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A Unovan in NYC rough draft snippet pt. 2

Disclaimer: This part will be rewritten bc it turns out some details are very wrong. But it was cute, so it’s being saved here for posterity.

Emmet finds himself sputtering out a laugh, “I have never heard Ingo described that way before.”

Jamal gives him an incredulous stare, “Seriously?? No one at home ever called either of you that? Do you have any idea how hard it was to beat you two? Singles, doubles, multi, it doesn’t matter. I lost sleep as a kid trying to figure out a counter strategy for you guys constantly steamrolling me!”

“Oh, wow. I’m sorry?”

“Ah, it’s fine. It’s not like I actually battled you,” Jamal waves him off with a laugh. He gives Emmet a cheeky smirk, “My inner child just wanted to give you a piece of his mind.”

Emmet just laughs, watching as Jamal finally gets to a fast travel point and goes for the southwest corner of the map, the screen shifting to a humble village. Jamal immediately goes tearing off to the right, aiming for a set of steps that lead up to a dojo-looking building.

As they crest the stairs, Emmet’s breath catches in his throat.

There in cartoony graphics is his brother, his back slightly hunched but calmly waiting to be challenged. He looks just as rough as he did in his old photo, his signature frown as present as ever.

Jamal’s character approaches video game Ingo and challenges him to a Path of Solitude battle. Emmet watches in fascination as the battling Pokémon use Strong and Agile styles. The battle is tough, but Jamal wins by the skin of his teeth.

“Hah! Finally!” Jamal pumps his fist triumphantly.

He then remembers himself and holds up the screen for Emmet. There’s some more dialogue between game Ingo and Jamal’s character as they wrap up their match. Ingo finishes by doing a familiar pose and…

And…

And there on Ingo’s face is a small satisfied smile.

Emmet suddenly finds himself sniffling, running a sleeve over his nose as he realizes he’s crying. He beams at Jamal and thanks him.

“What for?” Jamal asks uncertainly.

Emmet’s smile is bright.

“For letting me see Ingo again.”

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Rolling Stone EUA lista as 50 melhores músicas de artistas e bandas da ficção

Foram consideradas apenas canções originais, e excluídas produções que envolvem músicos interpretando a si mesmos

A Rolling Stone Estados Unidos publicou uma lista das 50 melhores músicas de artistas e bandas fictícias, criados para filmes e séries de TV. Foram consideradas apenas canções originais, sem covers, e excluídas produções que envolvem músicos interpretando a si mesmos.

O ranking levou como inspiração o lançamento da série Daisy Jones & The Six, baseada no livro de Taylor Jenkins Red, que chegou ao Prime Video na última semana.

A lista é assinada pelos jornalistas: Jonathan Bernstein, David Browne, Mankaprr Conteh, Brenna Ehrlich, Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Kory Grow, Brian Hiatt, Tatiana Krisztina, Angie Martoccio, Alan Sepinwall, Rob Sheffield, Brittany Spanos, Larisha Paul e Lisa Tozzi.

Confira:

50. ‘Time To Change’, The Brady Bunch - série The Brady Bunch (1972) 49. ‘A Little Bit Alexis’, Alexis Rose - série Schitt's Creek (2019) 48. ‘Catalina Breeze’, The Blue Jean Committee - série Documentary Now! (2015) 47. ‘Werewolf Bar Mitzvah’, Tracy Jordan - série 30 Rock (2010) 46. ‘Let’s Go to the Mall’, Robin Sparkles - série How I Met Your Mother (2007) 45. ‘Give Him Something He Can Feel’, Sister and the Sisters - filme Sparkle (1976) 44. ‘Baby on Board’, The Be Sharps - série Os Simpsons (1993) 43. ‘Sweet Talkin’ Candy Man’, The Kelly Affair - filme Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls (1970) 42. ‘Walk Hard’, Dewey Cox - A Vida É Dura - filme A História de Dewey Cox 41. ‘5000 Candles in the Wind,’ Mouse Rat - série Parks And Recreation (2011) 40. ‘I Love U So Much (It’s Scary)’, Boyz 4 Now - série Bob's Burgers (2015) 39. ‘Edge of Great’, Julie and the Phantoms - série Julie And The Phantom (2020) 38. ‘Spend This Night With Me’, Nick Rivers - filme Top Secret! Superconfidencial (1984) 37. ‘I Enjoy Being A Boy’, The Banana Splits - programa Banana Splits (1968) 36. ‘Can you Picture That’, Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem - filme The Muppet Movie (1979) 35. ‘She’s So Gone’, Lemonade Mouth - filme Lemonade Mouth (2011) 34. ‘Fever Dog’, Stillwater - filme Quase Famosos (2000) 33. ‘Tear Me Down’, Hedwig and the Angry Inch - musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch (1999) 32. ‘He Still Loves Me’, The Fighting Temptations - filme The Fighting Temptations (2003) 31. ‘Way Back Into Love’, Cora Corman e Alex Fletcher - filme Letra e Música (2007) 30. ‘Look At Us Now (Honeycomb)’, Daisy Jones & The Six - série Daisy Jones & The Six (2023) 29. ‘It Don’t Worry Me’, Winifred Albuquerque - filme Nashville (1975) 28. ‘We Are Sex Bob-omb’, Sex Bob-omb - filme Scott Pilgrim contra o Mundo (2010) 27. ‘I2I’, Powerline - filme Pateta: O Filme (1995) 26. ‘B.P.E.’, Girls5eva - série Girls5eva (2022) 25. ‘Earache My Eye’, Alice Bowie - filme Cheech and Chong: Queimando Tudo (1978) 24. ‘Please Mr. Kennedy’, The John Glenn Singers - filme Inside Llewyn Davis - Balada de um Homem Comum (2013) 23. ‘Big Bottom,’ Spinal Tap - filme This is Spinal Tap (1984) 22. ‘I Think I Love You’, The Partridge Family - série A Família Dó-Ré-Mi (1970) 21. ‘When the Right One Comes Along’, Gunnar Scott and Scarlett O’Connor - série Nashville (2012) 20. ‘Nobody Like U’, 4*TOWN - filme Red: Crescer É uma Fera (2022) 19. ‘Bashir With the Good Beard’, We Are Lady Parts - série We Are Lady Parts (2021) 18. ‘Sugar Sugar’, The Archies - série The Archie Show (1969) 17. ‘Falling Slowly’, Guy e Girl - Apenas Uma Vez (2007) 16. ‘Cheese And Onions’, The Rutles - Os Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978) 15. ‘You’re So Beautiful’, Jamal - série Empire (2015) 14. ‘Tonight Is What It Means to Be Young’, Ellen Aim and the Attackers - filme Ruas de Fogo (1984) 13. ‘On the Dark Side’, Eddie and the Cruisers - filme Eddie, o Ídolo Pop (1983) 12. ‘A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow’, Mitch & Mickey - filme A Mighty Wind (2003) 11. ‘Drive It Like You Stole It’, Sing Street - filme Sing Street: Música e Sonho (2016) 10. ‘Straight Outta Locash’, CB4 - filme CB4 (1993) 09. ‘Light of Day’, The Barbusters - filme Luz da Fama (1987) 08. ‘Finest Girl’, Conner4Real - filme Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016) 07. ‘Best of Both Worlds’, Hannah Montana - série Hannah Montana (2006) 06. ‘School of Rock’, School of Rock - filme Escola de Rock (2003) 05. ‘It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp’, DJay - filme Ritmo de um Sonho (2005) 04. ‘3 Small Words’, Josie and the Pussycats - filme Josie e as Gatinhas (2001) 03. ‘Shallow’, Jackson Maine e Ally - filme Nasce Uma Estrela (2018) 02. ‘Scotty Doesn’t Know’, Lustra - filme Eurotrip (2004) 01. ‘That Thing You Do!’, The Wonders - The Wonders: O Sonho Não Acabou (1996)

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Tafsir Ibn Kathir: Surah Al-Anfal Ayah 25

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

8:25 And fear the Fitnah (affliction and trial) which affects not in particular (only) those of you who do wrong, and know that Allah is severe in punishment.

Warning against an encompassing Fitnah

Allah warns;

And fear the Fitnah (affliction and trial) which affects not in particular (only) those of you who do wrong, and know that Allah is severe in punishment.

Allah warns His believing servants of a Fitnah, trial and test, that encompasses the wicked and those around them. Therefore, such Fitnah will not be restricted to the sinners and evildoers. Rather, it will reach the others if the sins are not stopped and prevented.

Imam Ahmad recorded that Mutarrif said,

"We asked Az-Zubayr, `O Abu Abdullah! What brought you here (for the battle of Al-Jamal)! You abandoned the Khalifah who was assassinated (Uthman, may Allah be pleased with him) and then came asking for revenge for his blood!'

He said, `We recited at the time of the Messenger of Allah, and Abu Bakr, Umar and Uthman,

And fear the Fitnah (affliction and trial) which affects not in particular (only) those of you who do wrong,

We did not think that this Ayah was about us too, until it reached us as it did.'''

Ali bin Abi Talhah reported that Ibn Abbas said that;

The Ayah, (And fear the Fitnah (affliction and trial) which affects not in particular (only) those of you who do wrong), refers to the Companions of the

Prophet in particular. In another narration from Ibn Abbas, he said,

"Allah commanded the believers to stop evil from flourishing among them, so that Allah does not encompass them all in the torment (Fitnah).''

This, indeed, is a very good explanation, prompting Mujahid to comment about Allah's statement, And fear the Fitnah ( affliction ( (and trial) which affects not in particular (only) those of you who do wrong), "Is for you too!''

Several said similarly, such as Ad-Dahhak and Yazid bin Abi Habib and several others.

Ibn Mas`ud said, "There is none among you but there is something

that represents a Fitnah for him, for Allah said, 50

Your wealth and your children are only a trial (Fitnah)... (64:15)

Therefore, when you seek refuge, seek it with Allah from the Fitnah that causes misguidance.''

Ibn Jarir collected this Hadith.

The view that the warning in this Ayah addresses the Companions and all others is true, even though the speech in the Ayah was directed at the Companions.

There are Hadiths that warn against Fitnah in general, thus providing the correctness of this explanation. Similarly there will be a separate book in which this subject will be discussed, Allah willing, as also is the case with the Imams, there being a number of writings about this.

Of the most precise things that have been mentioned under this topic, is what was recorded by Imam Ahmad from Hudhayfah bin Al-Yaman that the Messenger of Allah said,

By He in Whose Hand is my soul! You will enjoin righteousness and forbid evil, or Allah will send a punishment upon you from Him; you will supplicate then to Him, but He will not answer your supplication.

