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The Prophet’s Children | Khalil Gibran
Published on 2012-05-25 23:12:07
Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They come through you but not from you. And though they are with you, they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts. For they have their own thoughts. You may house [...] > read more
Bahraini Torture Deaths & Oil For Silence
Published on 2012-05-23 22:49:53
Ayanna Nahmias, Editor-in-Chief Last Modified: 23:49 PM EDT, 23 May 2012 MANAMA, Bahrain — The call for democracy that began during Bahrain’s Arab Spring has fomented into a full-scale revolution in response to the ruling Sunni monarchy’s persistence in maintaining power by refusing to acquiesce to Bahraini citizens’ demands for democratic elections. External human rights [...] > read more
“Porndemic”- the concern
Published on 2012-05-22 09:31:00
Reblogged from thelisteningvoice: This write up is a follow up to my previous article on United by nudity, divided by attitude. It also comes as an inner voice that I have been listening to and what I am going to write here might not go down with many, but you are entitled to your opinion [...] > read more
Rules for Successful Living
Published on 2012-05-21 00:10:02
Anonymous Source Contributor Last Modified: 01:09 AM EDT, 21 May 2012 Originally reblogged this from another site, but subsequently found other versions of this inspirational list of life lessons. None of the versions have any attribution; however, but this list is purportedly handed down from Ancient Sanskrit. Thank you Delicious Goodies Galore for turning me [...] > read more
Will Ratko Mladić Escape Justice?
Published on 2012-05-18 13:52:33
Ayanna Nahmias, Editor-in-Chief Last Modified: 14:30 PM EDT, 18 May 2012 THE HAGUE – It is unfortunate for the survivors of victims of the 1995 Srebrenica siege that resulted in the genocide of 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys must continue to wait for justice. The aforementioned atrocities occurred under the leadership of Ratko Mladić, [...] > read more
Finding Your Roots | Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Published on 2012-05-18 10:40:29
What made America? What makes us? These two questions are at the heart of the new PBS series Faces of America with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. The Harvard scholar turns to the latest tools of genealogy and genetics to explore the family histories of 12 renowned Americans — professor and poet Elizabeth Alexander, chef Mario Batali, comedian Stephen Colbert, novelist Louise Erdrich, journalist Malcolm Gladwell, actress Eva Longoria, musician Yo-Yo Ma, director Mike Nichols, Her Majesty Queen Noor, te [..] > read more
Dutch-Moroccan ‘Lover Boy’ Pimps
Published on 2012-05-17 14:46:40
Ayanna Nahmias, Editor-in-Chief Last Modified: 15:46 PM EDT, 17 May 2012 Al Jazeera reported on the release of a film about the explosive increase in the Netherlands of forced prostitution of girls as young as 12 by their Dutch-Moroccan ‘boyfriends.’ The film by Julia Rooke and Caroline Pare features Ibrahim, a Dutch-Moroccan social worker who [...] > read more
Are all Men Pedophiles (Trailer)
Published on 2012-05-16 10:34:10
Reblogged from This is MY Soapbox: Are all men pedophiles? Of course not! But this is the recent subject of a documentary. I’ll let you watch the trailer. The trailer isn’t bringing up any facts that would change my mind. Just because models start off their careers at the age of 16 doesn’t imply that all [...] > read more
So You Love Me? Use The FDA HIV Test Kit
Published on 2012-05-15 23:57:39
Ayanna Nahmias, Editor-in-Chief Last Modified: 00:57 AM EDT, 16 May 2012 WASHINGTON, DC – David Morgan of Reuters UK first broke the news that the United States Federal Drug Administration (FDA) is considering approval of an over-the-counter home HIV test kit. If approved, the test could further empower sexually active men and women, by arming [...] > read more
Esperanza Spalding Feature in Newsweek
Published on 2012-05-11 23:11:24
Reblogged from the jazzmonger: Esperanza Spalding! I have made my admiration for this beautiful, talented lady a recurrent theme here on thejazzmonger blog. Now, I am pleased to report that she is the subject of an excellent article in Newsweek and it’s affiliate The Daily Beast. Abigail Pesta’s piece begins, as most Spalding features do, with [...] > read more
Bagmati River Slum Razed
Published on 2012-05-10 17:19:55
Ayanna Nahmias, Editor-in-Chief Last Modified: 18:19 PM EDT, 10 May 2012 KATHMANDU, Nepal – Wednesday, 8 May 2012, was a day of great disruption and equal measure of sorrow for the residents of the shanty town at UN Park in the Thapathali area in Kathmandu. Most of the make-shift neighborhood encompassed an area 400-metre long, [...] > read more
An American Tragedy, part two
Published on 2012-05-09 14:42:26
Reblogged from myownstormypetrelwords: I’ve written about a few of these subjects before: the obscene incarceration rate in America http://www.myownstormypetrelwords.wordpress.com/2012/03/19/georgia-another-proud-moment/; Doug Blackmon’s ground-breaking book, Slavery by Another Name, in which he describes the forced labor system in place for more than a century after the end of the Civil War. http://www.myownstormypetrelwords.wordpress.com/2012/02/13/slavery-by-another-name/ But now, [..] > read more
Will Liberia Let Them Eat Dust?
