The Strong do what they will; the Weak suffer what they must.
- Thucydides
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“If you want to free a society, just give them internet access. Because people, the young guys, you know, are all going to go out and see biased media, see the truth about other nations and their own nation and they’re going to be able to contribute and collaborate together.”
Curation of international news, visuals, music - and our stories and conversation.
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Promise of obviating past
 
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“A possible danger of this amnesia [non-European population not informed about their civilization/culture’s past achievements] is that it engenders a superiority complex in the European character whilst, simultaneously, causes an inferiority complex in the character of others.”

Salim Al-Hassani*, A 1000 Years Amnesia: Sports in Muslim Heritage

*University of Manchester, President of the Foundation for Science, Technology and Civilization (FSTC), Manchester, UK 

cf:

It’s basically British organizations aiming to push recognition of the past achievements of Muslim people. Science. Technology. But not limited to that aspect.

But doesn’t look geared up for SNS distribution of their materials. These organizations and websites are before SNS became popular so it’s really hard to post about - argh

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August 28, 2012, 7:41pm  3 notes

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