NHK One: Sunday Art Museum on August 30, 2026 at 9-9:45am on NHK E channel
"A tour of the British Museum's Japanese art collection with Princess Akiko"
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Paying a price for Palestine by Momodou Taal
I left the United States with my head held high. My exit was a refusal to become carrion for a government satiated by the blood of Gazans. In hiding, while fasting, I remembered that no sacrifice is too great for Palestine. Without a shred of regret, nor a waver in my convictions, I held then, as I do now:
I didn’t go hard enough for Palestine.
Cornell University decided that its investment in genocide weighed heavier than its commitment to its students.
During my time at Cornell, I was suspended twice, banned from campus, prevented and then prohibited from teaching, and declared persona non grata. During my time at Cornell, I was told that I could not pray my five daily prayers on campus, and that any medical appointments had to receive prior approval.
During my time at Cornell, I was effectively placed under house arrest. I was given a map dictating where I could and could not go. There was a bitter irony in protesting apartheid only to find myself subjected to its spatial logic.
Eventually, I was hunted by ICE agents until I decided to leave.
At the time of my departure, life was uncertain and my future undecided. But I knew one thing: wherever life took me, I had stood on the right side of history.
Since then, I have been detained at Heathrow Airport, my devices seized and my DNA taken.
My crime? Palestine.
Although I remain enrolled at Cornell, on June 10th I received an email: “Return to campus to teach or lose funding.” I cannot help but read this as a cynical attempt to deprive me further—or worse, to place me back within ICE’s reach. But I remain determined to finish. I refuse to let Cornell win.
Palestine remains the litmus test. My moral compass.
Kwame Ture once dreamed of something remarkably simple: “having coffee with my wife in South Africa; and mint tea in Palestine.”
There is something about the simplicity of that dream that has always stayed with me. To sit, to drink tea, to live freely in places where freedom had been denied. Ture's dreams remains unfulfilled. And they remain ours.
no qabil shit but 42 years ago today the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) was formed to fight for Somali people's right to self-determination in eastern Ethiopia 💚💙❤️ !! Viva Somali galbeed
🇲🇾 Aina Abdul will represent Malaysia at #EurovisionAsia 2026.
Revealed live during the broadcast of AJL40, she is the second artist to be officially confirmed for the upcoming contest.
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I am not a ballad person but Bhutan will be my first no matter what. Miss being there. Nyendra has a stunning voice and it's fully in Dzongkha at least
The Traveler is VERY pleased. Congratulations to @CriticalRole, @titmouseinc, and @primevideo on the Emmy win for Outstanding Individual Achievement In Animation for The Mighty Nein series premiere episode, “Mote of Possibility.”