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Arabization (تعريب)
Arabization (تعريب, ta'rib) is the spread of Arabic language and identity and, as modern policy, the postcolonial replacement of English, French, and local languages with standard Arabic in states such as Algeria and Sudan, with mixed outcomes.
Arfan Bhatti
Arfan Qadeer Bhatti (born 1977) is a Norwegian Islamist, former head of Profetens Ummah, convicted in 2026 to 30 years forvaring for complicity in the 25 June 2022 Oslo Pride terror shooting; he was extradited from Pakistan and has appealed.
Ariadne Getty
Ariadne Getty, Italian-born Getty-family philanthropist based in Los Angeles, leads the Ariadne Getty Foundation (formerly Fuserna, est. 2004), a major LGBTQ-rights funder via GLAAD and the Los Angeles LGBT Center.
Arlyn Phoenix
Arlyn Phoenix (born Arlyn Sharon Dunetz), known as Heart Phoenix, is an American peacebuilding and animal-rights activist and mother of actors River, Rain, Joaquin, Liberty, and Summer Phoenix.
Armpit fetishism
Armpit fetishism, or maschalagnia, is sexual interest in the axilla, its hair, sweat, and odor. A paraphilia under DSM-5, it is a fetishistic disorder only with six months of recurrent arousal plus distress, impairment, or harm.
Aromanticism
Aromanticism, or being aro, is a romantic orientation marked by little or no romantic attraction, distinct from asexuality. Covers spectrum terms, amatonormativity, queerplatonic relationships, stigma research, and Ace Community Survey data.
Arranged marriage
Arranged marriage, also called prearranged marriage, is a marriage in which families lead the choice of partner, while consent formally remains with the couple, distinguishing it from forced marriage.
Arranged marriage in the Indian subcontinent
Arranged marriage in the Indian subcontinent is marriage arranged primarily by parents or family matchmakers, remaining the predominant form of marriage in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal.
Arthur Chatto
Arthur Robert Nathaniel Chatto (born 1999) is a British Royal Marines officer, grandson of Princess Margaret and great-nephew of Queen Elizabeth II; he rowed 2,000 miles around Britain in 2020 and is 31st in line to the throne.
Arthur MacArthur IV
Arthur MacArthur IV (born February 21, 1938, Manila) is the only child of General Douglas MacArthur and Jean MacArthur, raised at the Manila Hotel, and a private figure who made a rare 2025 Battle of Manila anniversary statement.
Arun Manilal Gandhi
Arun Manilal Gandhi (1934-2023), also Arun Gandhi, Indian American peace activist, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi; founded the M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence and the Season for Nonviolence.
Asexuality
Asexuality (ace) is a sexual orientation of little or no sexual attraction, distinct from celibacy and HSDD. About 1% prevalence; most asexuals are romantic; AVEN founded 2001; split attraction model distinguishes romantic orientation.
Ashley Alexandra Dupré
Ashley Alexandra Dupré (born Ashley Youmans, 1985), alias "Kristen" of the Emperor's Club VIP, the escort linked to Governor Eliot Spitzer's 2008 resignation; later a New York Post advice columnist and singer, now known as Ashley Earle.
Ashley Madison
Ashley Madison: Toronto-founded (2002) Canadian discreet-dating service for people seeking affairs, run by Ruby Corp (formerly Avid Life Media); credit-based payments, the 2015 Impact Team breach exposing 36 million accounts, FTC settlement, and fembot controversy.
Ashoka (non-profit organization)
Ashoka (non-profit): international 501(c)(3) founded 1980 by Bill Drayton, distinct from Ashoka University; pioneered social entrepreneurship, elects 4,000+ Ashoka Fellows in 99 countries, HQ Arlington, Virginia.
Asia Rose Simpson
Asia Rose Simpson, American-Filipino beauty queen from Hobbs, New Mexico and Quezon City; Miss World Philippines 2026 winner and Miss World 2026 Top 12 finalist; SED youth sports-and-dance advocate.
Assata Shakur
Assata Shakur (JoAnne Chesimard), Black Panther and Black Liberation Army member, convicted 1977 of killing a NJ trooper, escaped prison 1979, lived in Cuban asylum from 1984, FBI first female Most Wanted Terrorist; died 2025 in Havana at 78.
Assembly of the Poor
The Assembly of the Poor (Thai: Samacha Khon Jon) is a Thai poor people's and peasant movement founded at Thammasat University, Bangkok, in 1995, best known for its 99-day protest before Government House in 1997.
Astroworld Festival crowd crush
Astroworld Festival crowd crush: November 5, 2021 crowd surge at Travis Scott's festival at NRG Park, Houston, killing 10 by compression asphyxia; grand jury no-billed all defendants in 2023.
Asylum claims based on sexual orientation and gender identity
Asylum claims based on sexual orientation and gender identity are refugee claims by people fearing persecution at home, resting on the 1951 Refugee Convention's particular social group ground.
Attack on Reginald Denny
Attack on Reginald Denny: the April 29, 1992 beating of white truck driver Reginald Denny at Florence and Normandie during the LA riots, televised live, and the 1993 trial of Damian Williams and Henry Watson.
Attack! (periodical)
Attack! (ATTACK!) was an American white supremacist tabloid, later magazine, official publication of Willis Carto's National Youth Alliance from fall 1969, edited by William Pierce, renamed National Vanguard in April 1978, and serialized The Turner Diaries.
Attraction to transgender people
Attraction to transgender people: romantic and sexual interest toward trans individuals and its social context. Key findings: cis men respond more negatively than cis women, mediated by transphobia; perceived deception, non-disclosure, fetishization, and relationship survival after transition are central research themes.
Au pair
Au pair: a young foreigner living with a host family, providing childcare and light housework for room, board, and stipend under cultural-exchange rules; US J-1 program caps work at 45 hours weekly; Norway abolished its scheme in 2024.
August Spies
August Vincent Theodore Spies (1855–1887), German-born Chicago anarchist, editor of the Arbeiter-Zeitung, Haymarket affair defendant hanged November 11, 1887 after the 1886 bombing trial.
Auma Obama
Auma Obama (born 1960), Kenyan sociologist and half-sister of Barack Obama, founder of the Sauti Kuu Foundation for disadvantaged youth in Kenya and author of the memoir And Then Life Happens.
Australian Aboriginal avoidance practices
Australian Aboriginal avoidance practices are customary rules restricting interaction between certain kin, strictest between a man and his mother-in-law, using special speech registers, sign language, and bodily distancing.
Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey
Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey (AMLPS): voluntary, non-binding ABS survey of electors, September–November 2017, on same-sex marriage; 61.6% yes, 79.5% participation, upheld by the High Court, led to December 2017 legalization.
Autoeroticism
Autoeroticism, self-directed sexual arousal and gratification through masturbation, nongenital stimulation, or fantasy; term coined by Havelock Ellis (1898) and adopted by Freud in 1905; distinct from autosexuality, an orientation.
Avaaz
Avaaz is a global online campaigning organization founded in January 2007, co-founded by Res Publica and MoveOn.org with Ricken Patel as founding president, member-funded, working in many languages on climate, human rights, corruption, and misinformation.