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Jun 20, 2014

Arabic version - Ramadan Announcement: Bringing the World Together with Food and Fabric from the ronnie republic

Caption saying Ramadan Kareem that I have created

cookingwithalia.com

Celebrating Moroccan cuisine with.......

www.cookingwithalia.com

Thanks, Alia, for telling us about food around the world........cl

Mar 9, 2014

On Pinto Beans: Brilliant and Easy to Read--bringing the world together with food and fabric

Pinto beans

Combine the creamy pink texture of pinto beans with a whole grain such as brown rice and you have a virtually fat-free high quality protein meal.

Sambusa - from Saudi Arabia--bringing the world together with food and fabric

from the blogging site of the Ronnie Republic's Sewing Page: The Sewing Herald Tribune

please contribute--promote your website, store, blog...anything talking about sewing and fabric......it's free...we are always trying to increase our circulation and sewing and food is my passion.

here is my e-mail.......e-mail me and I will post your passion, too.....I like to re blog from you-tube, as well.......we are open to suggestions.

chloe.louise.langendorf.louis@gmail.com

here is a video from one of my best websites: Cooking With Alia.....re-blogging it from you-tube.......

file under: Bringing the world together with food and fabric.

Right, I really admire Alia...she is bringing the world together with food and fabric.

Thank you, Alia, for your hard work and showing us food of the world...I can't wait to make Sambusa...your friend from Saudi is a very good cook, too. Thank you for letting us meet your friend and showing us the traditional foods of Saudi Arabia.

Jul 28, 2013

Cooking With Alia--GOAT CHEESE TOSTADAS WITH DATE JAM

copied from facebook............

CookingWithAlia

Don't miss the NEW series in CookingWithAlia: Summer Tapas Party! 5 super easy recipes to make delicious tapas!
Already 2 tapas are out:
TOMATO GAZPACHO: http://goo.gl/CEZ8rL
GOAT CHEESE TOSTADAS WITH DATE JAM: http://goo.gl/Bi2viM
Show us some love by "Liking" and "Sharing".

Jun 25, 2013

Al Jazeera America, Bringing the World Together With Food and Fabric and Cooking With Alia

I would love for you to write about food and fabric of Palestine and perhaps, travel, too. Or Iran or anything like that...Egyptian local fabric....that is sooooo interesting to me. My obsession is sewing and food. I like to see fabric from all over the world....shirt fabric from Liberty of London is my current favorite. I will travel to southern Italy soon to find shirting fabric there.

My thing...bringing the world together with food and fabric. We all are just trying to eat breakfast and get the kids dressed and off to school while we try to get to work on time. This commonality brings us all together with a daily goal. I love to write about it on my blog...the ronnie republic....and I welcome any contributors to talk about sewing tips, classes or any good sewing info......It is the SEWING HERALD TRIBUNE portion of the ronnie republic.

That big boy in the picture, that's ronnie...he's my dog and he's really cute...thanks for everything....chloelouise. PS: have you seen cooking with alia? It is a show on you tube about Moroccan cuisine....it is a really good show...you should have her on the new Al Jazeera...she is a wonderful person and a good cook...her recipes are easy to follow and she has traveling episodes, too.....thanks, again...cl.

Hello,

Can’t wait for Al Jazeera America to launch? Neither can we!

The award-winning Al Jazeera program “The Stream” is coming to Al Jazeera America, and to mark the announcement, we’re hosting an #OpenEditorial Google+ Hangout, this Friday, June 28, at 12pm ET / 9am PT with “The Stream” host Lisa Fletcher.

RSVP now and we’ll send you a reminder on Friday with a link to participate in the Hangout.

What can you expect from the Hangout? This isn’t going to be your traditional news broadcast — for starters, we don’t know yet what topics we’re going to cover.

You read that right.

Our #OpenEditorial meeting is your chance to connect with us directly and pitch a story idea for coverage. We want to know which stories you think the national media has missed and need to be covered.

“The Stream” producers and hosts will be tweeting on #OpenEditorial all week, so join the conversation as we discuss your ideas.

What are you waiting for? RSVP and send us your story idea right now.