Published on 2012-05-08 13:16:18
Ayanna Nahmias, Editor-in-Chief Last Modified: 14:16 PM EDT, 8 May 2012 MONROVIA, Liberia – Across Africa water shortages and drought are an increasingly prevalent phenomenon. Some instances are a consequence of natural disaster, but in some cases clean water is being hoarded by powerful factions and used to extort impoverished people, or as a means [...] > read more
Sharia Law – Nigerian Thief Burned Alive
Published on 2012-05-04 14:17:44
Ayanna Nahmias, Editor-in-Chief Last Modified: 15:20 PM EDT, 4 May 2012 POTISKUM, Nigeria – This town in Yobe state is at the epicenter of the radical Islamic group, Boko Haram‘s reign of terror. The group has perpetrated over 480 killings since the beginning of the year as they seek to bring Northern Nigeria and then [...] > read more
Waris Dirie | FGM vs Circumcision
Published on 2012-05-03 15:01:37
Ayanna Nahmias, Editor-in-Chief Last Modified: 16:00 PM EDT, 3 May 2012 Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is currently one of the most egregious women’s rights abuses occurring globally. It is a subject that is hard to discuss because of its intimate, sexual and graphic nature. However, it is exactly because of the life-long psychological and physical [...] > read more
BP Oil Spill Creates “Frankenfish”
Published on 2012-05-01 14:48:11
Ayanna Nahmias, Editor-in-Chief Last Modified: 13:55 PM EDT, 1 May 2012 LOUISIANA, United States – On the second anniversary of the massive British Petroleum (BP) Gulf of Mexico oil spill, very little if any information has percolated through the American media about the ongoing impact of this disaster. As a consequence of the Gulf of [...] > read more
Africa’s Christians Under Attack
Published on 2012-04-30 21:04:30
Ayanna Nahmias, Editor-in-Chief Last Modified: 22:05 PM EDT, 30 April 2012 NAIROBI, Kenya – In recent months, across Africa, Christian sects have been under attack from extremist. On Sunday, 29 April 2012, a church in Ngara was bombed leaving one person confirmed dead and 16 others seriously injured. Although the US embassy warned of an [...] > read more
Sade, Timeless
Published on 2012-04-27 12:13:19
Ayanna Nahmias, Editor-in-Chief Last Modified: 13:30 PM EDT, 27 April 2012 First Published: 15:03 PM EDT, 15 January 2010 Helen Folasade Adu “Sade”, 53, who was born in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria, has come out with a follow-up single to “Soldier of Love,” aptly titled “Love is Found.” It is amazing to watch and listen to [...] > read more
Warlord Charles Taylor Convicted
Published on 2012-04-26 22:55:19
Ayanna Nahmias, Editor-in-Chief Last Modified: 23:55 PM EDT, 26 April 2012 Today, Charles Taylor, 64, former Liberian President and accused warlord was convicted by The Special Court for Sierra Leone, in The Hague, the Netherlands. He was found guilty of 11 counts of war crimes, including murder, rape, and sexual slavery. Like the Ugandan warlord [...] > read more
Ugandans Leverage Viral Activism
Published on 2012-04-23 22:54:53
Ayanna Nahmias, Editor-in-Chief Last Modified: 23:54 PM EDT, 23 April 2012 The Joseph Kony video that revealed gross human rights abuses in Uganda, particularly with regard to the kidnapping of children who were subsequently pressed into war as child soldiers, is not without its critics. Many Ugandans feel that their involvement in fighting against the [...] > read more
Exclusive ICBM Club Gains Member
Published on 2012-04-19 22:23:09
Ayanna Nahmias, Editor-in-Chief Last Modified: 23:23 PM EDT, 19 April 2012 NEW DEHLI, India – Following close on the heels of North Korea’s failed rocket launch earlier this week, the Indian government successfully launched the Agni-V from India’s east coast. According to other reports, Agni (means “fire” in Hindi and Sanskrit), a fitting term for [...] > read more
Anders Breivik, Norway’s Timothy McVeigh?
