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December 2022 Blog Posts (25)

BBC Presents: Nelson Mandela A Legacy In Music...

Nelson Mandela A Legacy In Music...

BBC World Service - The Documentary, Nelson Mandela: A legacy in music

Joan Armatrading considers herself privileged to have met Nelson Mandela and to have written and performed a song for him - The Messenger. In this programme she traces Mandela's life through his all-important love of music, from his early days as a keen dancer to his maturity on the world stage as the first fully democratically elected President of South Africa - an event celebrated in music all over the world. In between,…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on December 29, 2022 at 6:12am — 1 Comment

Arabs Before Islam

When we contrast the behavior of Arabs before and after Islam, we need to mention the positives as well as the negatives.

Aspects of Pre-Islamic Arabian Society

Some Arabs would resent a total focus on the negatives without mentioning the positives. One of the most positive features they were known for was their hospitality.

 

Some of their positives are mentioned below.

 

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/CULTURE-MIDDLE EAST: Arab Hospitality Runs Deep

The genuine warmth…

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Added by Antar Ibn Stanford on December 28, 2022 at 8:30pm — 1 Comment

Henrietta Lacks statue to replace Robert E Lee monument in Virginia

A bronze statue of Henrietta Lacks – whose cells were taken from her body without her permission before they

Henrietta Lacks.

Lacks’ cells were taken from her body without her permission and used for numerous medical advances

facilitated numerous medical advances – is taking the place of a monument to the Confederate general Robert E Lee that was removed from…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on December 26, 2022 at 5:30am — 1 Comment

Black Burden by Una Marson

Black Burden

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Una Marson

I AM black,

And so I must be

More clever than white folk,

More wise than white folk,

More discreet than white folk,

More courageous than white folk.

I am black,

And I have got to travel

Even farther than white folk,

For time moves on

I must not laugh too much,

They say black folk can only laugh;

I must not weep too much,

They…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on December 26, 2022 at 5:00am — 2 Comments

African Summit of 49 Countries In Washington, D.C.







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Leaders from 49 African nations are in Washington, D.C., this week for a three-day summit organized by the Biden administration. The U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit comes as the United States is trying to counter the growing influence of China and Russia in Africa. On Monday, national security adviser Jake Sullivan… Continue

Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on December 19, 2022 at 5:30pm — 1 Comment

Toni Cade Bambara...

Early life and education Miltona Mirkin Cade was born in Harlem, New York, to parents Walter and

Toni Cade Bambara - Wikipedia

Helen (Henderson) Cade. She grew up in Harlem, Bedford…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on December 16, 2022 at 10:30am — 1 Comment

Harvard names Dr Claudine Gay PhD 30th president

Dr. Claudine Gay PhD, a widely admired higher education leader and distinguished scholar of democracy and political participation, will become the 30th president of Harvard University on July 1.

Claudine Gay.

Since 2018, Gay has served as the Edgerley Family Dean of Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), the University’s largest and most academically diverse faculty, spanning the biological and physical sciences and engineering, the social sciences, and the…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on December 15, 2022 at 3:30pm — 1 Comment

“Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power,

We look at “Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power,” a remarkable new documentary that shows how a small rural

community in Alabama organized during the civil rights movement to challenge white supremacy and systematic disenfranchisement of Black residents, and would become, in some ways, the first…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on December 14, 2022 at 6:04pm — 6 Comments

Unsung Hero Hakim Ziyech

Hakim Ziyech (Arabic: حكيم زياش; Berber languages: ⵃⴰⴽⵉⵎ ⵣⵉⵢⴰⵛ; born 19 March 1993) is a professional …

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on December 13, 2022 at 5:00pm — 1 Comment

Agents Of Change...Who's Shoulders You Stand Upon...

Myra Payne Elliott isn’t feeling well. Getting out of bed takes more energy than she has most days, and the chronic

obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) makes it hard to breathe. You wouldn’t know it to look at her, though, immaculately dressed in a beaded silver gown and matching jacket, her white hair carefully pulled into a bun and secured with a silver pin in the shape of a butterfly. There have been reporters and photographers at…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on December 12, 2022 at 3:14pm — 1 Comment

U.S. Supreme Court: Republicans...Redefining Who Is Black...

What's good, y'all? You're listening to CODE SWITCH. I'm Gene Demby, and joining us today is our play cousin, Hansi

Why some Republicans want to narrow who counts as Black : Code Switch

Listen to full program:  Why some Republicans want to narrow who counts as Black : Code Switch : NPR

Lo Wang. He's NPR's resident census expert. He's a correspondent on NPR's Washington Desk. He's a South Philly native…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on December 11, 2022 at 4:46pm — 1 Comment

World Cup 2022: Why Morocco’s win over Spain means so much to me

Moroccan supporters flocked to Qatar looking for joy. They collectively needed something to feel happy about, removed

World Cup 2022: Why Morocco’s win over Spain means so much to me

We’re used to losing. Morocco’s team is changing that, for the country and the Global South.

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on December 10, 2022 at 4:30pm — 1 Comment

The New Yorker: Bad Mexicans by Kelly Lytle Hernandez...

Bad Mexicans, by Kelly Lytle Hernández (Norton). The nickname malos…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on December 9, 2022 at 2:30am — 3 Comments

The California academic strike is the most important in US higher education history

The strike by unions representing 48,000 academic workers at the University of California stands at a perilous crossroads

Image of students striking against lower pay

By: 

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on December 6, 2022 at 5:00pm — 1 Comment

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Allah سبحانه و تعالى said : “This day, I have completed your religion for you”

Allah completed the religion through him and the proof is His saying, He, the Most High: «This day, I have completed your religion for you, perfected My blessings upon you, and am pleased…Continue

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The argument about Resurrection and life after death!

Allah says: “Nay! I swear by this city. This city wherein you have been rendered violable, and I swear by the parent and his offspring” (90Al-Balad:1-3) To begin a conversation, in Arabic with Nay,…Continue

Started by karriem el-amin shabazz in Sample Title Jul 29, 2022.

The question: When will the threat of Resurrection be carried out?

After Tauhid the other question about which a dispute was raging between the Prophet (pbuh) and the disbelievers was the question of the Hereafter. Here, before giving the arguments, the Hereafter…Continue

Started by karriem el-amin shabazz in Sample Title Jun 18, 2022.

This is the Truth: The Garden of Eternity, or the Blazing Fire!!!

Allah says: “Tell them, (O Prophet): “Did you consider (what would be your end) if this Qur'an were indeed from Allah and yet you rejected it? And this, even though a witness from the Children of…Continue

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