We can’t wait to hang out at the Hangout with you!

—The Al Jazeera America Team

Apr 18, 2013

from Doc Jazz: Open Letter to Roger Waters: Don’t Drop Your Boycott Call

I copied this letter from the website of docjazz and here is a link to that page:

http://www.docjazz.com/index.php/articles/43-analysis/286-open-letter-roger-waters

file under: Understanding Palestine

my personal thing: bringing the world together with food and fabric

thank you Doc Jazz for your very insightful letter:

Open Letter to Roger Waters: Don’t Drop Your Boycott Call

(This article has 221 views)

Thursday, 18 April 2013 08:37

Roger WatersDear Roger,

I feel fortunate that I don’t need to explain to you what the devastating effects of Israel’s expansionist policies have been, and continue to be. You are very well informed, and quite aware of the extensive misery that has befallen our people since the ethnic cleansing of our land in 1948 by Zionist terror organizations, the occupation of 1967, the separation wall, the repressive Apartheid system of the Israeli state, the blockade and repeated bombardment of Gaza, and the continuing persecution of the Palestinians that has been going on for well over 65 years.

I also feel fortunate that at least one of the iconic rock stars of our age has had the courage to speak out like you did, against a course of history that has proven to be destructive to human rights in all possible aspects of life. You are one of the few voices that dare to make themselves heard in a world ruled by the ‘I have nothing to hide but the truth’ adage, in reference to your own words that I heard you speak in your recent interview with the Huffington Post.

In that same broadcast, you made it clear that you are pondering carefully the strategic value of calling upon artists to refrain from performing in Israel. Although you did not say it in so many words, we were given reason to believe that you are reconsidering your stance on this subject, which is why I am writing this open letter to you.

Although it may well be that my words will never reach you, I of course hope that they will, especially in this contemplative phase in which you seem to be finding yourself. What I hope to convey to you, as a Palestinian, is that you issuing a call upon other artists not to perform in 'Israel' is indeed of significant strategic value, and of moral importance.

Please allow me to respectfully observe that you seem to be, rather understandably, underestimating the effect of your own expressions and stances on the issue, and the impact they have had on public perception. The vastness of this problem, and its deep ramifications that even have their effects on the geopolitical decision-making of world politics, make every individual’s efforts seem relatively small and insignificant.

Nevertheless, we must believe that the sum of the efforts of all brave individuals who have the courage to stand up against ongoing injustices, should be able to sort some effect that could have a positive influence on the outcome of this complex paradigm of violence and injustice. Without this belief, brave individuals like yourself would lose their drive to make a difference, and the issue would be left in the hands of those very same currents that have been causing the dire situation that we are facing today.

It is exactly for this reason that I feel compelled to express to you that you are one of those select few who have the potential to empower many other individuals to make courageous steps in the same direction of your firm position of protest against occupation, settlement building and oppression along ethnic lines.

If you should decide to withdraw your call for the artistic boycott of 'Israel', exactly that which you are afraid of is bound to happen, and I am quoting your own words: “in the long term, have less effect on the outcome”. The reason why I am saying this is that there is no lack of people who oppose the Israeli occupation, in fact, the vast majority of world citizens already oppose and condemn it. This can be seen in practically every UN resolution on the subject, and in the expressions of countless other artists and human rights activists from every corner of the world.

All this opposition has never resulted in anything, that much we can clearly see. None of it, despite its pure intentions and its respectable efforts, has actually risen above the level of some dust in the wind, blown away into oblivion. One of the reasons for this is that true change requires true courage. How much courage does it take to say ‘stop the occupation’, when you already have international law supporting your call, and countless UN resolutions amounting to the same effect? This, dear Roger, is exactly where you are one of the very few among this world’s most prominent artists who is truly making a difference. This is what makes you a unique voice among all those who were merely repeating predictable mantras that have already proven to be a mere journey on a dead end street.

True change requires true courage. You didn’t suddenly whimsically decide to call for a boycott. You were, in fact, thinking clearly and wisely, seeing the necessity of a strong statement, and the importance of sending a clear signal to Israeli Apartheid: the message that continuing its violent and oppressive course would cost it the sympathy of the artists of this world, in a way that could be felt, seen and heard.

