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Kendall Jenner by Luis Alberto Rodriguez in i-D Sp 2022 'Out of Body' Issue AOC Fashion
Supermodel Kendall Jenner rocks strawberry blonde, short hair in most of the images in her sensational photo shoot for i-D Magazine’s Spring 2022 ‘Out of Body’ issue No 367. Carlos Nazario styles Jenner in images by Luis Alberto Rodriguez [IG]. / Hair by Tina Outen; makeup by Yadim
Update: March 7, 2022: There is no word on the release of Raif Badawi, even though he has served his sentence in Saudi Arabia. Amnesty urges release of blogger after sentence expires Middle East Eye
As Vladimir Putin launches an unprovoked assault on Ukraine — stunning global citizens who see Putin as a malevolent war criminal gone wild in his barbarity against the totally innocent people of Ukraine — there is hope that Saudi blogger Raif Badawi might be released.
Badawi was arrested in 2012 on accusations of insulting Islamic religious figures on his blog Free Saudi Liberals. In a 2014 court decision that stunned human-rights activists as unjust, Mr. Badawi was sentenced to 10 years in prison. The further sentence of 1,000 lashes for blasphemy — a sentence that would absolutely kill him — created gasps of horror worldwide, including on Anne of Carversville. The author was also fined $266,000.
Badawi received the first 50 lashes in April 2015 — which did nearly kill him — and was not subjected to further flogging scheduled in June of 2015, as his body hadn’t healed. In April 2020, Saudi Arabia bowed to international pressure and abolished flogging. The result was the cancellation of the remaining 950 lashes of Raif Badawi’s sentence.
Hopes are high that Raif Badawi may be released from jail in days. Badawi has spent almost ten years in prison, and often total isolation. The dissident was sentenced using the Islamic — or hijri — calendar. By that calendar's reckoning, on Rajab 26 1443, he will have spent 10 years in jail. The actual date on the Georgian calendar is February 28.
Human rights group Amnesty International has campaigned for Badawi’s release for years, along with other organizations such as Human Rights Watch and Reporters Without Borders. Amnesty International believes that the release could be imminent.
The travel ban out of Saudi Arabia remains a problem for jailed dissidents including Raif Badawi, and Amnesty International has just released on May 9, 2022 a new campaign called ‘#LetThemFly’.
"Saudi Arabian authorities' arbitrary use of travel bans against activists and human rights defenders reflects a bleak reality in the country, where dissenting voices continue to be ruthlessly silenced while leaders speak of progressive reform," Lynn Maalouf, Amnesty's Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa, said in a statement on Monday, citing the release of Raif Badawi, whose sister Samar is also on the travel ban list.
Raif Badawi’s wife Ensaf Haidar and three children left Saudi Arabia for Canada after his arrest in 2012. The Canadian government has legalized an order to grant him immediate citizenship upon his arrival in Canada.
Relations between Canada and Saudi Arabia have been strained over Canada’s offer of asylum to numerous Arab world dissidents. Presumably the Biden administration — not particularly popular either in Riyadh — will also get involved in this discussion to reunite Raif Badawi with this wife and children..
Givenchy Spring 2022 Campaign with Kendall Jenner Erupts with Kenny Bag and Artistic Energy AOC Fashion
Supermodel Kendall Jenner returns to Givenchy’s Spring Summer 2022 campaign, accompanied by He Cong, Iselin Steiro, and Steinberg. Photographer Heji Shin [IG] captures the campaign with art direction by Sarah Jayne Todd. Panos Yuapanis styles the shoot, which includes a campaign film, executed also by Heji Shin, set to the music of Surkin./ Hair by Duffy; makeup by Lucia Pieroni
Harris Reed Opened London Fashion Week With Big Bang Queer and Queenly Show AOC Fashion
"This isn't so much a direct interpretation of the British monarchy's sartorial inclination, but instead a look at how the club-kid scene has long borrowed, loaned and built upon the regal wardrobe," the Harris Reed collection notes read.
In Harris Reed’s own words: “Hello London, let’s make some fluid history this season . . . “ in a show entitled ‘60 Years a Queen’, inspired by Sir Herbert Maxwell’s 1987 book of the same name. The designer stumbled on the book about the reign of Queen Victoria, during his first year at Central Saint Martins.
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