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Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being (trans. Michael Henry Heim)

New York Horoscope  -  Karlotta Freier , 2020

German, b. 1991-

By Karim Elmaktafi

Fantasia—the game of powder or “tborida” in Moroccan Arabic—stands for the breathtaking sport and equestrian art that has being practiced
 in Morocco and other Maghreb countries since the 8th Century. It is a tribal, rural and religious tradition.

In Morocco it is practiced to celebrate moussems (festival of sowing, harvesting) and to celebrate a saint. It can be performed to maintain
 the folklore or for tourism. It is an exhibition of mastery uniting the man and his horse. Riders dressed in wide trousers and djellabas immaculate, holding in their hands long guns directed towards the sky. Their horses are fitted with harnesses and colourful saddles.

The performance consists of a group of horse riders, who charge along
 a straight path at the same speed to form a line. At the end of the charge (about two hundred meters) they fire into the sky using old muskets
 or muzzle-loading rifles. The most difficult part of the performance is to synchronize the movement of the horses during their acceleration and to fire the guns simultaneously so that one single shot is heard. The horse is referred to as a fantasia horse and is of Arabian, Andalusian or Barb stock.

What happened in Atlanta happens daily to Asian & migrant women who work in massage parlors (which can sometimes front as sex work). Massage therapists face a combined assault of hypersexualization, abuse, racism, and misogyny. 

Please consider boosting smaller mutual aid funds and grassroots organizations over the big #AAPI organizations. These large organizations are usually too broad and often don’t use the money as well. 

Butterfly: provides support, education and information to Asian & migrant sex workers

Swan Vancouver: supports Asian migrant women workers fleeing violence & exploitation

Nan Goldin