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CHAIRMAN of the Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation in Europe (NIDO-Europe) Bashir Obasekola has expressed disappointment at the failure of both chambers of the National Assembly to pass the Bill for an Act to Alter the Provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, to Provide for Diaspora Voting, and other related matters. Obasekola told The ICIR that it was unfortunate that lawmakers have not seen the need to improve on the current level of Diaspora engagement by making the necessary adjustment to the Constitution to bring the bill to light. READ ALSO: National Assembly rejects Diaspora voting Nigerians abroad not pushing enough for Diaspora voting Aisha Yesufu Diaspora Nigerians, others commend Senates backing of e-transmission of election results Nigerian diaspora group dissociates from IPOB, Biafra and Kanu - Advertisement - However, he assured that Nigerians in the Diaspora will continue to push so that Diaspora voting can be actualised in the near future
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admin | March 8, 2022
Natalie Tershakowec , left, 27, and Lida Moroz, 27, sort paintings that are to be sent to donors. Tershakowec is a lawyer who has been painting since she was a child and decided to make these paintings to sell as a fundraiser for the Canada-Ukraine Foundation, which is fundraising for humanitarian aid to Ukraine.The Globe and Mail When Putin launched a war against Ukraine, Canadas Ukrainian diaspora watched and listened in shock to what was happening with an initial sense of hopelessness. But then the community did what it have done for generations: it mobilized
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The Herald Prosper Ndlovu in Dubai, UAE ZIMBABWEANS based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have expressed readiness to invest back home through tapping into various business opportunities in the local economy. A proposal has already been put in motion to establish the Zimbabwe Dubai Business Council, which will provide a platform for continuous engagement over business opportunities between the diaspora and their partners, as well as the Government. The proposed entity is expected to be formally introduced to President Mnangagwa who is scheduled to lead the National Day events here on March 14, which will mark the pinnacle of Zimbabwes participation at the expo.
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admin | March 8, 2022
A thousand Palestinians from all over the world met in Istanbul last weekend to elect a new leadership for the Popular Conference of Palestinians Abroad and to evaluate its work over the five years since it was established in 2017.
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(from left) Kim Kyung-sung, chairman of the Blue Tree Foundation, Rep. Yang Hyang-ja of the ruling Democratic Party, Go Do-won, president of Godowon Foundation, and Choi Jin-young, CEO of the Korea Herald pose for a picture after signing the Memorandum of Understanding to support young ethnic Koreans living abroad.
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admin | March 8, 2022
By SURA JESELSOHN When my substitute mailman could not differentiate between a slush pile in front of my door and the mail slot, I tried to contact my federal representative, Jamaal Bowman, by leaving a message per instruction at his Bronx office. I have not heard back
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admin | March 8, 2022
One Damn Thing After Another begins with a fond evocation of Barrs childhood in a conservative family nestled in the liberal enclave surrounding Columbia University in New York City. His mother was Catholic, and his father Jewish (though he later converted to Catholicism), and Barr gives a lovely description of his elementary school education at the local Corpus Christi Church. (George Carlin went there too.
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When singer, fiddler, songwriter, and composer Lily Henley set out to make an album of Sephardic Jewish ballads set to new melodies, she was looking for her own way to interpret a tradition that she saw as critically endangered. With Oras Dezaoradas, to be released on May 6, 2022 on Lior ditions, Henley wanted to highlight the Ladino language, a threatened tongue that fuses old Spanish with Hebrew, Arabic, and Turkish elements and is spoken by less than 100,000 people in the world today
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This April, Chatham Baroque presents New York-based ensemble East of the River for the program Hamsa, featuring music from the geographic regions of Andalusia, North Africa, the Ottoman Empire, and the Sephardic diaspora. This program consists of songs and dances from liturgical and folk traditions as well as examples of classical instrumental music from the Ottoman court. These various types of music aren't built with Western musical conventions, but rather, use the system of microtonal melodic modes referred to as the Arabic maqam.
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To have known Matilda Laura Rosenberg was to be splashed with Mediterranean sunshine. She was incredibly loved by those she held dear family, close friends, colleagues and the hundreds of families she served in a distinguished career as a social work.
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