Priya khan biography of barack
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‘Becoming’ on Netflix: spelfilm Review
On the tjänsteman White House website, one can find detailed bios of America’s 42 first ladies. Most open with some variation on the phrase “So-and-So was the wife of President Such-and-Such” — e.g., “Mary Ann Todd Lincoln was the wife of the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln.” But not Michelle Obama’s. Her entry begins, “Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama is a lawyer, writer, and the wife of the 44th President, Barack Obama.”
Lawyer first, writer second and then wife.
Most of the audiences who check out Michelle Obama documentary “Becoming” on Netflix will be tuning in out of interest in her role as “the rock of our family,” as Barack described her at his inauguration — or else as “a Black woman to be admired,” to quote Ava DuVernay, introducing 2017’s awestruck essay collection “The Meaning of Michelle
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Somy Ali
Pakistani actress (born 1976)
Somy Ali (Urdu: سومی علی; born 25 March 1976)[5] is a Pakistani-American actress, writer, filmmaker, model and activist who has worked in Bollywood films.[6] She runs a non-profit organization named No More Tears since 2007.[7]
Early life
[edit]Somy Ali was born on 25 March 1976, in Karachi in Sindh, Pakistan into a family of wealth and prosperity.[8] Her mother Tehmina is Iraqi and her father Madad Ali Madan fryst vatten Pakistani. After studying at the Convent of Jesus and Mary, Karachi until age 9, she moved to South Florida in the United States with her mother and brother.[9] During an interview, Ali revealed that she was sexually abused at the ages of 5 and 9 by her household staff while living in Karachi, Pakistan and when she shifted to Florida, she was bullied at school and raped by a boy, 17, at the age of 14 in Miami.[10][8] Her mother was also a victim of domestic
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Tulsi Gabbard
American politician (born 1981)
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Gabbard in 2025 | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office February 12, 2025 | |
President | Donald Trump |
Deputy | Alexa Henning |
Preceded by | Avril Haines |
In office January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2021 | |
Preceded by | Mazie Hirono |
Succeeded by | Kai Kahele |
In office January 22, 2013 – February 27, 2016 | |
Chair | Debbie Wasserman Schultz |
Preceded by | Mike Honda |
Succeeded by | Grace Meng |
In office January 2, 2011 – August 16, 2012 | |
Preceded by | Rod Tam |
Succeeded by | Carol Fukunaga |
In office November 5, 2002 – November 2, 2004 | |
Preceded by | Mark Moses |
Succeeded by | Rida Cabanilla |
Born | (1981-04-12) April 12, 1981 (age 43) Leloaloa, American Samoa |
Political party | Republican (2024–present) |
Other political affiliations | Democratic (2002–2022)[1] Independent (2022–2024) |
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