Published on 2012-04-18 21:57:54
Ayanna Nahmias, Editor-in-Chief Last Modified: 22:57 PM EDT, 18 April 2012 OSLO, Norway – Anders Behring Breivik, the right-wing Norwegian fanatic who has admitted killing 77 people on 22 July 2011. His trial started on Tuesday with his declaration to the court that he did not recognize their authority to judge him. He has been [...] > read more
Jim Yong Kim, New World Bank President
Published on 2012-04-16 23:16:06
Ayanna Nahmias, Editor-in-Chief Last Modified: 00:16 AM EDT, 17 April 2012 Washington, DC – The World Bank announced today that they selected President Barack Obama’s nominee Jim Yong Kim to serve as its president. Mr. Kim has been selected to replace the out-going president Mr. Robert B. Zoellick. Mr. Kim, a Korean-American doctor, will be [...] > read more
Drone strikes will go on in Pakistan: US officials
Published on 2012-04-13 22:46:54
Reblogged from DAWN.COM: - AP (File Photo) WASHINGTON: The White House has no intention to end CIA drone strikes against militant targets on Pakistani soil, US officials say, possibly setting the two countries up for diplomatic tensions after Pakistan’s parliament unanimously approved new guidelines for the country’s troubled relationship with the United States. US officials [...] > read more
Humiliating North Korean Rocket Crash
Published on 2012-04-13 21:19:17
Ayanna Nahmias, Editor-in-Chief Last Modified: 22:19 PM EDT, 13 April 2012 PYONGYANG, North Korea – Yesterday, amid the fanfare of ceremonies marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of North Korea’s founder and “eternal president” Kim Il-sung, his grandson, Kim Jong-un suffered a humiliating set-back when the rocket that was to herald his military might [...] > read more
Lagos carnival 2012. (Photos 20 )
Published on 2012-04-10 10:08:03
Reblogged from Limeisbetter: Here’s the exotic. Judging by the photos it has a lot to work that would reach the level of Brazil. However, I will put them very highly with 10 scores 6. Carnival is a very interesting and colorful, especially liked the unusual designs on the bodies of the participants. And the provision [...] > read more
Report Rape & media will plaster your mug on national television for all to see
Published on 2012-04-10 09:40:01
Reblogged from media laundry- @Dhobitalao: Police, Govt & Media Gang Rape !!! SUNAYANA SINGH As if it’s not disturbing enough to read about a girl being gang raped by four men. As if it isn’t disgusting enough to discover that this is the second time this has happened in a year to the same girl [...] > read more
The Taliban Enjoys Raping Boys
Published on 2012-04-06 14:11:00
Ayanna Nahmias, Editor-in-Chief Last Modified: 15:11 PM EDT, 6 April 2012 When the book “The Kite Runner” was made into a movie many people, including me, were shocked at the scene where a Taliban leader rapes a boy in the story. I thought that this must be aberrant behavior peculiar to the individual portrayed in [...] > read more
Pakistan’s Dirty Secret War
Published on 2012-04-05 19:50:06
Ayanna Nahmias, Editor-in-Chief Last Modified: 20:50 PM EDT, 5 April 2012 BALOCHISTAN, Pakistan – Recently, we wrote about the Tuareg of North Africa and the battle they are fighting in Mali for independence as an autonomous country. There is another little known group of people also fighting for their independence, as well as control over [...] > read more
Tuareg Rebels Eye Azawad Secession
Published on 2012-04-02 21:34:19
Ayanna Nahmias, Editor-in-Chief Last Modified: 22:23 PM EDT, 2 April 2012 AZAWAD, Mali – The stability of Mali continues to be a grave issue for its citizens and neighboring countries. West African leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), an organization comprised of 15 countries, have brought to bear the strictest economic [...] > read more
Amazing Rescue of a Stray Dog, With Incredible Ending
Published on 2012-03-30 21:48:46
Reblogged from Limeisbetter: The dog is blind and hiding in the corner of a dirty lot in South Los Angeles when these people rescue it. And a happy ending for everybody especially Fiona the dog. Filed under: Guest Posts, Inspiration, Social Commentary, United States As we watched this story we couldn't stop crying. Crying as [...] > read more
American Hate Mongers
Published on 2012-03-30 12:15:57
Ayanna Nahmias, Editor-in-Chief Last Modified: 13:15 PM EDT, 30 March 2012 “And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out [...] > read more
Sub-Saharan Immigrants Suffer in Libya
