Posts Tagged ‘HIV’

Katie Couric Suggest Muslim ‘Cosby Show’ to Counter Islamophobia, She’s Right

In History, Islam, News, Opinion, Politics, Racism, religion, TV on 12 January 2011 tagged AIDS, Aliens in America, Cosby Show, HIV, HIV-positive, Islam, Katie Couric, MTV, Muslim, Pedro Zamora, Real World San Francisco with no comments

Speaking on her web show, Katie Couric commented on the growing sense of Islamophobia in the United States. To Couric, part of the problem has to do with the ability (or lack thereof) of the American public to relate to the world’s 1.5 Billion (7 Million of which reside in the United States) Muslims. To [...]

120110 : How AIDS is Serving as a Bridge Between Afghanistan, India, and Pakistan

In Afghanistan, History, india, News, pakistan, Politics, War on 1 December 2010 tagged AIDS, antiretroviral centre, ARV, Central Asia Online, Don Bosco Ashalayam, Herat, HIV, india, Indian Express, New Delhi, pakistan, Peshawar, World Aids Day with no comments

Today is World AIDS Day. Whereas last year’s commemoration may have been known more for United States President Barack Hussein Obama’s address on the U.S. Mission in Afghanistan, this year sees two interesting stories about how AIDS is affecting the relationship between Afghanistan and its neighbors to the South – Pakistan and India. PAKISTAN: HIV- [...]

120109 – AIDS in Afghanistan

In Afghanistan, History, News, Politics, War on 30 November 2009 tagged Afghanistan Conflict Monitor, AIDS, Catherine Todd, CNN, Colonel General Khodaidad, Columbia University, December 01, drugs, Health Ministry, HIV, HIV/AIDS, IRIN, Kabul, narcotics, Rawa, Spero News, Syringes, taliban, United Nations, World Aids Day with 1 comment

Though Afghanistan is considered to have one of the lowest prevalences of AIDS cases in the world, the mass availability of drugs and misinformation regarding the disease leaves the nation at the brink of an epidemic. As of November 2009, in the preceding nine months in Afghanistan, more than 50 people have been found HIV [...]

Beautiful Decay : Afghanistan on Brink of AIDS Epidemic Among Rising Drug Use

In Afghanistan, Film, Iran, News, Politics on 14 September 2009 tagged AIDS, Ali Santouri, CNN, Dariush Mehrjui, drug abuse, drug trade, drugs, epidemic, Heroin, HIV, Iran, Kabul, narcotics, Opium, Santouri, Tehran, The Music Man, United Nations with 1 comment

This description of the drug use in Kabul reminds me of the scenes in Dariush Mehrjui‘s 2007 film Santouri, in which, Ali the music man has fallen deep into the throes of heroin addiction. The scenes depicted a man so out of touch with reality and completely unaware of his surroundings as he is wandering [...]

Video and Transcript of Barack Hussein Obama’s Speech at NAACP Centennial

In citizenship, Crime, fame, Hip Hop, History, Islam, News, Opinion, Politics, Racism, religion, sports, TV on 17 July 2009 tagged African-American, AIDS, Al Sharpton, Barack Hussein Obama, Bard High School Early College, Brown v. Board of Education, Cape Coast Castle, Charles Hamilton Houston, Civil Rights Act, Comptroller Bill Thompson, Evers College Preparatory School, Fortune 500, Freedom Rides, Geoffrey Canada, Ghana, Greyhound, Harlem Children's Zone, HIV, Jim Crow, LeBron James, Lil Wayne, Linda Brown, Little Rock Nine, Malia Obama, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Michelle Obama, Mose Wright, MSNBC, NAACP, NAACP Centennial, Newt Gingrich, Niagra Movement, Race to the Top Fund, Sasha Obama, Thurgood Marshall, Video, Voting Rights Act, W.E.B. DuBois, White House Office on Urban Affairs with no comments

Speaking in New York City at the NAACP’s centennial, Barack Hussein Obama gave an honest and politically daring speech about the obstacles that are set in the path of African-Americans in the United States of America. Obama did not shy away from inherited, internal discrimination such as: unemployment, lack of proper health care access, and [...]