#Bangladeshi-Irish heritage

[not-your-asian-fantasy]

In her album Skin, Joy Crookes, South Londoner, of Bangladeshi and Irish heritage, pays tribute to the people and places that made her. “Biologically, our skin is one of the strongest organs in our body, but socially and externally, in terms of our identity, it can be used against us,” Crookes tells Apple Music of the album title. “And it’s not just a racial thing; it’s who we are that is used against us.”

[arcticdementor]

Have you noticed that anyone who talks about the problems facing white working-class kids is instantly accused of starting a culture war? Talk about trans kids and the media will be knocking on your door to commission a documentary. Talk about the specific problems facing children of West Indian or Bangladeshi heritage and the chattering classes will be all ears. But so much as mutter the phrase ‘white working-class’ and you’ll be viewed as iffy. Here comes another culture warrior stirring up racial tensions, the right-on will cry. They might even call you racist.

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The education report is actually not shocking or controversial at all. Nor is it a hand grenade lobbed into the culture war. It’s quite sensible. Produced by the education select committee, the report says it’s a national scandal that white working-class kids have been allowed to fall behind in education. It points out that disadvantaged white pupils are doing badly ‘every step of the way’. For example, just 18 per cent of white pupils on free school meals achieved Grade 4 or higher in GCSE English and maths, whereas the average for pupils on free meals is 23 per cent. A paltry 16 per cent of white kids on free meals get places at university, compared with 59 per cent of black African kids on free meals, 59 per cent of Bangladeshi kids on free meals, and 32 per cent of black Caribbean kids on free meals.

These are striking disparities. And the report makes the very logical point that they cannot be explained by poverty alone. All of these children come from cash-strapped, difficult circumstances, and yet the white ones do significantly worse than the others. There must be cultural reasons for this, the report suggests. It argues that kids from ethnic-minority backgrounds are offered more assistance than white working-class kids. It also ridicules the teaching of ideas like ‘white privilege’. Quite right. Telling white working-class children, who are lagging so severely behind every other social group, that their skin colour bestows upon them some kind of lifelong privilege is just perverse. It’s cruel, in fact; almost a form of mockery.

I would add to the report’s observations that there is also a worrying culture of low expectations in some white working-class communities. Where the children of immigrant communities – Indians, Nigerians, Bangladeshis, Irish – are often driven and aspirational, the children of the native white working classes too often expect too little of themselves. Education is something to ‘get through’ rather than to be challenged and changed by. Decades of economic, political and cultural neglect in working-class towns has sadly deflated many people’s sense of self. Which makes the cynical jibe of ‘white privilege’ all the more obnoxious. The elites hollow out the futures of the white working classes and then have the termity to lecture the white working classes about their ‘privilege’.

[writingquestionsanswered]

Hello! So my main character is Japanese but lives in America (where I’m from). She doesn’t really have any Japanese traditions, but she does have American ones. My fear is that I’ll be called racist for writing an American Japanese character while I’m not Japanese. Do you think it’s okay how I plan to write her?

American Writer/Japanese Character

You don’t seem to know what a racist is, so let me explain: a racist is someone who believes their race is superior to all others, and therefore feels and expresses prejudice and discrimination against people of other races.

There’s nothing racist about a person from one race writing a character from another race, nation, or culture. People do it all the time. As long as you avoid stereotypes and prejudice, you’re fine. Do your research and use a sensitivity reader. @writingwithcolor is a good resource to start out with.

Also, it’s important to understand that race, culture, and nationality are all very different things. Every race is made up of numerous national and cultural identities. Asian, for example, includes many subsets: East Asian (including Chinese, Korean, Japanese), South Asian (including Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi), and Southeast Asian (including Thai, Indonesian, Filipino, Vietnamese). All of these national groups are made up of their own cultural subsets. For example, in China, you can find the Zhuang, Uyghur, Hui, Manchu, Miao, Yi, Tujia peoples, among many others. All of these groups have their own cultural identities.

Many nations, like America for example, also include people of other national descents who do not practice elements of their ancestral culture. For example, I’m an American with Irish heritage but I don’t practice any Irish cultural traditions. Many, many books feature characters of a particular race, culture, or national descent without them practicing any particular cultural traditions.

I hope that reassures you. :)

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Have a question? My inbox is always open, but make sure to check my FAQ and post master lists first to see if I’ve already answered a similar question. :)

[rabbitcruiser]

Lower East Side, Manhattan (No. 2)

One of the oldest neighborhoods of the city, the Lower East Side has long been a lower-class worker neighborhood and often a poor and ethnically diverse section of New York. As well as Irish, Italians, Poles, Ukrainians, and other ethnic groups, it once had a sizeable German population and was known as Little Germany (Kleindeutschland). Today it is a predominantly Puerto Rican and Dominican community, and in the process of gentrification (as documented by the portraits of its residents in the Clinton+Rivington chapter of The Corners Project.) 

Since the immigration waves from eastern Europe in the late 19th and early 20th century, the Lower East Side became known as having been a center of Jewish immigrant culture. In her 2000 book Lower East Side Memories: A Jewish Place in America, Hasia Diner explains that the Lower East Side is especially remembered as a place of Jewish beginnings for Ashkenazi American Jewish culture. Vestiges of the area's Jewish heritage exist in shops on Hester and Essex Streets, and on Grand Street near Allen Street. An Orthodox Jewish community is based in the area, operating  yeshiva day schools and a mikvah. A few Judaica shops can be found along Essex Street and a few Jewish scribes and variety stores. Some kosher delis and bakeries, as well as a few "kosher style" delis, including the famous Katz's Deli, are located in the neighborhood. Second Avenue in the Lower East Side was home to many Yiddish theatre productions in the Yiddish Theater District during the early part of the 20th century, and Second Avenue came to be known as "Yiddish Broadway," though most of the theaters are gone. Songwriter Irving Berlin, actor John Garfield, and singer Eddie Cantor grew up here.

Since the mid-20th century, the area has been settled primarily by immigrants, primarily from Latin America, especially Central America and Puerto Rico. They have established their own groceries and shops, marketing goods from their culture and cuisine. Bodegas have replaced Jewish shops. They are mostly Roman Catholic.

