Sentences with phrase «diaspora by»

The Root aims to foster and advance conversations about issues relevant to the black Diaspora by presenting a variety of opinions from all perspectives, whether or not those opinions are shared by our editorial staff.

This partnership will celebrate the rich artistic heritage of the Caribbean region and the Caribbean Diaspora by creating an international platform in Miami for photographers, performers, writers, musicians and other artists from the Caribbean region.

Featuring found - object sculptures Ward sources from the streets near his current home in New York, Ward's work comments on African - American culture and Caribbean diaspora by referencing his own Jamaican influence and experience.

The exhibition examines the influence of the Latin American diaspora by bringing together a group of works by...

The exhibition examines the influence of the Latin American diaspora by bringing together a group of works by international artists living and working beyond the geographical limits of Latin America.

John Edmonds featured in Photographers Who Have Captured LGBTQ Life in the African Diaspora by Yelena Keller for Artsy 16 August 2017

Establish a Secretariat to cater for the needs of Ghanaians Abroad and the African Diaspora by June 30th 2013.

Not exact matches

Duong Tri Thanh said his airline benefited from a diaspora of 2 million Vietnamese living in the United States, but most of the traffic was more likely to be driven by price rather than the convenience of saving a few hours of travel time.

Thanh said his airline benefited from a diaspora of 2 million Vietnamese living in the United States, but most of the traffic was more likely to be driven by price rather than the convenience of saving a few hours of travel time.

It's useful to consider that the startup environment is supported by Israeli and international investors, many of whom are members of the Jewish diaspora around the world who want to support both the startups but also pour money into the country's stream of commerce.

The fourth document was lifted from a blog run by the South Korean group «Friends of MOFA» detailing a Korean Day celebration in late September 2017 during which President Moon Jae - in spoke about the importance of the Korean diaspora and the upcoming Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.

Then as now, the country was too small for the population, and the diaspora, or dispersion, of the Jews to other lands was caused by economic as well as political and military factors.

But they do have a task, a task that was given to them by their mother churches overseas — find a way to heal the anomaly that is life on the ground in the so - called «diaspora.»

They will put their trust in what exalts them — Elhanan's sufferings — and in what thwarts them — «the ambiguities of Jewish life, most of all life in the diaspora,» symbolized by their difficulty in harmonizing fidelity to Israel and fidelity to truth.

From «Trials of the Diaspora: A History of Anti-Semitism in England» by Anthony Julius pages 563 - 564:

I can not at this point enter into the discussion of types of Diaspora Judaism affected by contact with paganism; I wish only to record my conviction (1) that Paul's Judaism was not of the orthodox Palestinian type, which later became normal, and normative; and (2) that early Gentile Christianity, both before Paul and also outside the area of his influence, was far more substantial than the Book of Acts and the surviving Pauline letters have led many to assume.

Nearly every commentary I consulted, including those most lauded among biblical scholars, identifies Esther as a diaspora story, composed by an unknown author in the 4th of 5th century BC.

E. Nevertheless some Jews remained, presumably in parts of Galilee and in Hebron, and their ranks were swelled from time to time by new arrivals from the diaspora.

Our state of affairs in the diaspora (Russia excepted) has never been better and our state of affairs in our State, though constantly endangered by threats from real enemies, is strong and politically powerful.

The President was quoted as speaking in London Sunday while receiving the Buhari Diaspora Support Organization, led by Mr Charles Efe Sylvester.

«It appears the review has looked at a narrow period and not covered the period in the latter half of 1984 and may not have addressed some of the concerns raised by UK politicians in the last three weeks, eg threat of sanctions by India against the UK, Germany, Canada and USA towards the end of 1984 for sympathising with Sikhs in the Diaspora.

These relatively modest numbers are dwarfed, though, by estimates of the size of the «Scottish diaspora» using looser interpretations of the term that include those with more distant Scottish ancestry, in particular those who still consider themselves to be, in some way, Scottish.

There is, after all, vigorous and often vehement non-anti-Semitic criticism of Israeli government policy by both Israelis and Palestinians, as well as by Jewish groups in the diaspora.

During the DiploHack, embassies discussed possible scenarios where backlash could occur from diaspora communities and suggested a number of key points that a MFA and embassy should stick by when such situations might occur.

Convened by Professor Corneliu Bjola together with Jennifer Cassidy and Ilan Manor (both doctoral students at Oxford) the seminar aimed to analyse the impact digital tools have on the relations between diaspora communities and MFAs / embassies.

A little march to and rally outside where he was staying, in support of the action being taken to preserve the eight indigenous ethnic groups, the small but very ancient and entrenched Jewish community, the Gulf's only synagogue and Jewish cemetery, the black community that is part of the East African diaspora, the fifth of the population that is non-Muslim, the half of that fifth which is Christian, the strictly optional status of the women's headscarf, the Sunni third of Bahraini Muslims, the requirement that all legislation be approved by both Houses of Parliament, the election of the Lower House by universal suffrage, the regular appointment of women to the Upper House to make up for their dearth in the elected Lower House, the presence in the Upper House of a Jewish man and a Christian woman (the latter the first woman ever to chair a Parliament in the Arab world), the present position of a Jewish woman as Ambassador to the United States, the very close ties to Britain, and the fact that all of this is perfectly acceptable even to Salafi Members of Parliament.