Published on 2012-03-28 20:25:19
Ayanna Nahmias, Editor-in-Chief Last Modified: 21:25 PM EDT, 28 March 2012 TRIPOLI, Libya – Illegal immigration is a problem in emerging economies where many migrants seek to make the dangerous journey to Europe in hope of a better life. Libya, as a gateway to Europe, finds itself in a politically sensitive position with regard [...] > read more
Dominique Strauss-Khan | Sex Addict, Pimp
Published on 2012-03-27 12:00:20
When the media reported on the attempted rape by Dominique Strauss-Kahn, managing director of the IMF (International Monetary Fund) it seemed strange that they referred to The assignation of this descriptor to the rape victim in the 21st century was incongruous. A fact that must have been noticed as the media in subsequent coverage began to refer to her as a cleaning women. When I heard about the 'chambermaid' from Guinea who despite the shame this accusation could cause her, displayed unco [..] > read more
India and Iran Thwart US Sanctions
Published on 2012-03-26 22:49:29
Ayanna Nahmias, Editor-in-Chief Last Modified: 10:04 AM EDT, Monday, 26 March 2012 NEW DELHI, India – Three years ago, on 13 April 2009, Shri M. Hamid Ansari, the current Vice President of India, released a book titled, “Challenges and Strategy: Rethinking India’s Foreign Policy” authored by Ambassador Rajiv Sikri of the International Institute for Strategic [...] > read more
‘Raped for a Living’
Published on 2012-03-23 21:27:57
Reblogged from The Bedroom Door.: Whilst the majority of us get up each day, get dressed and go to work to earn a living, Women all over Ireland are waking up each day to face another day of torture, another day of being degraded, another day of being ‘Raped for a Living’. These are the [...] > read more
A Coup for a Coup | Amadou Toumani Touré
Published on 2012-03-22 11:49:19
Ayanna Nahmias, Editor-in-Chief Last Modified: 12:49 PM EDT, Thursday, 22 March 2012 BAMAKO, Mali – President Amadou Toumani Touré has been deposed following a coup d’etat by soldiers who are members of the National Committee for the Restoration of Democracy and State (CNRDR). In the video below, Lt. Amadou Konare spoke in French to [...] > read more
Al Khalifa’s Vendetta Against Bahraini Medics
Published on 2012-03-21 22:14:32
Ayanna Nahmias, Editor-in-Chief Last Modified: 23:14 PM EDT, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 BAHRAIN – On Tuesday, 20 March 2012, the Bahraini attorney general concluded his summation in the government’s case against the medics who defied an injunction against treating wounded Arab Spring protesters last year. Although, the prosecutor initially suggested that the charges against [...] > read more
Migrant Worker Abused in Lebanon Takes Life
Published on 2012-03-20 23:17:01
Ayanna Nahmias, Editor-in-Chief Last Modified: 00:17 AM EDT, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 BEIRUT, Lebanon – An Ethiopian domestic worker, Alem Dechasa, was taken to a psychiatric hospital following an attempt by a group of Lebanese men to kidnap her outside the Ethiopian embassy. First aired by Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International (LBCI), the video shows [...] > read more
An Anti-Zionist Jew? | Dovid Yisroel Weiss
Published on 2012-03-19 22:09:12
Ayanna Nahmias, Editor-in-Chief Last Modified: 23:09 PM EDT, Mon 19 March 2012 UNITED STATES – When people think of Jews, the general consensus is that the community is monolithic and closed, and that all Jews unilaterally support the State of Israel and its policies. As one of our readers reminded us, Jon Stewart, who [...] > read more
Death by Marriage | Rape Victim Amina Filali
Published on 2012-03-18 22:31:10
Ayanna Nahmias, Editor-in-Chief Last Modified: 23:31 PM EDT, Sunday, 18 March 2012 MOROCCO – On Saturday, 17 March 2011, thousands of people around the world awoke to the horror of the suicide of a young girl who had been forced to marry her rapist. Her rapist was given the option of marrying the girl [...] > read more
Feast, Fete, Dead Guests
Published on 2012-03-16 21:24:16
Ayanna Nahmias, Editor-in-Chief Last Modified: 22:24 PM EDT, Friday, 16 March 2012 AMBOHIMIRARY, Madagascar — When people think of dancing with the dead, they usually picture the New Orleans Carnival pre-Hurricane Katrina. Carnival in that city was an admixture of ghosts, ghouls, scantily clad women and men dancing through aged alleys full of shops [...] > read more
Longing for Home in the Middle East: Anthony Shadid's House of Stone
Published on 2012-03-14 20:17:54