In what is now the East Village, the earlier populations of Poles and Ukrainians have moved on and been largely supplanted by newer immigrants. The immigration of numerous Japanese people over the last fifteen years or so has led to the proliferation of Japanese restaurants and specialty food markets. There is also a notable population of Bangladeshis and other immigrants from Muslim countries, many of whom are congregants of the small Madina Masjid (Mosque), located on First Avenue and 11th Street.

The neighborhood still has many historic synagogues, such as the Bialystoker Synagogue, Beth Hamedrash Hagadol, the Eldridge Street Synagogue, Kehila Kedosha Janina (the only Greek synagogue in the Western Hemisphere), the Angel Orensanz Center (the fourth oldest synagogue building in the United States), and various smaller synagogues along East Broadway. Another landmark, the First Roumanian-American congregation (the Rivington Street synagogue) partially collapsed in 2006, and was subsequently demolished. In addition, there is a major Hare Krishna temple and several Buddhist houses of worship.

Chinese residents have also been moving into Lower East Side, and since the late 20th century, they have comprised a large immigrant group in the area. The part of the neighborhood south of Delancey Street and west of Allen Street has, in large measure, become part of Chinatown. Grand Street is one of the major business and shopping streets of Chinatown. Also contained within the neighborhood are strips of lighting and restaurant supply shops on the Bowery. 

While the Lower East Side has been a place of successive immigrant populations, many American Jews relate to the neighborhood in a strong manner, and Chinatown holds a special place in the imagination of Chinese Americans, just as Astoria in Queens holds a place in the hearts of Greek Americans. It was a center for the ancestors of many people in the metropolitan area, and it was written about and portrayed in fiction and films.

In the late twentieth century, Jewish communities have worked to preserve a number of buildings associated with the Jewish immigrant community.

Source: Wikipedia

[rawrampmag]

JOY CROOKES @joycrookes — #AnyoneButMe #SouthLondon #LambethSoul #SingerSongwriter #newsingle #singlereview

BRITS Rising Star and South-London neo soul it-girl singer-songwriter JOY CROOKES has released an emancipatory new single titled “Anyone But Me” (shared below.)

Joy Crookes – inspiring & photovoltaic…

Joy, who has Bangladeshi-Irish heritage, says: “I’ve suffered from mental health issues since I was young. Where I grew up, this wasn’t a topic you would bring up when your mum was fixing you a…

[tasksweekly]

[TASK 141: SAUDI ARABIA]

In celebration of Arab American Heritage Month, here’s a masterlist below compiled of over 530+ Saudi Arabian faceclaims categorised by gender with their occupation and ethnicity denoted if there was a reliable source. Special thanks to @brownapollo for helping us out with this masterlist! If you want an extra challenge use random.org to pick a random number! Of course everything listed below are just suggestions and you can pick whichever faceclaim or whichever project you desire.

Any questions can be sent here and all tutorials have been linked below the cut for ease of access! REMEMBER to tag your resources with #TASKSWEEKLY and we will reblog them onto the main! This task can be tagged with whatever you want but if you want us to see it please be sure that our tag is the first five tags, @ mention us or send us a messaging linking us to your post!

THE TASK - scroll down for FC’s!

STEP 1: Decide on a FC you wish to create resources for! You can always do more than one but who are you starting with? There are links to masterlists you can use in order to find them and if you want help, just send us a message and we can pick one for you at random!

STEP 2: Pick what you want to create! You can obviously do more than one thing, but what do you want to start off with? Screencaps, RP icons, GIF packs, masterlists, PNG’s, fancasts, alternative FC’s - LITERALLY anything you desire!

STEP 3: Look back on tasks that we have created previously for tutorials on the thing you are creating unless you have whatever it is you are doing mastered - then of course feel free to just get on and do it. :)

STEP 4: Upload and tag with #TASKSWEEKLY! If you didn’t use your own screencaps/images make sure to credit where you got them from as we will not reblog packs which do not credit caps or original gifs from the original maker.

THINGS YOU CAN MAKE FOR THIS TASK -  examples are linked!

Stumped for ideas? Maybe make a masterlist or graphic of your favourite faceclaims. A masterlist of names. Plot ideas or screencaps from a music video preformed by an artist. Masterlist of quotes and lyrics that can be used for starters, thread titles or tags. Guides on culture and customs.

Screencaps

RP icons [of all sizes]

Gif Pack [maybe gif icons if you wish]

PNG packs

Manips

Dash Icons

Character Aesthetics

PSD’s

XCF’s

Graphic Templates - can be chara header, promo, border or background PSD’s!

FC Masterlists - underused, with resources, without resources!

FC Help - could be related, family templates, alternatives.

Written Guides.

and whatever else you can think of / make!

MASTERLIST!

F:

Mariam Al-Ghamdi (1949) Saudi Arabian - actress, director, and writer.

Ibtisam Lutfi (1950) Saudi Arabian - singer-songwriter and oud player.

Wajant Rahbini (1951) Saudi Arabian - actress.

Nagya Al.Rabiea (1955) Saudi Arabian - actress.

Laila al Salman (1961) Saudi Arabian - actress.

Sanaa Bakr Yones (1961) Saudi Arabian - actress.

Nabila Khashoggi (1962) Saudi Arabian, Turkish / English - actress, philanthropist, and businesswoman.

Amira El fadl (1968) Saudi Arabian - actress.

Aghadeir El Saeid (1972) Saudi Arabian - actress.

Eman El-Koseby (1974) Saudi Arabian - actress.

Haifaa al-Mansour (1974) Saudi Arabian - director.

Rania Mohammed (1975) Saudi Arabian - actress.

Waed / Hanan Baker Younis (1977) Saudi Arabian / Iraqi - singer.

Lojain Omran (1977) Saudi Arabian - television presenter.

Maha Salem (1977) Saudi Arabian - actress.

Budoor Abdullah (1977) Saudi Arabian - actress.

Nawal Mohamed (1978) Saudi Arabian - actress.

Yasmine Gelani / Yasmine Al-Jilany (1978) Saudi Arabian - actress.

Sanaa Ibrahim (1979) Saudi Arabian - actress.

Ahd / Ahd Hassan Kamel (1980) Saudi Arabian - actress.

Shams / Shams Bandar Al-Aslami (1980) Saudi Arabian, Kuwaiti - singer.