And by the way how much of a difference can Ghanaians in the diaspora really make to Ghana's development?

But it also reflects the fact that reform - minded Iranians are more likely to have friends and family who have left the country or to have been abroad themselves, and much of the information spread worldwide has been distributed by members of the Iranian diaspora, whether or not it actually originated in Iran itself.

While the Kurdish diaspora is viewed by the Turkish diaspora as an extended arm of the PKK, many Kurds, in turn, believe that the Turkish diaspora is the transnational representative and defender of the Turkish state's oppression of the Kurds.

According to a statement released by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Abike Dabiri - Erewa and signed by her Media aide, Mr Abdur - Rahman Balogun, on Monday said the latest gruesome killing of Tochukwu Nnadi by Police in South Africa, was unacceptable to the people and government of Nigeria.

Speaking at a press conference organised by the Diaspora Togo — Ghana solidarity movement, Bernard Mornah said government's silence on the crisis, coupled with the large number of Togolese coming into the country could lead to xenophobic attacks in Ghana.

Speaking to Citi Business News in Copenhagen, at a reception by her office to welcome four Ghanaian journalists on a press trip at the invitation of the Danish Government, Her Excellency Mrs. Amerley Ollenu Awua - Asamoa, said Government's policy of diaspora engagement is aimed at attracting Ghana's high quality manpower to help bring home the needed investment to drive the government's industrialization agenda.

By Ikenna Asomba Former Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on the Diaspora, Mrs. Abike Dabiri - Erewa, on Monday, frowned at the continued gale...

This appeal was made in a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Mrs. Dabiri - Erewa.

The communiqué as read by the Speaker indicated the President is expected to spend seven days visiting other European countries to engage Ghanaians in the diaspora and also some bilateral discussions.

There have been growing calls for President Mugabe to be given political asylum, led by the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and the African Diaspora Forum (ADF).

What opened the floodgates and set the stage for Ghanaians to attack President Akufo - Addo for doing little to rein - in his arrogant appointees was, a provocative statement made by a deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Robert Ahomka Lindsey, at a Diaspora Homecoming Summit at the Accra International Conference Centre last week.

The media parley was jointly organised by PACAC and the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and the Diaspora.

On the issuance of $ 2.5 bn for financing the Appropriation Act, Buhari noted that in order to implement the external borrowing plan approved by the National Assembly in the 2017 Appropriation Act, the Federal Government issued a $ 300m Diaspora Bond in the international capital market in June this year.

Southern Kaduna People in the Diaspora (SOKAD), has alleged that the complacency and inaction of governor Nasir El - Rufai towards initial renewed killings in Southern Kaduna by...

Meanwhile, in recognition of his contribution to journalism and media relations, the interim Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to Edo State Governor, Mr. John Mayaki, was, on Wednesday, awarded the «International Diaspora Icon of Peace, Patriotism and National Development» by the European Chapter of the National Association of Nigerian Students in Cyprus.

The People of Southern Kaduna in Diaspora, SOKAD, has described as, «deficient of logic and reason'the non inclusion of Kaduna State by the sub-committee of...

He, therefore, pleaded with Nigerians in diaspora not to allow themselves to be used by corrupt politicians to stage any protest against the administration because the president was out of the country for medical attention.

The People of Southern Kaduna in Diaspora (SOKAD) has described as, «deficient of logic and reason» the non inclusion of Kaduna state by the sub-committee of the National Economic Council (NEC) set up to visit frontline States suffering from herdsmen versus farmers violence.

The source for this controversial change was a report published by the Danish Immigration Service back in November 2014 which claimed forced military service - the main reason people leave the country - was no longer indefinite, and that anybody fleeing without permission would be welcomed back so long as they signed a «letter of apology» and paid a «diaspora tax» on the money they had earned while abroad.

«The Igbo from all over the country and in the Diaspora should be advised to converge in their region in the South - East for a plebiscite to be organized and conducted by the United Nations and other regional bodies for them to categorically to decide between remaining part of Nigeria or having their separate country.

It is my prayer that the Diaspora Policy which is currently being formulated will reflect this truism and it is my wish that soon and very soon Ghana will return to the accounts of its glorious past of that amazing ancient Empire of Ghana as first told by the 11th Century Arab geographer, Al - Bakri.

Back home, the Ministers of the Interior, Foreign Affairs and Tourism Arts and Culture ought to be requested by the President to draw up concrete programmes towards the full realization of this objective and Parliament should be apprised regularly of how many persons of African descent in the Diaspora have been granted the Right of Abode Status.

Mr. Speaker, Section 17 (1) of the Act in issue provides: «Subject to this section, the Minister may on an application and with the approval of the President grant the status of right of abode to any of the following persons: a) a Ghanaian by birth, adoption, registration or naturalization, within the meaning of the Citizenship Act who by reason of his acquisition of a foreign nationality has lost his Ghanaian citizenship; and b) a person of African descent in the Diaspora.

The INEC Chairman regretted that the issue of Diaspora Voting was not included in the recent constitutional amendments by the National Assembly.