Imam Ahmad recorded that Abu Ar-Riqad said,

"I heard Hudhayfah saying,

`A person used to utter one word during the time of the Messenger of Allah and become a hypocrite on account of it. I now hear such words from one of you four times in the same sitting. Surely, you will enjoin good, forbid evil and encourage each other to do good or Allah will surround you all with torment, or make the wicked among you become your leaders. The righteous among you will then supplicate, but their supplication will not be accepted.'''

Imam Ahmad recorded that An-Nu`man bin Bashir said that the Prophet gave a speech in which he said, while pointing to his ears with two of his fingers,

The parable of the person abiding by Allah's order and restrictions in comparison to those who violate them, or sit idle while they are being violated, is that of those who drew lots for their seats in a boat. Some of them got seats in the lower part, which is the most rough and worst part, and the others in the upper. When the former needed water, they had to go up to bring water and that troubled the others, so they said, `Let us make a hole in our share of the ship and get water, saving those who are above us from troubling them, so, if the people in the upper part let the others do what they suggested, all the people of the ship would be destroyed, but if they prevented them, both parties would be safe.

This was recorded by Al-Bukhari, but not Muslim, in the Book of Partnerships and the Book of Witnesses.

It was also recorded by At-Tirmidhi through a different route of narration.

Imam Ahmad recorded that Umm Salamah, the Prophet's wife, said,

"I heard the Messenger of Allah saying,

If sins become apparent in my Ummah, Allah will surround them with punishment from Him.

I said, `O Allah's Messenger! Will they have righteous people among them then?'

He said, Yes. I asked, `What will happen to them?' He said,

They will be stricken as the people, but they will end up with Allah's forgiveness and pleasure.''

Imam Ahmad recorded that Jarir said that the Messenger of Allah said,

Every people among whom sins are being committed, while they are mightier and more numerous than those who do wrong, yet they did nothing to stop them, then Allah will surround them all with punishment.

Ibn Majah collected this Hadith.

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Jal Shakti Handwara accorded Warm Send-Off To Retiring Officer

Handwara

Shakir bhat

Department of Jal Shakti Division Handwara on Sunday accorded warm send-off to its retiring Junior Engineer (JE) Bebaik Singh on attaining his superannuation.

Civil Society members ,officers and officials of various sectors lauded the role and service of Bebaik Singh rendered in different capacities in the phe department with full Dedication.

Executive Engineer Jal Shakti Handwara Bashir Ahmad , AEE Handwara Adnan Ashraf , JE Aabid Ahmad , President Union Molvi Nazir ahmad, Fayaz Ahmad, Mohd Ramzan, Mohd Jamal, and eminent personalities of the district participated in the function and louded the services of retiring officer and described him a down to earth and upright and honest officer.

All the officers wished him a successful and healthy post retirement life.

It is pertinent to mention here that the Union Of Jal Shakti sub Division department also organised a grand send-off ceremony in favour of outgoing JE on 29th of oct.

Meanwhile retiring officer Bebaik Singh expressed his gratitude to all the officers,officials and civil society members for according him affectionate send-off.

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[TASK 152: LIBYA]

There’s a masterlist below compiled of over 260+ Libyan faceclaims categorised by gender with their occupation and ethnicity denoted if there was a reliable source. 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.

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and whatever else you can think of / make!

MASTERLIST!

F:

Khdugha Sabri (1954) Libyan - actress and radio personality.

Evelina Meghnagi (1954) Libyan Jewish - actress and singer.

Ghada Adel (1974) Libyan, Egyptian - actress.

Asma Salim (1976) Libyan - singer.

Sendi Bar (1976) Libyan Jewish / Iraqi Jewish - actress and model.

Hala Misrati (1980) Libyan - tv presenter and writer.

Dorota Szelagowska (1980) Libyan, Polish - tv presenter.

Hiba Abouk / Hiba Aboukhris Benslimane (1986) Libyan, Tunisian, Romani - actress.

Roni Duani (1986) Libyan Jewish, Polish Jewish - actress, singer, and model.

Karema Altrhuni (1990) Libyan - actress.

Roni Dalumi (1991) Libyan Jewish / Iraqi Jewish - actress and singer.

Maram Zbaeda (1992) Libyan - instagrammer (maram.zbaeda).

Noor Tagouri (1993) Libyan - model, producer, motivational speaker, and journalist.

Abeer Beauty (1993) Libyan - instagrammer (abeerbeauty93).

Hanan Esbaga (1993) Libyan - instagrammer (hesbaga).

Neta Alchimister (1994) Libyan Jewish, Algerian Jewish, Austrian Jewish - model, social media star, swimwear designer, and businesswoman.

Alla Omran (1996) Libyan - instagrammer (allaomran).

Tammy Tabib (1997) Libyan - instagrammer (tammytabib).

Amol Hamoha (1999) Libyan - instagrammer (am__ohl).

Dania Ben Sassi (?) Amazigh Libyan - singer.

Ghada Jamal (?) Libyan - tv host.

Maytal Angel (?) Libyan Jewish / Ashkenazi Jewish - actress and filmmaker.

Ghalia Bozakouk (?) Libyan - tv host.

Aftiam Ramli (?) Libyan - model and Miss Global Libya 2017.

Enass Whida (?) Libyan, Moroccan - model (instagram: enass.w).

Soso Ana (?) Libyan - model (instagram: s_soso_ana).

Nour Al-Kadiki (?) Libyan - actress.

Sabrin Salah (?) Libyan - actress (instagram: sabrin_salah11).

F - Athletes:

Ghazalah Alaqouri (1973) Libyan - paralympic powerlifter.

Amira Edrahi (1986) Libyan - swimmer.

Hala Gezah (1989) Libyan - sprinter.

Ruwida El-Hubti (1989) Libyan - sprinter.

Ghada Ali (1989) Libyan - sprinter.

Asmahan Farhat / Mercedes Kay (1990) Libyan / Unspecified White - swimmer.

Daniah Hagul (1999) Libyan - swimmer.

Sahar Elgnemi (?) Libyan - paralympic powerlifter.

Nadia Fezzani (?) Libyan - swimmer.

Soad Fezzani (?) Libyan - swimmer.

M:

Taher Algabaili (1942) Libyan - actor.

Nasser el-Mizdawi (1950) Libyan - singer-songwriter, guitarist, and composer.

Ahmed Fakroun (1953) Libyan - singer-songwriter.

Hamid Al-Shairi / Abdel-Hamid Ali Ahmedi (1961) Libyan / Egyptian - singer-songwriter.

David D’Or (1965) Libyan Jewish - singer-songwriter.

Sami Bouajila (1966) 1/4 Amazigh Libyan, 3/4 Tunisian - actor.

Fawzi El-Mizdawi (1968) Libyan - singer.

Patrick Baladi (1971) Libyan / English - actor and musician.

Guy Zu-Aretz (1973) Libyan Jewish / Turkish Jewish, Greek Jewish - actor, musician, tv host, and director.

Ayman Alatar (1982) Libyan - singer.

Roach Killa (1983) Libyan - rapper.

Ahmed Costa (1983) Libyan, Turkish / Brazilian, Italian - actor.

Salah Ghali (1984) Libyan - singer.

Nadir Tamuz Augustin (1988) Libyan / Romanian - singer.

Ibrahim Abdelazem (1988) Libyan - singer.

Bahjat / Bahjat Alturjman (1995) Libyan - singer-songwriter.

Tito Shalgam (1995) Libyan - youtuber (Tito shalgam).

Ashraf Osama (1999) Libyan, Palestinian - instagrammer (ashraf_osama1999).

Shlomi Lavie (?) Libyan Jewish - singer and drummer.

Touareg de Fewet (?) Tuareg Amazigh Libyan - singer.

Dakil (?) Libyan - singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.

Cheb Jilani / Hassan El Jilani (?) Libyan - singer.

Abdallah Alfande (?) Libyan - actor.

Khaled Elhassi (?) Libyan - singer.

Muttalib J. Ibrahim (?) Libyan, Italian - actor.

Essam Alhadar (?) Libyan - singer.

Saif Alwadi (?) Libyan, Iraqi - model and photographer (instagram: dr.se_f).

Mohanad Al (?) Libyan - singer and model (instagram: mohanad___al).

Firas Mohammed (?) Libyan - model (instagram: firas.mohammed_).

Ibn Thabit (?) Libyan - rapper.

Ali El-Rojbani (?) Libyan - instagrammer (3leua).

Ibrahim Al-Hesnawi (?) Libyan - singer.

M - Athletes:

Baruch Hagai (1944) Libyan Jewish - paralympic table tennis player.

Mohamed Asswai Khalifa (1944) Libyan - hurdler.

George Borba (1944) Libyan Jewish - footballer.

Issa Chetoui (1953) Libyan - long-distance runner.

Mohamed Abdulla Abdelaslam (1954) Libyan - long jumper.

Enemri Najem Al-Marghani (1955) Libyan - long-distance runner.

David Lavi (1956) Libyan Jewish - footballer.

Salem El-Margini (1957) Libyan - sprinter.

Jacob Buzaglo (1957) Libyan Jewish - footballer.

Rafi Tshuva (1957) Libyan Jewish - footballer.

Mohamed El-Kamaa (1958) Libyan - cyclist.

El-Mehdi Sallah Diab (1958) Libyan - sprinter.

Mohamed Khamis Taher (1959) Libyan - long-distance runner.

Ahmed Mohamed Sallouma (1959) Libyan - sprinter.

Bashir Al-Fellah (1960) Libyan - sprinter.

Fawzi Al-Issawi (1960) Libyan - footballer.

Abdullah Ali Ahmed (1961) Libyan - sprinter.

Ali Al-Beshari (1962) Libyan - footballer.

Abdul-Hafeedh Arbeesh (1963) Libyan - footballer.

Said Masoud El-Agimi (1964) Libyan - judoka.

Fathi Aboud (1964) Libyan - triple jumper.

Jalal Damja (1966) Libyan - footballer.

Moshe Glam (1968) Libyan Jewish - footballer.

Khaled Othman / Khaled Abdul Gasem Othman Feghi Saleh (1968) Libyan - sprinter.

Mustafa Ahshad (1970) Libyan - weightlifter.

Yahia Gregni (1970) Libyan - judoka.

Samir Aboud (1972) Libyan - footballer.

Avi Nimni (1972) Libyan Jewish - footballer.

Tarek Ayad (1972) Libyan - judoka.

Felix Halfon (1972) Libyan Jewish - footballer.

Kamal Abdulsalam (1973) Libyan - bodybuilder.

Adel Adili (1974) Libyan - long-distance runner.

Abdesalam Kames (1974) Libyan - footballer.

Moustafa Abdel Naser (1975) Libyan - sprinter.

Eliran Guetta (1975) Libyan Jewish - basketball player.

Osama Al Hamadi (1975) Libyan - footballer.

