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pictures from the old city of jerusalem's "african quarter", which comprises of ribat al-mansuri and ribat al-basiri. mamluks built the compounds in the late 13th century to house muslim pilgrims and the poor. ottomans used them as prisons, and the british closed the prisons when they occupied jerusalem in 1917. the ribats then came under the ownership of the islamic waqf, and were leased to the local afro-palestinian community.

afro-palestinians have an array of origins. like some other diaspora communities in palestine, some came through pilgrimage - al-aqsa was on their hajj path, and while many would visit to pray there, some decided to settle in jerusalem. there are also some who came to palestine enslaved or conscripted, most recently to ottomans. some came during the time of the british mandate, many as conscripted laborers to the british. afro-palestinians who can trace their ancestry do so to nigeria, chad, senegal, or sudan.

jerusalemite afro-palestinians were employed to guard al-aqsa throughout the ottoman period. during the 1948 palestine war, some joined the arab liberation army and fought with fellow palestinians to defend al-aqsa and their presence in jerusalem. the position of guards has been taken by occupation soldiers since the 1967 war, after which a quarter of the afro-palestinian population became refugees in surrounding countries.

jerusalem's afro-palestinian community still live in the compounds today, which also house the local african community society. (the door in the last picture is theirs.) afro-palestinians as a whole face the same legal, social, and economic restrictions and maltreatment as other palestinians, compounded with the same anti-black racism from israeli government and police which ethiopian jews and eritrean asylum seekers face, which result in a form of "passport racism" unique to them.

#palestine #architecture #muslim #diasporic palestine #my posts #see image description on 6th pic for translation #also worth mentioning that all four of the 'origin' countries are majority-muslim or had large muslim communities in case u didnt know #(though i wouldn’t doubt it if some nigerian or sudanese-palestinians came in the mandate era)#i feel like most of this blog's main demographic may know about sudan but maybe not the other three #there’s other black populations in pretty much every other me country who came for similar reasons #though pilgrimage is something really unique to palestine #and i’d guess also maybe modern day saudi arabia #though there’s large armenian communities in lebanon and syria who were established bc of pilgrimage to palestine

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lcveball · 7 years

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YOI Guidebook Translations - Character Info

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Leo De La Iglesia

Skate America was his first gold

He looks up to Victor bc they both choreograph their own programs

But Victor was already trashed when Leo met him so he was a lil frazzled lmao

He's practiced w/ Phichit and Guang-Hong in the States

Leo, Phichit & Guang-Hong stay in regular contact thru social media

HE REALLY WANTED 2 TAKE PICS W/ VICTOR & CHRIS AT THE CHINA BANQUET

Leo, Phi. & GH still get shy in front of older skaters

He apparently missed a lot of jumps in his FS, sending him down to 6th place

Leo has no quads

Miyamoto-sensei choreographed Leo's SP to resemble a "street dance battle"

Guang Hong Ji

GH looks up 2 Phichit and thinks Leo is cool; this admiration is described as like "a young maiden's"

Phichit, GH & Minami are called the "3 Great Adorable Asian Skaters" by fans!!!

He doesn't like hotpot but went bc Victor was there

Georgi Popovich

He's always been in Victor's shadow, sharing a coach & being only 1 day younger. This season is his chance

He seemed cool when he was like "ah, youth" upon seeing Leo & GH, but he's actually a hot (rather, "sweltering") person

Anya's new boyfriend is a hockey player

Yakov wants Georgi to discover his own style

He thinks "NOW'S MY TIME TO SHINE" but Victor's preoccupied with Yuuri and Yurio Does Not Car

In love in sport, he's fruitless :(((

Though it seems like he has a new girlfriend now, at least!

Seunggil Lee

This is his first time in the Grand Prix Series

He's popular with female fans but is cold to them

HIS MOM DRESSES HIM. HOLD THE FCUKIN PHONE, SEUNG GIL'S MOM BUYS HIS CLOTHES AND HE WEARS THEM WITHOUT COMPLAINT

He likes dogs and meat and hates vegetables and women

He doesn't have any ill-will toward other skaters per se, he just doesn't care

The struggles he faces are all for the eventual honor of participating in the Pyongchang Olympics

Emil Nekola

An "agreeable youth" that's an apt description if I've ever seen one

Has known the Crispies 4 a long time

Emil and Michele are "like brothers" and their banter is the norm

ldsfjlsfj MICHELE CAUGHT HIM CHECKING OUT SARA'S BUTT

He's not discouraged by the Crispies ignoring him lol

He wants to add more dynamic jumps next season

Christophe Giacometti

He's basically always expected to podium at the GPF and Worlds

He and Victor are popular w/ da ladies

He sees Victor as his ultimate rival so he has less motivation this season

Minako isn't the only fan wrecked by his sexiness

Thinks he's the only one in the world who can defeat Yuuri's eroticism (!!)

He's been at the Trophée de France 5 times

He thinks it's like a dream that Yuuri, who's rumored to retire, got a world record score

He's never gotten gold at the GPF

Oh ouch he figured he never got gold because Victor was there, but now he's seeing that his chances are being crushed by Yuuri :(

And when he realizes that he feels bitter at being surpassed and irritated by Victor's support :(((

"Though this year's GPF is over, the fire of regret is still smoldering in Chris's heart"

He wants to take gold once Victor returns

Phichit Chulanont

He got bronze at 4cc last season, the first Thai skater to do so!

He's Yuuri's closest skater friend

Skate fans all over the world check Phichit's social media for updates on skaters' practice and daily lives

He believes that he'll rewrite the history of Thai skating

He hasn't told Yuuri about "Phichit on Ice" yet

Jean-Jacques Leroy (there’s a lot about him)

He's gone to Skate Canada 2x

Nathalie's his coach, Alain's his trainer

He genuinely doesn't realize he's bothering ppl and is bad at picking up on social cues

His loved ones have always been important to him

His FS is basically an offering of love to everyone who has supported him

He proposed to Isabella immediately before Barcelona

He & Isabella have been together since highschool! They were classmates

@ the GPF he felt all the other skaters were looking down on him

JJ's refusal to give up even in the face of his own negative thoughts is his true strength

His "It's... JJ Style!" at the kiss and cry was a bluff or show of courage and took all of his strength to accomplish

"JJ, who is always trying to be a king, responds to the voices of his fans who love him by always being JJ. The JJ we'll see from now on will surely be even stronger"

Even though he's a very powerful skater, his parents' ice dancing background imparts grace to his performance

This season was his last season as a teen and though he buckled under the pressure, he showed his strength through his recovery

He trained in Colorado Springs with Leo as a junior and in Detroit under Celestino

He and Otabek taught each other moves as rinkmates

It looks like he taught Otabek the quad salchow

However, once he left a rink his friendships w/ his rinkmates would fizzle out :(

He doesn't really have any skater friends

However, he does have friends at home and it says they're his support

The support & love he receives from others is the source of his strength

He met the band that did Theme of King JJ @ a Grammy afterparty

[about Isabella] “It seems like she can't quite take a hint when she's antagonizing Yuri's Angels, but she disregards the atmosphere entirely to cheer for JJ when the stadium has fallen silent”

J has "a few" (何人か) younger siblings who are competing in the junior div

Nathalie likes "flashy things" while Alain is more stoic

Omg the fanbook outright says JJ and Isabella haven't had premarital sex w o w

From the fanbook! He's at the top of his class in a university in Toronto

Otabek Altin

Had his senior debut last year and got bronze at Worlds

He doesn’t care about making friends w/ others

He doesn’t hate people but he gives off that impression

Yurio is the one exception

Yurio didn’t realize who he was at first when Otabek rescued him from his fangirls

Otabek was in the novice class at the summer camp

Also, the guidebook lists him as 18, what is the truth

He knew if he couldn’t discover something no one else could do, he’d never win

Even though he didn’t make podium, he left a strong impression on the entire world

He didn’t stand out at all in his junior years but now he finds himself among the top senior skaters

He trained in many countries

Yakov was running the summer camp where he met Yurio

His body is stiff and he can’t remember choreography quickly

His junior years were a period of trial and error

Otabek’s strength is forging new paths for himself whenever he hits a wall

He chose the Samarkand Overture to make a strong impact as a new entry to the ranks of top skaters

His SP costume is meant to emphasise his status as the representative from Kazakhstan

His skating is supposed to be very crisp and solid

The image for his FS is "I will confidently lead my country! Follow me, my countrymen!"

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