There is no doubt in my mind that you would remain a true friend of justice if you decided to withdraw your boycott call. I am not interpreting your careful consideration as some kind of structural change of ideology or position, since you have made it quite clear that your doubts only concern the strategic value of such a move. My message to you is that I ask you to have faith in the original thoughts that led to your stance in support of the boycott, and to come to the full realization that your role in it, in this current time frame, is of crucial importance. The choice to go ahead and issue the boycott call could ‘blow up in your face’, perhaps, and you are worried that you might become someone who, on the long term, has less effect on the outcome. Withdrawing it, however, might very well be a fast short-cut that would put you in those ranks already. You would have as little effect on the outcome as all those others who sympathize with the Palestinian cause, and have chosen words over action. I sincerely doubt that this is where you want to be, and who you aim to be.

Dear Roger, courage is often not the effect of mere cerebral thought and reflection, but mainly the result of passion, the same passion that brought you to musical excellence and stardom, and the same passion that made us recognize you as a genuine supporter of justice. While you consider your options, know that the Palestinian people, in their daily misery, are not waiting for a man of words, but for a man who makes a move that breaks free from all that has gone before and has so far been unable to stem the tide of injustice. A move that the legendary Roger Waters is not beyond making, and will hopefully decide to make.

Yours sincerely,

Tariq Shadid
aka Doc Jazz

- Tariq Shadid is a surgeon living in the Arab Gulf who has been contributing articles to the Palestine Chronicle for many years. Some of these essays have been bundled in the book ‘Understanding Palestine’, which is available on Amazon.com. He also is the founder of the website ‘Musical Intifada’ featuring his songs about the Palestinian cause, on www.docjazz.com. He contributed this article to PalestineChronicle.com.

Mar 1, 2013

Finding Palestine...BIKE PALESTINE

Finding Palestine......

On the news, here in San Diego, we only hear about a war-torn Palestine.......

Being of a curious nature, call me Larry King, I had to find out more.....

My thing...bringing the world together with food and fabric; getting the kids ready for school in the morning--the focus is not really politics--moms and dads, just trying to get through the activities of daily living.

How to get there and see it for myself.....

Finding a tour.......

I can't resist this one--its seems friendly and like an awful lot of fun.

BIKE PALESTINE PALESTINE CYCLE TOURS...

please click on the link below to see more of this beautiful website:

http://www.bikepalestine.com/Bike_Palestine/Bike_Tours_in_Palestine_-_Jerusalem_%26_Middle_East.html

Oh my gosh, I'm there!

I want to talk a little bit about the website:

I copied this from the website.......

Hello- my name is George Snow. I'm a filmmaker working in London but living in Italy. I am responsible for organising the Bike Palestine tour in concert with the Siraj Centre in Bethlehem, Palestine.

On the following pages I'd like to give you an idea of what to expect on a Bike Palestine tour- but most especially I want to tell you why I love this country, its people and why I have spent a great deal of my time there- away from my desk and daily responsibilities and revelling in a land steeped in history, endowed with divine scenery and blessed by the kindest and most generous people on this planet.

Email me on george@bikepalestine.com for more information

to be continued....chloe louise........

Jan 10, 2013

Why I Love Malala--by Chloe Louise Langendorf Louis

Well--here we go--my grandmother wanted to speak out so bad--she only went to the 8th grade--she saved money for me to go to college--she couldn't talk--why: you don't get to say what you think when you spend your day with a loud alcoholic.....you talk and things you love get wrecked...and that's how it works.

File under: Women and girls speaking out around the world.

My thing: bringing the world together with food and fabric.

Malala, others on front lines in fight for women

By Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, Special to CNN

updated 8:37 AM EST, Thu January 10, 2013

Malala Yousafzai leaves a hospital Friday in Birmingham, England. She was treated there after the Taliban shot her in the head.

