Exhibit honors Muslims who saved Jews

Their story is rarely told, but Albanian Muslims took in fleeing Jews during World War II, saving thousands of lives.

When no other European country dared to withstand the wrath of Nazi Germany, it was the Muslims of Albania who saved a large number of Jewish people from extermination.

Albania, a Muslim majority country in Europe, opened its borders during World War II and took in thousands of Jews fleeing from different countries. They were treated like honored guests, and many were given fake names and even passports…

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6592238.html

The vegetable gardeners of Havana

The Cubans continue to impress!

Climate change, drought, population growth – they could all threaten future food supplies. But global agriculture, with its dependence on fuel and fertilisers is also highly vulnerable to an oil shortage, as Cuba found out 20 years ago.

…after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the oil supply rapidly dried up, and, almost overnight, Cuba faced a major food crisis. Already affected by a US trade embargo, Cuba by necessity had to go back to basics to survive – rediscovering low-input self-reliant farming.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8213617.stm

Mecca2Medina with a great crowd in Slough // Spittin’ Light

No one gets he crowd going like these British Muslim hip hop/rap pioneers, Rakin and Ismael of Mecca 2 Medina.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Kj0d1lL8nI