IHSAN XAALAAT

npr: States should lower the definition of drunk driving to a...

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:19:38 -0400

States should lower the definition of drunk driving to a blood-alcohol reading of no more than .05 percent, the National Transportation Safety Board’s staff recommended, saying the U.S. is too tolerant of impairment behind the wheel.

The safety board at a meeting today said the U.S. is behind other countries, including most of Europe, in having a threshold for drunk driving of .08 in all 50 U.S. states.

— U.S. Safety Board Recommends .05 Drunk-Driving Limit - Bloomberg

Graphic: Alex Tribou / Bloomberg Visual Data

Lower it!!!

I think the weirdest thing is that the person you’re going to marry and spend the rest of your life...

Wed, 15 May 2013 06:01:57 -0400

I think the weirdest thing is that the person you’re going to marry and spend the rest of your life together with is currently walking the earth, living their own life, going to school or going to work or whatever, doing all these things and making all these memories that you’ll get to hear about from them years from now.

Insha’Allah

serbaserbisiraya: ;) Masha’Allah

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:17:26 -0400

serbaserbisiraya:

;)

Masha’Allah

My Favorite Authors Have NEW Titles OUT!!!

Mon, 13 May 2013 00:36:20 -0400

tyleroakley: MY EMOTIONS. Its amazing how pictures can evoke...

Sun, 12 May 2013 00:18:03 -0400

tyleroakley:

MY EMOTIONS.

Its amazing how pictures can evoke so much emotion.

Physician Assistant

Sun, 05 May 2013 09:25:18 -0400

Physician Assistant:

Joyce Nichols….the first woman AND first African-American physician assistant in the United States!!!!

Photo

Sun, 05 May 2013 06:19:04 -0400

The small things in life!

Sun, 05 May 2013 06:16:31 -0400

The small things in life!

Deen Over Dami: Do you know what I love about Islam, the perception of God. As a...

Sun, 05 May 2013 02:54:07 -0400

Deen Over Dami: Do you know what I love about Islam, the perception of God. As a...:

deenoverdami:

Do you know what I love about Islam, the perception of God.

As a Christian, I believed God to be kind. He gave us a way to be with Him through Jesus, and I loved that.

But in Islam, we don’t believe God needs a sacrifice to forgive me, he doesn’t need blood, he doesn’t need a middle man, he…

United for mankind

lovecy: awww Allergy season?

Sun, 05 May 2013 02:44:43 -0400

lovecy:

awww

Allergy season?

Stop Whitewashing: HBO's Koran by Heart celebrates cultural hegemony over Senegalese poor.

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:18:57 -0400

Stop Whitewashing: HBO's Koran by Heart celebrates cultural hegemony over Senegalese poor.:

I almost cannot put into words how disappointed I was in the documentary you reblogged, HBO’s Koran by Heart.

Every major city in Senegal has almost countless numbers of little boys, called talibé, that spend the majority of their days begging in the streets for money to feed themselves. Poor…

As a Senegalese woman I too am angered by the hardship young talibe boys must go through. Often times, their families send them away to study with Marabouts because they cannot afford to care for the, so its ‘one less mouth to feed’.

Its crucial to know also, that the ‘talibe system’ is not the only way quranic students learn the quran. Those families who can afford it ( such as my own) actually hire a live in marabout to teach an extended family network in the same household. We never had to beg in the streets, we had breaks for breakfast and lunch which were cooked by our mothers, aunties, sisters, etc. So becareful not to generalize. The story of Djamil I think is not linked to the ‘talibe system’, his family especially his father is a religious leader in their community.

I hate the system for many reasons as you have listed. I personally think it gets down to the responsibility of the parents to investigate the conditions in which their children are being exposed. I would never send my child to the city, and be able to sleep at night unless I knew someone I truly trusted was keeping an eye on them. The marabouts are very powerful in Senegal (its ingrained in the system to respect them and their opinions). But I wish people realized that the leaders of yesterday are not the same as those here today. There is more corruption in the world, people (not excluding these holier than tho marabouts) are highly influenced by money.