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

Gayle Lemmon: Taliban failed to stop education advocate Malala Yousafzai by shooting her
Lemmon: Similar attacks on other women and girls trying to reach their goals were fatal
Attacks are efforts to stamp out women's progress, rights and potential, she says
She says potential of half the population will not be realized if violence is tolerated

Editor's note: Gayle Tzemach Lemmon is a fellow and deputy director of the Women and Foreign Policy Program at the Council of Foreign Relations. She wrote "The Dressmaker of Khair Khana," a book that tells the story of an Afghan girl whose business created jobs and hope during the Taliban years.

(CNN) -- The girl the Taliban wanted dead has not only survived but was able to walk out of the hospital last week. But other highly publicized, vicious attacks on women and girls have not had such triumphant outcomes.

Malala Yousafzai's ordeal is not over yet: Doctors say the 15-year-old campaigner for girls' education, whom gunmen shot in the head as she rode a school bus in Pakistan, will be readmitted in late January or early February for more cranial reconstructive surgery.

She left the hospital just days after gunmen attacked a van in Pakistan's Swabi District, less than an hour from the capital, and killed six women and one man who worked at a children's community center. Five of the dead were teachers; two were health care workers. The center, a charity, offered a school for girls and vaccinations for polio, among other diseases, along with maternal health treatment.

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Yet another attack unfolded around the time of Malala's release. India is reeling from the death of a woman who dreamed of becoming a doctor. Brutally gang raped, mutilated and thrown from a bus, the physiotherapy student later died in a Singapore hospital. Her name was not made public in India, but her cause electrified the nation. Her father, who sold family land to move his family to Delhi from rural India to help his daughter realize her education dreams, is left heartbroken.

"She wanted to be a doctor and said it was only a matter of a few years and that when she was a doctor (all our suffering), it will end,'" her father told the BBC. "I remember asking her once, 'Who are all your friends?' She replied, 'Dad, it's only my books I am friends with.'"

Malala's next phase of recovery

Malala Yousafzai walks from hospital

Gang-rape case unleashes fury in India

Discrimination begins in the womb

What all of these attacks have in common, along with their brutality, is that they are attempts at extinguishing the talent and potential of women -- or half of the population. In a world that needs every doctor it can find, every educator and politician who is willing to tackle the status quo, these young women offered a glimpse at a brighter future in which all can contribute.

No less than investment oracle Warren Buffett made that very case recently, referring to the United States, which has seen its share of less brutal attempts to hold women back.

"What a waste of human talent; 50% of the talent of the country we pushed off in a corner for almost 200 years," he said in an interview with Melinda Gates. "It is one of the things that makes me optimistic about the future -- we are getting to the point we are starting to realize we need to use 100% of our talent -- it makes me very optimistic, but we still have a way to go."

His words echoed those of the World Economic Forum in its annual Gender Gap Report.

"The key for the future of any country and any institution is the capability to develop, retain and attract the best talent," the report said. "Empowering and educating girls and women and leveraging their talent and leadership fully in the global economy, politics and society are thus fundamental elements of succeeding and prospering in an ever more competitive world."

Until now these horrific attacks on women and girls, attacks I have written about concerning Afghanistan, have been seen as shameful and isolated incidents. But they are a shared loss in a globalized world.

These young women and their legacies -- Malala, who will continue her fight, and the others, who will not -- are on the front lines of deciding what our world looks like. Will young women who speak out on the need for education be stopped or celebrated? Will girls who dream of becoming doctors stay alive long enough to do so? And when will we realize that their battle is one shared by everyone who dreams of a safer, more stable, more prosperous world in which more people have a stake? Perhaps Buffett's words will help enlist more fighters in the cause. Because the economic and human rights stakes are high.

Increasingly the world is recognizing the value and the contributions of girls and women. But progress is slow while violence is tolerated. And as the attacks in Pakistan show, educating girls remains a potentially deadly line of work.

"They wanted to kill her," said her father not long after gunmen shot his daughter. "But she fell temporarily. She will rise again. She will stand again." He was right.

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The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Gayle Tzemach Lemmon.

here is a nice comment:

RockyRetired • 19 hours ago

Malala Yousafzai has done more to advance the cause of goodness than all of the guns, bombs and ill-advised religious zeal displayed by all of the countries and factions involved in the Middle East and elsewhere. She is the most heroic person on the current world stage, in my opinion.

