“Jasmine Revolution”
Symbol of peace: Flowers placed on the barrel of a tank
in very much calmer protests than in recent days in Tunisia

'The Protester' - Time Person of the Year 2011

'The Protester' - Time Person of the Year 2011
Mannoubia Bouazizi, the mother of Tunisian street vendor Mohammed Bouazizi. "Mohammed suffered a lot. He worked hard. but when he set fire to himself, it wasn’t about his scales being confiscated. It was about his dignity." (Peter Hapak for TIME)

1 - TUNISIA Democratic Change / Freedom of Speech (In Transition)


How eyepatches became a symbol of Egypt's revolution - Graffiti depicting a high ranking army officer with an eye patch Photograph: Nasser Nasser/ASSOCIATED PRESS

2 - EGYPT Democratic Change / Freedom of Speech (In Transition)


''17 February Revolution"

3 - LIBYA Democratic Change / Freedom of Speech (In Transition)

5 - SYRIA Democratic Change / Freedom of Speech (In Transition)

"25 January Youth Revolution"
Muslim and Christian shoulder-to-shoulder in Tahrir Square
"A Summary" – Apr 2, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Religion, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Intelligent/Benevolent Design, EU, South America, 5 Currencies, Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Middle East, Internet, Israel, Dictators, Palestine, US, Japan (Quake/Tsunami Disasters , People, Society ...), Nuclear Power Revealed, Hydro Power, Geothermal Power, Moon, Financial Institutes (Recession, Realign integrity values ..) , China, North Korea, Global Unity,..... etc.) -
(Subjects: Egypt Uprising, Iran/Persia Uprising, Peace in Middle East without Israel actively involved, Muhammad, "Conceptual" Youth Revolution, "Conceptual" (without a manager hierarchy) managed Businesses, Internet, Social Media, News Media, Google, Bankers, Global Unity,..... etc.)
"The End of History" – Nov 20, 2010 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll)
(Subjects:Abraham, Isaac, Ishmael, Muhammad, Jesus, God, Jews, Arabs, EU, US, Israel, Iran, Russia, Africa, South America, Global Unity,..... etc.) (Text version)

"If an Arab and a Jew can look at one another and see the Akashic lineage and see the one family, there is hope. If they can see that their differences no longer require that they kill one another, then there is a beginning of a change in history. And that's what is happening now. All of humanity, no matter what the spiritual belief, has been guilty of falling into the historic trap of separating instead of unifying. Now it's starting to change. There's a shift happening."


“ … Here is another one. A change in what Human nature will allow for government. "Careful, Kryon, don't talk about politics. You'll get in trouble." I won't get in trouble. I'm going to tell you to watch for leadership that cares about you. "You mean politics is going to change?" It already has. It's beginning. Watch for it. You're going to see a total phase-out of old energy dictatorships eventually. The potential is that you're going to see that before 2013.

They're going to fall over, you know, because the energy of the population will not sustain an old energy leader ..."



African Union (AU)

African Union (AU)
African Heads of State pose for a group photo ahead of the start of the 28th African Union summit in Addis Ababa on January 30, 2017 (AFP Photo/ Zacharias ABUBEKER)

Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela
Few words can describe Nelson Mandela, so we let him speak for himself. Happy birthday, Madiba.

Sunday, February 13, 2011

Mandela: Patriarch, legend, family man

CNN, by the CNN Wire Staff, February 13, 2011

Nelson Mandela: Global icon and father (Video)

STORY HIGHLIGHTS
  • "My father, I think, would love to be remembered as a family man," says his daughter
  • Friday marked the 21st anniversary of Mandela's release from prison
  • He was hospitalized for a respiratory infection last month
  • His family and doctors are happy with his progress

(CNN) -- Nelson Mandela is many things to many people -- a former president, an anti-apartheid icon, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate -- but according to his daughter, he would like to be remembered first as a family man.

"My father, I think, would love to be remembered as a family man, as a person who if he could change one person's mind, then he's done his job," said Mandela's daughter, Zenani Mandela Dlamini. "My father doesn't dwell on who he is ... he's just a normal human being, according to him."

Mandela, 92, was hospitalized briefly in Johannesburg last month for an acute respiratory infection. Doctors have said they are happy with his progress -- an opinion his daughter echoed.

"He's doing great. He's improving slowly," she said. "He's a 92-year-old man so you have to take that into consideration. ... But he's in great spirits. He loves to be with his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. And he's got a great sense of humor."

Mandela spent 27 years in prison after being convicted of sabotage and attempts to overthrow the government under South Africa's former apartheid regime. He was released in 1990 and elected president in a landslide four years later. Friday marked the 21st anniversary of his release.

Mandela's defiance of white-minority rule and his long incarceration for fighting against state-sanctioned segregation focused world attention on South Africa's apartheid system, making him the symbol of the struggle to end the practice and bring racial equality to his country.

He recently released a new memoir, "Conversations With Myself."

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"My grandfather is the icon of icons. He stands for humility, and he stands for peace," said Zaziwe Dlamini Manaway, one of Mandela's granddaughters. "I'm so happy that he's with us after 20 years and I'm happy that I'm able to share this day with him because it's a very momentous day for us and for him."

Zamaswazi Dlamini, another one of his granddaughters, said she would be happy to pass down to her child Mandela's sense of compassion and humility.

"It says a lot for him to have endured 27 years in jail and still come out such a humble and forgiving person after everything that he had been through," she said. "I'm just grateful for the fact that I've actually seen what's happened in this country, the transition, how we've grown ... and just to know that my grandfather was a part of it and he played such a big role in it makes me feel very proud."

In 1993, Mandela and then-South African President F.W. de Klerk were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their work.

CNN's Nadia Bilchik contributed to this report.

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