Reblogged from The Judy Chronicles: My Dear Children: I just read a memoir in which one of the many things I learned was that the Arabic word for house – bayt – is achingly close to the one in Hebrew – bayit. The book is called “House of Stone: A Memoir of Home, Family, and [...] > read more
Victoria Seeds | Josephine Okot
Published on 2012-03-13 22:23:43
With the recent fervor over the viral Joseph Kony video, Uganda has shot to the forefront of many American’s consciousness. There are many tragedies occurring across the Continent, and we have focused most recently on the genocide that is occurring in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In keeping with our mission, we strive for balanced [...] > read more
Time to take early action before another Horn of Africa drought
Published on 2012-03-12 13:23:25
Reblogged from Danielberhane's Blog: A discussion on the possibility of a third consecutive year of drought in the Horn of Africa was held this week in Kigali, Rwanda. The three day Greater Horn of Africa Climate Outlook Forum included Government representatives from the region, climatologists, agricultural experts and disaster risk managers. The meeting was hosted [...] > read more
Kenyan AIDS Activist | Patricia Sawo
Published on 2012-03-11 17:00:57
The story of how my life has been impacted directly by AIDS, and why it is important that we remember all of the children who are and have been orphaned by this terrible scourge. > read more
Japan still coping with human, economic costs of tsunami on eve of anniversary
Published on 2012-03-10 21:49:57
With a minute of silence and prayers, Japan will on Sunday mark the first anniversary of an earthquake and tsunami that killed thousands and shattered public trust in atomic power and the nation’s leaders > read more
Joseph Kony viral video campaign clouded in controversy
Published on 2012-03-07 21:41:19
As support for the global Kony 2012 campaign emerged swiftly, so did the suspicion and condemnation > read more
The HIV Murders Club
Published on 2012-03-07 17:11:04
MASVINGO PROVINCE, ZIMBABWE: Shocking news hit the internet six days ago when a 17-year-old HIV positive maid from Mupandawana, Gutu, was sentenced to a 10-year prison term for trying to infect her employer’s four-year-old child with the HIV virus. People deliberately infecting other people with the virus that causes AIDS is a very real problem [...] > read more
Six Monolithic Corporations That Control Nearly Everything We Watch, Hear And Read
Published on 2012-03-04 11:11:53
Reblogged from Talesfromthelou's Blog: If you are not angry and scared by now, you are not paying attention to what is happening in front of our eyes. 13th January 2012 By Michael Snyder – BlacklistedNews.com Back in 1983, approximately 50 corporations controlled the vast majority of all news media in the United States. Today, ownership [...] > read more
‘Ugly’ by the Sugababes
Published on 2012-03-01 22:56:21
A fellow blogger and follower of the Nahmias Cipher Report read one of our posts and commented on it. We returned the courtesy, and stopped by to peruse their website, the Opinionated Duck. They featured a post simply titled ‘Prejudice,’ accompanied by a video titled ‘Ugly’ by the group Sugababes. Having just posted the article [...] > read more
Israeli Ethiopians Protest Racism
Published on 2012-03-01 20:25:35
Thousands of Israelis, many of whom originally from Ethiopia, take part in a demonstration against the discrimination of Ethiopian-Jews in Israel. the protesters march from the Israeli Parliament to the city center in Jerusalem, on January 18, 2012. Keren Manor > read more
The Perspective of Life
Published on 2012-03-01 10:13:37
Reblogged from Think Once…..!!: A young couple moved into a new neighborhood. The next morning while they were eating breakfast, the young woman watched her neighbor hanging wash outside. “That laundry is not very clean”, she said. “She doesn’t know how to wash correctly. Perhaps, she needs better laundry soup.” … As Mark Twain said, [...] > read more
North Korea Halts Nuclear Program For Food
Published on 2012-02-29 21:33:03
WASHINGTON, DC – On Wednesday 29 February 2012, the United States and North Korea have reached a nuclear disarmament agreement which hopefully signals a new era of open access to a country that grew increasingly insular under the iron rule of Kim Jong Il. Under Kim Jong-un’s leadership this move seems to signify North Korea’s [...] > read more
Egypt Makes Conciliatory Gesture toward U.S.