Guy Luzon (1975) Libyan Jewish - footballer.

Mahmoud Maklouf (1975) Libyan - footballer.

Dudi Fadlon (1976) Libyan Jewish - footballer.

Oren Zeitouni (1976) Libyan Jewish - footballer.

Abdul-Wahed Mohammed (1977) Libyan - futsal player.

Tarik El Taib (1977) Libyan - footballer.

Khaled Hussein / Khaled Hussein Mohamed al Tarhouni (1977) Libyan - footballer.

Salem Ibrahim Al Rewani (1977) Libyan - footballer.

Meftah Ghazalla (1977) Libyan - footballer.

Walid Ali Osman (1977) Libyan - footballer.

Yaniv Lavi (1977) Libyan Jewish - footballer.

Marei Al Ramly (1977) Libyan - footballer.

Nagi El-Tomi (1977) Libyan - futsal player.

Ali Mabrouk El Zaidi (1978) Libyan - long-distance runner.

Rami Glam (1978) Libyan Jewish - footballer.

Osama Mohamed El Fezzani (1978) Libyan - footballer.

Jehad Muntasser (1978) Libyan - footballer.

Mohamed Mrsal (1978) Libyan - basketball player.

Guma Mousa (1978) Libyan - footballer.

Ahmed Saad Osman (1979) Libyan - footballer.

Reda Al Tawarghi (1979) Libyan - footballer.

Nader Al-Tarhouni (1979) Libyan - footballer.

Aymen Bouchhioua (1979) Libyan, Tunisian - footballer.

Samir Al Wahaj (1979) Libyan - footballer.

Ahmed Al Masli (1979) Libyan - footballer.

Hesham Shaban (1980) Libyan - footballer.

Riyadh al Laafi (1980) Libyan - footballer.

Hamza Abu-Ghalia (1980) Libyan - weightlifter.

Nader Kara (1980) Libyan - footballer.

Abubakr Suiueinei / Abubakr Al Abaidy (1981) Libyan - footballer.

Yaniv Luzon (1981) Libyan Jewish - footballer.

Mohamed Ben Saleh (1981) Libyan - judoka.

Abdulnaser Slil (1981) Libyan - footballer.

Younes Al Shibani (1981) Libyan - footballer.

Naji Shushan (1981) Libyan - footballer.

Alamien Yagoub (1981) Libyan - basketball player.

Moataz Ben Amer (1981) Libyan - footballer.

Nabil Omran (1981) Libyan - futsal player.

Ahmed Al Alwani (1981) Libyan - footballer.

Mohammed Shahout (1982) Libyan - futsal player.

Arafa Nakuaa (1982) Libyan - footballer.

Kabila / Ahmed Zuway (1982) Libyan - footballer.

Ali Rahuma (1982) Libyan - footballer.

Yousef Mohammed (1982) Libyan - futsal player.

Asi Buzaglo (1982) Libyan Jewish - footballer.

Éamon Zayed (1983) Libyan, Tunisian, Irish - footballer.

Mohammed Al-Sharif (1983) Libyan - futsal player.

Eslam El Karbal (1983) Libyan - basketball player.

Walid Al Sbaay (1983) Libyan - footballer.

Osama Abdusalam (1983) Libyan - footballer.

Rabe Al Msellati (1983) Libyan - footballer.

Mahamat / Djamal Mahamat (1983) Libyan - footballer.

Fathi Al-Khoga (1984) Libyan - futsal player.

Mohammed Rahoma (1984) Libyan - futsal player.

Abdelrahman Ramadan Fetori (1984) Libyan - footballer.

Mohamed Esnany (1984) Libyan - footballer.

Hamdi Eishwain (1984) Libyan - futsal player.

Mohamed Eshtiwi (1985) Libyan - weightlifter.

Tofaha / Walid Mhadeb El Khatroushi (1985) Libyan - footballer.

Ihaab Boussefi (1985) Libyan - footballer.

Muhammad Al Maghrabi (1985) Libyan - footballer.

Yahia Shakmak (1985) Libyan - basketball player.

Mansour Al Borki (1985) Libyan - footballer.

Akrem El-Twati (1985) Libyan - futsal player.

Mohamed Youssef Ben Elhaj (1985) Libyan - basketball player.

Rabie El-Hoti (1985) Libyan - futsal player.

Hussein al Idrissy (1985) Libyan - footballer.

Abdallah Sharif (1985) Libyan - footballer.

Mohamed Youssef (1986) Libyan - basketball player.

Lior Jean (1986) Libyan Jewish - footballer.

Ahmed Abdelkader (1986) Libyan - footballer.

Yuval Shabtay (1986) Libyan Jewish - footballer.

Khaled Belaid Abumdas (1987) Libyan - snooker player.

Maoz Samia (1987) Libyan Jewish - footballer.

Tamir Kahlon (1987) Libyan Jewish - footballer.

Mohamed Abulkhir (1987) Libyan - basketball player.

Ali Salama (1987) Libyan - footballer.

Mohamed El-Kawisah (1987) Libyan - judoka.

Khaled Ghezzawi (1987) Libyan - swimmer.

Mohamed Khouaja (1987) Libyan - sprinter.

Ahmed Belgasem (1987) Libyan - cyclist.

Mohamed Suleiman (1988) Libyan - futsal player.

Osama Chtiba (1988) Libyan - footballer.

Amir Lavi (1988) Libyan Jewish - footballer.

Muhammad Nashnoush (1988) Libyan - footballer.

Snir Gueta (1988) Libyan Jewish - footballer.

Wajdi Dawo (1988) Libyan - basketball player.

Maor Buzaglo (1988) Libyan Jewish - footballer.

Al-Hussein Gambour (1989) Libyan - rower.

Marwan Mabrouk / Marwaan Mabrouk Mansour (1989) Libyan - footballer.

Hamed Snousi (1989) Libyan - footballer.

Khaled Matrud (1989) Libyan - basketball player.

Nebil Gahwagi (1989) Libyan / Hungarian - footballer.

Ahmed Krawa’a (1989) Libyan - footballer.

Mohamed Zubya (1989) Libyan - footballer.

Fatah Masoud (1989) Libyan - futsal player.

Ahmed Yousef Elkawiseh (1989) Libyan - judoka.

Mohamed Al-Gadi (1990) Libyan - footballer.

Faisal Al Badri (1990) Libyan - footballer.

Muataz Husayn / Moataz Al-Mehdi (1990) Libyan - footballer.

Mo Hrezi / Mohamed Hrezi (1991) Libyan - long-distance runner.

Salem Ablo (1991) Libyan - footballer.

Adi Nimni (1991) Libyan Jewish - footballer.

Elmutasem Abushnaf (1991) Libyan - footballer.

Akram Ayyad (1991) Libyan - footballer.

Yousef Shriha (1991) Libyan - taekwondo practitioner.

Akram Zuway (1991) Libyan - footballer.

Rabea Al Laafi (1991) Libyan - footballer.

Ahmad Benali (1992) Libyan / British - footballer.

Mohamed El Monir / Mohammed El-Mounir Abdussalam (1992) Libyan - footballer.

Almog Buzaglo (1992) Libyan Jewish - footballer.

Sofyan El Gadi (1992) Libyan - swimmer.

Ahmed El Trbi (1992) Libyan - footballer.

Sanad Al Ouarfali (1992) Libyan - footballer.

Mohamed Al Ghanodi (1992) Libyan - footballer.

Abdulaziz Belraysh (1992) Libyan - footballer.

Salem Roma / Salem Al-Musallati / Salem Elmslaty (1992) Libyan - footballer.

Abdelsalam Elfaitory (1993) Libyan - footballer.

Motasem Sabbou (1993) Libyan - footballer.

Ismael Tajouri-Shradi (1994) Libyan - footballer.

Hamdou Elhouni (1994) Libyan - footballer.

Sadiq El Fitouri (1994) Libyan - footballer.

Ahmad Atttellesey (1995) Libyan - swimmer.

Alaadeen Salman / Aladeen Younes (1996) Libyan - footballer.

Muaid Ellafi (1996) Libyan - footballer.

Ali Elmusrati / Ali Al Musrati / Almoatasembellah Ali Mohamed Elmusrati (1996) Libyan - footballer.

Ali El Ghrari (1997) Libyan - archer.

Zachary Elbouzedi (1998) Libyan / Irish - footballer.

Zakaria Alharaish (1998) Libyan - footballer.

Zakaria Aboukhlal (1998) Libyan / Moroccan - footballer.

Waleed Ashteebah (?) Libyan - paralympic javelin thrower.

Ahmed Ben Soueid (?) Libyan - footballer.

Nuri Kaheil (?) Libyan - cyclist.

Abdelrazik Baaba (?) Libyan - paralympic powerlifter.

Fahmi El-Shami (?) Libyan - footballer.

Mohamed Ganfud (?) Libyan - cyclist.

Ali Hamid El-Aila (?) Libyan - cyclist.

Rabee Allafi (?) Libyan - footballer.

Fawzi Abdussalam (?) Libyan - cyclist.

Abdulwahab Werfeli (?) Libyan - swimmer.

El-Munsif Ben Youssef (?) Libyan - cyclist.

Mohamed El-Naser (?) Libyan - swimmer.

Abdel Hakim Shelmani (?) Libyan - footballer.

Khalid Shebani (?) Libyan - cyclist.

Abdullah Badri (?) Libyan - cyclist.

Kamaluddin Badi (?) Libyan - volleyball player.

Adnan El-Khuja (?) Libyan - volleyball player.

Marzouk Mabrouk (?) Libyan - middle-distance runner.

Ahmed El-Faghei (?) Libyan - volleyball player.

Mustafa El-Musbah (?) Libyan - volleyball player.

Ahmed Zoubi (?) Libyan - volleyball player.

Samid Sagar (?) Libyan - volleyball player.

Awad Zakka (?) Libyan - volleyball player.

Jamal Zarugh (?) Libyan - volleyball player.

Abdel Hamed El-Hadi (?) Libyan - cyclist.

Miloud Zakka (?) Libyan - volleyball player.

NB:

Aja / Jay Rivera (1994) Libyan, Moroccan, Egyptian - Genderqueer (They/Them/Theirs) - rapper, drag performer, and reality tv personality.

Problematic:

Al-Saadi Gaddafi (1973) Libyan - footballer. - Murder charges.

Sharon Gal (1974) Libyan Jewish, Egyptian Jewish - tv personality and radio personality. - Sexual assault allegations.

Netta / Netta Barzilai (1993) Libyan Jewish, Moroccan Jewish / Polish Jewish - singer, guitarist, and looping artist. - Appropriation of box braids at Sofia Pride 2019, yellowface in her Eurovision 2018 performance, appropriation of Japanese culture in her Eurovision 2018 performance, and supports the IDF.