Afaf El Salman (1980) Saudi Arabian - actress.

Remona (1980) Saudi Arabian - actress.

Mayson Al Rwuily (1980) Saudi Arabian - actress.

Ahd Kamel (1980) Saudi Arabian - actress and filmmaker.

Hind Mohammed (1981) Saudi Arabian - actress.

Hend Mohamed (1981) Saudi Arabian - actress.

Qamar Al Turk (1982) Saudi Arabian - actress.

Rimas Mansour (1983) Saudi Arabian - actress.

Lamar (1983) Saudi Arabian - actress.

Maram Abdelaziz (1984) Saudi Arabian - actress.

Mashael (1984) Saudi Arabian, Lebanese, Bahraini - singer.

Elham Ali (1985) Saudi Arabian, Bahraini - actress, television presenter, and media personality.

Nur (1985) Saudi Arabian - instagrammer (nurberxo).

Chihanh (1986) Saudi Arabian - actress.

Zoë Badwi (1986) Saudi Arabian, Egyptian / Irish - actress, singer-songwriter, and model.

Marwa Mohamed (1987) Saudi Arabian - actress.

Reem Abdullah (1987) Saudi Arabian - actress.

Hala (1987) Saudi Arabian - actress.

Mary Jean Lastimosa (1987) Saudi Arabian / Filipina - actress, model, Miss Universe Philippines 2014, and television presenter.

Sumaya Rida (1988) Saudi Arabian - actress.

Nura / Nura Habib Omer (1988) Saudi Arabian / Eritrean - actress, rapper, and singer.

Alanoud Al Harbi (1988) Saudi Arabian - actress.

Aseel Omran (1989) Saudi Arabian - actress and singer.

Nasra Al-Harby (1989) Saudi Arabian / Moroccan - actress.

Wardah Khan (1989) Saudi Arabian / Kashmiri Pakistani - actress and model.

Sarah Algaber (1989) Saudi Arabian - actress.

Haya Sawan (1989) Saudi Arabian - instagrammer (hayasawan_official).

Daryna Tkachenko (1989 or 1990) Saudi Arabian / Russian, Ukrainian - model.

Aiysha Hart (1990) Saudi Arabian / British - actress and screenwriter.

Yamour / Yamoor (1990) Saudi Arabian - actress.

Samah Zidan (1991) Saudi Arabian - actress.

Dalia Mubarak (1991) Saudi Arabian / Unspecified Black - singer.

Hala Abdallah (1991) Saudi Arabian - instagrammer (thehala).

Khairiya Abu Laban (1992) Saudi Arabian - actress.

Sara Murad (1992) Saudi Arabian - tv presenter.

Model Roz (1992) Saudi Arabian - model (instagram: model_roz).

Amy Roko (1992) Saudi Arabian - instagrammer (amyroko).

Nermin Mohsen (1993) Saudi Arabian - actress.

Malak Youssef (1993) Saudi Arabian - model and Miss Saudi Arabia 2017.

Sukkari Life (1994) Saudi Arabian - youtuber.

Jana Hisham (1994) 5/8 Saudi Arabian, 1/8 Malaysian, 1/8 Bangladeshi, 1/8 Turkish - youtuber.

Njoud Al Shammari (1995) Saudi Arabian - youtuber.

Khawla Al-Enazi (1995) Saudi Arabian - actress, model, media personality, activist, and artist.

Nora Bo Awadh (1995) Saudi Arabian - actress, media personality, social media personality, activist, and artist.

Christina Nadin (1995) Saudi Arabian - model.

Waad Mohammed (1999) Saudi Arabian - actress, model, and singer.

Taleedah Tamer (2000) Saudi Arabian / Italian, Greek - model.

Danyah Shafei (2000) Saudi Arabian - tv presenter.

Banen Naem (2002) Saudi Arabian - youtuber (Banen Stars) and instagrammer (banennaem123).

Leesa A (?) Saudi Arabian - rapper.

Abeer Sinder (?) Saudi Arabian / Unspecified Black - actress and youtuber.

Fatima AlBanawi (?) Saudi Arabian - actress and filmmaker.

Rotana / I Am Rotana / Rotana Tarabzouni (?) Saudi Arabian - singer-songwriter.

Hatoon Kadi (?) Saudi Arabian – comedian and activist.

Dina (?) Saudi Arabian - musician (The AccoLade).

Lamia (?) Saudi Arabian - musician (The AccoLade).

Dareen (?) Saudi Arabian - musician (The AccoLade).

Amjaad (?) Saudi Arabian - musician (The AccoLade).

Jiaying Blue Han-Keating (?) Saudi Arabian / Chinese - model.

Aixa Kay (?) Saudi Arabian - actress.

Yara Alnamlah (?) Saudi Arabian - makeup artist, blogger, YouTuber. (Instagram: yara.makeup).

Tara Bella (?) Saudi Arabian / Unknown - model (Instagram: tara.bella_).

Basma Elkhereiji (?) Saudi Arabian - instagrammer (basmaelkhereiji).

Sultana İnatcık Nur (?) Saudi Arabian, Turkish - model (Instagram: tara.bella_).

Wania (?) Saudi Arabian / Pakistani - model (Instagram: _waanniiaa_).

Lamazi (?) Saudi Arabian - model (Instagram: lamazi_model).

Amani Mubarak (?) Saudi Arabian - singer.

Marwa Salem (?) Saudi Arabian - singer.

Samar Al-Bayat (?) Saudi Arabian - actress.

Shaimaa al-Tayeb (?) Saudi Arabian - actress.

Manayer Khaled (?) Saudi Arabian - actress.

Maha Ezz El Din (?) Saudi Arabian - actress.

Reem AlHabib (?) Saudi Arabian - actress.

Meela Al-Zahrani (?) Saudi Arabian - actress.

Shimaa El Fadl (?) Saudi Arabian - actress.

Maha Zein (?) Saudi Arabian - actress.

F - Athletes:

Lubna Al-Omair (1987) Saudi Arabian - fencer.

Sarah Attar (1992) Saudi Arabian / Unspecified White - middle-distance runner.

Dalma Rushdi Malhas (1992) Saudi Arabian - equestrian.

