Rescue workers fanned across Turkey and Syria Tuesday, in a second day of racing to find survivors from the massive earthquake and … More
Category: World
Hayk
Hayk (Armenian: Հայկ, Armenian pronunciation: [hajk]), also known as Hayk Nahapet (Հայկ Նահապետ, Armenian pronunciation: [hajk naha’pɛt], lit. ’Hayk the Patriarch’, is the legendary patriarch and founder of the Armenian nation. … More
Japheth lives in Shem’s house and Cainan serves
Genesis 9 And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. God shall enlarge Japheth, … More
The Republic of Ararat – FREE the Kurds
The Republic of Ararat, or Kurdish Republic of Ararat, was a self-proclaimed Kurdish state. It was located in eastern Turkey, centred on Karaköse Province. “Agirî” is … More
Slavery and the Haitian Revolution
Since the revolutionaries explicitly proclaimed liberty as their highest ideal, slavery was bound to come into question during the French … More
Dungan – Hui Muslims who fled China
Dungan is a term used in territories of the former Soviet Union to refer to a group of Muslim people of Hui origin. Turkic-speaking peoples in Xinjiang Province in Northwestern … More
UAE names oil chief to lead UN climate talks
The United Arab Emirates on Thursday named the CEO of a state-run oil company who also oversees renewable energy projects … More
Netanyahu’s Betrayal of Democracy and Israel
This past summer, I marked a personal milestone: 40 years since moving to Israel. The summer of 1982 was one … More
Israel, NSO Group, Pegasus – SPYING
Pegasus is spyware developed by the Israeli cyber-arms company NSO Group that can be covertly installed on mobile phones (and other devices) running most versions of iOS and Android. Pegasus is able to … More
Bangwa Queen – Africa’s Stolen History
The 32in (81cm) tall Bangwa Queen is a wooden carving from Cameroon, representing the power and health of the Bangwa … More
ba : “people” – ntʊ̀ : “some (entity), any”
The Bantu peoples, or Bantu, are an ethnolinguistic grouping of approximately 400 distinct ethnic groups who speak Bantu languages. They are native to 24 countries … More
Amorica and America
When I was in Third Grade we were studying Early American History. It came right after a three-week session on … More
Don’t Normalize Israel’s Extremist Government
Over the coming weeks and months, the newly formed Israeli governing coalition and its U.S. allies will try to normalize … More
Netanyahu, the godfather of modern Israeli fascism
Fascism has been on the minds of Israel’s friends and foes alike since “the Jewish State” held its latest elections … More
Ü-Tsang
Ü-Tsang (དབུས་གཙང་། Wylie; dbus gtsang) is one of the three Tibetan regions, the others being Amdo in the north-east, and Kham in the east. Ngari (including former Guge kingdom) … More
Carl Laemmle; born Karl Lämmle
Carl Laemmle; born Karl Lämmle; January 17, 1867 – September 24, 1939) was a film producer and the co-founder and, until … More
Five Point Peace Plan
Address to the U.S. Congressional Human Right’s CaucusSeptember 21, 1987 The world is increasingly interdependent, so that lasting peace – national, … More
The Dalai Lama – Chronology of Events
Date / Event (Tibetan Calendar Date) 17 December 1933 / Thirteenth Dalai Lama Passes Away in Lhasa at the age of … More
Chinese invasion of Tibet
Tibet came under the control of People’s Republic of China (PRC) after the Government of Tibet signed the Seventeen Point Agreement which the 14th Dalai Lama ratified on 24 … More
Mana – the sacred and spiritual power
Mana is a fundamental concept in the worldview of the Rapa Nui people and other Polynesian cultures. Mana is understood as the sacred and … More
Michael Ruark 