<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939333083299279648</id><updated>2012-02-26T16:19:51.873-08:00</updated><category term='home'/><category term='african inspired'/><category term='garden'/><category term='afro-originals'/><category term='african american'/><category term='african'/><category term='the urban seed'/><category term='blog'/><category term='notecard'/><category term='sala faruq'/><category term='black heritage'/><title type='text'>Afro-Originals</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afrooriginals.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8939333083299279648/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afrooriginals.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Sala Faruq</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16001463567941932352</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GMcbuOtJGtU/ShJsPPmy8fI/AAAAAAAAAAM/91XWNGamjpQ/S220/Sala1.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939333083299279648.post-5373562605446019683</id><published>2011-05-16T17:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-16T18:27:36.146-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='notecard'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the urban seed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='african inspired'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sala faruq'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='home'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='garden'/><title type='text'>The Urban Seed: Home &amp; Garden Partnership</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XSZDoDQb4ds/TdHOMX4R3LI/AAAAAAAAARY/xuhKGam0rNo/s1600/UrbanSeedEntry.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 261px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607489723016797362" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XSZDoDQb4ds/TdHOMX4R3LI/AAAAAAAAARY/xuhKGam0rNo/s320/UrbanSeedEntry.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xVnvA0JWnMA/TdHNwjPeyPI/AAAAAAAAARQ/e126pg27PTE/s1600/UrbanSeedDisplay-144.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607489245030566130" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xVnvA0JWnMA/TdHNwjPeyPI/AAAAAAAAARQ/e126pg27PTE/s320/UrbanSeedDisplay-144.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sala Faruq is pleased to announce a partnership with The Urban Seed: Home &amp;amp; Garden located in Fiesta de Reyes, Old Town San Diego, California. Not only will you be able to find her signature notecard, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;My Africa I&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.afrooriginals.com/Notecards---Stationery.html"&gt;online&lt;/a&gt;, it is available at &lt;a href="http://www.urbanseedstore.com/"&gt;The Urban Seed&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Photos by Sala Faruq. Copyright © 2011 by Sala Faruq. All rights reserved. Permission to photograph the store's entrance and notecard display granted by The Urban Seed: Home &amp;amp; Garden.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8939333083299279648-5373562605446019683?l=afrooriginals.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8939333083299279648/posts/default/5373562605446019683'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8939333083299279648/posts/default/5373562605446019683'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afrooriginals.blogspot.com/2011/05/urban-seed-home-garden-partnership.html' title='The Urban Seed: Home &amp; Garden Partnership'/><author><name>Sala Faruq</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16001463567941932352</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GMcbuOtJGtU/ShJsPPmy8fI/AAAAAAAAAAM/91XWNGamjpQ/S220/Sala1.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XSZDoDQb4ds/TdHOMX4R3LI/AAAAAAAAARY/xuhKGam0rNo/s72-c/UrbanSeedEntry.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939333083299279648.post-408320776377434502</id><published>2011-05-16T02:27:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-16T17:25:35.685-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='notecard'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='african'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='african inspired'/><title type='text'>New African-Inspired Notecard</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yad-5LTDU80/TdDuXiMHu5I/AAAAAAAAAQw/4ys3gqSGViQ/s1600/MyAfricaAOWebsite%2Bcopy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 216px; height: 154px; float: left; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607243624158313362" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yad-5LTDU80/TdDuXiMHu5I/AAAAAAAAAQw/4ys3gqSGViQ/s320/MyAfricaAOWebsite%2Bcopy.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Afro-Originals® is pleased to offer its signature notecard, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;My Africa I&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. Sala Faruq designed this notecard to share the beauty she sees in the heritage and culture of her people. For complete description and/or purchase, &lt;a href="http://www.afrooriginals.com/Notecards---Stationery.html"&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;Notecard design by Sala Faruq. Copyright © 2010 by Sala Faruq. All rights reserved.&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8939333083299279648-408320776377434502?l=afrooriginals.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8939333083299279648/posts/default/408320776377434502'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8939333083299279648/posts/default/408320776377434502'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afrooriginals.blogspot.com/2011/05/new-african-inspired-notecard.html' title='New African-Inspired Notecard'/><author><name>Sala Faruq</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16001463567941932352</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GMcbuOtJGtU/ShJsPPmy8fI/AAAAAAAAAAM/91XWNGamjpQ/S220/Sala1.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yad-5LTDU80/TdDuXiMHu5I/AAAAAAAAAQw/4ys3gqSGViQ/s72-c/MyAfricaAOWebsite%2Bcopy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939333083299279648.post-7748437530576164019</id><published>2010-12-26T10:39:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-26T12:30:41.158-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='afro-originals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blog'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='african american'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='black heritage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='african'/><title type='text'>Why This Blog</title><content type='html'>One of my passions is the study of African and African American history and culture. I established Afro-Originals® to educate the public as to the often hidden beauty in the history and culture of people of African descent. On my website, &lt;a href="http://www.afrooriginals.com/"&gt;www.afrooriginals.com&lt;/a&gt;, you will find high-quality, distinctive products that celebrate that heritage. This blog is the complement to the website.&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8939333083299279648-7748437530576164019?l=afrooriginals.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8939333083299279648/posts/default/7748437530576164019'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8939333083299279648/posts/default/7748437530576164019'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afrooriginals.blogspot.com/2010/12/why-this-blog.html' title='Why This Blog'/><author><name>Sala Faruq</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16001463567941932352</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GMcbuOtJGtU/ShJsPPmy8fI/AAAAAAAAAAM/91XWNGamjpQ/S220/Sala1.JPG'/></author></entry></feed>