Wojdan Shaherkani (1992) Saudi Arabian - judoka.

Jasmine Alkhaldi (1993) Saudi Arabian / Cebuano Filipina - swimmer.

Kariman Abuljadayel (1994) Saudi Arabian - sprinter.

Joud Fahmy (1994) Saudi Arabian - judoka.

Yasmin Siraj (1996) Saudi Arabian / Iranian - figure skater.

M:

Ali Al-Mdfa (1937) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Hassan Dardir (1938) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Lutfi Zinni (1940) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Talal Maddah (1940) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Saad Khedr (1943) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Saeed Basiri (1943) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Abdel Rahman El Kharigi (1944) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Mohamed El Mofreh (1945) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Ali El Huyerini (1945) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Mohamed Altoyan (1945) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Hamad Al-Mazaini (1945) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Abdulaziz Al Hammad (1946) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Saad Khader (1946) Saudi Arabian, Unspecified Black - actor, director, and producer.

Mohamed El Ali (1947) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Hani El-saady (1948) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Abd Alrahman Alkhateeb (1949) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Mohammed Abdu (1949) Saudi Arabian - singer.

Ali Al Saba (1951) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Abu Zuhair / Ali Al-Seba / Ali Al-Sebaa (1951) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Abadi Al Johar (1953) Saudi Arabian - composer.

Fouad Bakhsh (1953) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Abd al-Ilah Nawar (1955) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Talal Alharbi (1956) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Abdulrahman Alrkrac (1956) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Saleh El Zayer (1957) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Ibrahim El Harbi (1957) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Mutreb Fawaz Al Ouni (1958) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Magdy El-Kadi (1958) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Abdelaziz El Mobdel (1958) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Abdullah Al Sadhan (1958) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Abdel Khalek al-Ghanem (1958) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Mohamed Alkanhal (1959) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Samir Al Nassir (1959) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Rashid Al Shamrani (1960) Saudi Arabian - actor and writer.

Bashir Al Ghoneim (1960) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Rashed Alshamrani (1960) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Nasser Al Qasabi / Nasser Qassim Al Qasabi (1961) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Mahdy El Baqmy (1961) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Khaled Sami (1961) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Khalid Mengah (1961) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Ibrahim Gabr (1961) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Omar El Gasser (1962) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Emad Al Youssef (1962) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Abdulmohsen Elnemr (1963) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Awad Abdallah (1963) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Ibrahim Al-Hsawi (1964) Saudi Arabian - actor and poet.

Ibrahim Al Hesawi (1964) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Amer El-Hamoud (1964) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Yousef Al-Jarrah (1965) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Abdallah El Senany (1965) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Abdullah Elamer (1965) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Abdelelah El Senany (1965) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Mashal Al-Halil (1965) Saudi Arabian - actor.

‎Khalid Alharbi‎ (1966) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Hassan Assiri (1967) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Heitham Al-Sayed (1968) Saudi Arabian / English - rapper and singer.

Fayez Al-Malki (1969) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Said Garaish (1969) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Rashed Al Majed / Rashed Al Majid (1969) Saudi Arabian / Bahraini - singer.

Anbar El Dossary (1970) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Abd el baqy Al bakheet (1970) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Mohammed Al-Assa (1971) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Fahd Al-Hayyan (1971) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Abdelaziz El Fareehi (1971) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Ibrahim Bosaad (1971) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Fahad Al-Hian (1971) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Rashed Al Fares (1971) Saudi Arabian - singer.

Abd el Aziz El Shemary (1972) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Noor Hussin (1972) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Abd El Aziz El Skirien (1972) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Torky El Youssef (1973) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Mohamed El Haggy (1973) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Hamed Al-daban (1973) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Ahmad AlShugairi (1973) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Talal Alsider (1973) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Abdelhamid El Awwam (1973) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Waleed El Ghannam (1974) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Khaled Al Buraiki (1975) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Hani Nazer (1975) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Asad Alzahrani (1975) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Faisal El Emiri (1975) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Habib Al-Habib (1976) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Abdulaziz Alsharikh (1976) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Hani Derar (1976) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Mamdouh Salem (1976) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Mohamed Almoqbel (1976) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Yasser Meshraf (1977) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Said Saleh (1977) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Moshael Almoteary (1977) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Abdallah Alzahrani (1978) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Saleh Alhanaky (1979) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Omar El Doghery (1979) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Maitham El-Rezk (1979) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Faisal Al-Saif (1979) Saudi Arabian - tv presenter.

Ibrahim El Hakami (1979) Saudi Arabian - singer.

Majed Motreb Fawaz (1980) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Hisham Abdulrahman (1980) Saudi Arabian - actor and singer.

Torky El Sadhan (1980) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Hesham Al-Huwaysh (1980) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Farouk Al-Shouaibi (1980) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Tarek El Harby (1980) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Abdel Mohsen El Shameri (1980) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Turki Al-Sadhan (1981) Saudi Arabian - actor and tv host.

Ahmed Alhassan (1981) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Ahmed Shoaib (1981) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Dorian Aldorian (1981) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Abdulaziz Abdulrahman (1982) Saudi Arabian / Jordanian - singer.

Ali Al-Gofaily (1982) Saudi Arabian - presenter.

Faisal El Eissa (1982) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Faisal Al-Essa (1982) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Meshal Al dayel (1982) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Wael Ghazi (1983) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Abdulaziz Al Mulifi (1983) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Ali AL-Saad (1983) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Ibrahim Alkhairallah (1983) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Mohammed Bin Ishaq (1983) Saudi Arabian / Yemeni - youtuber (The Baigan Vines Official) and instagrammer (mohammedbinishaq).

Bader Saleh (1984) Saudi Arabian, Yemeni - comedian and presenter.

Murad Mohammad (1984) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Ahmad AL Hazmi (1984) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Badr Al mtrify (1984) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Iyad Al Nounou (1984) Saudi Arabian - instagrammer (iyadnn).

Nayef Fayez (1984) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Yacob Alfarhan (1984) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Mohammed El-Chdokhi (1985) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Fahad Albutairi (1985) Saudi Arabian - actor, stand-up comedian, and screenwriter.

Faisal Falattah (1985 or 1986) Saudi Arabian / Unspecified Black - model.

