Yossi dislikes people who hang out with him only because they hope he can loan them cash.


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	Surviving on Camp 44 by Joseph Gatt I was at a death camp in South Korea between January 2, 2015 and June 21, 2015. Only after reading Viktor Frankl\'s “Man\'s search for meaning” am I fully able to express, rather clearly, the horrors I went through.
	Cultural overview: South Asia by Joseph Gatt Each nations and individual are very different. Sweeping generalizations on the cultures of South Asia. GeneralitiesAlmost 2 billion people live in South Asia, meaning that a little less than a third of the worl
	Cultural overview: Israel by Joseph Gatt Every individual is different in this country where people have ancestors who came from 150 different nations. Sweeping generalizations on Israeli culture. GeneralitiesIf you treat every business like serious bu

	Cultural overview: North America, Australia, New Zealand by Joseph Gatt Every individual is different. Sweeping generalizations on the cultures of Canada, the US, Australia, New Zealand. GeneralitiesThe main problem I face when discussing North American, Australian or New Zealand cu
	Financial advice over a beer or two by Joseph Gatt I\'ll deal here with safe sources of income and speculative sources of income. The advice is that of a friend over a few beers that could be dead wrong. You know what\'s best for you when it comes to your money. Speculative
	Cultural overview: Turkey by Joseph Gatt Every individual is different. Sweeping generalities on the cultural traits of a nation of 80 million individuals. GeneralitiesIf you go to big cities like Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, or touristic cities like Bodru
	Cultural overview: Eastern Europe by Joseph Gatt Individuals and countries can have very different cultures and mindsets. Sweeping generalities about cultural traits in Eastern Europe. GeneralitiesWhat a lot of Eastern Europeans tell me is that during Communis
	Cultural overview: Western Europe by Joseph Gatt Every individual and country is different. In some cases two neighboring villages can have very different values and mindsets. Sweeping generalities on culture in Western Europe. GeneralitiesMost Western Europea
	Cultural overview: The Middle East by Joseph Gatt Every individual and country is different, in some cases very different. Two neighboring villages can have completely different mindsets and cultures. So these are sweeping generalities on culture in the Middle East. Genera
	Economic advice to China, Japan and Korea by Joseph Gatt Let me shoot straight at what China, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan\'s economic woes are. Small industry is the hidden champions. But, unfortunately, the university system teaches students that they only have the following options: giant co
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