Word: diaspora
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Feral Magnetism. As the Frenchman descended from hero to convict, the Hungarian rose from dilettante to provocateur. Herzl did not invent the idea of a Jewish state-the appeal of Return to Jerusalem is, after all, as ancient as the Diaspora. But Herzl alone took it from vision to plan to practicality. On the way he assumed the countenance and the stature of a prophet, sweeping all objections from his path. A feral magnetism began to animate his face and conversation. Philosopher Martin Buber was later to recall him as "a statue without error or mistake, a countenance lit with...
...Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists and Harvard's Afro-American Studies department have collaborated to produce Kindred Spirits, the African Diaspora. Ten black artists, from the United States, Africa, the Caribbean and Brazil are exhibiting in the show, which was organized by E. Barry Gaither, the Museum's curator and an instructor in the Afro-American Studies department here. The purpose of the exhibit is to show the similarity of themes and styles used by Black artists around the world, and through them to make a statement on the kinship of Black people. The show will...
Since the first communiqué, the A.A.A. has reportedly expanded its enemies' list to include a former Roman Catholic bishop, an army general, a union leader, several politicians, lawyers, entertainers, university professors and journalists. The threats have already caused a mini-diaspora. University Rectors Rodolfo Puiggrós and Raul Laguzzi have taken asylum in Mexico. Folk Singer Horacio Guarany fled to Venezuela last week. Actress Nacha Guevara left for Peru as did Comedian Norman Briski. Although it has not been directly linked to the A.A.A., the murder of General Prats has put Argentina's large community...
...reverse diaspora from newly independent Guinea-Bissau and the soon-to-be-freed Portuguese territories of Angola and Mozambique could well amount to half a million people before it ends. In addition to thousands of white colonials who are fleeing the territories for fear of violence in the transitional months while political power is being transferred to the liberation movements, 150,000 Portuguese troops are slated to come home over the next two years...
...Arabs, but our link of Palestine transcends our Arabism. Our attachment to the land of Palestine has been continuous?until the state of Israel was created. The Jews sought identity in linking their peoplehood to the land, and now the Arabs of the new diaspora are doing the same thing." Even the Palestinians in Beirut or Riyadh consider themselves, in their final analysis, refugees, and many cling to their United Nations refugee card as a symbolic sign of their nationality. Palestinians everywhere contribute generously to the Palestinian cause, including many donations to the fedayeen...