<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 01:42:25 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@atiyya/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Definition of Me]]></title><description><![CDATA["Sometimes it seems as if I have spent the first half of my life refusing to let white people define me and the second half refusing to let black people define me."]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/stigma/@atiyya/definition-of-me</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/stigma/@atiyya/definition-of-me</guid><category><![CDATA[stigma]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[atiyya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2018 18:05:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great Chinese Famine]]></title><description><![CDATA[In 1958, the chairman of the Chinese communist party called upon citizens to destroy sparrows and other wild birds that were eating crop seeds and minimising the produce of the fields. At once, farmers]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/famine/@atiyya/great-chinese-famine</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/famine/@atiyya/great-chinese-famine</guid><category><![CDATA[famine]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[atiyya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2018 17:47:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Palm leaf collector]]></title><description><![CDATA[While people are busily doing their daily chores , they hear the announcement from the island council. "The coconut palm leaf Thatch collecting boat has arrived". This is the happy news they]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/beachlife/@atiyya/palm-leaf-collector</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/beachlife/@atiyya/palm-leaf-collector</guid><category><![CDATA[beachlife]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[atiyya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2018 15:58:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/D5zH9SyxCKdBnJaFeHnL3svQi9ZN2XzXDbzH7Wc9oBeNR3e8g7XqqquPtJWi9WTGQjGoHMJxZiykU3jkkZwwxRDgDYuJR3Y9n5RuL39DyjdBzSHhiJdQ3Lpno6qPeHTRd9ZkBQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Refresh The Page]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/internet/@atiyya/refresh-the-page</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/internet/@atiyya/refresh-the-page</guid><category><![CDATA[internet]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[atiyya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2018 11:59:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8t3d5gG8YxUrFtTrvhgCDjjN8jFs75PSnQKPJZBGebLm1SR7NrvmfjAUubW3K29EmNmwc8rWN1t2jMxGcL1StMGfhiv4q8PPhB1U5hvSHSWqNcvk8fswfvMdH8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Colonialism]]></title><description><![CDATA[Centuries of colonialism: 'Get over it, it was character-building' A few decades of immigration: 'You're ruining our culture and destroying our societies!']]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/war/@atiyya/colonialism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/war/@atiyya/colonialism</guid><category><![CDATA[war]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[atiyya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2018 08:55:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being on top of your game]]></title><description><![CDATA["The fundamental difference between equal treatment and equal performance is repeatedly confused. In performance terms, virtually no one is equal to anyone. The same individual is not even equal to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/productivity/@atiyya/being-on-top-of-your-game</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/productivity/@atiyya/being-on-top-of-your-game</guid><category><![CDATA[productivity]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[atiyya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2018 00:14:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gun-control fallacy]]></title><description><![CDATA[“The key fallacy of so-called gun control laws is that such laws do not in fact control guns. They simply disarm law-abiding citizens, while people bent on violence find firearms readily available.”]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/floridashooting/@atiyya/gun-control-fallacy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/floridashooting/@atiyya/gun-control-fallacy</guid><category><![CDATA[floridashooting]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[atiyya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2018 20:24:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unyielding Efforts]]></title><description><![CDATA[“The least productive people are usually the ones who are most in favor of holding meetings.”]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/team/@atiyya/unyielding-efforts</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/team/@atiyya/unyielding-efforts</guid><category><![CDATA[team]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[atiyya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2018 20:14:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[1984]]></title><description><![CDATA[" The war is waged by each ruling group against its own subjects, and the object of the war is not to make or prevent conquests of territory, but to keep the structure of society intact. The very]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/war/@atiyya/1984</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/war/@atiyya/1984</guid><category><![CDATA[war]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[atiyya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2018 19:58:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE INTERVIEWEE WHO HATED ME]]></title><description><![CDATA[6 years ago a guy looked at me face to face, and boldly told me; "I don't like you!" I immediately fired a response, I asked him that day; "Thank you for the honest feedback, but those that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hatred/@atiyya/the-interviewee-who-hated-me</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hatred/@atiyya/the-interviewee-who-hated-me</guid><category><![CDATA[hatred]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[atiyya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2018 16:44:54 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>