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Joe Bassey
Joe__Bassey
The Mino: The Formidable Women Army Of Dahomey In West AfricaMino, which means “our mothers” in Fon language, was a group of women, raised by kings of Dahome in the
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Aelkus
Ennio Morricone just died, so today is going to be collection of some of my favorites of his. RIP to the god of film music Battle of Algiers themehttps://youtu.be/dWJTFMPybYw The
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ulyssecolonna
I’ve just listened to @Alden_Young’s recent interview on the @OttomanHistory and it’s amazing how well it broaches with @aaronjakes’s fantastic book on the British occupation of Egypt. But then I
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bayenciaga
Moorish/Maghrebi women in Islamic history [a thread]: Asia (AS) The first North African woman involved in the message of Islam, Asia was the wife of Fir’aun. She took in the
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Hiyem Cheurfa
nostAlgerian_
10 Auto/biographical accounts from/about the Arab region that are worth reading (available in English). A thread. “Our Women on the Ground: Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World” (2019) an
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TeamQueens
TeamQueensHist
Today's #QueenoftheDay #QOTD is Sayyida al-Hurra! Sayyida al-Hurra was born likely in 1485 (but possibly as late as 1495) to Mulay Ali Ibn Rashid (emir of Chefchaouen) and Lalla Zohra
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Adam Neuser
AdamNeuser
Jessica claims that sexual offenses by Muslim men are a religious phenomenon pegged to Islamic religious and cultural practices which deem it acceptable to assault uncovered women.This is false, and
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Razan Idris
idris_razan
Thread: Out of my own interest in historically visualizing the African "medieval", tonight I'm sharing a collection of architecture built across Africa in the 1500s-1600s! (Inspired by Isaac Samuel's much
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Omer Sayadi
MENAsymbolism
Doing a special thread, which I will include on my website as well. Since one could argue that a nation's name is actually a symbolical representation historically constructed as a
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Nacho Oliveras
NachoOliveras
I was thinking recently that the inventor of the modern novel, Cervantes, was an Italianphile and he lived in Naples for more than 2 years. He used the word ‘Novela’
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Alex Bean
ABeanTweeting
Back on my bullshit again, looking up photos of national capitol buildings and commenting on their architecture.Here's last night's thread about capitol buildings in the Americas.https://twitter.com/ABeanTweeting/status/128681039198
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Gareth
darkenthememory
Might fuck around and do this? Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight The Modern LeperGood Arms Vs. Bad Arms Keep Yourself Warm The National - BoxerMistaken For StrangersApartment StoryGospel
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luthier
theluthier63
This is a Picture of my Close Friend Joe The Catman Joe Billet I got a delivery from him this week pictures of him and his life he is 94
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Krish Raghav
krishraghav
I've been reading two books that have completely rewired the way I think about modern music, and the history of contemporary music in China. They've also produced a huge breakthrough
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Gökçe
OddOneOut07
Finally had the time to make this thread.I'll start w/ a well-known Ottoman Sultan: Suleiman the Magnificent. His relief portrait is in the House Chamber in the U.S. CapitolHis father
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Doug~Lass🌲MacArthur
LassMacarthur
The lion's share of demonisation of Whites is the charge that Whites were inveterate slavers who lounged on settees sipping tea whilst slaves from Africa fanned them#WhitePrivilege Never mind that
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