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starlightervarda · 3 years

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I don’t think people get that there isn’t one version of Arabic. There’s like ten different versions, some of which aren’t even mutually intelligible. It’s not like American vs British English.

Like, there is Modern Standard Arabic that is used by newscasters, books, textbooks, newspapers, politicians, and is how people from all around tend to communicate professionally, but no one actually speaks it.

I’ve seen Levantines and Maghrebiens settle for communicating in French/English, that’s how different they sound. It borders on being a diglossia in some cases.

Classical Arabic - fus’ha - is like Elizabethan English. Cartoons dubbed in Arabic used this hybrid accent/dialect that was heavy on the fus’ha so it could be grasped by every country it was broadcast in, but again, no one talks like that. Live-action dubs are either a similar case or they’re closer to Levantine w/ MSA thrown in.

Maghrebi darja differs by country, and tends to be full of French & Spanish loanwords conjugated in Arabic, it’s also very different from Egyptian ‘ami, both sound nothing like Khaleeji Arabic (Gulf states) or Levantine Arabic or even Iraqi or Sudanese Arabic.

Each country also pronounces certain letters differently and entire words differently, some have sounds missing. (Ex. the ق can be pronounced as a Q, a G or a glottal stop, depending on the country)

They also use very different words for everyday things, phrases as simple as “Hello, how are you? What are you doing today?” can differ wildly by country, sentences have their word order jumbled. Like, there are even disparate dialects within one country!

So, when you say you want Nicky to speak Arabic, which version is he speaking?

Is it:

Medieval | Classical Arabic he learned from Joe at the very start?

Modern Standard Arabic with the formal accent?

Did they recently learn the Tunisian darja Marwan Kenzari speaks?

Did they learn most versions and speak in a mixture of dialects?

Did they learn Modern Arabic from Egyptian media, which is like American media for the English language?

Joe is Egyptian in the comics and a Tunsi in the movie, and those dialects are very different. Does he speak in a hybrid dialect/accent?

Do they speak an awkward mix of Tunisian darja, Modern Standard Arabic and French like someone’s great-grandpa?

Also, Luca might need to convincingly sound like he’s been speaking Arabic for centuries, and Arabic is a lot harder than English because there are so many sounds that just don’t exist in other languages.

Unless he says something brief, like calling Joe pet names or quoting homoerotic poetry by Abu Nuwas or Ibn Ammar, or even swearing like when Joe said ‘Santa Maria madre di dio’, which doesn’t depend on dialect or accent that much.

Discuss.

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noctem-novelle · 5 years

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This February, celebrate Black History Month with Black authors!

Culture is important, whether it’s your own to celebrate or someone else’s that you can learn about and appreciate. In the last few years, we’ve seen a steady increase in people of colour, LGBT communities, non-Christian religions, and non-European cultures represented in young adult and middle-grade fiction. While this is a great improvement and definitely a step in the right direction, people of colour are still underrepresented. We can do more to make sure that authors of colour are seen and heard. The following list, while by no means exhaustive, is a selection of excellent YA and MG novels written by Black authors*. This month, take some time to explore their stories.

*This list appears in no particular order and is not intended to be read as though any one book is superior to another.

1. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (Young Adult)

When sixteen-year-old Starr Carter witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend, she must decide whether to lie low or to join the protesters who seek justice for Khalil. A touching, timely, and often raw story about a girl who finds herself when she feels most lost, it’s no wonder this book has spent more than 100 weeks on the New York Times Best Sellers list.

2. Riding Chance by Christine Kendall (Young Adult)

Based on Philadelphia’s Work to Ride program, this novel follows a young man who gets into some trouble at school and winds up doing community service at the Chamounix Stables in Fairmount Park. There, he learns to play polo, an intense sport that teaches perseverance and focus. This book really hit home for me, having spent most of my childhood at polo matches with WTR. In real life, Work to Ride provides underprivileged children and teenagers in Philadelphia with constructive extracurricular activities, peer mentorship, and even college enrollment assistance. To learn more about Work to Ride, check our their website or Facebook page!

3. Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann (Young Adult/New Adult)

Let’s talk about the amazing QPoC rep in this book! Alice, who is asexual and biromantic, is determined to spend her post-breakup summer on a tv binge. She definitely does not intend to fall for her co-worker, Takumi. Whoops. This book is a mostly-fluffy slow-burn romance, full of nerdy pop-culture references. If you remember tumblr circa 2011, this book is for you.

4. Garvey’s Choice by Nikki Grimes (Middle Grade)

Garvey’s father has always wanted him to be an athlete, but Garvey is just not interested. When his only friend convinces him to join their school chorus, Garvey finds confidence and a new way to communicate to his distant dad. Told in verse, this is a heartfelt novel about one boy’s transformation through music.

5. American Street by Ibi Zoboi (Young Adult)

In her debut novel, Ibi Zoboi draws on her experience as a Haitian immigrant to tell the story of Fabiola, a young woman whose mother is detained by U.S. Immigration when they emigrate from Port-au-Prince to Detroit. This book explores the cost of the “American dream” with a mix of family drama, romance, and a hint of magical realism.

6. The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo (Young Adult)

Xiomara feels both invisible and too visible in a world that doesn’t want to hear her but is happy to objectify her. To express herself and to find some relief from her religious mother’s strict expectations, she turns to slam poetry. This novel-in-verse includes romance, wavering faith, and feminism.

7. Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson (Young Adult)

This powerful novel features a young woman who is determined to make it out of her impoverished neighbourhood. Jade’s mother taught her to take every opportunity she’s offered, so every day she takes the bus across town to a private school where there are plenty of opportunities, even if she doesn’t quite fit in. But some opportunities are less welcome than others, like the chance to join a mentorship program for “at-risk” girls. Sick of being singled out as someone who needs help, Jade hopes to find some autonomy and to stay true to herself.

8. Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert (Young Adult)

Suzette is home in Los Angeles for the summer and she isn’t sure she ever wants to go back to boarding school. Between supporting her bipolar brother, Lionel, and trying not to think about her clandestine relationship with her roommate, she’s got a pretty full plate. Unfortunately, she’s also falling for the same girl that Lionel likes. When Lionel’s mental illness sends him spiraling, Suzette must face her past to help him. This family features a blended family, Black Jewish characters, and a queer woman of colour.

9. Courage by Barbara Binns (Middle Grade)

T’Shawn has done his best to help out since his father’s death, but life gets complicated when his brother Lamont comes home from a stint in prison. T’Shawn finds peace on the diving board, and earns a scholarship to join a prestigious team at a local swim club. But when the neighbourhood crime rate starts to rise, T starts to think that he and Lamont may never put their pieces back together.

10. Monster by Walter Dean Myers (Young Adult)

A murdered drugstore clerk, a trial, and a young man in crisis. Monster is the story of Steve Harmon, amateur filmmaker and alleged murderer. To cope with the trial, Steve writes down the proceedings as if it were a film script, but as he tries to tell his own story, the truth starts to feel a little hazy. This one has also been adapted as a graphic novel.

11. All-American Boys by Jason Reynolds (Young Adult)

Rashad wasn’t stealing, but people sure seem to think he was. After he drops a bag of chips and a police officer beats him for it, Rashad is stuck in a hospital bed while the nation debates his character. Meanwhile, Quinn, a white boy who witnessed the beating, comes to learn that racism didn’t end with the Civil Rights Movement.

12. Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor (Young Adult)

Sunny is an albino girl living in Nigeria. Her skin tone often makes her an outsider, but she soon finds herself drawn into a community of magic users called Leopard People. Together with her new friends, Sunny is tasked with tracking down a killer known for maiming children.

13. The Red Pencil by Andrea Davis Pinkney (Middle Grade)

Amira is finally twelve and hopes to start school, but her life is turned upside down when the Janjaweed militia attacks her Sudanese village and her family must make the long and difficult journey to a refugee camp. Life at the camp is hard, but when an aid worker gives her a pencil and paper, Amira’s world begins to expand.

14. One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia (Middle Grade)

Delphine Gaither and her two younger sisters travel from Brooklyn to Oakland to spend the summer with a mother they barely know. Imagine their surprise when she sends them to a Black Panther summer camp. Set in 1968, this historical fiction novel explores family dynamics and the importance of sisterhood.

15. Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson (Middle Grade)

In powerfully emotional poetry, Woodson tells the story of her childhood and what it was like to grow up Black in the 1960s and 70s. This novel-in-verse won the National Book Award and the Coretta Scott King Award.

16. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor (Middle Grade)

Between the depression and threats from the night riders, the Logan family has had a tough year. Cassie doesn’t see why her family’s land is so important, but as she becomes more aware of the way their white neighbours treat them, she soon comes to understand that the family’s strength comes from having their own place in the world. This book tackles the ugly reality of racism in the deep south from the perspective of a precocious nine-year-old. It can be hard to stomach at times, but I think that just makes it more important.

17. Zora and Me by Victoria Bond & T.R. Simon (Middle Grade)

Part historical fiction and part small-town mystery, this fictional imagining of Zora Neale Hurston’s early days sees the author as a young girl, exercising her skills as a storyteller. When one of Zora’s tales seems to come true and a man winds up dead, she and her friend Carrie find that things in their little town are not as peaceful as they appear.

18. Blended by Sharon M. Draper (Middle Grade)

Every since her parents’ divorce, Isabella has felt torn in two. Two houses, two families, two races. Switching between her parents, also means switching between two different identities. How can she ever feel whole when she’s constantly split in half? This book examines the life of a biracial girl, and doesn’t shy away from addressing exoticism and the (PG) fetishisation of mixed-race people.

19. Black Enough: Stories of Being Young and Black in America edited by Ibi Zoboi (Young Adult)

This contemporary anthology delves into the many-faceted lives of Black teens in the United States. Popular authors from a wide variety of backgrounds have contributed their voices to show that being young and Black in America is not just one singular experience, but a constellation.

20. The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson (Middle Grade)

A hidden letter and a summer mystery are what await Candace when she pokes through an old box in the attic. With the help of her neighbour, Brandon, she deciphers the letter’s clues in the hopes of discovering a forgotten fortune. This book is perfect for readers who like a good puzzle.

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cooldanielparker · 2 years

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Slam Poet Emi Brings Refugee Voices to COP26: "Earth Began to Purge Us Too" #societyandculture #refugeesupport #earth #COP26Glasgow

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harpianews · 2 years

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'Earth began to purify us too': slam poet brings refugee voices to Glasgow

‘Earth began to purify us too’: slam poet brings refugee voices to Glasgow

She heard them as she spoke to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, and when she met Syrians in a Jordanian camp: the same screams of eviction that she heard in her childhood, when she fled Darfur. Now, Sudanese-American poet Amythal “Amy” Mahmood – crowned world champion at the 2015 Individual World Poetry Slam in Washington DC – is taking the message of those voices to world leaders at the climate…

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#amy mahmood #cop26 #current #Glasgow Climate Conference #harpianews #Indian Express #latest #mitthal "EMI" Mahmud #news #Sudanese-American poet #the earth also began to purify us #united nations climate conference #united nations climate summit #world #world news

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bagrisham · 3 years

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Song of the Day: Lifting Shadows

Song of the Day: Lifting Shadows - Following with some more Hip-Hop, this time with a more 'slam-poetry' vibe.

