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Daily Archives: November 15, 2021
Biden vaccine mandate: Chamber of Commerce tells businesses to implement
Community Disaster Risk Management Plans take climate change considerations on board – Petchary’s Blog
Community Disaster Risk Management Plans take climate change considerations on board – Petchary’s Blog
70% Canadians support dismissal of employees who refuse COVID-19 vaccines: poll – National | Globalnews.ca
U.S. Embassy invites proposals for the Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation – Petchary’s Blog
Etel Adnan, Lebanese American Author and Artist, Dies at 96 – The New York Times – RIP
Houston doctor suspended from hospital for spreading Covid misinformation | Coronavirus | The Guardian
A doctor was suspended by a Houston hospital for spreading misinformation about Covid-19.
Houston Methodist hospital said Dr Mary Bowden, an ear, throat, and nose specialist, spread “dangerous misinformation” about Covid and shared personal and professional opinions the hospital deemed “harmful to the community”.
Bowden, a recent hire, posted several tweets stating that she was against Covid-19 vaccine mandates.
She also used Twitter to promote Ivermectin as a treatment for Covid-19, despite several public health officials having warned the public not to use the anti-parasitic drug, which has uses in humans and animals, as a coronavirus treatment…
Not yet Wednesday, but Do Better: 2nd draft is (mostly) done! | Inspiring Critical Thinking and Community via Books, Lessons, and Story
The harmonious US city run by Muslim Americans – BBC News
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Over the last 30 years, Hamtramck transformed again, to become a landing pad for Arab and Asian immigrants, notably those from Yemen and Bangladesh. A significant portion of the city’s residents today – 42% – are foreign born. More than half are believed to be practising Muslims.

The newly elected government’s makeup reflects the changing demographics in Hamtramck. The city council will include two Bengali Americans, three Yemeni Americans and a Polish American convert to Islam.
Winning 68% of the vote, Amer Ghalib will be the first Yemeni-American mayor in the US.
“I feel honoured and proud, but I know it’s a big responsibility,” Mr Ghalib, 41, said.
Born in a village in Yemen, he moved to the US when he was 17, first working in a factory making plastic car parts near Hamtramck. He later learned English and received medical training, and now works as a healthcare professional.
Rather than being a “melting pot” or “salad bowl”, Hamtramck is more like a “seven-layer cake” where different groups retain their distinct cultures while closely co-existing with each other, said city councilmember-elect Amanda Jaczkowski. “People are still proud of their culture specifically, whereas if it’s assimilation, we would lose the uniqueness.”
“When you live this close to each other, you are forced to overcome those differences, “Ms Jaczkowski, 29, said…
Source: The harmonious US city run by Muslim Americans – BBC News
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