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Haute Hijab Speaks with SDP Author Sahar Abdulaziz
Haute Hijab, an online magazine dedicated to empowering women, spoke with our own Sahar Abdulaziz on “The Problem of ‘Not Taking Sides’ with Post-Divorce Relationships & Domestic Abuse.” This SDP author is also a Certified Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault Counselor Advocate, trained and qualified to weigh in on this topic. During her conversation with Haute Hijab’s contributing writer, Layla Abdullah-Poulos, Sahar explained that neutrality has no place in the face of abuse. “There is no such thing as ‘not taking sides’ when an abuse victim discloses,” explained Sahar. “All too often, people will claim neutrality when, in fact, they are looking the other way, making excuses for the abuser…
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The Origins of The Case Of The Missing Monarch
Life became pretty lonely when the pandemic lockdown began in March 2020. But the birds began arriving a few weeks later, and escape to the Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge became my sanctuary and link to the outside world. I teamed up with a fellow birder who remained as diligent as I about masking and social distancing. The Case of the Missing Monarch started out as a serial sent to a select two to lift all our spirits, and document some of our nature adventures at the Refuge. I added a murder mystery plot and a couple of interesting leading characters who go to a lot of trouble to find…
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TOALC (The Older Adult Learning Community) Free Online Friday Lecture Series: Focus on Women
Dr. Mary Anne will talk about her latest book, I Have Become Death, a phrase from the Bhagavad Gita and repeated by Robert Oppenheimer as he witnessed the first A-bomb test in New Mexico. “I traveled to Egypt in the spring of 2010, only a few months before the Arab Spring devastated the region. The modern Egyptian doesn’t relate to the time of the pharaohs, except for the tourist dollars it brings in. But to travel there had been a dream of mine since we studied Egypt in my fourth-grade class. “My stories are character driven. My heroine is smart, but fallible, my locations exotic. I combine a little of…