Today’s song is Lifting Shadows by Oddisee. More hip-hop, this time with a bit of a slam-poetry edge. Extremely elegant in it’s message (seriously, examine the lyrics) and it gives a clear view into the perspective about what it is like to be a Sudanese-American muslim. All in your name – I got a name that’ll scare all the brave in the land of the free. Prejudice is a difficult element to…

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ssjthug · 6 years

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By Jahni Kwatrae for his Project: Kubadilisha.

“ Please check out the @kickstarter for our project!!! Kubadilisha: ጥሩ ጭራቆች the action packed Tokusatsu and Super Sentai Sci-fi epic with an Afrocentric twist. Had so many ups and downs trying to do my film and comic book thing! No matter how hard I fall no matter how big I fail. I refuse to lose! One day it will happen....hopefully that day is today, please check out the Kickstarter to my newest project. THIS IS A STORY FOR ALL AGES!!! “ Art by @welinthonnommo @venusbambisa @illesigns @joe.davis.art @thisiskimoz_

What Is Kubadilisha?

Kubadilisha is a retelling of the classic genres, Tokusatsu and Super Sentai, with an Afrocentric twist and told in a manga median. Just imagine properties like Gatchaman, Kamen Rider, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Guyver, Voltron, and Dragonball Z all bonded together with multicultural folklores to create one epic tale of human triumph. This is told from the cultural perspective of people of color from across the world. Many of the African, Asian, African-American, Afro Asiatic, Afro-Latino, and the Aztec people on Earth have all united in the land of Africa to build a new promised land which they all now call, AITHIOPIA. Aithiopia consists of all 54 African nations united as one with the inclusion of other people of all colors around the world. Pan Afrikan ideology is the backbone of this sci-fi saga series

THE MAIN CHARACTERS

Akida is the leader of The School. He comes from a strong militant family so a leadership role is pretty much built into his DNA. He's the second oldest of The School members and is of Eritean descent. He is a skilled strategist and is able to think well under pressure. At times, Akida can be arrogant but still means well. His immaturity shows sometimes due to trust issues he has with his teammates during missions. The worse case scenario is always on his mind. This is why he has great prep time capabilities. He is gear head that loves fixing cars and small engines and taking his hoover bike on the country side for very high rides. He is the captain of his high school rugby team and is very popular and well liked with the majority of his peers and teachers. The monster, Koi, he transforms into can fly, has hydrokinetic abilities and his arms can morph into different types of cannons that shoot powerful water projectiles into any shape he can imagine (i.e. a large hammer, or sharp blade like weaponry). Koi is the only monster that uses water as a power beam.

Maisha is actually the brains and rebel of the group. She is half Japanese and half Afro-Guyanese. She is a lot more reserved than the others. Her punk / nerd girl personality are two polarizing identities she must balance. So, at times she can be insecure. She loves virtual gaming and learning. She is easily the smartest of all the youngsters. She is the medic for The School when injuries occur in combat. She's the top pupil in the Chess, Medical Science, and Mancala clubs. She is also on the varsity squad of her school's fencing team which is the only sport she loves. Maisha transforms into the monster Cnidaria. Cnidaria is a jellyfish and onna-bugeshia type of creature. She becomes completely poisonous and immune to all poisons. She has camouflage ability and can make herself blend with surroundings. This gives her great stealth ability. Cnidaria gives Maisha skills to master more weapons than any other member. She's the deadliest with any edge weapon.

Wasim is South African and the eldest of the group. He is known as the loner due to his neurodevelopment and skin disorders. He has high-functioning autism (HFA) and albino skin. He is the most skilled fighter of the Pneuma Children and has the most discipline. He follows directions very well and it is a must that he finishes all tasks before moving to the next. He is the one best trusted to do a solo mission as he's very precise. This reflects his dexterity in mathematics and symbolizes the absolution he demands in his life. He's good at puzzles and decoding as well. Wasim is often praised by his superiors. However, he does have difficult communicating, building an emotional connection, socially interacting, and even showing expressions to the other Pneuma Children. They all still do their best to make sure Wasim knows he's a big part of The School family. Wasim transforms in the monster Azuerus The Okopipi. It is the only non-sea creature of The School, resembling a frog. It has great leaping ability, agility, and is highly acrobatic. It can also cling to any surface, even sheer ice. It amplifies his great fighting ability, making him the most dangerous in hand-to-hand combat.

Reockis is the Nigerian wild child, loose cannon jokester. He is filled with high energy and can be a bit of a sadist due to the fact that he loves a good fight and is probably the bravest of them all. He often goes into danger head first. He's the youngest of the group so he's constantly trying to prove himself to the others. He's also the fastest member of the group. Reockis can be very immature at times and never misses the opportunity to play a practical joke. He enjoys the sport of cricket or any stick-and-ball type of sport, but his favorite is Dambe (Hausa Boxing). He loves embracing his Hausa tribal heritage and this is the reason he so proudly shows off his facial scarification. Reockis transforms into the monster they call Piranha Boi. This monster is filled with aggression and relentless bravery. His persona is much like the fish it resembles. If speed kills then Piranha Boi has it as he moves at mach speed. He has very quick reflexes and reacts to action much faster than anyone.