Published on 2012-02-29 12:22:56
CAIRO – Minutes ago Egyptian officials announced that they would lift the travel ban on 7 of the 16 Americans who have been accused of inciting violence among Egyptian protesters during recent rallies. Since their detention, relations between the United States and Egypt continued to deteriorate. The one-time strong allies have suffered several crippling blows [...] > read more
Dutch Royal Shell Expands Africa Footprint
Published on 2012-02-28 21:24:48
When one thinks of Neo-Colonialism in emerging economies, the traditional natural resources usually come to mind – minerals, timber, water rights, and oil. The expansion in Africa by oil companies has increased in recent years as the demand for this finite resource increases. America is still the largest consumer of crude oil and petroleum based [...] > read more
Saleh Departs with Riches to Ethiopia
Published on 2012-02-27 17:52:48
SANAA, Yemen – Exiled Yemeni president, Ali Abdullah Saleh is rumored to have made plans to live in exile in Ethiopia. News sources have already published photos of the ousted president standing with the Ethiopian President Meles Zenawi. Saleh and his family, according to an anonymous source but confirmed by a diplomat in Sanaa, said [...] > read more
Nelson Mandela Doing Well After Procedure
Published on 2012-02-25 22:35:26
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Nelson Mandela, the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize winner and former South African President has been hospitalized. The 93-year old is undergoing test to identify the cause of an undisclosed stomach ailment. In a statement, President Jacob Zuma said that Mandela isn’t in any immediate danger, but asked that the press respect [...] > read more
Haiti Rocked by Political Earthquake
Published on 2012-02-24 22:01:51
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille abruptly resigned Friday after less than five months. He didn’t provide an explanation for his departure when he submitted his letter of resignation to President Michel Martelly. According to the Associated Press, “Conille, a physician who previously served as an aide to Bill Clinton in the former [...] > read more
Bahrain’s Bloody Spring
Published on 2012-02-23 22:58:21
Only history will reveal the true extent of change wrought by the 2011 Arab Spring, but it is obvious that the situation in the Middle East is fundamentally different from what it was a year ago. Many changes have occurred, though many appear to be cosmetic when measured against the deep historical changes which did [...] > read more
Christine Legarde’s IMF Jenga Gambit
Published on 2012-02-21 23:49:42
In the latest Greek Tragedy, aka the ‘Greek Deal,’ the Troika seems determined to ignore the adage of “not pouring good money after bad.” Greece, Ireland and Portugal are the first three countries in the euro zone to agree to ‘bailout’ plans with the so-called Troika consisting of the European commission, the European Central Bank [...] > read more
“One A Day” Black History Month ~ Ms. Kamala Devi Harris.
Published on 2012-02-21 15:47:15
Reblogged from The ObamaCrat.com: By Jueseppi B. I knew about Ms. Kamala Devi Harris & her brilliant career, and now I will introduce those of you who didn’t know about her, to Ms. Kamala Devi Harris. Twenty-first in The “One A Day” Black History Month Series: Ms. Kamala Devi Harris. Kamala Devi Harris (born October 20, 1964) is [...] > read more
Mexico female presidential candidate Vazquez Mota embraces role
Published on 2012-02-21 15:07:15
Reblogged from Northern Barbarians's Blog: Josefina Vazquez Mota, candidate of the ruling PAN, doesn’t hesitate to play the so-called gender card at chosen times. She trails the leader by a wide margin. By Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times Reporting from Mexico City – ”I will be the first woman president of Mexico.” Thus declared Josefina Vazquez Mota on [...] > read more
Queen’s Pawn
Published on 2012-02-19 23:42:16
The politics of freedom and a strategy of resistance. > read more
The Practical Maxim
Published on 2012-02-19 22:05:53
We each possess the power to positively or adversely impact our fellow human beings. So, "beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again." ~ Og Mandino > read more
Lost in the Machine | Metropolis
Published on 2012-02-18 08:30:05
We must not define ourselves by freedom from religion, from abuse, from rape, from derision. From societal norms, from conformance, from acceptable compliance. From race, from the accident of geographical happenstance of birth or of life whether lived extraordinarily or pedestrian, with unsung aplomb, or within the rarefied strata of the new minted pantheon of 'celebrity' deities. > read more
René Magritte | Surrealist Painter
Published on 2012-02-17 17:37:13
The 20th Century Surrealist Painter René Magritte, is one of my favorite artists. I particularly like the Surrealist movement because each person brings their own psychology to bear when interpreting the paintings. Enjoy! > read more
Cuba & US Foreign Intervention in sub-Sahara Africa
Published on 2012-02-17 10:28:51
Reblogged from Katie Chapman: This past December I wrote a paper and conducted some research for my Master’s in International Relations. The topic compared foreign policy and intervention in Africa by the United States and Cuba. After somewhat thorough research, I was left with mostly biased opinions produced from each state regarding its foreign involvement [...] > read more
Somali women want a say in government
Published on 2012-02-16 22:04:21
Reblogged from haleybehre: The article below is written by Shafi’i Mohyaddin Abokar from the Inter Press Service. It talks about how Somali women want a larger role in the country’s leadership. Women make up a large portion of Somalia, but have little pull in government. However, Somalia is at a crossroads: its transitional government is [...] > read more
Tibetan Monk Self-Immolates
Published on 2012-02-16 15:24:51
TIBET, Monday, 13 February 2012 – Lobsang Gyatso, a 19-year-old monk from the Kirti monastery set himself ablaze on the main street, according to the London-based International Campaign for Tibet (ICT). Security forces beat Gyatso while extinguishing the flames, then took him away, the group said in an online statement posted late Monday. It was [...] > read more
Just A Snip. Now Overreact.
