Friday, March 28, 2014

000012 - Ahmad Kabbah, President of Sierra Leone

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Alhaji Ahmad Tejan Kabbah  (February 16, 1932 – March 13, 2014) was the third President of Sierra Leone from 1996 to 1997 and again from ...
Thursday, March 6, 2014

000011 - Maryam Durani, Afghan Human Rights Activist

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Maryam Durani : (Arabic: مَریَم دورانی), is an Afghan activist. Daughter of Haji Mohammad Eisa Durani, Maryam Durani was born in 1987. Hail...
Wednesday, March 5, 2014

000010 - Samira Ibrahim, Egyptian Activist

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Samira Ibrahim  (Arabic:  سميرة إبراهيم ‎) (born  c.  1987) is an Egyptian activist who came to prominence during the Egyptian revolution ....
Thursday, January 30, 2014

000009 - Ibn 'Aqil, Hanbali Jurist and Theologian

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Ibn ‘Aqil, Abu‘l-Wafa‘ Ibn ‘Aqil, Abu‘l-Wafa‘ ( Abu‘l-Wafa‘ ibn ‘Aqil ) ( Abu al-Wafa Ali Ibn Aqil ibn Ahmad al-Baghdadi ) (1040-1119). Ha...
Tuesday, January 28, 2014

000008 - Ibn Abi Usaibia, Arab Physician and Historian

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Ibn Abi Usaibia Ibn Abi Usaibia , or Ibn Abi Usaybi'ah or Ibn Abi Usaybi'a , ( [1194] 1203-1270) (Arabic: ابن أبي أصيبعة موفق ا...
Thursday, January 23, 2014

000007 - Amiri Baraka, Polarizing African American Poet

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Amiri Baraka , also called Imamu Amiri Baraka , original name (until 1968) (Everett) LeRoi Jones (b. October 7, 1934, Newark, New J...
Friday, January 3, 2014

000006 - Yusef Lateef, Pioneer of World Music

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Yusef Abdul Lateef (born William Emanuel Huddleston , October 9, 1920 – December 23, 2013) was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, com...