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Amani Al-Khatahtbeh ( Arabic: أماني الخطاطبة) is an American author, activist and tech entrepreneur. She is the founder of MuslimGirl.com, a blog for Muslim women. [ 1] In 2016, she was included in Forbes 30 Under 30 in Media for her work with MuslimGirl. [ 2] She was named one of the 25 most influential Muslim Americans by CNN. [ 3]
The list does not include artists who were commissioned by the U.S. Post Office Department (or its successor, the United States Postal Service) to specifically create artwork for a postage stamp. Scenes from American history, famous Americans, and traditional Christmas images are postage stamp themes frequently employing original artwork.
On 30 September 2000, the second day of the Second Intifada, 12-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah ( Arabic: محمد الدرة, romanized : Muḥammad ad-Durra) was killed in the Gaza Strip during widespread protests and riots across the Palestinian territories against Israeli military occupation. Jamal al-Durrah and his son Muhammad were filmed by ...
The suspect, Serif Zorba, was arrested on several charges, including attempted murder. Police are searching for a gunman who fatally shot an imam outside his mosque in Newark, New Jersey, on ...
Benjamin Franklin — George Washington The First U.S. Postage Stamps, issued 1847. The first stamp issues were authorized by an act of Congress and approved on March 3, 1847.[ 20] The earliest known use of the Franklin 5¢ is July 7, 1847, while the earliest known use of the Washington 10¢ is July 2, 1847.
Inverted Jenny. The Inverted Jenny (also known as an Upside Down Jenny, Jenny Invert) is a 24 cent United States postage stamp first issued on May 10, 1918, in which the image of the Curtiss JN-4 airplane in the center of the design is printed upside-down; it is one of the most famous errors in American philately.
The chaplains were honored with a commemorative stamp that was issued in 1948, and was designed by Louis Schwimmer, the head of the Art Department of the New York branch of the U.S. Post Office Department (now called the USPS). [48] This stamp is highly unusual, because until 2011, [49] U.S. stamps were not normally issued in honor of someone ...
Ingrid Mattson – Muslim scholar [149] Warith Deen Mohammed – former leader of the largest Muslim organization, the American Society of Muslims (son of Nation of Islam leader) [150] [151] [152] Abdul Malik Mujahid – Imam, community activist supporting interfaith and progressive causes, president of Sound Vision [153]