rika's musings

Jottings of history, culture, music, art, photography, nature, literature, architecture, and much more. Many posts on Islam and Islamic influences. Enjoy.

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Yezidi family just arrived in Shingal to safe area after fleeing from their town when ISIS slaughtered at least 8.000 - kidnapped, enslaved and raped thousands of their Women in August.

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Mongolian children

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aweeeeee. just takes my breath away! CUTENESS OVERLOAD!!

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Enchanting Facade - Walled City, Lahore (by Sohaib AK)

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Don’t be so overwhelmed by the creation that it distracts you from the Creator.

Br. Kauthar (via nargessi)

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meanwhile, in Kyrgyzstan…

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Costică Acsinte, 1930s

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wow. this is such a clear picture. it's almost 3D.

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Today’s photo of a young Hazara school girl was taken in Bamiyan, Afghanistan.  

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On the edge

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this is a traditional song of the region - even assyrians sing this whose version i’ve been trying to find! this is sung in bahdini

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Alay surî şoreşman helekeyn her be rojî serkewtin egeyn.

Nous ferons du Kurdistan un cimetière des envahisseurs.

Association des étudiants du Kurdistan à l’étranger - section de France

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kurdish bijarî rugs are also known as the “iron rugs of iran” because of their ability to last for over than 200 years (the last rug is over 140 years old).

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paintings by sardar kestay, a kurdish painter/caricaturist from duhok.

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Details from around AL-Aqsa mosque in Palestine by Nour ilayan.

This collection shows the great Islamic architecture of the buildings inside the mosque - including the Dome of the Rock which was constructed by the order of  Umayyad Caliph Abd al-Malik  - even in the smallest details . 

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For people who are actually interested in how viking music might have sounded, “Drømde mik en drøm i nat" (/I dreamt a dream last night) is the earliest music (and lyrics) known in Scandinavia preserved on the last page of the (~1200-1300) Codex Runicus as rune notes.

The song and melody is still known and used today in most of Scandinavia, as a sort of folk-standard. This version, deceivingly slow in the beginning, is presented as close to the original sound of the years 900-1000 as historians think they can come.

This song might have survived because it was a gigantic hit, like the viking’s very own “Billie Jean”. A total pop slayer that stayed around long enough for music notes to be invented.

The more you know.

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Remember when Susan Boyle sang this on Britain’s Got Talent?

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Ceylan Ozalp (Known from the BBC report about Kurdish Women fighters) led today with several comrades in the northern Syrian Kurdish city Kobani resistance against the ISIS terrorists.

Surrounded on all sides and set under attack, she lost all her friends. She fought alone against the supernumerary terrorists. When she had no more ammunition and recognized the hopeless situation, she said goodbye over her radio and taught herself with the last bullet so that she don’t to fall into the hands of the rapist.

Rest in Peace

[kchikurdi]

why does this have to happen to us.

xwaya gyan afu le bidet.

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Portrait of a girl in Tajikistan. Note the colorful “atlas” silk material that is considered the most beautiful pattern for clothing in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.

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"Tarim" (Uyghur folk song)

Performed by Kaisar Anwar