[libertariantaoist]

News Roundup 4/19/19

US News

Kevin Gosztola breaks down a December 2017 FBI affidavit on Julian Assange. Language in the affidavit suggested the FBI was looking at Assange for violating the Espionage Act. [Link]

Tulsi Gabbard says Trump is turning the US into Saudi’s prostitute. [Link]

Michigan state officials disobeyed regulations to manipulate test results to slow lower lead levels in Flint’s water. [Link]

The Pentagon now estimates the new ICBM program will cost $85 billion, up from previous estimates of  $62 billion. Other estimates believe the program will cost $150 billion. [Link]

Ukraine

Ukraine’s far-right is increasingly acting with impunity. [Link]

Doug Bandow interviews the front-runner in Ukraine’s presidential election Volodymyr Zelensky’s chief of Staff. The chief of staff says Zelenkey will legalize the Russian language and hold popular votes on joining NATO and the EU. [Link]  

Korean Peace

Kim Jong-un says North Korea has tested a tactical weapon. North Korea has not tested a weapon since the ‘Freeze for Freeze’ was started in early 2018. [Link]

South Korean President Moon Jae-in says he would like to meet with Kim Jong-un for a fourth time. [Link]

Afghanistan

Matthew Hardwood explains the War on Terror is playing out how Osama bin Laden wanted. [Link]

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the US is attempting to negotiate a peace deal between the Taliban and the Afghan government. [Link]

A US intelligence official warns of a possible attack by ISIS-K. Reports say ISIS is recruiting unemployed college graduates in Afghanistan. [Link]

A UN report finds a third of conflict detainees in Afghanistan report being tortured. The report finds torture is on the decline in Afghanistan. [Link]

Iran

Doug Bandow explains the dangerous consequences if Trump moves forward with selling Saudi Arabia a nuclear program. [Link]  

Connor Finnegan explains concerns that the Trump administration will attack the IRGC now that it is labeled a terrorist organization. The Trump administration has refused to admit they do not have the authority to attack Iran. [Link]

Several Iraqi militia leaders reject the US naming the IRGC a terror group. [Link]

Paul Pillar explains the stupidity of adding the IRGC to the terror list. Pillar explains that it will not have an economic impact as Iran is already heavily sanctioned. It will hurt the US relationship with Iraq as Iraq relied heavily on Iran in the ground war against ISIS. [Link]

Daniel Larison explains Trump’s Iran policy is helping Iranian hardliners. [Link]

Africa

The US has 36 code-named operations in Africa. [Link]

Egypt has been able to evade justice for a military helicopter massacring 11 tourists. [Link]

The ruling military council of Sudan jails the former president Bashir. [Link]

Sudan’s ruling military council reaffirms the country’s commitment to supporting Saudi’s war in Yemen. [Link]

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Trump's America First presidency all but ended US global leadership. The world was outgrowing it anyway

But the global instruments Trump deserted haven’t crumbled, nor is the world crashing and burning with its long-time leader in the back seat. Strongman leaders may be emboldened, but they aren’t going entirely unchallenged. And old US allies have not fallen straight into the arms of China, as many analysts fear.

Instead, the world is adapting these agreements, it’s reshaping its institutions and, as for China, most countries are finding ways to balance their relations with Beijing as both a friend and foe.

This shift has been a long time coming. While US grand strategists who believe American world leadership is exceptional argue it could go on in its role indefinitely, most international relations experts agree that all unipolar models must come to an eventual end, as other powers rise and challenge its primacy.

After assuming the role of leader following World War II, the US proved its dominance with its victory in the Cold War, a consolidation of power that experts described as a “unipolar moment.” That moment has lasted 30 years. 

There have been clear signs over the past two decades, however, that Americans are tiring of taking on this role, while much of the world, equally, is cooling on the US as its hegemon, and is eager to step into its shoes.

Germany, for example, is pitching itself as a global health leader. Even before the pandemic, German Chancellor Angela Merkel had put global health on the agenda at G20 meetings for the first time as the Trump administration showed signs of retreat from international cooperation. Germany has boosted funding for health research and development, and was even able to treat patients from neighboring countries for Covid-19 early in the European outbreak, so well-resourced were its hospitals at a time of crisis.

As the US attempted to lead reforms of the World Health Organization — despite its decision to abandon it — Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron proposed their own an alternative plan, after rejecting Washington’s, as Reuters reported.

Germany has pledged an extra 200 million euros ($234.1 million) to the WHO this year, making for a total of 500 million euros, to help plug the gap left by the US, traditionally the organization’s biggest donor. It’s not the only one. The UK announced last month it would boost its WHO funding by 30% over the next four years, which would make it the biggest donor, should the US follow through with its withdrawal.

China, under international pressure to resource the global response, has also pledged additional funding, as has France, Finland and Ireland, among others. It’s unclear whether they will be able to make up for the US’ shortfall in the years to come, but it’s at least a good start.

Merkel — often described as the world’s “anti-Trump” — said in May she wanted the European Union to take on more global responsibility for the pandemic and for the bloc to harness a more powerful voice overall on the values of “democracy, freedom and the protection of human dignity,” describing cooperation with the US as “more difficult that we’d like.”

Making comments in a speech ahead of Germany assuming the six-month presidency of the European Union, Merkel said she saw her country’s presidency as an opportunity to be an “anchor of stability” in the world that could shape change and assume responsibility for global peace and security.

“Itself a project between individual states, the European Union is inherently a supporter of rules‑based multilateral cooperation. This is truer than ever in the crisis,” Merkel said.

Macron too tried to pitch himself as the next leader of the free world in the earlier days of Trump’s presidency. His campaign lost steam, but he still often plays the democratic defender in the room where the US is missing, having confronted Russia’s Vladimir Putin on his country’s role in the Syrian conflict and on the deterioration of gay rights in Russia, and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on the murder of his critic, Jamal Khashoggi, at a Saudi consulate in Turkey.

While EU leaders’ will to replace American leadership is strong, the lack of progress in the areas Macron has tried to address are a sobering reminder of the limited power the world has to uphold democratic values without the United States at the helm. 

Putin had his wrist slapped, but the abuse of gay Russians continues, and Russia and its firepower has all but won the war for Syrian President Bashir al-Assad. Bin Salman has been forced to keep a lower profile, but Macron’s confrontation has done little to threaten his position of power.

The European Union is also losing its battle with the rise of autocracy in some of its eastern states, like Hungary and Poland, or countering Russian influence in that part of their bloc.

But they continue to try and their own alliances are strengthening. Take the E3. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson should be Merkel’s and Macron’s worst enemy, as tense Brexit trade talks crash out ahead of the UK’s December 31 withdrawal from the EU. Remarkably, the three are still chummy on topics other than Brexit. 

The E3’s whole raison d’etre has been to counter US foreign policy, coming together informally during the Iraq war and to engage Iran on nuclear proliferation where the US wouldn’t. But it has become tighter knit in the Trump era — the trio have openly opposed US sanctions on Iran and increasingly cooperate in areas like Beijing’s territorial expansionism in the South China Sea and the Syrian conflict as the US shows less interest in those security challenges.

Members of the trans-Atlantic defense alliance, NATO, have also had to adapt to a less present US. The alliance has had plans to boost funding since Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014, an audacious move that the Obama administration did little about. Trump’s aggressive criticism of member nations contributing below their commitments of 2% of GDP applied further pressure on several members to pay their share.

A long time coming

There may be no easy replacement for US leadership, but Scott Lucas, a professor of international politics at the University of Birmingham, points out that Washington hasn’t achieved many of its recent international security objectives, either. “Asia, the Middle East, Africa, in many parts, disorder continues to a great extent,” he said. 

The list of US failures in international security is long. The US hasn’t been able to build legitimate states in Iraq and Afghanistan, as it sought to. Israelis and Palestinians are no closer to peace deal. Both Iran and North Korea have developed nuclear weapons. The US hasn’t prevented Russia from exerting influence in Eastern Europe. It hasn’t convinced China to end its military aggressions in Asia. These were all true before Trump’s rise.

Lucas said that the Trump presidency hasn’t really been the turning point in this shift. President George W. Bush’s invasion of Iraq was the “critical moment.”

“A lot of countries were discomforted, to say the least. They felt the war wasn’t justified — countries like France, Germany, Australia — that a unipolar America with the UK tagging along wasn’t working, especially when Iraq turned so horribly wrong, with so many people dying, and the instability that continues. So, the notion that the US leads and everyone follows was shot,” Lucas said.

Some experts say China is the only real contender here, and that a bipolar world in which the US and China compete is inevitable. Like in the Cold War, other countries will be forced to choose sides.

China too is finding areas in which to assert its growing power on the world stage with an increasingly absent US. At the UN General Assembly in September, Chinese President Xi called for the world to “join hands to uphold the values of peace, development, equity, justice, democracy and freedom shared by all of us.” In contrast, Trump devoted much of his speech to attacking China over its handling of the coronavirus, playing to his supporter base at home ahead of the November election.

Xi’s comments need to be taken with a grain of salt — Beijing has also taken elements of Trump’s presidency as an opportunity to vindicate its own heavy-handedness at home, in Hong Kong, for example, with its draconian national security law. But Xi does have a genuine appetite to be welcomed as a world leader, a role that will require him to conform somewhat to the rules-based order.

In the same speech in September, Xi made a pledge for China to become carbon neutral by 2060, an ambitious goal that has been met with both excitement and skepticism. Critics point out that China “off-shores” its carbon emissions, largely through its multi-trillion dollar Belt and Road Initiative, which includes development projects across more than 120 countries.

But Beijing is looking at ways to make these development endeavors more sustainable, and Xi’s announcement at least shows that China, the world’s biggest carbon emitter, is willing to lead and engage with the world on this crucial issue, where the US, the second-largest emitter, is not.

Shaun Breslin, a professor of politics and international studies at the University of Warwick, disagrees that the long-term future is necessarily a bipolar one where countries must choose sides between a competing China and US. Instead, he thinks the transition from a unipolar world will be “messy” and more likely give way to clusters of power. 

“My problem with poles is we’re trying to use language from a different era and wedge the current era on that linguistic basis. What I think we’ll see is looser constellations of power and interests dependent on specific issue areas,” he said. 

The world will see countries continuing to engage China in areas like trade and technology, but not necessarily replacing Washington with Beijing on issues like security or moral leadership. In many ways, that shift has already happened. 

Democratic candidate Joe Biden is among those who believe the US should continue to lead. Though he has promised to rejoin institutions like the WHO and the Paris climate accord should he win on Tuesday, he won’t be able to reverse every foreign policy decision Trump has made. 