Teo is the friendly, humble Dominicano giant. He is one of few words. He spends his time painting and meditating. He is a very artistic illustrator and sculptor and even writes spoken word poetry. He loves exercising especially weightlifting. Teo is very tall and has a massive body frame for him to only be a teenager. This is due to his gigantism growth hormone which also effects his sight. Because of his nyctophobia (fear of going blind), he has severe anxiety attacks when his eyeglasses are removed. Teo is the youngest professional wrestler in the world and often takes on opponents twice his age. He is also skilled to build explosives and with EOD (Explosive Ordinance Disposal). The monster, Whale, that Teo transfoms into embraces his size. It attributes this to giving him such great strength. Despite the fact that he's a large person, he still moves swiftly. And he's so powerful that he's only armed with his fists that are equipped with claws.

Turquoise is an android strictly created for battle. She was built to lack emotion and complete missions. She is a 'Mimeo' type of android. Mimeo androids are modeled after a person who once lived and become vessels for their conscience. However, their conscience is programed to take on the personality written by the coder. Turquoise is actually modeled after Karalexis's younger sister who died young in a freak accident. Since only five cell fusions were successful and Karalexis felt there was a need for a sixth member, Turquoise was created to assist The School members as trump card. Turquoise is cell fused with Illudium and each of the other School member's DNA. She's like a cousin to them all, but instead of being human, she's a cybernetic organic android. She is able to connect with each member on a telepathic level. Only Karalexis truly knows Turquoise 2.0's purpose and the extent of her powers. For now she is a misunderstood mystery to the Pneuma Children.

Grandmaster is the world's greatest human fighter. He is so powerful that his Qi delivers an aura that makes his clothing glow. He is called the ageless wonder because he is said to be over 300 years old. His youthful appearance comes from his Qi.

Although he was born in America, he is of Wodaabe descent. He is actually the last American-born man alive. In prior years, Grandmaster walked the Earth to find the world's greatest fighters and defeated everyone he ever faced. He then went into retirement to live in peace. Years later, Karalexis asks for his help with the 'Pneuma Seed' program. She wants him to train the members of The School to become stronger fighters than they could ever imagine so that when they transmogrify into Pneumas, their bodies become very durable and gifted with super abilities. Grandmaster agrees to assist. It has been many years since people, such as those comprising The School, have been able to withstand his attacks. So, when he trains with the youngsters, he's having the time of his life. His tutelage can sometimes be cruel but he knows what they can take so he often pushes them further than they believe are their limits.

The witty Sudanese mad scientist and the world's smartest person, Karalexis, is director and creator of the 'Pneuma Seed' program which spawn the heroic team known as The School. Karalexis is withholding a major secret from the entire world. The aliens she stole the Illudium from are coming for it. To top it off, the hostile aliens will more than likely not ask for the Illudium politely. These alien invaders are very powerful, like Gods. So, she created the bio-engineering conglomerate Ichor Corp to give the War Council of Aithiopia the illusion that it is to develop and research Illudium, create weapons and build a stronger, more advanced society for Aithiopia. While this is true, she never mentions that Earth and all humanity are in grave danger. Knowing the Earth would need to be prepared, she began the Pneumo Seed program with guidance and permission of the Ancestors. She created the process of fusing Illudium with a human embryo at conception.

Although their parents are involved in the The School's heroic program, Karalexis acts like a surrogate mother to all the members. She oversees their daily routines, training, and diet with the help of other trusted workers. Because she was the only survivor of fifty others during their mission, she has a whimsical and eccentric personality. She doesn't take anything in life too seriously and has a 'laugh now, cry later' type of attitude. The butterfly tattooed on her face symbolizes her new life. She is not the Karalexis she once was. When she returned to Earth she was reborn as the world's smartest person but went completely

Creators

Jahni Kwatrae (Writer)

An artistic indie filmmaker, writer, and comic book creator from Fort Wayne, IN. However, he's spent much of his life in the South, from Huntsville (AL) to Georgia and now residing in Nashville. He is also the creator and writer of the mature reader Grindhouse horror manga series, Giallo Gumbo. With your support, he and his team will be able to completely focus on creating the world of Kubadilisha.

Courtland Ellis (Lead Panel Artist)

Courtland Ellis currently works as the production/ Lead Motion Graphic artist at Aspire Ventures, as well as being a freelance concept artist, comic artist and animator. His past works include Stabb Gunner and Harriet Tubman: Demon Slayer.

Welinthon Nommo, (Lead Character Designer/Concept Artist)

Born in Barahona, Dominican Republic. Graduated from the Art School of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD). He is a very talented cartoonist, graphic designer, and illustrator. He has worked in many advertising agencies, publishing houses, and movies. He has also worked as Illustrator and colorist for Susaeta editorial and as an art director in the Izone-Education Project. Nommo has also done work on comic books, card games, and has been a character designer for various projects. This is the second project where he and Jahni have collaborated. The previous beingGiallo Gumbo.

Venus Bambisa (Colorist/Character Designer)

Venus Bambisa is a concept artist and illustrator who has worked on comic book projects, children's book, book covers and animations. He is really interested in drawing characters with an Afropunk look and feel. He enjoys bringing ideas to life whether that be in the form of a character design or an illustration.

