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The Awakening

The Awakening

By: Nada
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Episodes
  • Iraqis' struggle for independence: Black gold witnesses century-long ups and downs

    Iraqis' struggle for independence: Black gold witnesses century-long ups and downs
    4 Aug 2024

    "Iraq was like a camel carrying gold while eating thorns..." Wealth flowed to the West. The British, French, Dutch, and Americans all took shares, but Iraqis got nothing.

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    10 min
  • 69 years on, the Bandung Spirit remains alive in the Global South

    69 years on, the Bandung Spirit remains alive in the Global South
    3 Jul 2024
    ”Few cities in history have won so many hearts and minds as Bandung”... The historic Asian-African Conference, also known as the Bandung Conference, was held in the city on April 18, 1955. It marked the first time that the countries of the Global South united to oppose imperialism and colonialism in defense of their sovereign rights and a more equitable world.
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    14 min
  • Kenya's railway evolution over a century: A tale of awakening and development

    Kenya's railway evolution over a century: A tale of awakening and development
    21 May 2024
    ”It is not uncommon for a country to create a railway, but it is uncommon for a railway to create a country,” Sir Charles Eliot, then commissioner of British East Africa, made the bold statement in 1903. Eliot, ”who initiated the policy of white supremacy in the British East Africa Protectorate (now Kenya),” was referring to the meter gauge railway built by British colonialists in East Africa between 1896 and 1901...
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    14 min
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