The only solution is for younger, more educated, socially conscious generation of Senegalese are able to stand up and demand change. Senegalese immigrants or those living at home who are conscious of the alterior motives are not going to sit back and watch for too long.

But no matter what your opinion is on the matter, make sure to keep an open mind, and realize that no matter how prevalent the talibes are on the streets, not all of them are living these conditions, many do learn arabic along with memorizing the quran, many do have a safe and clean living conditions, and many do succeed and learn how to make a living in the real world.

For those that don’t lets keep fighting for them!

DYSAETHESIA AETHIOPICA: Saint-Louis, Senegal and New Orleans: Two Mirror Cities, 17th-21st Century

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 03:32:53 -0400

DYSAETHESIA AETHIOPICA: Saint-Louis, Senegal and New Orleans: Two Mirror Cities, 17th-21st Century:

so-treu:

Organized by Emily Clark, Tulane University (New Orleans, Louisiana, United States), Ibrahima Thioub, Centre Africain de Recherche sur les Traites et les Esclavages (CARTE), Université Cheikh Anta Diop (Dakar, Senegal), and Cécile Vidal, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Mondes…

wakhart: Nioul Kouk la contre campagne continue STAY...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:55:29 -0400

wakhart:

Nioul Kouk

la contre campagne continue

STAY NATURAL!!!

Shoot by Diattus

retrouver toutes les photos de la contre campagne sur le site

http://www.wakhart.com/?page_id=619

LOVE THIS!

laserelectric: can you imagine how fucking relieved the french must have been when we reached the...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:35:04 -0400

laserelectric:

can you imagine how fucking relieved the french must have been when we reached the year 2000?

they went from having to say “mille neuf cents quatre-vingt-neuf” to just having to say “deux mille” to say the year

carlos-gadbois: The original….RAPPER…..THE GREATEST….

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 01:24:02 -0400

carlos-gadbois:

The original….RAPPER…..THE GREATEST….

The 25 Best Black Sitcoms of All Time

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 05:23:21 -0400

The 25 Best Black Sitcoms of All Time:

holyharam:

cleophatrajones:

theraceproblem:

1. The Cosby Show (1984-1992)

2. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990-1996)

3. A Different World (1987-1993)

4. Martin (1992-1997)

5. Sanford and Son (1972-1977)

6. The Jeffersons (1975-1985)

7. The Boondocks (2005-Present)

8. Living Single (1993-1998)

9. Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (1972-1985)

10. Good Times (1974-1979)

11. Girlfriends (2000-2008)

12. Julia (1968-1971)

13. Everybody Hates Chris (2005-2009)

14. The Bernie Mac Show (2001-2006)

15. 227 (1985-1990)

16. Moesha (1996-2001)

17. The Wayans Bros. (1995-1999)

18. Roc (1991-1994)

19. Diff’rent Strokes (1978-1985)

20. Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper (1992-1997)

21. The Jamie Foxx Show (1996-2001)

22. What’s Happening!! (1976-1979)

23. Family Matters (1989-1998)

24. Sister, Sister (1994-1999)

25. The Steve Harvey Show (1996-2002)

I’d like to take a second and have a moment of silence to remember how great my television experience used to be.

Good list.

The Steve Harvey show is so underrated that is my chhhiiit

And sister sister as well….my childhood had awesome sitcoms. Shows are so watered down now..

mazungu: Sometimes in April (2005) The debasement that is...

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 01:52:37 -0400

mazungu:

Sometimes in April (2005)

The debasement that is eugenics.

escapedgoat: Miss Swan the G.O.A.T.

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 00:50:50 -0400

escapedgoat:

Miss Swan the G.O.A.T.

Photo

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 02:18:43 -0400

black-culture: Louis Armstrong plays for his wife, Lucille, in...

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 02:34:58 -0400

black-culture:

Louis Armstrong plays for his wife, Lucille, in front of the Sphinx and Great pyramids in Giza, Egypt.