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trascapades · 5 years

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🇸🇩🎶🎙🎨#ArtIsAWeapon #PartyWithPurpose Tonight #Madaniya — "A Night for Sudan ... By The People For The People ... Honoring The Creative Resistance Of The Sudanese People Through #Music and #Art." Doors at 7:00PM at @industrycity. #Proceeds from this event to $benefit SAMA, the Sudanese American Medical Association. Live #performances by @bas @oddisee @sinkane @alsarah5000 @doitlikedua @therealgsalih; #music by @djmoma @_moyasin_ ; #poetry by @safiamafia @darfurdarling; hosted by @osochil. Ticket link in @madaniya_nyc or @everydayppl bios -- flyer by @kandaka.khronicles _________________________ Reposted from @madaniya_nyc - We can‘t wait to see everyone tonight for Madaniya: A Night for Sudan! The show will go on regardless of weather conditions (based on the forecast looks like it’s clear up in time for our event!), but feel free to bring a light jacket. • A solidarity celebration on behalf of the brave resistance of the Sudanese people. Calling for a “madaniya” (civilian) led government through a peaceful sit-in at the military headquarters, the resistance was rich with the presence of art, music and flourishing creativity. A violent massacre at the hands of the Transitional Military Council and their Rapid Support Forces intended to instill fear, instead renewed the momentum of the movement. Sudan, still in mourning and riddled with tumult, yet energized and passionate, enters a sensitive transitional period where the support of medical professionals is still desperately needed for those on the frontlines. We’re coming together tonight @industrycity for a moment of celebration, unification and healing. • Organized by: @blknilegrl , @duaayo, @djmoma, @elkhair, @sinkane, and @amelmonsur 💫 • Shouts out to the team at @everydayppl and volunteers for all the support in actualizing this vision. • All proceeds will be donated to the Sudanese American Medical Association (registered 501c3) to support medical needs of protestors harmed by the armed forces during the revolution. •Ticket link in our bio and for sale at the door! • #madaniyanyc #sudan #newsudan #resistance #TraScapades #ArtIsAWeapon (at Industry City) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2FR0MfFuPi/?igshid=yhntvimglzto

#artisaweapon #partywithpurpose #madaniya #music #art #proceeds #performances #poetry #madaniyanyc #sudan #newsudan #resistance #trascapades

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feral-ballad · 2 years

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Safia Elhillo, from Home Is Not a Country; “Haitham”

#excerpts #writings #literature #poetry #safia elhillo #fragments #selections #words #quotes #poetry collection #lit #sudanese american poetry #sudanese american literature #typography #anger #sadness #pain #hurt #body

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Day 04 - Saturday, July 06, 2019

To be passionate about something, to find something you love enough to let it become everything for you. What ticks you, and makes one feel alive? Questions that i have carried with me from yesterdays conversation on the porch. How are we contributing to the larger context of things around us, the lives, the environment, the communities, the city and its place in the world? The subway to Whitlock Avenue gave me enough time to think about my contributions and the ones I would like to continue to make.

To tour at the Bronx River Foodway at Concrete Plant Park, located alongside the Bronx River between Westchester Ave and Bruckner Blvd. The Bronx River Alliance serves as a coordinated voice for the river and works in harmonious partnership to protect, improve and restore, so that it can be a healthy ecological, recreational, educational and economic resource for the communities through which the river flows. The Alliance works in close partnership with the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation to achieve these goals.

The Foodway tour covered edible plants growing with special attention to indigenous cultural and historical context. Nathan Hunter, Foodway Coordinator and Liz Paredes, Foodway Associate, were my tour guides for the day.

Nathan talked about the idea of equality and equity - that the two strategies inspired that project, can be used in an effort to produce fairness within communities and hat it was more about equity, which is leads to success.

The next scheduled activity was about watching an intergenerational pairing of film and video works exploring black queer inheritance and desire through Isaac Julien’s ‘Looking for Langston’ and two films by Hayat Hyatt. Isaac Julien’s ‘Looking for Langston (1989) is a lyrical meditation on Langston Hughes and other black queer figures from Harlem Renaissance. Filmmaker Hayat Hyatt’s film ‘Villanelle (2015) and ‘Structures of Feeling: Other Countries (2019), blends documentary, poetry and found footage that delves into the history of the AIDS crisis and its impact of gay men living in New York. The films were followed by a talk with the video the video artist, filmmaker and write Hayat Hyatt, based in New York.

Next stop, BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival, in Prospect Park. The organiser talked about the inspiration behind the festival, and quoted the legend Paul Robeson, “Artists are the gate keepers of truth”. The event was a voice for the the injustice done in the USA to indigenous people, to refugees and to black people. The artist lineup included Sudanese American MC Oddisee & Good Company, and Palestinian-Jordanian band 47SOUL along with NARCY all join together for a night that highlights their Arabic roots.

#day04 #apexart #fellowship #foodway #indegenous #planthistory #queer #bric #celebratebrooklyn #prospectpark #kiran ahmad #inbound from karachi

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janeaddamspeace · 7 years

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Faith Ringgold's Art Featured Around the Country and Abroad #JACBA Newsletter 21Jul2017

Professor Emerita Faith Ringgold Featured in 'Soul of a Nation'

Featuring more than 150 works by over 60 artists, many on display in the UK for the first time, Soul of a Nation will be a timely opportunity to see how American cultural identity was re-shaped at a time of social unrest and political struggle.

Soul of a Nation will showcase this debate between figuration and abstraction, from Faith Ringgold's American People Series #20: Die 1967 and Wadsworth Jarrell's Black Prince 1971 to Frank Bowling's Texas Louise 1971 and Sam Gilliam's April 4 1969. A highlight will be Homage to Malcolm 1970 by Jack Whitten, who was awarded the National Medal of Arts by Barack Obama in 2015, which will be going on public display for the very first time.

Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky by Faith Ringgold 1993 Awardee

'It Remains Relevant - History Repeats Itself' Faith Ringgold discusses the importance of art

AT THE time I made American People Series #20: Die, all hell was breaking loose across parts of the United States.

There were riots as people fought for their civil rights.

Not much of this was being recorded in the press or on the TV news, but I saw the violence myself, and felt I had to say something about it.

Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power, review

Benny Andrews's Did the Bear Sit Under a Tree? is one of a number of punchy message-driven works that set the scene: the Stars and Stripes rolled back to reveal an angry black man waving his fists both at the Flag and the viewer. If the execution is none too subtle, with the figure rendered in rough-hewn sacking-relief with a zip for a mouth, Andrews wanted to reflect the "raw" aesthetics of his background in rural Georgia.

