Raise High the Ajijaak - Native and non-Native Children Book. Monica Whitepigeon in Entertainment. Discussion » FERNDALE, MICHIGAN - A small publishing house has big ideas for revitalizing the Anishinaabemowin language for both Native and non-Native children. Emirati women create book lovers' paradise. Their world comprises books and more books.
"Our childhood memories were filled with books. We have always been book lovers. " Shaikha Al Shamsi, a MBA graduate from Zayed University, told Gulf News. The same holds true for Mariam Al Khayat, a films studies graduate. Why Solutions Journalism Matters, Too. Fixes looks at solutions to social problems and why they work.
This is a follow-up to last Friday’s column revisiting social change organizations that grew in 2011. On Friday, I did a recap of stories that we had featured in Fixes over the past year ― and I was surprised to discover that many of the organizations we’d written about had managed to expand their work, even in a difficult economy and political context. Tunisia's democracy blooms as model for Arab Spring. On the day that President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali fled from his quarter-century of rule, there were 9,600 associations – nonprofit groups such as charities and sports clubs – across Tunisia.
Skip to next paragraph Subscribe Today to the Monitor Click Here for your FREE 30 DAYS ofThe Christian Science MonitorWeekly Digital Edition. Smuggled Honey Makes It To American Stores Under Cover Of 'Ultra-Filtration' The next time you find yourself in the honey aisle of your grocery store, debating between a pricy premium, artisanal honey and the store-brand nectar contained in a plastic bear, you might want to think twice before choosing based on price.
World Becoming Less Violent: Despite Global Conflict, Statistics Show Violence In Steady Decline. An Open Letter to the Occupy Wall Street Activists. Thank you for your courage. Thank you for making an attempt to improve the situation in what is now called the United States. Thank you for your commitment to peace and non-violence. Assassinating al-Awlaki Was Counterproductive.
Libya’s War-Tested Women Cling to New Power. Mohammed Salem/Reuters TO ARMS A rebel officer in Benghazi, Libya, taught women how to use various weapons during a training session in June. In the Libyan rebels’ unlikely victory over Col. , women did far more than send sons and husbands to the front. Chomsky: 9/11 - was there an alternative? We are approaching the 10th anniversary of the horrendous atrocities of September 11, 2001, which, it is commonly held, changed the world.
On May 1, the presumed mastermind of the crime, Osama bin Laden, was assassinated in Pakistan by a team of elite US commandos, Navy SEALs, after he was captured, unarmed and undefended, in Operation Geronimo. A number of analysts have observed that although bin Laden was finally killed, he won some major successes in his war against the US. "He repeatedly asserted that the only way to drive the US from the Muslim world and defeat its satraps was by drawing Americans into a series of small but expensive wars that would ultimately bankrupt them," Eric Margolis writes.
"'Bleeding the US,' in his words. The United States, first under George W Bush and then Barack Obama, rushed right into bin Laden’s trap ... The Dead, the Dollars, the Drones: 9/11 Era by the Numbers. Ever since the Twin Towers fell, the United States has been at war.
The costs of that decade of conflict have been unimaginably high: trillions of dollars spent, hundreds of thousands of lives lost. The numbers are almost too big to grasp, let alone quantify. Libya Feature: Black Africans Rounded Up by New Government? See Also, Syria, Libya (and Beyond) Liveblog: Cracks in the Regime There are fresh allegations that Libya's opposition fighters have rounded up black Africans and placed them in detention camps, on the suspicion that they are former Qaddafi mercenaries, just on the basis of their skin color.
As other reports of chaos surface after the fall of Qaddafi's government in Tripoli, we ask two questions: Are these abuses systematically executed by Libya's new government, and when will law and order be restored to Libya? The Associated Press is running a story about how opposition forces have been gathering thousands of black Africans and placing them in detention centers, under suspicion that they are fighters for Colonel Muammar Qaddafi. Revolutionary Street Art & Graffiti in Benghazi, Libya. Graffiti commemorating the Revolution of Feb. 17 Qaddafi with 'Green Book' shackles.
Qaddafi has "fucked" Libya and its people for 42 years. Swastikas and Stars of David. Qaddafi and his sons attempt to flee Libya with sacks full of money. Qaddafi gets the Libyan people's boot. The Libyan people have spoken. A Muslim Missionary Group Draws New Scrutiny in U.S. London riots point to much wider risks of youth unrest. In Saudi Arabia, a Resurgence of Sufism. JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia -- A hush came over the crowd as the young man sitting cross-legged on the floor picked up the microphone and sang, a cappella, a poem about Islam's prophet Muhammad.