Published on 2012-02-16 10:25:10
Reblogged from The Case Against Intactivism: I have two blog posts planned for the night. I think I’ll go ahead and start on one of the most ridiculous claims put forth by intactivists. One that’s roundly mocked by pretty much anyone with two braincells to rub together. There’s an oft-posted blog about a baby girl [...] > read more
UNAMID Deputy Chief acts on her commitment to North Darfur returnees
Published on 2012-02-15 10:27:41
Reblogged from Database of Press Releases related to Africa – APO-Source: UNAMID Deputy Chief acts on her commitment to North Darfur returnees EL FASHER (DARFUR), Sudan, February 15, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — With the slaying of goats, the people of Kuma Garadyat today expressed their commitment to work with the African Union-United Nations [...] > read more
New Book Project | The Bahari Paradox
Published on 2011-07-03 16:46:43
I appreciate the opportunity to submit for your review a brief synopsis of my current project, THE BAHARI PARADOX. Agents interested in projects similar to Malika Oufkir’s Stolen Lives will see the potential in marketing this project, as it grapple > read more
Aung San Suu Kyi Warned to Keep Mouth Shut
Published on 2011-06-29 22:58:12
“Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and a much more perfect purity of conscience." ~ Thomas Merton 29 June 2011 - Aung San Suu Kyi i > read more
Christine Lagarde, New IMF Director
Published on 2011-06-28 18:47:33
28 June 2011 - French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde was named Tuesday as the new managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Her five-year appointment begins on July 5th, as such she is the first woman to lead the multilateral le > read more
The Living Death of ‘GET’
Published on 2011-06-27 23:05:08
When a woman attempts to leave an unhappy marriage, depending upon where she resides it could result in her death, loss of her parental rights, disfigurement, impoverishment, ostracization or other dire consequences. When my father began to physical > read more
The Female of the Species
Published on 2011-06-25 23:55:26
THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES Written by Rudyard Kipling, 1911 When the Himalayan peasant meets the he-bear in his pride, [RepublicanWoman1936GTaro] He shouts to scare the monster, who will often turn aside. But the she-bear thus accosted rends the > read more
Murder of the Equal Sex
Published on 2011-06-19 23:51:14
In the Middle East and North Africa women rights are coming to the forefront as they begin their modern-day suffragette movement amidst the recent uprisings – now known as the “Arab Spring”. Suffragette “derived from the word “suffr > read more
Intro to the Ethiopic Calendar
Published on 2011-06-15 21:00:34
Teshome Shewaye is an Ethiopian citizen who provided the NCR with a more detailed account of the Ethiopic Calendar. The Ethiopic Calendar differs from the Hebrew, Islamic and Gregorian Calendars and is followed by more than 80 million people worldwi > read more
The Fallacy of Western Love | Meriam Al Khalifa
Published on 2011-06-15 01:12:36
This post is about Meriam Al Khalifa who is a young Saudi Arabian woman who eloped with an American serviceman and left her home in Bahrain during the night without the consent or knowledge of her family. The picture to … Continue reading ͛ > read more
Ratko Mladić | Serbian Butcher Arrested
Published on 2011-05-26 16:09:49
On May 26, 2011 Serbian security forces arrested Ratko Mladić in Lazarevo, Serbia. He had eluded apprehension for 16 years despite a large monetary award for his capture. Mladić's most unconscionable act was the notorious Srebrenica massacre in > read more
Weyni Mengesha | Ethiopian Film Director
Published on 2011-05-25 22:12:02
Weyni Mengesha, is an award winning director who has produced and directed performances of her work all across Canada, as well as in New York and London. This young and dynamic Habesha Nesh has big dreams some of which have been realized and others t > read more
The Charwoman and The Baron | Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Published on 2011-05-24 17:17:20
