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But he couldn't feel self-pity in the face of the memorial. He hadn't lost nearly enough as these children, who'd lost their homeland and, in many cases,their whole families. Perhaps they had gained something, too, though. They had at least escaped the concentration camps, been taken in by good, caring families, and had grown up to live their lives in relative freedom.
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inspector-banks
peter-robinson
strange-affair
human-trafficking
missing
suspense-thriller
murder-mystery
detective
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Peter Robinson |
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"Ah, my dear friend Hassim, seems our paths cross once again, how fortunate for this humble Sheik." As Abdullah spoke in his usual self deprecating manner I realized that a favor was on the tip of his tongue and that I was about to be offered a quid-pro-quo. We were sitting crossed legged on large fat pillows with gold fringe. The tent was large with partitions dividing living, sleeping and cooking space. It was made from heavy cotton canvas erected on thick poles in the center giving the structure a peaked circus tent appearance. The women serving us were young, wearing harem pants low on their hips with cropped gauze tops made from sheer silk. Their exposed midriffs were flat and toned, their belly buttons were decorated in precious stones that glittered in the torch light as they moved. They were bare footed with stacks of gold ankle bracelets making the only sound we heard as they kept our glasses filled with fresh sweet tea and our communal serving trays piled high with dates and sugar incrusted sweets of undetermined origin. Abdullah took no notice of these women, his nonchalance intrigued me as I was obviously having trouble keeping my mind focused on the discussion at hand, this was all part of the Arab way, when it came to negotiation they had no peers. "So my dear friend, tell me, the region is on fire is there a solution?" I spoke in a deliberate and flat tone, little emotion just concern, one friend to another.
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human-trafficking
interpol
sex-slavery
undercover-intelligence
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Although a handful of progressive individuals favoured independence from Spain, Cuba's economic elite was conservative, fearful of the economic and social consequences of a break with the colonial motherland. Without Spanish support, the planters would not be able to sustain the slave system on which their economic power was based, nor would they be strong enough to crush slave revolts
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racism
slavery
human-trafficking
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Added to the shock of the routine violation of their bodies was the trauma of having to relinquish their children to unknown slave-holders. [W.E.B.] Du Bois considered this physical, mental, and spiritual abuse of black women--with its inevitable result being the destruction of the traditional African family--the highest crime committed by slave-holders and the one thing for which he said he could not forgive them.
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slavery
african-american-women
african-families
crimes-against-humanity
day-to-end-racism
forced-labor
heinous-crimes
history-of-africans
history-of-slavery
human-bondage
international-women-s-day
postered-poetics-by-aberjhani
quotation-poster-art
sex-trafficking
slave-holders
web-dubois
women-and-human-trafficking
women-around-the-world
women-s-history-month
w-e-b-du-bois
human-trafficking
women-in-history
slavery-in-the-united-states
physical-abuse
wisdom-quotes
forgiveness
psychological-trauma
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