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Muslim College Opens in US With Hopes — and Suspicions

This is the VOA Special English Education Report, from voaspecialenglish.com | http Zaytuna College is a new four-year college in Berkeley, California. Zaytuna is seeking to become the first accredited Muslim college in the United States. The name comes from the Arabic word for olives.The process of full accreditation could take several years. That will make it easier for students to get financial aid, and to have their education recognized by employers and other schools.Zaytuna held its first classes this summer — intensive study of Arabic to prepare for classes in the fall. Men and women sat on opposite sides of the auditorium. Most of the men had beards and wore skull caps. Most of the women covered their hair with scarves. Zaytuna currently offers two majors, a choice of Islamic law and religion or Arabic language. General education classes include American history, anthropology, philosophy, literature and political science.Imam Zaid Shakir is a professor and co-founder of Zaytuna. He was born in Berkeley. The college website says he accepted Islam in nineteen seventy-seven while serving in the United States Air Force. Imam Shakir says he wants teachers who are trained and educated in the United States and who understand American society. There are millions of American Muslims. But the imam says most of the teachers of Islam in America received their training in other countries. He says Islam has never become rooted in any land until that land had its own Islamic …

Transgendered homeless rally at New York City Hall – Setting up the stage

The government is going to cut all financial aid for the transgendered, gay, lesbian and bisexual homeless shelters in New York. Here Lucky Michaels is putting out pillows to indicate that this is where the homeless LGBTQ will sleep in the future.

Internal situation in Armenia

UN Report Warns Of ‘New Wave’ Of Emigration From Armenia: www.rferl.org Armenian President calls for the unity of Armenia, Artsakh and Diaspora: panarmenian.net No sustainable development for Armenia without Karabakh resolution: www.rferl.org panarmenian.net We are used to see “Armenians” in general as the opposite side in the Armenian-Turkish and the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflicts that have lasted for many decades. This is true. However, despite the undeniable dominance of common goals, there are clear differences and divergences of interests between Nagorno-Karabakh separatist, the Republic of Armenia and the Armenian diaspora. This may seem surprising, but, nevertheless, the fact is that Armenia is more than just suffering from the conflict with Azerbaijan and Turkey and its people carries burdens of historical animosity on shoulders while Armenias interests are time and again sacrificed for unrealistic requirements of the Karabakh separatists and the Diaspora. As a result of hostility with its neighbors, Armenia drove myself into economic blockade, lost about a third of the population over two decades of conflict. The economic crisis of 2009 saw 20% economic downturn in Armenia (the highest in the CIS) with the external debt reaching almost 50 percent of GDP. Armenia survives thanks to remittances of Armenian emigrants for their relatives, foreign loans and financial aid. If your interested in post-Soviet states and want to have civil and honest discussions on the …

Inside UWF – 23 Apr 2008

On this edition learn about a new $700000 pledge to UWF. We will also have a discussion about the Ethics in Business awards.

July 2010 Update – Undergrad Records

Just a brief glimpse of what is to come in the next 4 episodes, ready to be released soon. Much progress has been made with the label, keeping me away from editing the show in a timely manner, but now I’ve refocused. Thank you all to who have continued to support me in this project! Follow Me: Twitter: @undergradtv Facebook: www.facebook.com/undergradtv Web: www.undergradrecords.tv Music: “Dream Me Up” Question feat. BOB twitter.com/Question210

United We Manifest!

Another lunchtime rap in the car, courtesy of Jesus. “This is a flow that I wrote on the way up to Sacramento not that long ago. I got into a crammed bus full of DREAMers, and we made a journey through the night to arrive at our state’s capitol to lobby for the California DREAM Act. I meant to record it earlier, but… well… I read that Maryland finally passed their version of the DREAM Act, and it got me hyped. So I decided to share it with y’all.” -Jesus Lyrics: “As I dip in and out of rhyme schemes, I remember my dreams Glowing bright like the high beams Of this bus, to the capitol or bust, Know-Nothings must think that we’re nuts Though we got a lot of guts and a lot of fight in us And a spirit you won’t budge, can’t touch, cant’ crush ‘Cuz I’m calling out their bluffs, The GOP may have a full house but I got a royal flush With a fistful of spades, Pens uncapped, I’m jottin’ down words that’ll detonate like grenades. ‘Cuz I’m sick of checkpoints and immigration raids Sick of thinkin’ that my hood is a maze Or a labyrinth of hate, one single mistake, I could end up in the clutches of an unfortunate fate A disgrace on behalf of the state Looking for ways and excuses to not educate Broke undocumented students who made the grades No way for them to pay their way, no financial aid And it’s got us going mad cuz we gave it all we had For something that we’ve wanted so bad Now that the DREAM Act’s on the map, We’re coming out of the shadows, ain’t no holdin’ us back Or …

Eight Questions Every Family Should Ask an Admission Director.m4v

Leo Marshall, Director of Admissions & Financial Aid,The Webb Schools offers eight questions that every family should ask a private school admission director. This brief video interview accompanies his article available on AdmissionsQuest: www.admissionsquest.com