For instance, it will be difficult for Biden to invest the troops and weapons needed to regain the influence the US once had in Syria. He may also find the US’ former Kurdish allies unwilling to work with him, having for years fought alongside the US to defeat ISIS, only to be abandoned last year as Trump gave Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan the green light to invade their territory in a quick phone call.

Biden’s comments during a debate last week on North Korea also suggest he may have no policy that differs from Obama’s, which did little to deter the pariah state.

Regardless of who wins the vote, the US’ role in the world has changed profoundly. Returning to where it was four years ago won’t be easy. Returning to its post-Cold War primacy is near impossible.

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A Unovan in New York City (part 1)

An AU in which Ingo and Akari go on a rescue mission to retrieve Emmet, only to find him living a perfectly normal life… in our universe’s NYC.

(Currently incapable of committing to a full story. Hope rough summaries will suffice.)

Our story starts in Hisui, where Akari, or rather Dawn, and Ingo have said their goodbyes and are about to head home by speaking to Arceus. Arceus is happy to send them back to their time, but something has come up that is relevant to them. It seems Ingo’s twin brother has thrown himself through space-time and landed somewhere that Arceus’s influence is almost non-existent. They can all still go home together if they use a macguffin device on the machine that eeby deebied Ingo’s brother. They just need to find him first.

The two humans exchange glances. Ingo tells Dawn she ought to go home to her family, but she shakes her head. Dawn is all too happy to help Ingo with this retrieval mission. Knowing how capable she is, Ingo accepts her assistance with a small smile.

Before they leave, Arceus warns them that they need to exercise great caution in this world. Pokémon do not exist there at all and the presence of theirs could cause trouble if they’re too reckless. Which sounds completely insane to them but if Ingo’s brother is there then they have to go.

Arceus nods, opening a glowing portal with a thought. Dawn reaches out for Ingo’s hand, who grasps hers with a comforting squeeze. Hand in hand, they step through into blinding light.

When the light clears, Dawn and Ingo find themselves blinking away light spots in the middle of a large city on a cloudy day. Towering buildings of stone, metal, and glass loom around them and bustling crowds of people and vehicle traffic are everywhere. Between the sounds of countless humans chatting and shouting blending into a noisy thrum, indistinct music can be heard playing from the many surrounding shopfronts, vendor carts, and cars. In the distance they can hear the piercing call of sirens, sharp whistles, and dull rumblings of heavy machinery at work. Lights and screens of advertisements play continuously, screaming for attention despite it being the middle of the day. Punctuating all of this chaos are the scents of wet pavement, hot food, and old trash mixing into a smell that was unmistakably of a developed city. (Not Times Square)

But all of that is suddenly lost to the sound of screeching tires as an incoming car brakes to a stop mere inches away from a startled Ingo. It’s followed by a cacophony of screeches as the cars following it are forced to suddenly stop too. Dawn looks around and realizes they’re on a street in the middle of an intersection. The first car blares its horn loudly and repeatedly at the two, the driver even sticking her head out the window to scream at them to get out of the road (“I’m drivin’ ‘ere!!”). More horns blast as people behind the first add into the noise by throwing in their displeasure. The explosion of sound only causes bystanders to stop and stare at the scene unfolding before them, a fair number pulling out flat rectangles that resemble smartphones of some sort and aiming them in their direction.

Ingo freezes. His mind is instantly overwhelmed by both sensory overload and a visceral memory of experiencing almost the exact same situation long, long ago.

Dawn is quicker on the uptake and grabs the dazed Ingo by the arm, pulling him out of the asphalt road and onto a sidewalk, ignoring the angry shouting behind them. Onlooking pedestrians back away at their approach but otherwise they just give them the stink eye. She mumbles shy apologies and hurriedly pushes past the small crowd, dragging Ingo along the sidewalk, who thankfully seems aware enough to keep his balance and follow after her.

After a lot of shoving her way through throngs of people, Dawn finally comes across a small park with trees and a fountain. Ducking into it, she and Ingo collapse onto a bench, taking a moment to regain their bearings. As Dawn catches her breath, she notices that Ingo is… somewhere else, slightly disconnected from reality as far as she can tell. She gently shakes his shoulder to get his attention and asks what’s up.

In a daze, Ingo says he recognizes this.

This place feels eerily familiar to Ingo. The crowded nature of the city, the traffic of motorized carriages, even the rude attitude of the people… he’s lived this life before. It was what he was used to until… until Hisui…

Dawn looks around in confusion. Here? Here, here??

Ingo snaps out of it and shakes his head. No, not this place in specific. It’s too… strange. There’s not enough Pokémon.

Wait…

They’ve seen neither hide nor hair of a single Pokémon since they got here. Checking around her, Dawn finds a lot of bird things that look like tinier Pidoves but literally nothing else. It seems that Arceus wasn’t kidding about this world’s lack of Pokémon.

Pulling out her Arc-phone, Dawn checks the device’s functions. Fortunately, it seems it’s granted her access to this world’s internet. With a little poking around, she finds a map site that shows them being in a place called ‘New York City’. Ingo shakes his head, those words meaning nothing to him. Zooming in and out of the map doesn’t offer much more context, just the names of more unfamiliar places and unrecognizable geography. All they can say for sure is that this city is stupidly huge and finding Ingo’s brother in this won’t be easy.

Deciding they need a better place to start, Dawn asks Ingo if he remembers anything about his brother. Arceus said he’s his twin? That had to be the ‘man with a face like his’. Right?

Ingo gets that distant look again as more bits are shaken loose from his damaged memory. He remembers a few scraps: the color white, a broad smile, the crackling of electricity, something about fuzzy yellow things, someone always at his side in the good times and bad. And a lonely sadness.

But those are just thoughts and feelings, nothing substantial worth mentioning to Dawn. And unfortunately, none of them came with a key piece of information: a name.

But Ingo does remember the word ‘train’ being strongly associated with his brother. More specifically the word: ‘subway’.

Now that they’re in a place with internet, Dawn realizes that finding things out should be a lot easier. On a hunch, she finds a search engine and looks up the word. The results are quick with pictures and articles aplenty.

There’s a choked noise from Ingo and Dawn turns to find him staring wide eyed at her screen, a shaking hand raised as if trying to reach for her phone. Dawn wordlessly hands the device over to let Ingo look at it and he easily thumbs through the webpages. His eyes keep drinking in the images, unable to get enough.

“This… This is it!” Ingo breathes out as long withheld memories finally break free. “This is exactly it!! THIS is a train! A machine on rails! The greatest form of transportation ever invented! I used to drive these all the time! How could I have ever forgotten this?!”

“Ingo??” Dawn gently squeezes his arm in worry, “You’re crying.”

Ingo blinks at her before pressing the tips of his fingers against his cheek. They come away wet.

“Ah, so it seems,” he acknowledges, wiping his face with the back of a sleeve. He chuckles reassuringly, “Never fear, Miss Dawn. These are happy tears. You’ve rerouted an important part of me back to my station. I should be thanking you right now.”

Without another word, Dawn holds out her arms in a clear offer for a hug. He embraces her in gratitude.

“So your brother worked on trains too?” she asks when they part.

“Yes… we did it together,” Ingo says wistfully, “Like everything else we did. He would battle Pokémon alongside me in a moving subway car. It was what we were renowned for.”

Dawn shoots to her feet, her fist punching her palm as she grins at him, “Then that settles it! First, step! We find a subway. If your brother is as obsessed with these things as you are, then he can’t be too far off from one!”

“That sounds like a good place to start,” Ingo nods sharply. With a dramatic sweep of his arm, he points towards the road, “Next stop: a subway station! All aboard!!”

His moment of triumph is interrupted by a surrounding flock of not-Pidoves erupting into flight, startled by the sudden boom of his voice. Parkgoers and pedestrians are equally startled by the fleeing birds, eliciting a few shrieks of terror. Some people turn to glare at him and Ingo has the good grace to duck his head down, tipping his hat brim over his eyes in embarrassment.

Dawn just about loses it from laughing so hard.

His shout also catches the attention of a colorful group of people who immediately start excitedly pointing at them and chattering amongst themselves. Dawn pays them no mind until one breaks off to approach them.

She looks a few years older than Dawn with brightly colored hair in pink and purple and wearing a slightly off-beat outfit compared to most of the city-dwellers around her. She smiles at them, raising a hand in nervous excitement.

“Hello! I’m really sorry to bother you two, but I just wanted to say that I love your cosplay! It looks amazing! So on point!”

Dawn and Ingo exchange glances.

“Oh, uh, thank you!” Dawn says, thinking fast. She has no idea what this stranger is talking about but she seems to be nice enough. Dawn hopes that’s the end of it, but the girl pulls out a smartphone and looks a lot more nervous.

“Um! May I please take a picture of you guys?” she asks with an embarrassed flush in her face, yet looking hopeful, “It’s just that you did such a great job on your costumes!”

Ingo looks like he wants to say something but Dawn cuts in with a polite but rueful smile, “Ah, I’m sorry, no, we’re kinda in the middle of something. Maybe some other time?”

There’s a look of faint disappointment, but it doesn’t last as she grins in reassurance, “Oh! Of course! I totally understand. I’m really sorry for interrupting you! Have a great day!”

And just like that, the stranger waves goodbye as she makes her exit and jogs back to her friends. A few of them tease her but she takes it in good stride, tossing a few comebacks at them. They depart trading playful insults.

Dawn sighs in relief.

Ingo looks puzzled.

“What is ‘cosplay’?” he asks.

“It’s a dress up thing, where you wear what a movie or tv show character wears. It’s just for fun,” Dawn explains.

“Hrm,” Ingo rubs his chin in mild concern, “I wonder what they think we are cosplaying as.”

Dawn shrugs, “I guess they have something where characters wear clothes like ours?”

Ingo makes a noise of uncertainty but doesn’t press the matter.

They have to walk a few blocks, but they find the nearest subway station easily. Going down the stairs, they are met with a scene that makes Ingo stop and stare as familiarity washes over him once more, the feeling rocking him even more powerfully this time.

Ticketing machines, turnstiles, worker booths, the smell of stale air and the faint rumbling of fast-moving steel.

It’s like he’s come home.

Dawn is just as fascinated by Ingo’s reaction, “Is this what your subway station looked like?”

“Stations,” Ingo absently corrects her, his eyes sweeping across the station interior, picking out every familiar detail, “And yes, some of them were not dissimilar to this.”

But as he takes a closer look, the reality of this place seeps in. There’s litter strewn everywhere, the lights are too dim to be effective, several machines are labeled with out-of-order signs, and that odor… Ingo makes a faint sound of disgust and covers his nose with his coat sleeve.

“Except my stations were far more sanitary than this! Ugh, did someone urinate in here?!”

Dawn crinkles her nose too. “So they’re not supposed to smell like pee?”

