| Sanaa Lathan does Skin Flick - Essence Music Festival 2008 |
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Tony Award Nominated Actress, Sanaa Lathan,
sits down with Corey Chavous to discuss her
career, the Essence Music Festival, and her
new documentary on skin.
*Skin is amazing: it covers our body, and
reveals our soul. For many, skin is a symbol
of pride, for others it's a canvas to tell a
story - and for almost all it represents a
heritage to be honored.
Skin means something different to almost
everyone you ask. As part of a Vaseline Cocoa
Butter campaign, people around the globe were
asked: "what does your skin mean to you?"
The responses, which were compiled in a
short film called Vaseline Skin Stories,
finds that while continents may divide us,
the experience of skin unites us.
The film, narrated by Tony Award-
nominated actress Sanaa Lathan, premieres at
the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans on
July 4, 2008.
The 20-minute Vaseline Skin Stories
documentary, set against local, social and
cultural backdrops, features personal
narratives from across the world including
the United States, South America, the United
Kingdom and Africa.
The inspirational stories touch on the
similarities and differences between people's
skin as it relates to their lives. The film
is enriched with a special voice over by
Sanaa Lathan, as well as a brief introduction
where Lathan shares her own personal story of
what her skin means to her:
"My caramel brown skin represents me but
also my history and those who came before me
and will come after. They were all shades and
beautiful. I honor, love and take pride in my
skin because of them."
The popular brand, Vaseline, is
manufactured by Unilever.
News Source: Eurweb and Unityfirst
Video Essay Courtesy of Vaseline and M.Booth
Associates
A BlackTree Media Production
Produced by Jamaal Finkley
Corey Chavous
Personality Corey Chavous
http://www.blacktree.tv
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| Sanaa City, Capital of Yemen صنعاء اليمن |
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الجمهورية اليمنية أو
اليمن وهي تقع جنوب شبه
الجزيرة العربية في جنوب
غرب آسيا. يحدها من الشمال
السعودية ومن الشرق
عُمان. لها ساحل جنوبي على
بحر العرب و ساحل غربي على
البحر الأحمر.يشرف اليمن
على مضيق باب المندب و
لديه عدة جزر في البحر
الأحمر و بحر العرب أهمها
جزيرة سقطرة . كانت حتى
عام 1990 تتشكل من دولتين
عرفتا باسمي الجمهورية
العربية اليمنية في
الشمال وجمهورية اليمن
الديمقراطية الشعبية في
الجنوب
Land of the Queen of Sheba... where coffee
was discovered and its famous port of Moka
history of yemen
1200 BCE: Rich culture.
950-115 BCE: Kingdom of Sheba, whose riches
were based upon caravan trade and agriculture
with artificial watering.
Around 400: The Sabaean king of Yemen visits
Yathrib in Arabia, and converts to Judaism.
He makes it the state religion of Yemen.
7th century: Conversion into Islam, the
region joins the Caliphate.
Sanaa sometimes spelled Sanaa or Sana'a) is
the capital of Yemen and the centre of San'a'
Governorate. San'a' is located at
15.354722° N 44.20667° E and has a
population of 1,747,627 (2004 census).
San'a' lies in the heart of Yemeni highlands
on a plateau at an altitude of 2200m
surrounded by several mountains, notably
Jabal Nuqum and Aiban. The city is around 320
km north of Aden.
San'a' is one of the ancient Yemeni cities
dating back to the Sabaean dynasty of the 6th
Century BC. The oldest written reference to
its existence is found in inscriptions which
date back to the 1st Century AD. It is
suggested that San'a' was the capital of the
Himyarite kingdom at the onset of the 6th
Century AD.
When King Yousef Athar (or Dhu Nuwas), the
last of the Himyarite kings, was in power,
San'a' was also the capital of the Ethiopian
viceroys, then after 570 of the Persians.
As of the dawn of Islam until the detachment
of independent sub-states in many parts of
Yemen Islamic Caliphate, San'a' persisted as
the governing seat, who himself is Caliph's
deputy in running the affairs of one of
Yemen's Three Makhalifs: Mikhlaf San'a',
Mikhlaf al-Janad and Mikhlaf Hadhramawt. The
city of San'a' recurrently assumed an
important status and all Yemenite States
competed to control it.
The Mamelukes arrived in Yemen in AD 1517.
Following the collapse of the Mamelukes in
Egypt at the hands of the Ottoman Turks,
Yemen fell under the Ottoman Rule and during
the first Ottoman rule of Yemen between
1538-1635, San'a' became the capital of the
Ottoman Vilayet and also during the Ottoman
second rule 1872-1918. In 1918, San'a' was
the capital of Imam Yahya, who ruled North
Yemen. At the onset of the 1962 revolution
which deposed the imamate rule, it became the
capital of the Arab Republic of Yemen. It was
then the capital of unified Yemen in 1990
where it is dubbed as the historical capital
of Yemen.
The old, fortified city has been inhabited
for more than 2500 years and contains a
wealth of intact architectural gems. It was
declared a World Heritage City by the United
Nations in 1984. Efforts are underway to
preserve some of the oldest buildings, some
of which are over 400 years old. Surrounded
by ancient clay walls which stand six to nine
metres (20-30ft) high, the old city boasts
over 100 mosques, 12 hammams (baths) and 6500
houses. Many of the houses look rather like
ancient skyscrapers -- reaching several
storeys high and topped with flat roofs, they
are decorated with elaborate friezes and
intricately carved windows.
One of the most popular attractions is Suq
al-Milh (Salt Market), where it is possible
to buy not only salt but also bread, spices,
raisins, cotton, copper, pottery, silverware,
antiques, and a host of other goods. The
majestic seventh century al-Jami'a l-Kabir
(The Great Mosque) is one of the oldest in
the Muslim world. BÄb al-Yaman "Yemen
Gate" is an iconized entry point through the
city walls and is over 700 years old.
(wikipedia)
yemen is a memeber of the arab and islamic
league in thier office in jeddah ksa and
cairo egypt.
Yemen is also one of the 200 countries of the
un in nyc usa (more)
info: none of these pictures are mine but are
taken from all over the net as well as the
song
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