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Nymphs Hunting by Julius LeBlanc Stewart (1898)
Many books of the Bible that didn't make it to the official canon(s) and other incredibly important pieces of scripture and literature are only known today because they were preserved in the Ge'ez script in Ethiopia. It is very likely that there are lots of other texts dating to the earliest days of Christianity that are still to be "found", only because there aren't enough international scholars who know the Ge'ez script or work in Ethiopia. There are many, but not as much as it deserves. (Important note is that Ge'ez is both a liturgical language, like Latin, and also is a script, much like Latin or Chinese characters, used by many Ethiopian languages, but others can be written and indeed are written in Ge'ez script, this is why it has preserved such a range of literature)
Ge'ez looks like this:
ሀሎ! ይህ በአማርኛ ቋንቋ እና በግእዝ ፊደል የተጻፈ ነው! ለእርስዎ እና ለቤተሰብዎ በረከቶች!
There was briefly a very bad taste meme calling it a "demon language", with people even copypasting random religious literature in Ge'ez thus making it seem more "sinister". I won't comment on how ignorant and offensive that is.
Ge'ez is an important script and language, much like Greek or Latin, because of its connection to major religions like Christianity, Judaism and Islam. Ethiopia is a wonderful country with a deep, rich history, and is an example of how Africa has always been part of world history. But like all languages, it's also a cultural heritage on its own, worth cherising, preserving, and learning about, regardless of its importance to the rest of the world. Instead of being ignorant for a racist joke, we could always take our time and learn and appreciate such things.
Ge'ez manuscripts. Enoch on the left, and Matthew on the right.
a drawing about optimism
Lola Álvarez Bravo, 1951
Mohammed Bakr, 9 years old. Ahed Bakr, 10 years old. Zakaria Bakr, 10 years old. Mohammed Bakr, 11 years old.
Two days ago, four Palestinian boys, who were from the same family, were targeted and bombed by Israeli military forces while they were playing football on the beach.
(Art by Amir Schiby)
SALVADOR, BRAZIL. A delivery man passing this waitress said, “Beleza pura,” pure beauty. Beleza pura is the title of a famous samba by Bahian sambista Caetano Veloso.
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Julian K. Jarboe, ‘First Contact, Communion’ from Everyone on the Moon Is Essential Personnel
Image I.D. — “I don’t want to feel better; I want to know better. / I should have known God is not in the meal / but in the sharing of the meal. I should have told you / that holiness resides in needing each other, / in acts of survival made generous.” — End I.D.
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- Evelyn Waugh, from Brideshead Revisited (1945)