Oakland – Lake Merrit
Lake Merrit, Oakland, California
This photograph, and the two below are of Lake Merrit, Oakland, California. Oakland has a very rich history, The Black Panther were founded here, and, this city is an important cultural center for African Americans in Northern California. The area is also home to thousands of refugees, and immigrants from Central America, East Asia, and Mexico.
Lake Merrit, is part of the San Francisco bay, and was made by first building a dam, and then land filling parts of what is now downtown Oakland.
Wild Horses of Newbury
A beautiful short video on how two wild horses appear, as two ancient oak trees are prepared to be chainsawed down.
“Have you not seen how to Allah bow all who are in the heavens, and all who are in the earth, the sun and the moon, the stars and the mountains, the trees and the animals, and many of humankind (nas)” (Qur’an 22:18)
or, you can now also view the video on England’s Channel 4 website.