Fares El Madani (1985 or 1986) Saudi Arabian - singer.

Ahmad Fathalddin (1985) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Theyab Al-Jasir (1986) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Faisal Al Omari (1986) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Bader Ellehid (1986) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Mohammed Al-Harthi (1986) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Wael El-Harby (1986) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Abdallah Ahmed (1986) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Muhannad Aljamaily (1986) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Slow Moe / Moe Halhel (1986) Saudi Arabian - rapper.

Faisal Al-Zahrani (1986) Saudi Arabian - TV host.

Muhannad Al Jumaili (1986) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Tarek / Tarek Ebéné (1986) Saudi Arabian - rapper (K.I.Z.).

Omar Hussein (1986) Saudi Arabian - comedian and CEO of UTURN Entertainment.

Hisham Fageeh (1987) Saudi Arabian - actor and comedian.

Saifan Mohammed Al-Otaibi (1987) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Mohammed Al Kraidees (1987) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Abdullah Al-Jumah (1987) Saudi Arabian - author.

Feras Bugnah (1987) Saudi Arabian - actor, youtuber, and filmmaker.

Saleh Abuamrh (1987) Saudi Arabian - author.

Marwan Fagui (1987) Saudi Arabian - singer.

Hussain Sallam (1987) Saudi Arabian - youtuber (S7S).

Bader Al Zaidan (1987) Saudi Arabian - author.

Meshaal El Etieby (1988) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Majed Al-Madani (1988) Saudi Arabian - singer.

Abass Ibrahim (1988) Saudi Arabian - singer.

Mohamed Taher (1988) Saudi Arabian - singer.

Sultan Al Salem (1989) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Turki Almohsen (1989) Saudi Arabian - youtuber (تركي المحسن).

Majid ElAbid (1989) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Prince Stefan / Stephan Andrei Anlocotan (1989) Saudi Arabian / Hiligaynon Filipino - actor and model.

Fadel Almustafa (1990) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Khaled Saqer (1990) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Sultan Al-Rashed (1990) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Alaa Ebrahim (1990) Saudi Arabian - youtuber (DvLZStaTioN) and instagrammer (3ala2o).

Jihad Al Mofadda (1990) Saudi Arabian - youtuber (Saudi Gamer - سعودي جيمر).

Hamza Hawsawi (1991) Saudi Arabian, Unspecified Black - singer.

Abdelaziz Al Shareef (1992) Saudi Arabian - singer.

Rakan Abdullah Alsadhan (1992) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Thunayyan Khalid (1992) Saudi Arabian - youtuber and instagrammer (thunayyan16).

Faisal Binladen (1992) Saudi Arabian, Yemeni - instagrammer (faisalbinladen).

Firas Al-Juhani (1992) Saudi Arabian - youtuber (Fir4sGamer).

oPiiLz (1992) Saudi Arabian - youtuber.

Naser Aldosary (1993) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Saud Alhomud (1993) Saudi Arabian - youtuber (قناة سعود Saud Channel l).

Bader Al-Shaeebi (1994) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Abdullah Bakr (1994) Saudi Arabian - youtuber (TheSaudiReporters | سعودي ريبورترز ) and instagrammer (boodyzozo).

Abdulaziz Bakr (1994) Saudi Arabian - youtuber (TheSaudiReporters | سعودي ريبورترز ) and instagrammer (zozobakrtv).

Anas Iskander (1994) Saudi Arabian - youtuber (Anas Iskander I انس اسكندر).

Aamer Bin Ishaq (1994) Saudi Arabian / Yemeni - youtuber (The Baigan Vines Official) and instagrammer (aamer.bin.ishaq).

Montadher Al-Zayer (1995) Saudi Arabian - musician.

Meshal Al Jaser (1995) Saudi Arabian - youtuber (Folaim Ya Gholaim).

AnEsonGib (1996) Saudi Arabian - youtuber.

BasSTOP (1996) Saudi Arabian - youtuber.

Abdulrhman Bin Ahmed (1997) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Mohammed Tarek (1997) Saudi Arabian - youtuber.

KhalafZone (1997) Saudi Arabian - youtuber (KhalafZone | خلف زون).

Mohammed Tarazi (1997) Saudi Arabian - youtuber (M7MDXD).

Moha Shmri (1997) Saudi Arabian - youtuber (Moha).

Rashed (1998) Saudi Arabian - youtuber (zSHOWz) and instagrammer (ziibordo8a).

RakanTime (1999) Saudi Arabian - youtuber (راكان تايم | RakanTime).

King Luxy (2000) Saudi Arabian - instagrammer (luxyking).

Abdullah Khaleel (2001) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Dyler Tv (2001) Saudi Arabian - youtuber (DYE LAH).

Manar (2001) Saudi Arabian - youtuber (Manr).

Rabeh Sager / Rabeh Saqer (?) Saudi Arabian - singer.

Jacob Moha (?) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Mamdouh Saif (?) Saudi Arabian - musician.

Abdel Majid Ibrahim (?) Saudi Arabian - singer.

Ammar Sabban (?) Saudi Arabian - puppeteer, voice actor, podcaster and writer. 

Mamoun Hassan (?) Saudi Arabian - filmmaker.

Bandar Mougri (?) Saudi Arabian - singer.

Fouad Al-Hitar (?) Saudi Arabian - singer.

Murshid Atta (?) Saudi Arabian - singer.

Ibrahim Al-Hsawi (?) Saudi Arabian - actor and poet.

Mohammed Al-Hamdan (?) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Muhammad Aman (?) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Aidross El Aidross (?) Saudi Arabian - singer.

