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Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson

“In an unnamed Middle Eastern security state, a young Arab-Indian hacker shields his clients—dissidents, outlaws, Islamists, and other watched groups—from surveillance and tries to stay out of trouble. 

He goes by Alif—the first letter of the Arabic alphabet, and a convenient handle to hide behind. The aristocratic woman Alif loves has jilted him for a prince chosen by her parents, and his computer has just been breached by the State’s electronic security force, putting his clients and his own neck on the line. Then it turns out his lover’s new fiancé is the head of State security, and his henchmen come after Alif, driving him underground. 

When Alif discovers The Thousand and One Days, the secret book of the jinn, which both he and the Hand suspect may unleash a new level of information technology, the stakes are raised and Alif must struggle for life or death, aided by forces seen and unseen. 

With shades of Neal Stephenson, Neil Gaiman, Philip Pullman, and The Thousand and One Nights, Alif the Unseen is a tour de force debut—a sophisticated melting pot of ideas, philosophy, religion, technology and spirituality smuggled inside an irresistible page-turner.”

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Ghetto Kids (The Triplets) dancing to Eddy Kenzo’s “Sitya Loss” !

Ghetto Kids (The Triplets) dancing to Hanson Baliruno’s “Follow follow”.

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Sad news coming from Uganda this morning, one of our favorite kids has passed away, while another is in critical condition. 

Alex Sempija of the Ghetto Kids dance group lost his life due to a motor bike accident and Patricia is in critical condition fighting for her life. These kids brought joy to the world through their incredible dancing skills. Ugandan artist, Eddy Kenzo helped showcase their talents as seen in the video above where they are dancing to his song “sitya loss”. 

(Pictured above, Alex. Pictured below, Patricia)

As expenses are extremely high we would appreciate any financial support to help Alex and Patricia’s families for funeral expenses and medical fees. If you can not help in funds, please pray for their families and friends.

“Don Cornelius did not want to see how I really danced, I was doing Hip-Hop and it was foreign to people out in California. Don was like ‘oh no no no no no no no no, you’re a girl’. And I was like ‘what!?’”.