I copied this from CNN---there are many more comments on that page

Jun 21, 2012

CUISSON AVEC ALIA: Bringing the world together with food and fabric on the ronnie republic

Cooking With Alia

CUISSON AVEC ALIA----translated on google translate.......by chloelouise

Les gens ne vous voulez voir une nouvelle, créative, spectacle différent cuisine authentique et très intéressant? Ensuite, je suis très très recommander Cooking With Alia. Je souscris à ce sur You-tube. Je me lève le matin, boire mon café et regarder ce magnifique spectacle joyeux, lumineux et intéressant à droite sur mon adresse e-mail. J'aime cette chose la technologie - J'aime You-Tube et j'aime e-mail.

Ses recettes sont marocains avec une touche gastronomique française - mais ils sont faciles à suivre pour moi. Elle m'a appris comment faire soufflé au citron. Alia est du Maroc, mais la nourriture est également basée sur la cuisine française traditionnelle qui est une composante de la cuisine marocaine. Elle est si bien informé ..... J'ai commencé à la suivre parce que je peux l'entendre si facilement. Elle est facile à comprendre pour moi.

Ses recettes sont marocaine avec une touche gastronomique française - mais ils sont faciles à suivre pour moi. Elle m'a appris à faire soufflé au citron. Alia est du Maroc, mais sa nourriture est aussi basé sur la cuisine française traditionnelle qui est une composante de la cuisine marocaine. Elle est si bien informé ..... j'ai commencé à la suivre parce que je peux l'entendre si facilement. Elle est facile à comprendre pour moi.

file under: bringing the world together with food and fabric.......

do you have a story you would like to share on this blog, the ronnie republic, about this subject.........or another important story you would like everyone to know about........I am also trying to showcase the people and the food and fabric of Palestine........thanks for your time and thank you for reading the ronnie re....cl

Jun 20, 2014

Arabic version - Ramadan Announcement: Bringing the World Together with Food and Fabric from the ronnie republic

Mar 9, 2014

On Pinto Beans: Brilliant and Easy to Read--bringing the world together with food and fabric

Feb 15, 2014

Sambusa - from Saudi Arabia--bringing the world together with food and fabric

Jul 28, 2013

Cooking With Alia--GOAT CHEESE TOSTADAS WITH DATE JAM

copied from facebook............

CookingWithAlia

Don't miss the NEW series in CookingWithAlia: Summer Tapas Party! 5 super easy recipes to make delicious tapas!
Already 2 tapas are out:
TOMATO GAZPACHO: http://goo.gl/CEZ8rL
GOAT CHEESE TOSTADAS WITH DATE JAM: http://goo.gl/Bi2viM
Show us some love by "Liking" and "Sharing".

Jun 25, 2013

Al Jazeera America, Bringing the World Together With Food and Fabric and Cooking With Alia

Apr 18, 2013

from Doc Jazz: Open Letter to Roger Waters: Don’t Drop Your Boycott Call

Mar 1, 2013

Finding Palestine...BIKE PALESTINE

Jan 10, 2013

Why I Love Malala--by Chloe Louise Langendorf Louis

Malala, others on front lines in fight for women

Jun 21, 2012

CUISSON AVEC ALIA: Bringing the world together with food and fabric on the ronnie republic

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Don't miss the NEW series in CookingWithAlia: Summer Tapas Party! 5 super easy recipes to make delicious tapas!Already 2 tapas are out:TOMATO GAZPACHO: http://goo.gl/CEZ8rLGOAT CHEESE TOSTADAS WITH DATE JAM: http://goo.gl/Bi2viMShow us some love by "Liking" and "Sharing".

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Don't miss the NEW series in CookingWithAlia: Summer Tapas Party! 5 super easy recipes to make delicious tapas!
Already 2 tapas are out:
TOMATO GAZPACHO: http://goo.gl/CEZ8rL
GOAT CHEESE TOSTADAS WITH DATE JAM: http://goo.gl/Bi2viM
Show us some love by "Liking" and "Sharing".