AbdelMajeed Al Hammamy (?) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Ibrahim Al-Hajjaj (?) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Hassan Ashour (?) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Eid Saud (?) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Wael Mohammed Hamza (?) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Ali El-Shehabi (?) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Yousef Aldakhil (?) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Hesham Alghamdi (?) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Turky Mehreq (?) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Saad Tallas (?) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Saad Sultan (?) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Khaled AbdelAziz (?) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Abdallah Bal'eis (?) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Abdullah Rafa (?) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Eid Saad (?) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Khaled Al.Aboudy (?) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Sultan Al.Mekbaly (?) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Ibrahim ELFiryaan (?) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Saleh El-Olayyani (?) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Sayed Abdulrahman (?) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Sultan Al Assaf (?) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Mohammed Aldbekhi (?) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Saleh El Zeer (?) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Naser El Kanhal (?) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Mohamed Bakhsh (?) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Yaser Qarout (?) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Abdulbari Al Bani (?) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Jamil ALQahtani (?) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Hussam Abu Sabra (?) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Sultan Alnafisi (?) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Abdullrahman Al Gohani (?) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Aymn Barakat (?) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Mohamed Alshawqabi (?) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Rashed El Warthan (?) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Yahya Bakash (?) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Nawaf al Rkabi (?) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Mahfouz El-Mansaf (?) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Samy Hazem (?) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Mohsen El Shahry (?) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Yusef Al Yusef (?) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Fahed Elrakf (?) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Loay Mohammed Hamza (?) Saudi Arabian - actor.

Mohamed Hamza (?) Saudi Arabian - actor.

M - Athletes:

Said Khalil Al-Dosari (1948) Saudi Arabian - sprinter.

Mansour Al-Juaid (1948) Saudi Arabian - sprinter.

Kamil Al-Abbasi (1950) Saudi Arabian - sprinter.

Ahmed Al-Assir (1952) Saudi Arabian - sprinter.

Abdullah Al-Shaye (1954) Saudi Arabian - cyclist.

Bilal Said Al-Azma (1955) Saudi Arabian - sprinter.

Hamed Al-Bishi (1956) Saudi Arabian - sprinter.

Mohamed Abd Al-Jawad (1962) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Shaye Al-Nafisah (1962) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Yousuf Al-Thunayan (1963) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Khalid Al-Mansour (1964) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Mohamed Fahd Al-Bishi (1965) Saudi Arabian - sprinter.

Khaled Al-Khalidi (1965) Saudi Arabian -shot putter.

Hassan Al-Absi (1966) Saudi Arabian - cyclist.

Hussein Al-Bishi (1966) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Saleh Al-Dawod (1968) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Khalid Al Temawi (1969) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Salem Al-Ahmadi (1969) Saudi Arabian - triple jumper.

Fahad Al-Mehallel (1970) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Fuad Anwar Amin (1972) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Al Hasan Al-Yami (1972) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Mansour Al-Mousa (1972) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Sami Al-Jaber (1972) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Ken Noguchi (1973) Saudi Arabian / Japanese - alpinist.

Mohammed Al-Jahani (1974) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Tisir Al-Antaif (1974) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Mohamed Hamed Al-Bishi (1975) Saudi Arabian - sprinter.

Abdullah Al-Waked (1975) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Nawaf Al-Temyat (1976) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Mukhlid Al-Otaibi (1976) Saudi Arabian - long-distance runner.

Manaf Al-Saeed (1976) Saudi Arabian - handball player.

Hussein Abdulghani (1977) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Saheb Al-Abdullah (1977) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Mohammad Sharifi (1978) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Mansoor Al-Najai (1978) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Hussein Al-Sabee (1979) Saudi Arabian - long jumper

Ahmed Al-Kudmani (1979) Saudi Arabian - swimmer.

Saleh Al-Saqri (1979) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Abdulrahman Al-Shoaibi (1980) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Abbas Al-Qaisoum (1980) Saudi Arabian - weightlifter.

Ahmed Al-Bahri (1980) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Mohammed Ameen (1980) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Mohammad Al-Shalhoub (1980) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Fahad Al-Shammari (1981) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Mubarak Ata Mubarak (1981) Saudi Arabian - hurdler.

Mohammed Al-Khuwalidi (1981) Saudi Arabian - long jumper.

Abdulrahman Al-Bishi (1982) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Mohammad Khouja (1982) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Yasser Al-Qahtani (1982) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Abdulmutalib Al-Traidi (1982) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Bader Al-Kharashi (1982) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Awidhah Al-Aamri (1983) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Hassan Al-Raheb (1983) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Abdulrahman Al-Qahtani (1983) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Naif Al-Harthi (1983) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Omar Abdulaziz (1983) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Essa Al-Mehyani (1983) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Ahmed Otaif (1983) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Bader Al-Khamees (1984) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Saad Al-Harthi (1984) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Abdoh Otaif (1984) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Yasser Al-Mosailem (1984) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Taisir Al-Jassim (1984) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Majed Al-Marshedi (1984) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Ahmad Abbas (1985) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Yahia Al-Shehri (1985) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Mazin Ahmed Al-Huthayfi (1985) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Abdulhaleem Al-Amoudi (1986) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Abdullah Al Asta (1986) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Abdulmajeed Al-Ruwaili (1986) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Jassem Al-Hamdan (1986) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Abdulaziz Al-Nashi (1986) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Sultan Al-Nemri (1986) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Khaled Al-Zylaeei (1987) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Jamaan Al-Dossari (1987) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Mohsen Al-Eisa (1987) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Hamad Al-Juhaim (1987) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Mohammad Al-Sahlawi (1987) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Fahad Al-Dossari (1987) Saudi Arabian / Thai - footballer.

Meshal Al-Enezi (1987) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Ali Al-Amri (1987) Saudi Arabian - long-distance runner.

Mohammed Al-Zaer (1987) Saudi Arabian - handball player.

Hani Alnakhli (1986) Saudi Arabian - paralympic athlete.

Odai Amr (1987) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Abdullah Al-Mayouf (1987) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Fawaz Al-Maghati (1987) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Ahmed Al-Abdulali (1988) Saudi Arabian - handball player.

Hisham Al-Obaidi (1988) Saudi Arabian - handball player.

Mohammed Al-Qaree (1988) Saudi Arabian - decathlete.

Bader Al-Muhana (1988) Saudi Arabian - swimmer.

Ahmed Al-Fraidi (1988) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Salman Al-Hariri (1988) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Housain Al-Mogahwi (1988) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Naif Hazazi (1988) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Abdullaziz Al-Dawsari (1988) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Raed Al-Amri (1989) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Waleed Bakshween (1989) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Zamil Al-Sulim (1989) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Abdulrahim Jaizawi (1989) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Sultan Ghunaiman (1989) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Fahad Al-Saqri (1989) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Ibrahim Al-Zubaidi (1989) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Hussain Al-Showaish (1989) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Salman Al-Faraj (1989) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Abdulaziz Al-Jebreen (1990) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Abdullah Majrashi (1990) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Yahya Al-Shehri (1990) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Mohammed Al-Menqash (1990) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Tariq Al-Amri (1990) Saudi Arabian - long-distance runner.

