June Jordan

Suheir Hammad on her fb page draw me to this extraordinary US poet.

June Millicent Jordan (July 9, 1936 – June 14, 2002) was a Caribbean-American poet, novelist, journalist, biographer, dramatist, teacher and committed activist. Jordan is regarded as one of the most significant and prolific black, bisexual writers of the 20th century.

poem about my rights: video - text
videos: one - two - three and more...
texts: one - two - three - four - five and more...

100 Arab Women

I came across "A Subjective Power List of 100 Arab Women" which is a response to another list, made by ArabianBusiness.com called "100 Most Powerful Arab Women 2012".

The authors of the subjective list rightly ask:

How do we define power? Influence? How do we define ‘Arab’ women? What  constitutes ‘Arab’? What makes a powerful Arab woman – industry? contribution to GDP, budget controlled or someone’s definition of what a ‘powerful’ woman should be? Whose definition is privileged? By what standards do we select?

...Still, it might be worth it to learn more about at least some of the women that I know so little about!

http://tedxmogadishu.com/speakers/