Faith Ringgold's Die creates a frantic pattern of wild-eyed, bleeding black and white people in which it's impossible to tell who's stabbing or shooting who, all in a compelling pop-expressionist style that isn't revisited in the exhibition or, it seems, the artist's own work.

Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky by Faith Ringgold 1993 Awardee

Soul of a Nation - Art in the Age of Black Power, exhibition review: Pride and prejudice. This ambitious and energetic show charts 20 years of the struggles that formed the modern black artistic identity in America

Tate Modern's Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power is a trip through 20 years of black artists in the US experimenting with what black art could possibly be.

Benny Andrews worked with Bearden in another group, the Black Emergency Cultural Coalition. In Did the Bear Sit Under a Tree? (1969), a black protester shakes his fist at the American flag, which is meant to protect him, but is seen closed-off in its own cold space.

Delivering Justice: W. W. Law and the Fight for Civil Rights, written by Jim Haskins, illustrated by Benny Andrews 2006 Awardee

Spencer Museum exhibitions highlight African-American story quilts

The Spencer Museum of Art recently opened two evocative exhibitions that highlight African-American quilting traditions.

To complement this exhibition, Earle curated "Narratives of the Soul," which presents significant African-American quilts from the Spencer Museum's collection, as well as regional and national loans. One highlight of the exhibition is the art museum's "Flag Story Quilt" by renowned artist Faith Ringgold. Ringgold will give the keynote lecture for the Quilt Convention on Wednesday, July 12, at the Lied Center.

Find out how to choose the right book during at A.K. Smiley Public Library presentation

On Sept. 7 an upcoming adult literacy event when author Francisco Jimenez will speak at the Contemporary Club at 6 p.m. Jimenez, is the author of "The Circuit" and "Breaking Through," autobiographical stories about his life as a child of migrant workers and his love of education.

The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child by Francisco Jiménez 1998 Awardee

Poetry Sunday: Lauren Wolk Local NPR for the Cape, Coast & Islands

Lauren Wolk reads her poem "Shopping for Bras."

Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk 2017 Awardee

The Vibrant Art Of Roxbury's Ekua Holmes Recalls The Harlem Renaissance

The exhibit mostly displays Holmes' paintings for the children's books she has recently illustrated, including her works on Fannie Lou Hamer, titled "Voice of Freedom" and "Out of Wonder, Poems Celebrating Poets." The Hamer book, produced with writer Carole Boston Weatherford, garnered a children's book trifecta: The Caldecott Honor Book, The Robert F. Sibert Honor Book and the John Steptoe New Talent Coretta Scott King Award.

Birmingham, 1963 by Carole Boston Weatherford 2008 Awardee

Carlsbad Museum opens children's books illustration exhibit

The exhibit, "Childhood Classics: 100 Years of Original Illustration from the Art Kandy Collection," is open through Sept. 30 to allow for class field trips to view illustrations from children's books.

The exhibit, which originally opened in California, features original illustrations from Dr. Seuss' "Cat in the Hat", Garth Williams' "Stuart Little," "Where the Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak and Floyd Cooper's "Jump! From the Life of Michael Jordan."

Ruth and the Green Book by Calvin Alexander Ramsey with Gwen Strauss and illustrated by Floyd Cooper 2011 Awardee

THE PEN TEN WITH CARMEN AGRA DEEDY

In this week's interview, we speak with Carmen Agra Deedy, author of The Rooster Who Would Not Be Quiet!, a children's book-illustrated by Eugene Yelchin-about a rooster who insists on singing despite the mayor's no-singing laws. Deedy discusses young readers, surveillance, and the use of humor when confronting difficult realities.

What is the responsibility of the writer of children's books?

To respect the intelligence of young readers and never, ever, lie to them. They will love you for the former and crucify you should you ignore the latter.

The Yellow Star: The Legend of King Christian X of Denmark by Carmen Agra Deedy 2001 Awardee

Meigs ancestor became renowned author

The fame of the Rodgers family of Perryville and Havre de Grace extends far and wide with Commodore John Rodgers being the top echelon of that pyramid of fame.

If one were to trace the lineage of Meigs and Rodgers families for a bit, one will arrive at another Meigs of note who, sadly, hasn't reached the level of fame and recognition as her male ancestors with their impressive military careers. This ancestor was Cornelia Meigs, an author of fiction and biography, a teacher and historian of note and a critic of children's literature. Truly she was an astounding woman who contributed greatly to children's literature as a whole.

She would leave Bryn Mawr to teach writing at the New School of Social Research in New York and was the lead editor and a writer of "A Critical History of Children's Literature," published in 1953. The book was called landmark in the field of children's literature studies. It was later revised under Meigs' critical eye and reissued in 1969.

She would write over 30 fiction books for children, two plays, two biographies and several books and articles for adults.

Jane Addams: Pioneer of Social Justice written by Cornelia Meigs 1971 Awardee

Books raise awareness, sensitivity to suffering

Today's reviewed books help create a more sensitive awareness of this global problem that promotes empathy, and that's a very good thing because if we were among the 65.6 million displaced people in the world, we'd surely want others to be empathetic toward our plight and offer us help.

"A Long Walk to Water" by Linda Sue Park

Alternating narratives of two young people living in Sudan, this book is based on the true story of the life of Salva Dut, who, at age 11, was separated from his family and village during yet again another battle in the Second Sudanese Civil War. Against all odds, Salva's journey of many years, walking from one refugee camp to another, across Africa to Ethopia, to Kenya and back to Sudan, demonstrates enormous courage, hope and the will to survive.