Abdulazez Saeed (1990) Saudi Arabian - handball player.

Abdulrahman Al-Barakah (1990) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Muneer Abu Alrahi (1990) Saudi Arabian - handball player.

Mohammed Al-Fuhaid (1990) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Turki Al-Aliweh (1990) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Abdullah Al-Enezi (1990) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Badr Al-Sulaitin (1990) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Ibrahim Zaid (1990) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Abdullah Al-Hammad (1990) Saudi Arabian - handball player.

Mahdi Al-Salem (1990) Saudi Arabian - handball player.

Mousa Al-Aoufi (1991) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Morad Al-Rashidi (1991) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Amiri Kurdi (1991) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Awadh Khrees (1991) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Ali Al-Zaqaan (1991) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Maan Khodari (1991) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Ahmed Al-Kassar (1991) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Yasser Al-Fahmi (1991) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Sultan Al-Shammeri (1991) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Ahmed Abdulla (1991) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Salem Al-Dawsari (1991) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Yahya Dagriri (1991) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Saeed Al-Zahrani (1992) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Yasser Al-Shahrani (1992) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Fares Al-Ayyaf (1992) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Fahad Al-Swilem (1992) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Mansor Hamzi (1992) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Jamal Bajandouh (1992) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Abdullah Al-Hafith (1992) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Abdullah Otayf (1992) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Hattan Bahebri (1992) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Mohammed Al-Breik (1992) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Abdullah Al-Abbas (1992) Saudi Arabian - handball player.

Fawaz Al-Qarni (1992) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Wesam Wahib (1992) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Mohammed Al-Saiari (1993) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Saleh Al-Amri (1993) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Faisel Masrahi (1993) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Saleh Al-Shehri (1993) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Abdullah Al-Bladi (1993) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Abdullah Al-Hulaili (1994) Saudi Arabian - handball player.

Abdulmohsen Fallatah (1994) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Abdulrahman Al-Rio (1994) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Abdulhadi Al-Harajin (1994) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Abbas Al-Saffar (1994) Saudi Arabian - handball player.

Abdulrahman Al-Ghamdi (1994) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Mohsen Al-Duhaylib (1994) Saudi Arabian - weightlifter.

Mohammed Al-Kwikbi (1994) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Sulaiman Hamad (1994) Saudi Arabian - judoka.

Abdulfattah Asiri (1994) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Mansor Al-Najar (1994) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Abdulellah Al-Malki (1994) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Ali Al-Saffar (1995) Saudi Arabian - handball player.

Abdullah Qaisi (1995) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Fahad Al-Farhan (1995) Saudi Arabian - handball player.

Abdullah Al-Salam (1995) Saudi Arabian - handball player.

Abdullah Al-Arraf (1995) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Abdullah Al-Jouei (1995) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Omar Al-Sonain (1995) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Abdulaziz Al-Aryani (1996) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Osama Al-Khalaf (1996) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Ali Al-Ibrahim (1997) Saudi Arabian - handball player.

Sadiq Al-Mohsin (1997) Saudi Arabian - handball player

Muteb Al-Mutlaq (1997) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Sami Al-Najei (1997) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Abdulrahman Ghareeb (1997) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Abdulelah Al-Amri (1997) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Hussain Al-Hizam (1998) Saudi Arabian - pole vaulter.

Yahya Khormi (1998) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Faris Abdi (1999) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Abdulaziz Al-Abduassalam (?) Saudi Arabian - footballer.

Problematic:

Qusai / Qusai Kheder (1978) Saudi Arabian - rapper, singer-songwriter, DJ, television personality, and producer - Appropriated dreads as seen in one of his Q&A videos.

Ibrahim Saleh (1986) Saudi Arabian - youtuber and comedian - Misogynist/Sexist which got his YouTube channel shut down.

Shanina Shaik (1991) Saudi Arabian, Pakistani / Lithuanian - model - Cultural appropriation.

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Lesson 2: Are We There Yet? Oct 1/2019

Yup, I’m still in London, my favourite stopover to almost anywhere. The only difference this time is a bit less shopping owing to my lovely wife staying at home 😊 (although I did promise a bit of proxy shopping on her behalf).

Yesterday, I did what Lu-Anne and I often do on our travels places and took a 4hour+ food tour (with our friend Brenda). While not as exotic as the tours in Saigon, Amritsar or Marrakech, the food and the East End neighbourhood were just as interesting. In addition to the Shoreditch Market, stops included St John’s (celebrity chef Fergus Henderson), a great fish and chips shop, the winner of the best Jewish beigel in England for the last five years and a curry house that is the favourite of Prince Charles and many other celebrities. The food was liberally spiced with historic references and anecdotes delivered by our (dynamite in a small package) guide Cara. London’s East End is the place where, for centuries, the smoke and sewage from the rich West End was either carried on prevailing winds or flowed down the Thames. Being close to the docks, it also welcomed successive waves of poor immigrants including Jews, the Irish and Bangladeshis who added even more spice to the mix. However, after a bit of recent gentrification, an average house now goes for about £4 million ($7 million Cdn) and residents include Daniel Radcliffe and Johnathan Pryce. I would highly recommend such tours as a great way to be introduced to a new city, new culture or, in this case, an unfamiliar area of a metropolis while experiencing some great food.

Today I took the train out to Eltham Palace. Originally a 13th Century Bishops Palace (complete with moat) it was gifted to Edward II and became a favourite country Royal residence. It was Henry the VIII’s boyhood home before he built Hampton Court Palace in the 1630s. Eltham fell out of favour and it was subsequently badly damaged in the Civil War {Charles I (let’s not lose our heads about this!) vs Oliver Cromwell}. After slowly crumbling for a few hundred years, only the 1470s Great Hall remained and it was being used as a cattle barn.

