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AL-QAIDA Al-Qaida or the base in Arabic is an international terrorist organization founded in 1988 by Osama Bin Laden, Abdullah Azzam and Ayman al-Zawahiri. Al-Qaida was initially formed by men from all over the world and many of these members were veterans of the Soviet war in Afghanistan. The goal of Al-Qaida is to recruit, finance, and train mujahedeen to start a jihad and rid western influence and replace governments with fundamentalist Islamic regimes following Sharia Law. Much of the…

Digging the heels of her hands into the small of her back and arching first back and then forward to ease the kinks Dr. Caroline Taylor groaned as the stiffening muscles protested her efforts to loosen them, then ran her hands through her cap of short black hair. She stood at the end of the men's ward surveying the patients lying in the narrow metal beds. Dysentery, an appendix, two leg wounds from farming implements and an assortment of other ills had brought these villagers to the little…

The popularity of country music is increasing in the U.S, especially in Nashville. This would not be an unusual sight for Nashville or just about any country tavern in the United States. Except this was not East Texas, but Nairobi in East Africa, where American “country music” has a surprisingly robust, and growing, following. Kenyan country singers are writing their own music about love and longing, in an American twang. A Dolly Parton-loving singer named Esther Konkara has…

Jane Goodall, a primatologist and anthropologist, who revolutionized scientists' way of thinking about chimpanzees. Through her groundbreaking research at a National Park in Tanzania, she discovered and learned about chimpanzee behaviors. Goodall’s research has transformed our understanding of primates and how they go about everyday life. Coincidentally, Jane recognized that chimpanzees and humans have a great deal in common. Realizing this discovery made her think about how her childhood lived…

structures in politically diverse societies. My late grandfather was a strong believer in justice, who had firm principles on malpractice and was keen to separate himself from the corruption rife in Kenyan politics during his career as a judge in Nairobi. He publicly vocalized his unconventional opinion on the status of disabled members in society. He advocated equal employment opportunities; giving a voice to discriminated factions of the community, whose disabilities would inhibit their…

for the UNHCR to repatriate all Somali refugees in Dadaab back to Somalia. (UNHCR) The Garissa attack is one of many national threats that Kenya has had to face along with the main terror attack that took place at the “Westgate Mall” in the city of Nairobi. These different attacks on Kenya has led the country to the decision of repatriating Somalia refugees and closing down of the Dadaab camp where majority of the refugees are placed in an environment were radicalizations often takes…

inspiration come from traveling.“I’ve been travelling around the world collecting drums.” From New Zealand and played with the Maori tribe to South Africa, to Soweto, and played with a few tribes there; went to Kenya and played with the Masai tribe in Nairobi; went to Cuba and got some timbale drums from some of the elders there.…And when I say ‘got drums’, I mean she recorded drums with either…

Osama Bin Laden. One man. A man responsible for thousands of deaths of innocent people. Bin Laden was the leader of the terrorist group named Al Qaeda. Bin Laden’s attacks on the U.S. on September 11, 2001 made the Americans angry and want to search for and kill him. After 10 years of searching for Bin Laden, he was found in the city of Abbottabad, Pakistan. Osama Bin Laden was then found in a mansion. In my opinion, I believe that Osama Bin Laden’s assassination is justified because his planned…

Trump. There has been marches for women, Immigrants, also for the LGBT community, and for the people’s voices to be heard because they felt like they were or have been ignored. According to www.cnn.com in Washington, Sydney, Berlin, London, Paris, Nairobi and Cape Town. All men and women working together to remind trump that woman are the same as man and can do whatever man can do. Also to show how it is not right to treat women with disrespect and how it’s not right of him touching women…

Richard Dawkins was born in Nairobi, Kenya, in 1941; He is one of the world’s leading scientific minds, specializing in evolutionary biology. Richard Dawkins is a successful writer, writing over eight books including the book called the God Delusion. In the prolog of this book Dawkins defends his use of the word delusion in the title of the book by quoting another author who says “When one person suffers from a delusion it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is…