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Mistrust in journalists at rise

EUROPE DIPLOMATIC

Brussels 20.04.2021 The 2021 Edelman Trust barometer reveals a disturbing level of public mistrust of journalists, with 59% of respondents in 28 countries saying that journalists deliberately try to mislead the public by reporting information they know to be false. In reality, journalistic pluralism and rigorous reporting serve to combat disinformation and “infodemics”, including false and misleading information.

“Journalism is the best vaccine against disinformation,” RSF secretary-general Christophe Deloire said. “Unfortunately, its production and distribution are too often blocked by political, economic, technological and, sometimes, even cultural factors. In response to the virality of disinformation across borders, on digital platforms and via social…

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Nacionalni park Semijen, Etiopija – Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia

The Abyssinian ibex was added to the Red List of Endangered Species of the International Union for Conservation of Nature in 1963, and in order to protect its habitat, Ethiopia established the first national park in the country in 1969. However, the protection of the 220 km² of the Semijen National Park is, unfortunately, more of a theoretical than a practical nature. The area has often been the scene of wars in the long conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea and, as a consequence, many refugees found refuge there; indeed, the Ethiopian plateau is one of the most densely populated areas of East Africa. And, as if that weren’t enough, in recent years this zone has been hit by a terrible drought.

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Njegovi rogovi su više od jednog metra dugački i predstavljaju najtraženiji trofej etiopskih ratnika. Krzno mu je svjetlosmeđe boje, snažan je i može težiti i do 130 kilograma. To je abisinski kozorog (Walia ibex), vrsta koja opstaje još od rane najezde paleoarktičke faune u tropski pojas. Često opisivan u etiopskim mitovima i legendama, ovaj kozorog – gordog izgleda i tvrdoglave prirode – takođe je i simbol te zemlje. Ali, uprkos toj tituli, danas je preostalo samo 150 primjeraka. Opasnost koja im prijeti od čovjeka primorala je ta stvorenja da potraže utočište u najnepristupačnijim gudurama Semijanskih visija u Gondaru. Abisinski kozorog je 1963. godine dodat na Crvenu listu ugroženih vrsta Međunarodne unije za zaštitu prirode i, kako bi zaštitila njeno stanište, Etiopija je 1969. godine osnovala prvi nacionalni park u zemlji. Međutim, zaštita 220 km² Nacionalnog parka Semijen, nažalost, više je teorijske nego praktične prirode. Ta oblast je često…

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Tape Art 1995 – Oklahoma City Bombing

Hope (1995)Hope
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Tape Art Crew: Struan Ashby, Erica Duthie, Michael Townsend

In the spring of 1995 we were at an arts festival in OKC when the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building was bombed. The arts festival was cancelled, but we remained in the city.

We drew in the hospital rooms of children pulled from the blast site and drew themes of recovery with students in elementary schools that were close enough to the explosion that their windows had blown out.

Source: Tape Art 1995

Oklahoma City Bombing ~ #WeRemember — By Hook Or By Book

Twenty-six years ago today, one of the worst U.S. domestic terrorist attacks took place with the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Building in Oklahoma City. 168 innocents died that day. Included among those lost were 19 children. The perpetrators of this heinous act were radicalized by antigovernment propaganda, much like what certain domestic extremist […]

Oklahoma City Bombing ~ #WeRemember — By Hook Or By Book

HBCUs in Atlanta to Require Students Be Fully Vaccinated

As access to the coronavirus vaccine increases nationwide, colleges and universities have grappled with whether they should mandate students be fully vaccinated before they return to campus. A group of HBCUs in Atlanta announced on Monday that all students who intend to return to on-campus learning must be fully vaccinated. AJC reports that The Atlanta University Center—which consists of Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College, Morehouse School of Medicine, and Spelman College—issued a joint statement requiring all students, staff, and faculty to be fully vaccinated if they intend to return to on-campus learning for the next semester.

Source: HBCUs in Atlanta to Require Students Be Fully Vaccinated

محمود درويش شاعر المقاومة

Mahmoud Darwish started with poetry when he was young in the elementary stage and his conscience was formed through awareness of his reality as a refugee and the issue of his occupied homeland. Arabic, with the development of his poetic style, he used multiple poetic connotations and various topics such as religion, history, myth and civilization. In Paris, the tone of his ideological poetic speech directed towards the Arab cause changed, and he was more interested in human and spiritual issues. He won some poetry prizes such as the 1980 Mediterranean Prize and the 1997 Literature Prize from the French

حلم الدرويش

محمود درويش هو أشهر شعراء فلسطين وأحد أهم الشعراء العرب فى العصر الحديث , وأرتبط شعره بالقضية الفلسطينية والمقاومة العربية , كما ساهم فى تطوير الشعر العربى وإدخال الرمزية كأداة هامة للتعبير عن قضايا سياسية وإنسانية .

حياة محمود درويش :

ولد محمود درويش عام 1941م فى قرية البروة على جبل الجليل قرب ساحل عكا , أتم تعليمه الأبتدائى فى قرية دير الأسد ثم فر مع أسرته ضمن اللاجئين الفلسطينيين عام 1947 إلى لبنان لكنه عاد متسللا مع أسرته بعدها بعامين إلى فلسطين , كانت الصدمة عندما وجد قريته مهدمة تماما وقد أقيمت على أنقاضها قرية أحيهود الإسرائيلية فأنتقل إلى دير الأسد كلاجىء ولم يحصل على بطاقة إقامة بسهولة لأنه أعتبر لاجىء غير شرعى, أنتقل إلى قرية الجديدة حيث أمتلكت الأسرة مسكنا وأنهى دراسته الثانوية فى مدرسة كفر ياسين , أنضم بعدها للحزب الشيوعى الإسرائيلى وعمل فى الصحافة كمحرر ومترجم وترقى حتى وصل لرئيس تحرير واشترك فى تحرير جريدة الفجر…

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