Along came Stephan and Virginia Courtauld with their pet Ring-tailed Lemur Mah-Jongg (apparently you could buy anything at Harrod’s dept store in the 1920s) and a huge fortune from the family Rayon business. In 1933, they leased Eltham from the Crown for 99 years and set about restoring the great hall and adding a mansion to one end. The mansion’s exterior was In the Tudor style of the 16th Century to blend with its surroundings but the interior was an art deco masterpiece complete with all the mod cons like in-floor heating and an in-house telephone exchange. After WWII (with interludes in the luxurious basement bomb shelter) the Courtaulds gave it to the Royal Army Educational Corps until the 1990s when English Heritage took over and restored it. Well worth the half hour train ride if you are a fan of Art Deco design.

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Former Irish soldier who became an ISIS bride begs to be rescued

A former member of the Irish air force who fled to Syria to become an ISIS bride is begging to be allowed home – even if she faces prison.     

Lisa Smith, 37, ‘was a party girl who enjoyed a good time’ before she went through a bad breakup, converted to Islam and became radicalised, friends say.

By 2013 she had converted to Islam in Dundalk where she apparently began attending the local mosque and bringing much younger relatives along for the worship. 

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Former life: Lisa Smith (circled) as an Irish soldier, accompanying then-Irish premier Bertie Ahern (left), in a picture taken at an aerodrome near Dublin in 2008 

Her Facebook page is also said to have undergone a transformation, from ‘cute animal’ photos to pictures of her wearing a veil and posts appearing to praise jihadists. 

Speaking to Extra.ie, Carol or ‘Karimah’ Duffy said she had tried to keep Smith from turning to radicalism. 

The Muslim community in Ireland had ‘strongly rejected’ her extremism, she said, adding that she would have reported her if she had known the extent of her radicalisation.  

Another friend told The Sun: ‘She was a party girl in the sense that she enjoyed going out, drinking and having a good time. 

Lisa Smith, pictured left at the al-Hol refugee camp in Syria with her two-year-old daughter in recent days, and right before she fled Ireland to join ISIS, is pleading to return home and says prison in Ireland could be no worse than life at the camp 

‘She was really sound, a really nice girl and someone who was always there for her friends. 

‘She started suffering from depression after a bad break-up and she was introduced to Islam by a close associate. She really got into it and became really radicalised.’ 

Later she reportedly described Western culture as ‘dirty’ saying that her friends had been ‘brainwashed’ into standing by it.  

Smith is believed to have left Ireland in 2013 or 2014, apparently travelling to Bizerte in Tunisia where she met her husband.  

By 2016 photos from Syria had appeared on her Facebook page and rumours that she had travelled there via Turkey had reached her friends in Dundalk.     

But now Smith has lost her husband and is living in the al-Hol refugee camp in Syria with her two-year-old daughter. 

She fled the terror group’s last holdout in Baghouz and is one of hundreds of women and children at the camp.  

Speaking to CNN, she said not everyone at al-Hol was a ‘terrorist’ and said prison in Ireland would be no worse than her life in Syria – as the Irish government confirmed it was trying to bring her home. 

She said: ‘I think that people should just realise that all the people here are not terrorists. I want to go home.

‘I know they’d strip me of my passport stuff, and I wouldn’t travel and I’d be watched, but prisons? I don’t know. I’m already in prison.’ 

Smith was one of hundreds to flee Baghouz as ISIS lost its grip on its final patch of territory in eastern Syria.  

Irish authorities have been drawing up plans to rescue the former soldier, originally from Dundalk, the Sunday Mirror reported. 

Speaking today, Irish foreign minister Simon Coveney told RTE that Irish officials were meeting this afternoon to co-ordinate a response. 

He said: ‘We want to look after Irish people and bring them home if they want to come home.

‘Of course, there’s heightened concern because there’s a two-year-old girl involved in this as well. 

‘This is an unusual case because of her background in the last number of years, but the Taoiseach and I have made it very clear – she’s an Irish citizen.

‘She’s the responsibility of Ireland, and we have a responsibility towards her and in particular her daughter, and we will try to follow through on our responsibility and find a way to bring her home.’ 

The Irish government had not yet been able to establish direct contact but had been speaking to her family, he said.  

A source told the newspaper about the possible rescue, saying: ‘The bottom line is she is an Irish citizen with a child in a very volatile, war-torn area. 

‘She’s in a very vulnerable position and a decision has been made to bring her home.’  

Smith is one of hundreds of ISIS refugees at the camp (pictured) who have fled the terror group as the last jihadi fighters were cleared out of Baghouz 

Smith is one of hundreds of women and children to have fled Baghouz, the terror group’s last holdout in Syria. The wreckage of Baghouz is pictured yesterday 

As a member of the Irish military Smith had flown around the world, and in 2008 was pictured on a trip with then-Taoiseach Bertie Ahern.   

This month a former friend of Smith in Dundalk said Irish police had been guarding the town’s Muslim community in the wake of the Christchurch shootings.  

Ms Duffy said Islamophobic thugs had recently made the link between Smith and Dundalk after the New Zealand terror attack, saying she had ‘packets of rashers thrown at my house’. 

Current Irish PM Leo Varadkar has previously said stripping Smith of her citizenship was not the ‘right or compassionate thing to do’.     

Lisa Smith’s plea to return home comes in the wake of the UK row over teenage ISIS bride Shamima Begum (pictured) who had her British citizenship removed 

The Irish government’s language comes in contrast to British ministers’ refusal to allow teenage ISIS bride Shamima Begum to return home. 

Home Secretary Sajid Javid revoked Begum’s passport after she said she wished to return to the UK with her newborn son, having already lost two children.

The weeks-old boy later died in a camp in northern Syria, with reports suggesting he had suffered from breathing difficulties. 

Ms Begum, from Bethnal Green in east London, was 15 when she and two other schoolgirls went to join the terror group in February 2015.

Aged 19 and heavily pregnant, she resurfaced in a refugee camp last month and said she wanted to return to Britain as the self-styled caliphate collapsed. 

International law forbids nations from making people stateless by revoking their only citizenship.

But British officials appear to believe that Ms Begum, who is of Bangladeshi heritage, holds dual citizenship and can therefore have her British nationality removed. 

Under the 1981 British Nationality Act, any Briton can be deprived of their citizenship if it is ‘conducive to the public good’ – and they do not become stateless as a result. 

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