Alex-Nur

Will NY Dems Choose Zohran Mamdani or Disgraced Past Leaders? Democratic Party leaders haven’t decided whether to rally behind Zohran Mamdani or a centrist backed by the Israel lobby.

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The Smearing of Mamdani, the War on Iran, and the Terror of ICE: Confronting America's Racism and Islamophobia America’s unwillingness to confront its sordid love affair with racism and Islamophobia is a throughline to explain our crackdown on immigrants, our love affair with war, and the smearing of Mamdani.

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When I was told this was a road 15 years ago, I thought maybe a path. But now I can say, This our road."

Those weavers

It is good.

Quick check-in on our cashew farm...off season.

Moringa from our compound.

That cabinet meeting was difficult to watch.

Schumer is complicit, to say it mildly, and mute about the genocide. At least Bernie is speaking up.

Watch the Moment Mahmoud Khalil Was Arrested "He's not resisting."

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Can Trump Legally Deport Mahmoud Khalil? What About Free Speech? Here’s What Experts Say Everything you need to know about the Trump administration’s attempt to deport the Columbia student protest negotiator and what’s next.

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Good analysis

A simple illustrated guide to Ramadan, answers to 10 common questions The ninth month of the Islamic calendar is special to Muslims around the world for its many unique blessings.

Fyi: a simple explanation for those encountering your neighbors, colleagues, service providers, and vendors.

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Berlin Conference: How Europe carved up Africa 140 years ago This month marks 140 years since Western powers sidelined Africans and carved up ‘ownership’ of the continent.

Julius Nyerere, the former Tanzanian president, articulated what researchers agree is the current state of Africa: “We have artificial ‘nations’ carved out at the Berlin Conference in 1884, and today we are struggling to build these nations into stable units of human society … ”

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Drain MSNBC of Viewers As It Whitewashes its Network to Placate Trump Under the leadership of Rebecca Kutler, MSNBC has decided to silence, sideline, and cancel prominent anchors of color, such as Joy Reid. The rest of us can tune out and build our own media community.

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YouTube video by Levan Ramishvili Giving the Palestinians Greenland (Golden Girls, Empty Nests, 1987)

So is this his real bright idea? Foreign policy set by "The Golden Girls" 1987.

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MEET THE AUTHOR : The story of a Black mzungu When New York native Alexandria Osborne travelled to Tanzania in 2009, she planned to stay for six months. Instead, she met her husband Saidi and moved to his home in a rural village near...

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The Black Mzungu The story of one woman's journey of self-discovery.

Hard to believe it's been 10 years since my book was published. Those first 5 years of adapting to life in rural Tanzania, as told in my memoir, by the insistence of friends, just seems matter-of-fact now. In retrospect, it has been quite a ride.

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Eat well, stay healthy. Grabbed some leaves after hubby pruned our trees. After several days of drying, good to go. Make tea or just sprinkle on salads or in soups and stews.

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