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“ I realize that coming from an Arabic culture – I can make use of my language and culture. To create something worldly – cosmopolitan. Living and performing in New York City – I am compelled to bridge Arabic and American cultures” An elegant embodiment of World Music herself— Nadwa Rifai is a Lebanese-born singer, actress […]
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“Stop picking up black babies [for pictures],” says world traveler Jessica Nabongo. As the keynote speaker for Women’s Travel Fest, an annual conference created and hosted by blogger Kelly Lewis centered on women’s space in the travel industry, Nabongo came to deliver truths. You know the photograph: some variation of a white woman holding a […]