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Mini-unit: Landai Poems

Global Protests

Islam

10/2009: Danger of a Single Story

Mini-unit: Landai Poems

Gender Equality Indexes:
- World Economic Forum: Mind the Gap report & more infographics
- UN Gender Inequality Index (GII)
- UN GII Afghanistan country page
Landai Poems:
- About
- Examples 1 & 2

Global Protests

Global Protest Songs:
- Palestine: Born Here by Dam (4’11”)
  - Released 2006 // Dam is a Palestinians in Israel rap group
- Tunisia: Rais Lebled (Head of State) by El General- Hamada Ben Amor (4’00)
  - Released in November 2010 // anthem of Tunisia’s Arab Spring Jasmine Revolution
- Nigeria: Monster You Made by Burna Boy (lyrics) explicit (3’57”)
  - Premiered Aug 27, 2020 // Created during COVID, played during current protests
  - Protesting police brutality- SARS (about: CNN // AlJazeera)
- United States
  - Childish Gambino - This Is America // released May 2018 // explicit // about (4’04”)
  - Keedron Bryant - I Just Wanna Live // video released July 2020 (3’35”)

Islam

Muslim Roots, US Blues- Surprising origin of US Blues by Aramco
- Levee Camp Holler & Adhan
- Video: Muslim voices in America- the making of a modern music scene
About Hajj:
- Nat Geo- Inside Mecca
- NYT- Hajj 360
- Vice- Hajj, World's Largest Pilgrimage
Crash Course World History- Islam
Three Abrahamic Religions:
Women
- Mona Haydar:
  - Wrap My Hijab
  - Barbarian (read the music video description)
- Meet the Nine Muslim Women Who Have Ruled Nations
- The Women's Movement in Iran- Wilson Center
  - As Iran arrests Instagram influencers, some seek safety abroad
- Sources about Saudi Arabia

10/2009: Danger of a Single Story

Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice — and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding.