New Kaaba cover installed on eve of Islamic New Year 1444
1 / 7 Saudi technicians carry the 850-kilogram new Kiswa at the Grand Mosque to be installed at the Holy Kaaba at midnight Friday. (SPA) 2 / 7 Technicians from the King […]
Scholar examines fiscal policies of mediaeval Muslim states
By Saeb Rawashdeh – Jul 31,2022 – JORDAN TIMES A southern stronghold Karak was an administrative centre of Ayyubid and Mamluk state (Photo courtesy of ACOR/ Collection of Rami Khouri) AMMAN — […]
Report documents Israeli brutality against children in Gaza
RAY HANANIA July 29, 2022 Short Url Israel’s relentless assault on the citizens of the Gaza Strip began on the very day that it was captured by Israel in June, […]
The clash of cultures
Jan 03,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Harold James PRINCETON — Historian Samuel Huntington’s famous thesis that the post-Cold War world would be defined by a “clash of civilisations” turned out to be quite wrong. What we have instead is a clash of cultures within civilisations, which ultimately make civilisation itself […]
Taliban crackdown on rights is ‘suffocating’ women: Amnesty
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS ISLAMABAD JUL 27, 2022 – DAILY SABAH Afghan women chant and hold signs of protest during a demonstration in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 26, 2022. (AP Photo) The lives […]
Hagia Sophia hosts 6.5M visitors in 2nd year of reopening as mosque
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AA ISTANBUL JUL 24, 2022 – DAILY SABAH Interior of Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, July 24, 2022. (AA Photo) The Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque […]
Lapid’s chance to break with the past
DR. DANIA KOLEILAT KHATIB July 27, 2022 Short Url Yair Lapid, the caretaker Israeli prime minister, needs to score a win if he is to remain in the post after […]
Chinese burn
Chinese burn Mahir Ali Published July 27, 2022 – 1×1.2×1.5x IF China were vulnerable to guided missiles of the rhetorical variety, it would be licking its wounds. The West’s hostility appears to […]
Turkish bath ‘hammam’ in summer: It’s cooler than you think
BY LEYLA YVONNE ERGIL ISTANBUL JUL 20, 2022 – While the Turkish bath may seem too hot to handle, there are added benefits to taking part in this detoxifying ritual in […]
Child detentions highlight cruelty of Israeli occupation
YOSSI MEKELBERG July 26, 2022 Short Url A call last week by a group of UN human rights experts urging the Israeli government to release Ahmad Manasra, a 20-year-old Palestinian […]
Washington is the problem, not the solution
Jul 26,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Ramzy Baroud To judge US President Joe Biden’s recent visit to Israel and Palestine as a “failure” in terms of activating the dormant “peace […]
‘Partition was painful, today Indo-Pak and Bangladesh can be one..,’ CM Khattar expressed hopes
AMP Stories Agneepath Scheme ByLaxman Chaurasiya Jul 26 2022 Chandigarh: Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar has said that the partition of the country in 1947 was very painful, the attributes of which […]
The tech helping to bring you your morning coffee
By Luana FerreiraBusiness reporter, Brazil Published 1 day ago bbc.com For an estimated one billion people around the world drinking coffee is a daily regime. Yet what many coffee lovers […]
Pakistan celebrates its first woman to summit K2
Samina Baig is now the only Pakistani woman to have conquered both Mount Everest and K2 AFP July 22, 2022 Source: The Express Tribune ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday celebrated Samina […]
The bottom is falling out for post-war UN regime
BY HAKKI ÖCAL JUL 25, 2022 – DAILY SABAH A wheat field is seen in the village of Zhurivka, as Russia’s attack on Ukraine continues, Ukraine, July 23, 2022. (Reuters […]
How NEOM’s The Line aims to achieve harmony between urban development and preservation of nature in Saudi Arabia
SPECIAL 1 / 5 Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced plans for The Line development at NEOM on July 25. (Supplied) SPECIAL 2 / 5 The Line will stretch 170 km across northwestern Saudi Arabia. Once completed, the world’s largest structure will accommodate 9 million residents using a cutting-edge vertical […]
Palestinian leadership needs to rethink its grave mistakes
RAMZY BAROUD July 25, 2022 Short Url To judge US President Joe Biden’s recent visit to Israel and Palestine as a ‘failure’ in terms of activating the dormant ‘peace process’ […]
Saudi Crown Prince announces designs of The Line in NEOM
ARAB NEWSJuly 25, 202217:336837 Designs of The Line embody how urban communities will be in the future: Saudi crown princeCity will run on 100% renewable energy and prioritize people’s health […]
A World in crisis needs both trade and aid
Jul 24,2022 – JORDAN TIMES By Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Rebeca Grynspan, Pamela Coke-Hamilton We are in the toughest period the world economy has faced since the creation of the multilateral system […]
How to beat developing-market debt crises
Jul 25,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Hippolyte Fofack CAIRO — Since the Latin American debt crisis of the 1980s, sovereign-debt crises have become a regular occurrence for emerging and developing […]