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Omar Ibn Said died in 1863 at the age of ninety-three, an ocean away from where he was born. He was known as “Uncle Moreau,” and his obituary in the Raleigh, North Carolina,
Weekly Standard, describes his Christian piety, after being converted from “heathenistic” Islam. By then Ibn Said had been a slave for 56 years. Much of his identity had been lost or erased.
Or was it? When he was sixty-three, Ibn Said penned a 15-page autobiography in Arabic. He opened with a verse from the Qur’an called the Sūrah al-Mulk. Mulk means dominion or ownership. In Islam, everything belongs to God and nothing to man.
Councilors confirm Geisel as city manager
Matt Geisel is the new Rio Rancho city manager. File photo.
City of Rio Rancho economic development manager Matt Geisel is the next city manager.
Rio Rancho Governing Body members voted 5-1 at their virtual meeting Thursday night to move Geisel to the top appointed position in the city, effective May 3. Councilor Jim Owen cast the dissenting vote.
Owen said he was disturbed that Geisel was leaving the position of acting Development Services Department director, where Owen thought he was most talented, and concerned about the direction of the city with the development director chair empty.