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Memoirs of Ghana and its People

· Youssef Abdelwahab

These memoirs are written by Youssef Abdelwahab, the founder of AragApparel. They cover a diversity of interesting experiences during his 2019, Year of the Return trip to Ghana such as visiting the slave castle dungeon at Cape Coast, his encounter...

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  • A Summer after the Revolution

    A Summer after the Revolution

    · Youssef Abdelwahab

    Walk in the shoes of Ahmed Gharib as he takes you through his adventures in Cairo, Egypt. Ahmed visited his home country after the former...

  • The United States of Africa

    The United States of Africa

    · Youssef Abdelwahab

    Kwame Nkrumah was the first president of Ghana and the revolutionary who led his country to independence from England on March 6th, 1957. For Nkrumah,...

  • Philly: 'The Mecca of the West'

    Philly: 'The Mecca of the West'

    · Youssef Abdelwahab

    Philadelphia, the fifth-largest city in the U.S. is home to nearly 200,000 Muslims, making approximately 10-15% of the city's total population. African-Americans make up the...

  • Sankara: The Upright Leader of Burkina Faso

    Sankara: The Upright Leader of Burkina Faso

    · Youssef Abdelwahab

    Thomas Sankara was assassinated for systematically taking action that threatened the neo-colonial power structures looming over Africa. In just 4 years, through a series of...

  • The Travels of Ibn Battuta

    The Travels of Ibn Battuta

    · Youssef Abdelwahab

    Ibn Battuta was a 14th-century African anthropologist and world traveler from Tangier, Morocco. According to multiple sources, he was the greatest explorer of all time....

  • Pre-Columbian African Presence in the Americas

    Pre-Columbian African Presence in the Americas

    · Youssef Abdelwahab

    There is a lot of well-documented evidence on the arrival of Africans centuries before European exploration of the Americas. University professors, archeologists, historians, linguists and...