The second voice in "A Long Walk to Water" is young Nya, who walks for eight hours every day simply to fetch water. How and why their lives intersect is both profound and moving.

An important work in many regards, "A Long Walk to Water" not only raises an awareness of the suffering of others, but in so doing, helps readers develop compassion, empathy and a deeper appreciation of those things many of us take for granted.

A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park 2011 Awardee

When My Name Was Keoko by Linda Sue Park 2003 Awardee

Thoreau Bicentennial Gathering: Celebrating the Life, Works, and Legacy of Henry David Thoreau

PEN New England presentation of Thoreau Prize for Nature Writing to Sy Montgomery (Sy Montgomery, a naturalist, author and scriptwriter who writes for children as well as adults)

Temple Grandin: How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World by Sy Montgomery 2013 Awardee

Western Washington University and the Whatcom County Library System chosen as site for 2018 Arbuthnot Lecture

The 2018 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture featuring Naomi Shihab Nye will be held in the spring of 2018.

Sylvia Tag, Curator of The Children's Literature Interdisciplinary Collection, noted that, "Naomi Shihab Nye spreads hope and light through her poetry and prose. Western Washington University and the Whatcom County Library System are honored to host the Arbuthnot Honor Lecture, and invite her particular brilliance to illuminate our diverse and word-hungry communities."

Habibi by Naomi Shihab Nye 1998 Awardee

Sitti's Secrets by Naomi Shihab Nye, illustrated by Nancy Carpenter 1995 Awardee

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Since 1953, the Jane Addams Children's Book Award annually acknowledges books published in the U.S. during the previous year. Books commended by the Award address themes of topics that engage children in thinking about peace, justice, world community and/or equality of the sexes and all races. The books also must meet conventional standards of literacy and artistic excellence.

A national committee chooses winners and honor books for younger and older children.

Read more about the 2017 Awards.

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no language has given me

the rhyme between ocean &

wound that I know to be true

sometimes when the doctors

draw my blood I feel

the word at the edge of my tongue

-From The January Children by Safia Elhillo

Read Brenna Munro’s analysis of this luminous collection of poetry on PublicBooks.

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We’re proud to be part of the independent publishing community, promoting titles that break the mold and push boundaries. In support of our fellow independents, we’d like to draw attention to big books from smaller publishers across the country. First up, we’re highlighting our best books—fiction, essays, poetry, children’s stories, science books, memoir, and more—that celebrate diversity and inclusion, give voice to marginalized communities, and encourage free thinking—books that dare to be different.

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The Kindness of Enemies by Leila Aboulela

With citizens from seven predominantly Muslim countries recently banned from entering the United States, it is more important than ever to turn to and support those voices whose work unpacks history in order to provide clarity to the present. In her latest novel, Sudanese-born Leila Aboulela writes with inimitable elegance a multi-generational historical fiction saga about Imam Shamil, the 19th century Muslim leader who led the anti-Russian resistance in the Caucasian War; his family; and the reach of his legacy today. The Kindness of Enemies is both an engrossing story of a provocative period in history and an important examination of what it is to be a Muslim in a post-9/11 world.

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Christodora by Tim Murphy

In an age where queer people face hostility from a reactionary political establishment, the activism of the AIDS crisis offers urgent lessons as to how we can make positive change in the face of oppression and misinformation. A portrait of the endurance of love, the constellation of relationships that binds us, and the changing world of New York City, Christodora is a deeply moving portrait of a lost bohemian Manhattan and a powerful exploration of the fate of activists and artists in our contemporary society.

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The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen

The refugee experience is the world experience, and it is the American experience too—not least because of wars fought abroad that cause an influx of refugees at home. In his new collection, The Refugees, Viet Thanh Nguyen looks at the Vietnamese refugee experience in America, as well as the lives of some Americans in Vietnam. From the battles to build a good life in the wake of actual wars left behind, to new and old experiences of love and tenderness, and questions of where home is when hostility is faced both in the country of birth and the adopted country, The Refugees is a powerful and moving testament to the experiences of people living lives between two worlds.

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This is Me: A Story of Who We Are and Where We Came From by Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell

From the #1 New York Times bestselling creative team comes a timely, interactive picture book about immigration and identity. It asks children to consider: What would you pack if you had to travel to a new country with just a small suitcase? What are the things you love best? What says “This is me!”

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In the Company of Women: Inspiration and Advice from over 100 Makers, Artists, and Entrepreneurs by Grace Bonney

Across the globe, women are embracing the entrepreneurial spirit and starting creative businesses. In the Company of Women profiles over 100 of these influential and creative women from all ages, races, backgrounds, and industries, and details the keys to their success.

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Here We Are: Feminism for the Real World edited by Kelly Jensen

Forty-four writers, dancers, actors, and artists contribute essays, lists, poems, comics, and illustrations about everything from body positivity to romance to gender identity to intersectionality to the greatest girl friendships in fiction. Together, they share diverse perspectives on and insights into what feminism means and what it looks like.

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Sourcebooks, Inc.

The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women by Kate Moore

As World War I raged across the globe, hundreds of young women toiled away at the radium-dial factories, where they painted clock faces with a mysterious new substance called radium. With such a coveted job, these “shining girls” were considered the luckiest alive—until they began to fall mysteriously ill. The Radium Girls is the first book that fully explores the strength of these extraordinary women in the face of almost impossible circumstances and the astonishing legacy they left behind.

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Isabella: Girl in Charge by Jennifer Fosberry (author) and Mike Litwin (illustrator)

Isabella: Girl in Charge explores some of the amazing women who made political history. This heartwarming tale empowers young girls to realize their true capabilities while inspiring them to let their own personalities shine.