“Not in a properly run system, no!” Ingo growls in a rare show of irritation. “If my brother holds a job here, he has some explaining to do!”

“I get the feeling this is something out of his control,” Dawn comments. Then a lit board shifts her attention, “Oh hey! A map!”

She hurries over to the display, but as she gets close she realizes they may have underestimated things.

“Ingo? I think we have a problem,” Dawn calls over her shoulder.

He’s not sure what she means until he gets a clear look at the map for himself: a sprawling mess of lines and stations crisscrossing the map in a dizzying display. Even he has to admit that this is going to be a daunting task.

“That is… a lot of stations,” Ingo mutters in awe.

Dawn doesn’t recognize the characters used on this map. She pulls out her Arc-phone and thumbs over to her translator app. Holding the phone up to the display, the screen instantly offers an overlay of letters she can read.

She turns to look at Ingo expectantly, “Any ideas? You’re the subway master.”

Ingo squints at the translated map, the corners of his mouth pulling down in visible concern, “It’s hard to know where to start, even for me.” His frown deepens as something else occurs to him, “Not that it matters. Neither of us has the local currency to purchase tickets.”

Dawn realizes he has a point there and thinks about it, “Ok, plan B! We walk to each station!”

Ingo side eyes her, “That will also be a significant undertaking.”

“Well I don’t have any better ideas.”

Dawn is about to suggest using one of their Pokémon when she suddenly remembers that might cause more problems. She sighs and shrugs.

They stand there, stumped.

This is when the group of fans pop up again. One of them notices Ingo and Dawn and excitedly points the pair out again. This time they can see that the two ‘cosplayers’ seem to be having some trouble and offer to help. Akari tells them they want to ride the subway but they don’t have any money on them, laughing it off as the result of a long story. One of the fans is feeling charitable and gives them both twenty dollars. A friend makes a small objection to the amount so Akari gets the idea to offer them those pictures they wanted earlier as thanks. The group excitedly agrees and they head back up to start their impromptu photoshoot.

On Twitter, Youtube, Tiktok and Tumblr, images and video of two cosplayers start making the rounds through the Pokémon fandom circles.

In the photos, an Akari cosplayer is grinning widely with her fingers up in a v-sign. Her outfit is remarkable in how worn it looks, like it had been repeatedly rolled in mud, grass and stone. Her makeup is on point too, looking scratched and smudged with dirt.

She is accompanied by an Ingo cosplayer, who is dressed in a similar state, though his outfit is far more realistically tattered and frayed, as if it had become that way through natural wear and tear. Even his face seems naturally lined and aged. What really stands out is how he’d styled his trademark knife-sideburns/locks, which seem to offer a definitive answer as to what they really were. This cosplayer, however, looks genuinely baffled, wearing an uncomfortable smile that borders on a grimace. All of this is perfectly in-character of course and he absolutely sells it.

Most of the pictures features a group of friends posing with the two, either just smiling in excitement at the camera, doing silly poses, or are seen in a few candid shots of them marveling over the costumes.

However the most notable result of this meeting was a short Tiktok they’d shot together.

The Tiktok video only features the Akari cosplayer. There is a brief blip of the Ingo cosplayer in the beginning, the camera turning to him sitting off to the side, shyly begging off from whatever came next before the camera refocuses on the Tiktoker and Akari. The rest of the video shows Akari being shown how to do the steps of a Tiktok dance, followed by a few clips of some goofy failed trial runs, before concluding with Akari and the Tiktoker successfully pulling off the dance together. They excitedly high-five and congratulate each other, punctuated by a loud ‘BRAVO!’ booming in the background, before the video ends.

The Pokémon Legends Arceus fans are particularly tickled by the new images and happily share them amongst themselves. It doesn’t take long for them to land on the Tumblr dashboard of one Jamal Bashir.

By the time any of this reaches Jamal, he is still waking up from a nap and sleepily flipping through his phone before he has to get back to work on a project. When the first pictures flash by, he chuckles and taps the like button before adding the posts to his queue. He figures that’s the end of it until he comes across a reposting of the TikTok video. The video is short and sweet and he gives that a like and queued reposting too. On a whim, he rewatches it to admire the realism of the outfits. But as he spots the Ingo cosplayer again, something catches his attention.

There’s something familiar about his face.

Intrigued, Jamal goes back to the photo posts and studies the man a little more closely. His side hair and goatee are spot on and natural-looking in a way that is difficult to replicate without actual facial hair. Jamal has only seen one other person who managed to pull it off so well and that person is…

When the realization hits him, Jamal just about falls out of bed.

He frantically checks and rechecks the photos, scanning over them and picking out details that only add to his theory. He even pulls up a few of his photos to be sure, because if this isn’t anything less than what he thinks it is, his friend is going to kill him. And he can’t do that to the guy after everything he’s been through.

But he’s almost positive.

Only one last thing to do.

With his heart pounding in his throat, Jamal sends a frantic text to a contact only labeled with a train emoji.

DUDE HOLY SHIT YOU SEEN THIS?!?!?!?!??

He attaches links to the videos and images, practically flooding their chat history with embedded media.

I THINK ITS HAPPENING GET UR ASS READY

The next hour is agonizing.

Jamal has probably worn a track into his floor from all his anxious pacing as he tries to figure out what’s taking so long. He’d figure the guy checked his phone on occasion while working, but has to remind himself of who he’s dealing with. He absolutely would not check until he was on a break. Just as Jamal is about to march off to go find him, his phone dings with a new message.

The reply is concise in its desperation.

WHERE

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Meetings and prayers in remembrance of Syed Ashraf in New York

Eng News 24h Meetings and prayers in remembrance of Syed Ashraf in New York

Sakhawat Hossain Selim: The first death anniversary of former Awami League General Secretary and Presidium member of Bangladesh Awami League and former Public Administration Minister of Bangladesh, Syed Ashraful Islam, has been celebrated in New York. A memorial meeting and supper was held at the Al Aksa Party Hall in the Bronx on Sunday evening, January 5, under the banner of the United States Migrant Leaders. On one occasion, Fazilatun Nessa Bappi, a former MP of the newly elected Awami League party, and his wife, Aadu Sadash, were married. Syeda Rahima Begum was offered prayers at Ata'ah's forgiveness. The chief guest at the event was the founding chairman of NRB Commercial Bank, Engineer Farasat Ali.

The minister Chowdhury presided over the United States and the United States AL Awami League organizing secretary of Jubo League leader Abdur Rahim Badshah and co-directed by Reza Abdullah Swapan condolence meeting was also addressed, among others, the United States Awami League acting general secretary Abdus Samad Azad, secretary Mohiuddin Dewan, in Jalalabad Association of America Badrul Khan, president of the weekly address, Fazlur Rahman, editor-in-chief of the weekly address, women leader Prof. Hussain Ara, community activist Mohammad N Majumdar, Obaid Ullah Mamun, general secretary of New York State Awami League Shaheen Ajmal, US Awami League activist Ashfaq Shafique, Ashfaq Awadh, leader of the Awami League. Kafil Chowdhury, Abdul Muhith, Humayun Chowdhury, Sheikh Maklu Mia, Shamim Ara Baby, Free Warrior Mujibur Rahman, community activist Siraj Uddin Ahmed Sohag, Bashir Khan, Khobir Uddin, SR Lincoln, Pallab Sarkar, Maksuda Ahmed, Sharmin Tania, Jubo League leader Jamal Hussein, Nurul Islam, Shyam Alam, Mohammed Dahl Mohammed, Mohammed Dahl, Mohammed Jalim Mohammed, .

At the beginning of the ceremony, a minute of silence was observed while standing in remembrance of all the martyrs of the War of Liberation, including Father of the Nation Bangabandhu, national leader. Later Maolana Bazlur Rahman led the Doa prayer. A large number of leaders, activists and supporters of the United States Awami League, Jubo League and allies, including expatriate community leaders, attended the event.

Speaking to the chief guest, Engineer Furat Ali said that Syed Ashraful Islam, a close associate of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, was a philosopher. He was an unforgettable contribution to the team and the country. He was instrumental in the liberation of the leader, especially in One Eleven. At that time, he took a party with the late Zillur Rahman from London to Bangladesh. Bring the leader free. Syed Ashraful Islam had a unique role in bringing the country and team to this position from One Eleven today.

Speakers at the meeting said that the Bengali nation had lost an honest, fearless, ideal politician in the death of Syed Ashraful Islam. His emptiness will never be filled. He has set an exemplary example by serving with competence and integrity as minister of Bangladesh Awami League, as he has directed the party.

It is to be noted that Syed Ashraful Islam died on Thursday, December 5, 2010 at Bamrungrad Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand (Inna Lillahi wa Inanilahi Razun). Six-year-old Syed Ashraf was admitted to the hospital after suffering from lung cancer. He was elected to the Kishoreganj-4 constituency in the 11th parliamentary elections. Syed Ashraful Islam, the son of the temporary president of the expatriate government of Bangladesh, Syed Nazrul Islam during the Great War of Bangladesh.

Source: khabor.com

Eng News 24h Meetings and prayers in remembrance of Syed Ashraf in New York

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2 attackers shot dead by police in Kandahar City By Bashir Ahmad Nadem. on 25 December 2019 KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): Police in southern Kandahar province gunned down two armed attackers after they opened fire on an individual on Wednesday. Police spokesman Jamal Nasir Barakzai told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident took place in Simano Pul area of the 9th police... read more

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[TASK 147: OMAN]

In celebration of Asian American Heritage Month, here’s a masterlist below compiled of over 160+ Omani faceclaims categorised by gender with their occupation and ethnicity denoted if there was a reliable source. 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:

Amina Musa (1948) Omani - actress.

Amina Abdul Rasoul / Amina Abdel Rasoul (1955) Omani - actress.

Shamaa Mohamed (1958) Omani - actress.

Fakhreia Khameis (1960) Omani - actress.

Iman Mohammed Ali / Iman Mohammed Ali El Hamedan (1967) Omani - actress, singer, and tv presenter.

Ruwaida al-Mahrouqi (1975) Omani / Emirati - singer.

Zara Albalushi (1981) Omani / Pakistani - actress.

Buthaina Al Raisi (1983) Omani - actress.

Asmaa Seif (1984) Omani - tv host.

Areej Al Balushi (1986) Omani - instagrammer (mamacitaoficial).

Ghada Al Zadjali (1987) Omani - actress and model.

Wafaa El Baloshy (1988) Omani - actress.

Ghadeer Zayid (1990) Omani - actress.

Asma Mohammed Rafi (1991) Omani - singer.

Iman Albalushi (1994) Omani - makeup artist and instagrammer (iman_albalushi).

Wijdan Algharibi (1995) Omani - model (instagram: wijddaan1995).

