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by toritto Lithe and lovely Eritrean girl high cheek bones, pearly whites chocamocha, caffe latte has me staring at her aquiline nose. “Hey G.I! You buy hashish today?” Smoke rings and a purple haze scotch and water, tobacco and hash … Continue reading
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Female Genital Mutilation – A Re-Post
I’m re–posting this piece due to reports today alleging that ISIS is requiring all girls and women between the ages of 11 and 46 undergo FGM. Other reports indicate it is not true. Those of us concerned about this issue … Continue reading
Female Genital Mutilation
Forceps, rubber gloves and other instruments used in female genital mutilation lon a table in Hargeiysa, Somalia. Excerpts from a book by Nawal El Saadawi: “The Hidden Face of Eve: Women in the Arab World.” She is an Egyptian novelist, … Continue reading
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