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Burma, America, The World, Art, Literature, Political Economy through the eyes of a Permanent Exile. "We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the oppressed. Sometimes we must interfere. . . There is so much injustice and suffering crying out for our attention . . . writers and poets, prisoners in so many lands governed by the left and by the right." Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize Speech, 1986, Oslo. This entire site copyright Kyi May Kaung unless indicated otherwise.

Saturday, June 20, 2015

Since we are still in Ramadan--best opera on interracial marriage

Since we are still in Ramadan--one of the most beautiful operas ever written--death scene from Verdi's I Lombardi--

A Christian women marries a Muslim Prince and her kinsmen Crusaders seek revenge.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXrX6vE7P6k

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Saturday, June 20, 2015

Since we are still in Ramadan--best opera on interracial marriage

Much to read from the Atlantic--incld--Friday Night Massacre.

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