Amal Almaqbali (1996) Omani - instagrammer (amal.almaqbali).

Be_beautifulxoxo_ (1997) Omani - makeup artist and instagrammer (be_beautifulxoxo_).

Emaan Zadjali (?) Omani / Unspecified White - singer-songwriter.

Balqees Al Balushi (?) Omani - model (instagram: balqees.albalushi).

Layla Al Siyabi (?) Omani - instagrammer (beinglayla_a).

Naeema Mohammed Almaqbali (?) Omani - instagrammer (thenaeema).

Sepide (?) Omani - instagrammer (___sepash).

Halima Al Abdulsalam (?) Omani - instagrammer (halima.alabdulsalam).

Albulushi Aliya (?) Omani - actress.

Samira Al Wahaibi (?) Omani - actress.

Mona Al Zadjaleya (?) Omani - actress.

Aisha Elias (?) Omani - actress.

Shaymaa El Hamadi (?) Omani - actress.

Bara’a Al Hadefeya (?) Omani - actress.

Israa al Lawati (?) Omani - Miss Arab World 2019.

F - Athletes:

Hamida Al-Habsi (1987) Omani - shot putter and discus thrower.

Wadha Al-Balushi (1989) Omani - sports shooter.

Fatma Al-Nabhani (1991) Omani - tennis player.

Buthaina Al-Yaqoubi (1991) Omani - sprinter.

Shinoona Al-Habsi (1993) Omani - sprinter.

Mazoon Al-Alawi (1997) Omani - sprinter.

Ibtisam Al Salmi (?) Omani - sailor.

Thuriya Al Abdal (?) Omani - taekwondo practitioner.

Ghalia Al Jabri (?) Omani - wheelchair shot putter.

M:

Saleh Zaal (1953) Omani - actor.

Ibrahim Al Zadjali (1969) Omani - actor.

Anis El Habib (1972) Omani - actor and director.

Issam Al-Zadjali (1978) Omani - actor.

Salah al Zadjali (1979) Omani - singer.

Ahmed Maarouf (1983) Omani - actor.

Salim Ghalib (1984) Omani - rapper.

Abdulhakeem Al Salehi (1984) Omani - actor.

Jaifar Al Kabouri / Jaifar Alkhaboury (1987) Omani - actor.

Mahmoud Noufli (1990) Omani - singer.

Haitham Mohammed Rafi (1993) Omani - singer.

Kamil Al-Hinai (?) Omani - actor and model.

Hanood / Muhannad Al-Adwani (?) Omani - rapper.

Salim El Aremi (?) Omani - singer and guitarist.

Mohammed Al Mungi (?) Omani - singer.

Ali Al-Amri (?) Omani - actor.

Sham Maskari / Hisham Al Maskari (?) Omani / British - rapper-songwriter and singer.

Faisal Alaamry (?) Omani - actor.

Amer El Seyaby (?) Omani - actor.

Taleb Mohamed / Taleb Al-Bloshy (?) Omani - actor.

Faisal Ahmad Salem Al Shibli (?) Omani - rapper.

Maasoma Al Dhahab (?) Omani - actor.

Sououd El Darmky (?) Omani - actor.

Yousef Al Balouchi (?) Omani - actor.

Seham Al Maymaneya (?) Omani - actor.

Jeehan Al Ballousheya (?) Omani - actor.

Ahmed Salem Al Balloushy (?) Omani - actor.

Saleh El Bahrany (?) Omani - actor.

Ahmed al-Hassani (?) Omani - actor.

Khalid Al-Zadjali (?) Omani - actor.

AbdelAziz El Selmy (?) Omani - actor.

Saleh Almqimi (?) Omani - actor.

Mahmod Bin Obaid Al-Hasany (?) Omani - actor.

Hamed Saeed (?) Omani - actor.

Moaead Yafei (?) Omani - actor.

Ibraheem Al-Bloshy (?) Omani - actor.

Hamad Mubarak (?) Omani - actor.

Khalil Al Balloushy (?) Omani - actor.

Fahad Al Balushi (?) Omani - actor.

Asaad Al Ra’eesy (?) Omani - musician.

M - Athletes:

Abdullah Salem Al-Khalidi (1958) Omani - sprinter.

Dadallah Al-Bulushi (1958) Omani - sports shooter.

Awadh Al-Sameer (1961) Omani - long-distance runner.

Abdullah Sulaiman Al-Akbary (1961) Omani - sprinter.

Mohammed Al-Malki (1962) Omani - sprinter.

Hilal Al Rasheedi (1963) Omani - sports shooter.

Amor Masoud Al-Sharji (1964) Omani - middle-distance runner.

Abdullah Salim Al-Barwani (1965) Omani - boxer.

Mohamed Al-Hashimi (1965) Omani - sprinter.

Hadhal Mohamed Al-Harithy (1965) Omani - boxer.

Abdullah Azzan Al-Akbary (1966) Omani - middle-distance runner.

Barakat Al-Sharji (1967) Omani - sprinter.

Mansour Al-Baloushi (1968) Omani - sprinter.

Hamed Al-Wahaibi (1968) Omani - rally driver.

Abdullah Mohamed Al-Anbari (1970) Omani - middle-distance runner.

Sulaiman Juma Al-Habsi (1970) Omani - sprinter.

Abdullah Al Hilali (1970) Omani - footballer.

Hamoud Al-Dalhami (1971) Omani - sprinter.

Mohamed Al-Houti (1972) Omani - sprinter.

Jahad Abdullah Al-Sheikh (1972) Omani - sprinter.

Ahmed Al-Moamari Bashir (1972) Omani - sprinter.

Mohamed Said Al-Maskary (1973) Omani - sprinter.

Hamad Al-Azani (1973) Omani - footballer.

Saleem Al-Nasri (1977) Omani - sports shooter.

Qais Al Said (1979) Omani - cricketer.

Hussain Mustahil / Hussain Mustahil Rabia (1980) Omani - footballer.

Juma Al-Wahaibi / Juma Abdulla Al-Wahaibi (1980) Omani - footballer.

Hamed Al-Balushi / Hamed Hamdan Al-Balushi (1980) Omani - footballer.

Talal Khalfan / Talal Khalfan Hadid Al-Farsi (1980) Omani - footballer.

Hassan Mudhafar Al-Gheilani (1980) Omani - footballer.

Ahmad Al Harthy (1981) Omani - racing driver.

Badar Juma / Badar Jumaa Al-Alawi (1981) Omani - footballer.

Mohammed Rabia / Mohammed Rabia Al-Noobi (1981) Omani - footballer.

Ali Al-Habsi (1981) Omani - footballer.

Hashim Saleh / Hashim Saleh Mohammed Al-Balushi (1981) Omani - footballer.

Jamal Al-Balushi / Jamal Nabi Al-Balushi (1981) Omani - footballer.

Younis Al-Mushaifri (1981) Omani - footballer.

Nabil Ashoor / Nabil Ashoor Ramadhan Bait Faraj Allah (1982) Omani - footballer.

Ahmed Al-Kaf (1983) Omani - footballer.

Ismail Matar (1983) Omani - footballer.

Said Suwailim Al-Shoon (1983) Omani - footballer.

Ahmed Al-Hatmi (1984) Omani - sports shooter.

Sultan / Sultan Al-Touqi (1984) Omani - footballer.

Issam Fayel / Issam Fayel Al-Sinani (1984) Omani - footballer.

Hameed Al-Gheilani / Hameed Jumaa Saad Allah Al-Gheilani (1984) Omani - footballer.

Khalifa Ayil Khalifa Ayil Al-Noufali (1984) Omani - footballer.

Sulaiman Al-Shukaili / Sulaiman Said Al-Shukaili (1984) Omani - footballer.

Ismail Al-Ajmi (1984) Omani - footballer.

Ahmed Hadid / Ahmed Hadid Al-Mukhaini (1984) Omani - footballer.

Hamdi Hobais (1984) Omani - footballer.

Al-Amda / Amad Al-Hosni / Amad Ali Suleiman Al-Hosni (1984) Omani - footballer.

Badar Al-Maimani (1984) Omani - footballer.

Ali Talib / Ali Talib Al-Ajmi (1984) Omani - footballer.

Fawzi Bashir / Fawzi Bashir Rajab Bair Doorbeen (1984) Omani - footballer.

Ahmed Kano / Ahmed Mubarak / Ahmed Mubarak Al-Mahaijri (1985) Omani - footballer.

Hassan Zaher / Hassan Zaher Al-Maghni (1985) Omani - footballer.

Ahmed Al-Mukhaini (1985) Omani - footballer.

Hamed Al-Khatri (1985) Omani - sports shooter.

Khalid Al-Kulaibi (1986) Omani - swimmer.

Abdulrahman Saleh / Abdulrahman Saleh Al-Alawi (1986) Omani - footballer.

Ahmed Mubarak Al-Saadi (1988) Omani - sprinter.

Abdul Salam Al-Mukhaini (1988) Omani - footballer.

Barakat Al-Harthi (1988) Omani - sprinter.

Abdullah Al-Sooli (1988) Omani - sprinter.

Mohammed Al-Sheiba / Mohammed Al-Balushi / Mohammed Abdullah Mubarak Al-Balushi (1989) Omani - footballer.

Abdulaziz Al-Muqbali / Abdul Aziz Humaid Mubarak Al-Muqbali (1989) Omani - footballer.

Nestor Dhamba (1990) Omani - cricketer.

Ahmed Al-Merjabi (1990) Omani - hurdler.

Hussain Al-Hadhri / Hussain Ali Farah Al-Hadhri (1990) Omani - footballer.

Azan Al-Balushi / Azan Abbas Sabil Al-Balushi (1990) Omani - footballer.

Muheeb Al-Balushi / Muheeb Azat Issa Al-Balushi (1991) Omani - footballer.

Sufyan Mehmood (1991) Omani - cricketer.

Mohammed Al-Habsi (1991) Omani - swimmer.

Othman Al-Busaidi (1992) Omani - sprinter.

Khalid Al-Braiki / Khalid Nasser Fadhil Al-Braiki (1993) Omani - footballer.

Mohammed Al-Rawahi (1993) Omani - footballer.

Khalid Al-Hajri (1994) Omani - footballer.

Mohamed Obaid Al-Saadi (1994) Omani - sprinter.

Nadhir Awadh (1994) Omani - footballer.

Salaah Al-Yahyaei / Jameel Al-Yahmadi (1996) Omani - footballer.

Muhsen Al-Ghassani (1997) Omani - footballer.

Al Faisal Al Zubair (1998) Omani - racing driver.

Wasim Ali (1998) Omani - cricketer.

Younis Amaan (?) Omani - footballer.

Problematic:

Rashid Al Rubkhi (?) Omani - tv presenter, MC, and director. - Appropriated cornrows.

