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Lienzo de Tlaxcala image depicting Tlaxcaltec soldiers leading a Spanish soldier to Chalco.. Due to their century-long rivalry with the Aztecs, the Tlaxcaltecs allied with Hernán Cortés and his fellow Spanish conquistadors and were instrumental in the invasion of Tenochtitlan, capital of the Aztec Empire, helping the Spanish reach the Valley of Anahuac and providing a key contingent of the ...
Marie al-Khazen died in 1983, aged 83 years. Her photograph "Two Women Disguised as Men" is featured in Fadia Abboud's short film In the Ladies' Lounge (2007), in which a modern-day lesbian couple discovers a poster version of the photograph in a bookstore, and discusses the women in the photograph and what they imagine about the earlier women's lives.
A study conducted by Statistics Lebanon, a Beirut-based research firm, cited by the United States Department of State found that of Lebanon's population of approximately 4.3 million is estimated to be: [70] 54% Islam (Shia and Sunni, 27% each), 40.5% Christian (21% Maronite, 8% Greek Orthodox, 5% Melkite Catholics, 1% Protestant, 5.5% other ...
For more information about the Women in History exhibit, residents can contact the Lebanon County Historical Society directly at 717-272-1473 or office@lchsociety.org. Matthew Toth is a reporter ...
The Cult: An annual pilgrimage to a detoxification retreat where juice fasting, daily colonics and quiet reflection is adhered to by Lululemon-clad women from a long weekend to over a month at a time.
64.3% of Nahuatl speakers are literate in Spanish compared with the national average of 97.5% for Spanish literacy. Male Nahuatl speakers have 9.8 years of education on average and women 10.1, compared with the 13.6 and 14.1 years that are the national averages for men and women, respectively. [25]
Al-Nawar (Arabic: نور) is an Arabic term for several nomad communities used primarily in Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, and Palestine. [3] The term, regarded as derogatory, is used by Arabs for several diverse ethnic groups. [3] They have historically been called "Gypsies", though as a whole they are not Romani per se.
Among the Mhallami there is a view that they are descended from Banu Hilal tribes, but historical sources and research indicate that this is somewhat unlikely. Arab ancestry is more probably from Rabi'ah tribes, possibly Banu Shayban, though this does not preclude Kurdish and/or Assyrian roots. Some sources view the group as ethnically or ...