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What Does it Mean to Be Kind? By Rana DiOrio (author) and Stéphane Jorisch (illustrator)

Part of the award-winning What Does It Mean to Be…? series, What Does It Mean to Be Kind? is a straightforward, accessible introduction to the idea of kindness, with suggestions that foster empathy and enlighten the world. What Does It Mean to Be Kind? shows young children how easy it is to be kind, through small acts and in simple ways.

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Feminist Press

Celebrate People’s History by Josh MacPhee

Celebrate People's History! features posters by over eighty artists that pay tribute to revolution, racial justice, women's rights, queer liberation, labor struggles, and creative activism and organizing. These essential movements—acts of resistance and great events in an often hidden history of civil rights struggles—remind us of the resilience of humankind even at the darkest of moments.

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But Some of Us Are Brave (2nd Edition) By Gloria T. Hull, Patricia Bell Scott, and Barbara Smith

A precursor to Women’s March organizer Linda Sarsour’s statement “if you’re not following a woman of color, you’re in the wrong movement,” All the Women Are White, All the Blacks Are Men, But Some of Us Are Brave: Black Women's Studies is the first-ever comprehensive collection of black feminist scholarship. Featuring essays by Alice Walker, the Combahee River Collective, and Barbara Smith, and original resources, this book is vital to today's conversation on race and gender in America.

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The Crunk Feminist Collection by Brittney C. Cooper, Susana M. Morris, and Robin M. Boylorn

For the Crunk Feminist Collective, their academic day jobs were lacking in conversations they actually wanted to have—relevant, real conversations about how race and gender politics intersect with pop culture and current events. To address this void, they started a blog. Now with an annual readership of nearly one million, their posts foster dialogue about activist methods, intersectionality, and sisterhood. Never afraid to speak out, disrupt narratives, and prioritize self-care, the Crunk editors are the models we need for activism in 2017.

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Milkweed Editions

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

“A hymn of love to the world.” —Elizabeth Gilbert

As a botanist, the author has been trained to examine nature with the tools of science; as a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our teachers. Here she brings these two lenses together, showing how other living beings offer us gifts and lessons, even if we’ve forgotten how to hear their voices.

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The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man’s Love Affair with Nature by J. Drew Lanham

Growing up on his family’s land in South Carolina, J. Drew Lanham fell in love with the subtle beauties of the natural world around him—and grew up to be one of the lone black men in a predominantly white field. This memoir is a riveting exploration of the contradictions of black identity in the rural South, asking what it means to be “the rare bird, the oddity.”

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Tula: Poems by Chris Santiago

Tula: a ruined Toltec capital; a Russian city known for its accordions; Tagalog for “poem.” Inspired by the experiences of the second-generation immigrant who does not fully acquire the language of his parents, the winner of the 2016 Lindquist & Vennum Prize for Poetry paints the portrait of a mythic homeland that is part ghostly underworld, part unknowable paradise.

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Abrams Books

Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Octavia Butler; Adapted by Damian Duffy and illustrated by John Jennings

More than 35 years after its release, Kindred continues to draw in new readers with its deep exploration of the violence and loss of humanity caused by slavery in the United States, and its complex and lasting impact on the present day. Adapted by celebrated academics and comics artists Damian Duffy and John Jennings, this graphic novel powerfully renders Butler’s mysterious and moving story, which spans racial and gender divides in the antebellum South through the 20th century.

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Power to the People: The World of the Black Panthers by Bobby Seale; photographer Stephen Shames

Admired, reviled, emulated, misunderstood, the Black Panther Party was one of the most creative and influential responses to racism and inequality in American history. They advocated armed self-defense to counter police brutality, and initiated a program of patrolling the police with shotguns—and law books. Published on the 50th anniversary of the party’s founding, Power to the People is the in-depth chronicle of the only radical political party in America to make a difference in the struggle for civil rights.

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The Best I Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir by Thi Bui

This beautifully illustrated and emotional story is an evocative memoir about the search for a better future and a longing for the past. Exploring the anguish of immigration and the lasting effects that displacement has on a child and her family, debut author Thi Bui documents the story of her family’s daring escape after the fall of South Vietnam in the 1970s, and the difficulties they faced building new lives for themselves.

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Chronicle Books

Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns: A Muslim Book of Colors by Hena Khan, illustrated by Mehrdokht Amini

Magnificently capturing the colorful world of Islam for the youngest readers, this breathtaking and informative picture book celebrates Islam’s beauty and traditions. From a red prayer rug to a blue hijab, everyday colors are given special meaning as young readers learn about clothing, food, and other important elements of Islamic culture, with a young Muslim girl as a guide.

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At the Same Moment, Around the World by Clotilde Perrin

Clotilde Perrin takes readers eastward from the Greenwich meridian, from day to night, with each page portraying one of (the original) 24 time zones. Discover Benedict drinking hot chocolate in Paris, France; Mitko chasing the school bus in Sofia, Bulgaria; and Khanh having a little nap in Hanoi, Vietnam. Strong back matter empowers readers to learn about the history of timekeeping and time zones, and to explore where each of the characters lives on the world map.

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Loving vs. Virginia: A Documentary Novel of the Landmark Civil Rights Case by Patricia Hruby Powell, Illustrated by Shadra Strickland

From acclaimed author Patricia Hruby Powell comes the story of a landmark civil rights case, told in spare and gorgeous verse. In 1955, in Caroline County, Virginia, amidst segregation and prejudice, injustice and cruelty, two teenagers fell in love. Their life together broke the law, but their determination would change it. Richard and Mildred Loving were at the heart of a Supreme Court case that legalized marriage between races, and a story of the devoted couple who faced discrimination, fought it, and won.

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