[presssorg]

Abu Dhabi arms fair opens amid Yemen war criticism

WAbu Dhabi arms fair opens amid Yemen war criticism ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — The United Arab Emirates’ yearslong war in Yemen alongside Saudi Arabia bled into the start of a biennial Abu Dhabi arms fair Sunday, which saw the Emirates sign $1.3 billion in weapons deals. One manufacturer displayed a model of a machine-gun on sale that’s now in the hands of Emirati-backed militiamen in Yemen, while the

armoured personnel carriers and tanks used in the war in the Arab world’s poorest country also could be seen at the show. Even the military show that began the fair included troops raiding a militant hideout equipped with both mobile and land-based ballistic missiles, just like those in the possession of Yemen’s Houthi rebels. While Emirati officials avoided discussing Yemen, allied American officials linked arms smuggling there to what they described as the wider malign activities of Iran across the greater Middle East. “My assumption is there are still things going into Yemen that I need to stop. . There is nothing good happening by arms being illegally shipped into Yemen,” said Vice Adm. James Malloy, the head of the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet command that oversees the region. “It is destabilizing. It delays peace there. It exacerbates the disastrous humanitarian crisis that we’re facing in Yemen and delays humanitarian efforts coming in.” Discussing the Houthis, Malloy added: “We see the world trying to end this thing and one group doing nothing to end it — probably the opposite.” The UAE entered Yemen’s war in March 2015 alongside Saudi Arabia to back Yemen’s internationally recognized government, which the Houthis had pushed out of the capital, Sanaa. The Emirates largely has handled ground operations in the conflict while the Saudis have bombed from the air. The war has pushed Yemen to the brink of famine and killed more than 60,000 people since 2016, according to the U.S.-based Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project, or ACLED, which tracks the conflict. Atrocities have been common in the war. Saudi airstrikes have hit markets and hospitals, killing civilians. Associated Press investigations have shown how the UAE negotiated secret deals with al-Qaida in Yemen fighters and that coalition forces tortured and sexually abused detainees. Meanwhile, the Houthis have indiscriminately laid land mines, employed child soldiers and tortured political opponents. The U.S. had backed the Saudi-led coalition with midair refuelling and targeting information. American lawmakers, angered by the Oct. 2 assassination and dismemberment of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, have been pushing to withdraw U.S. support. The Houthis also have fired over 150 ballistic missiles into Saudi Arabia, some even reaching as far as its capital, Riyadh. The West, United Nations experts and the Saudi-led coalition say Iran has helped supply the Shiite rebels with the missiles, something Iran denies. That preoccupation with ballistic missiles fueled the opening ceremony of the International Defence Exhibition and Conference. The unnamed militia threatened to launch ballistic missiles, leading to an all-out assault by troops in armoured vehicles, tanks, helicopters and jets. The demonstration’s climax saw a fake ballistic missile slowly emerge from an underground silo, only to be destroyed by an airstrike. That worry also saw the Emirates sign a $355-million deal Sunday with Raytheon Co. of Waltham, Massachusetts, for surface-to-air Patriot missiles to protect against such launches. Drones and other weaponry have been recovered from the Houthis and appear to be Iranian, experts say. Meanwhile, Western-made arms like those on display Sunday have ended up in the hands of militiamen in Yemen. Rights group Amnesty International criticized Belgium’s FN Herstal for displaying its 5.56 mm Minimi machine-gun at the arms fair as it has been seen in the hands of Emirati-aligned militiamen. FN Herstal officials at the fair declined to comment. The military buildup in the Emirates and elsewhere in the region has come amid concerns about Iran’s influence after the 2015 nuclear deal it struck with world powers. While Iran continues to abide by its promise to limit its enrichment of uranium, the U.S. under President Donald Trump has pulled out of the accord. Malloy, the head of the Bahrain-based 5th Fleet, didn’t hesitate to describe Iran’s actions in the region as “destabilizing,” citing its renewed threats about cutting off the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf through which a third of all oil traded by sea passes. “The activities and the exercises that they engage in are inherently offensive in nature,” the vice-admiral said. Iran, however, didn’t represent the only ongoing geopolitical challenge seen at the arms fair. Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir, who often attends the arms fair, was a no-show amid the ongoing protests challenging his rule though his country displayed some of its weapons for sale. Bangladesh Prime Minsiter Sheikh Hasina attended the fair’s opening ceremony, as did Guinea’s prime minister and Chechen regional leader Ramzan Kadyrov. Meanwhile, China displayed weapons for sale ranging from missile launchers to drones. Already, China has sold armed drones to Iraq, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. The Emiratis in particularly had wanted American-made armed drones, but the Obama administration opposed the sales over the Missile Technology Control Regime, a 30-year-old agreement that aims to limit the spread of missile technology. Under Trump, the U.S. has permitted U.S. manufacturers to directly market and sell drones, including armed versions. The government still must approve and license the sales. U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Charles Hooper, the director of the Defence Security Cooperation Agency, acknowledged those efforts Sunday. “We do understand that it’s a very competitive world out there and we want to ensure that we’re doing everything in our power to provide us systems the best in the world to our partners,” Hooper said. Published at Sun, 17 Feb 2019 16:31:50 +0000 Read the full article

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A Unovan in NYC rough draft snippet

In which Emmet sees his first Pokémon game and Jamal gets embarrassed about his OC self-insert.

“Jamal? Do you know where Ingo is?”

“I… Yeah. He’s in Hisui.”

“Is there a game for that?”

“Um, yeah. Pokémon Legends Arceus. It’s still pretty new.”

“Show me.”

“…Now?”

“Please. I want to see how he’s doing.”

Jamal hesitates, uncertain if indulging Emmet this way is what’s best for him.

But considering everything the guy just went through?

He rummages through a drawer, and pulls out a red and blue device with a wide screen in the center. A Nintendo Switch, Jamal calls it. He loads in a little chip and powers up the device.

Emmet leans in with bated breath as Jamal navigates the starting menu and jumps into a save file. The screen lights up and the landscape of Hisui is rendered in all its glory. In the center of it all is an unfamiliar dark-skinned boy with a curious white Zoroark mask.

“Who’s that?”

Jamal stiffens and looks a little embarrassed, “Th-That’s… uh… it’s me. Kinda. Sorta. Y’know, roleplaying. I might’ve gone a bit overboard with customization there.”

“It looks neat,” Emmet says earnestly, now vaguely wondering how much of himself he could customize into the character model.

A small smile lights up Jamal’s face before he quickly clears his throat and returns to the game to guide his character around.

“Alright, gimme a sec to get to Jubilife. I was in the middle of shiny hunting so it might take a minute. This is post-game by the way, so Ingo hangs out around there.”

Half of Jamal’s words barely make sense but they’re not what’s important here.

“What is Ingo doing there?” Emmet asks

“Battle stuff,” Jamal says, busy guiding a weird Braviary’s flight, “He’s the guy you challenge if you want to get your ass beat.”

Emmet finds himself sputtering out a laugh, “I have never heard him described that way before.”

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Upcoming EU-Arab Summit Brings More Headaches Than Expected

When plans for a summit between the European Union and the Arab League were first hatched last year, it was envisioned as the start of a new friendship across the Mediterranean. What a difference a few months makes. The EU hopes that improving ties with its Arab neighbors would help advance its policies, not least its aim to fight illegal immigration from the Middle East and North Africa. But after the murder of a journalist in a Saudi consulate last October, European officials helping to prepare for the Feb. 24-25 summit in Egypt say they are now focused mainly on limiting the awkwardness. "The idea was to give them red carpet treatment and start engaging with them more, see what we can do on migration," said one European diplomat. "But now we are in an unlucky spot as some of the [Arab League] national leaders are not our favorites." With barely three weeks to go before the summit, top EU leaders have yet to confirm their participation. A lower-level meeting of Arab League and EU foreign ministers intended to set up an agenda for the summit ended on Monday in Brussels with no agreement on a joint statement. As top EU diplomat Federica Mogherini was explaining to a news conference why they had failed to agree, she was interrupted by her co-chair, the Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit. There were "more complications on the European side than the Arab side," Aboul Gheit said. In a friendly but public sign of disagreement, Mogherini snapped back: "I would say the contrary." The EU wants to focus at this month's summit on migration, but that is a fraught area in which EU member states disagree sharply among themselves. Hungary, led by an anti-immigration hardliner, vetoed Monday's joint declaration over the subject. "This summit has been very difficult to organize, to find a date, nobody really wants this," another EU official said of the top-level talks later this month. "For the EU it is all about migration, but there are so many other touchy subjects that people would rather not address." Saudi, Sudan and Syria A key change in the European-Arab relationship in recent months has been the collapse in the global standing of the wealthy and influential Arab leader, Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The West's relationship with Saudi Arabia — the world's biggest exporter of oil and second biggest importer of arms — has been the bedrock of its ties to the Arab world for decades. But the de facto ruler has been shunned since U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October. Riyadh initially denied the killing, then gave conflicting accounts. It now accepts that its agents killed him but says its leadership had nothing to do with it. Adel al-Jubeir, Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, arrived at Monday's meeting in Brussels speaking as if little had changed: the sides faced common challenges "like countering extremism and terrorism," he said. "There are also big offers related to trade and investment." But relations are not what they once were. Attending an event with the crown prince is tricky for some European leaders who were already accused by rights groups of rubbing shoulders with him at a meeting of the G-20 industrialized countries in November, European sources said. Nor is Crown Prince Mohammed the only potentially awkward guest for the EU. In recent weeks, Arab states have been showing solidarity with Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, who has been facing the most sustained anti-government demonstrations at home of his 30 years in power. Bashir, wanted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court in the Hague, is persona non grata for some Europeans. "We don't deal with him directly, but we deal with Sudan," an EU official said. "They could send somebody else." A guest even more unwelcome to the Europeans will not be invited to this summit, but could be at a future one soon: Syria's Bashar al-Assad. Hostility to Assad has long been an issue on which European countries agreed with the leading Arab states, which suspended Damascus from the Arab League in 2011. But with Assad's future now all but secured by Russian and Iranian forces, some Arab countries are pushing to readmit Syria. Most EU countries are not ready to rehabilitate him. "We are not in a situation today to renew a normal relationship with Syria," Belgium's Foreign Minister Didier Reynders said Monday. However, Austria and the Czech Republic are more amenable, hopeful that restoring ties with Assad would help Syrian refugees return home. "Preparations for the summit are going very slowly, it's all rather uncomfortable," one EU diplomat said, but stressed there were no plans to call the whole thing off. "There are plenty of embarrassing traps to avoid, like sitting at one table with the Saudis, Sudan's Bashir, or even Assad returning." from Blogger http://bit.ly/2t8DFW4 via IFTTT

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