When the media reported on the attempted rape by Dominique Strauss-Kahn, managing director of the IMF (International Monetary Fund) it seemed strange that they referred to the victim as a chambermaid. The assignation of this descriptor to the rape > read more
Miller Time Resurrected | New World End
Published on 2011-05-23 01:03:47
On Friday, May 20th I witnessed a man withdraw all the money from his bank account as he announced in a stentorious voice "the world is going to end and I want to take all my money with me." It was a ridiculous concept to which another client repl > read more
Neo-Colonialism in Emerging Economies
Published on 2011-05-19 01:12:21
When I lived in Africa as a child we resided in countries previously colonized by the British and Germans. In these post-colonialist nations the vacuum left by the departing imperialist was painfully evident in the areas of energy, water, sanitation, > read more
The Thorned Princess | Frida Kahlo | Surrealism
Published on 2011-05-18 00:43:09
Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo are two painters who lived extraordinary lives defying conventional standards of conduct and mores of their day. Although Frida did not consider herself a surrealist painter, her paintings portray otherwise. Within the > read more
Granny Porn in Kenya
Published on 2011-05-14 23:55:34
After the release of information by the American government which claims that pornography was discovered on Osama Bin Laden's computer, the idea of pornography in Islamic nations shouldn't be strange. In fact, I wrote a post titled "Sex for Sale fro > read more
Stella Mwangi | Kenyan Superstar
Published on 2011-05-12 21:49:41
As a child growing up in Tanzania I remember Kiswahili colloquialisms and proverbs such as 'haba na haba hujaza kibaba,' which literally means 'little by little fills up the measure.' In American parlance it would be translated as 'great investments > read more
Grant Assistance Scams | Caveat Emptor
Published on 2011-05-10 22:57:39
In these tough economic times parents whose budgets are already stretched thin by the high cost of food, petrol and education are desperate for immediate relief in addition to securing the tools to implement long-term solutions to their budgetary con > read more
Lady Gaga Kabuki Theatre | Monster Ball Tour
Published on 2011-05-09 16:46:26
This weekend HBO featured Lady Gaga's 'Monster Ball Tour.' It was during a channel surfing session, that I happened upon the show midway through the concert. It was a captivating spectacle beyond belief. The costumery was so imaginative and outland > read more
Happy Mother’s Day | Global Visions
Published on 2011-05-08 11:24:07
“A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to u > read more
Matisyahu – One Day | Music Video
Published on 2011-05-04 22:29:34
My mother constantly amazes me and perhaps many people believe this of their mothers as well. Lately, what amazes me most about my diminutive, powerhouse, sixty-seven year old, Southern Baptist minister mom is the diversity, scope and breadth of her > read more
Hell Holes | North Korean Gulags
Published on 2011-05-04 16:57:54
Today Amnesty International based out of London, England released a report claiming the North Korean camps for political prisoners are expanding in size. A political prisoner in an interview recounted a horrific tale of his three-year internment in > read more
SAMVOD | Ethiopian New Music Video
Published on 2011-05-04 10:11:19
WASHINGTON, DC - Today in the nations capital it is gray and overcast and people continue to examine and prevaricate about the death of Osama Bin Laden with the latest assertions that he hid behind the skirt of his wife in an effort to avoid being sh > read more
State of the World’s Mothers | The Mother Index
Published on 2011-05-03 21:35:33
Today, 03 May 2011, the organization Save the Children released its annual report 'State of the World's Mothers,' also referred to as the Mother's Index, it ranks countries by the care each country provides for its most precious resources - mothers a > read more
Martyrdom & Justifiable Homicide – Osama Bin Laden
Published on 2011-05-02 18:31:31
In front of the White House and at Ground "0" in New York, crowds gathered in jubilation and celebration of the fact that after ten years and two presidencies the most reviled man in Western American history was dead. To the victor goes the spoils a > read more