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Florida began their apparent competition for the most voter suppressive state in the union, georgia was point zero. in two days, a cross-section of the black faith leaders will rally at the state capital in protest of whats happening across the country. in advance of a congressional vote on the voter protection bill named for one of georgias most famous sons, the late congressman john lewis. joining me now are bishop jackson and reverend bryant, timothy mcdonald and lee may. as i should say, geo...

>> reporter: tonight its the last lifeline for millions of desperate syrian refugees trucks carrying food, medicine, and barely a trickle of covid vaccine to people living in border camps. their homes destroyed by ten years of civil war. with now russia threatening to close this crossing next month. >> they stand a chance of dying >> reporter: president bidens u.n. ambassador linda thomas-greenfield arriving at the border today with more u.s. aid. $239 million >> its life and death. on top of wa...

arrived. Many get a glimpse of a new life once they enter Algeria, before being arrested, held – often without food – and deposited in the desert at a location that has come to be known as Point Zero, MSF said in the report released in mid April. From there, they must walk the 15 kilometres to the village of Assamaka, in Niger. Even in the height of summer, Algerian lorries and buses left depositing migrants, including the young, the old, the infirm and pregnant women in the desert, before...

20 Apr 21 Safi Keita, from Mali, made her living in Algeria by selling spices. Her two children had stayed in Mali with her mother, and she was four months pregnant with her third child on the day that police arrived at her home. "The gendarmes broke down the door,” she says. “They took everything: money and phones. Then they took me to the police station.” "They put us in crowded trucks"  The following day, Safi was put in a truck and sent to a detention centre. “They put us in crowde...

Her 1975 novel demonstrated a far more radical feminism than was common in Africa and the Arab world – a precursor of the #MenAreTrash anger of today.

Nawal El Saadawi’s intellectual life reflected eight decades of Arab society and culture Sunday, April 4, 2021 10:20 AM UTC Egypt’s Nawal El Saadawi was the foremost Arab feminist thinker of the past 50 years. Her ideas inspired generations of Arab women, but also provoked controversy and criticism. She was prolific, publishing over 50 books of fiction and non fiction in Arabic, many translated and receiving global attention. Focusing on sex, politics, and religion, El Saadawi believed th...

Namina Forna on being inspired by Egypt feminist Nawal El Saadawi Quartz 3 days ago © Provided by Quartz Nawal El Saadawi is pictured during an interview in London in 2018. “They said, ‘you are a savage and dangerous woman.’ I am speaking the truth. And the truth is savage and dangerous.” This line from the novel Woman at Point Zero, by Egyptian doctor, feminist and writer, Nawal El Saadawi, who recently passed away at 89, probably speaks best about the author’s pioneering life....

PFB Custom Homes Group Named Manufacturer of the Year by NAHB Share Article PFB Custom Homes Group honored as the 2021 Manufacturer of the Year by the National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB) Building Systems Councils (BSC). MERIDIAN, Idaho (PRWEB) March 10, 2021 PFB Custom Homes Group was honored as the 2021 Manufacturer of the Year by the National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB) Building Systems Councils (BSC). The...

Isle of Wight Radio 6:00am - 10:00am Live and Local Podcast - Supporting Live Local Music On The Isle Of Wight Matt Darey Matthew Jonathan "Matt" Darey (born 29 November 1968) is an English trance music producer and a member of Lost Tribe. He is known for his work in the Euphoria trance series and for Gamemaster (as Lost Tribe) and his remixes of Agnelli & Nelsons "El Niño". In 2005, his first major US albums, an EP, Point Zero (featuring the Li Kwan song of the same name), and a double alb...

QUEPOS, COSTA RICA, February 07, 2021 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Twice a day at sunrise and sunset he meditates silently in nature