Afghanistan: The amorphous American empire is alive and well
Hamid Dabashi 27 September 2021 The permanent crisis of the neoliberal economy demands a far more versatile empire than one that gets bogged down in any single country US President […]
Pakistan and The Protection of Different Religious Minority Groups – International Peace Day
Muzna Erum September 26, 2021 In the 2018 Pakistani election, Imran Khan, the now 22 Prime Minister of Pakistan from the Tehreek-e-Insaf ( PTI) political party, vowed to protect ”the […]
Hoping for miracles
Hoping for miracles Abbas Nasir Published September 26, 2021 – dawn.com WHILE the ramifications of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan are far from clear at this point, what can be said with certainty is that Pakistan appears ill-equipped to deal with the challenges that regional developments can potentially throw up. Claiming vindication […]
The Politics Behind the Veil
SMOKERS’ CORNER: THE POLITICS BEHIND THE VEIL Nadeem F. Paracha Published September 26, 2021 – In 1962, a gentleman asked the then Egyptian President Gamal Nasser to make veiling compulsory for women. […]
Mapping Afghanistan’s untapped natural resources
Afghanistan is believed to hold more than $1 trillion worth of mineral resources and metals but faces many challenges in untapping it. By Mohammed Hussein and Mohammed Haddad24 Sep 2021 Deep beneath the […]
Qatari FM: Nothing in Islam prevents girls’ schooling
Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani says the mistreatment of women in Afghanistan is unacceptable.Source: CNN Source and video report: Interview Christian Amanpour and Qatari Foreign Minister https://edition.cnn.com/videos/tv/2021/09/22/amanpour-qatar-foreign-minister-al-thani-afghanistan-iran-world-cup.cnn
Sunni scholars who left Afghanistan hope Islam’s tolerant message survives Taliban
September 22, 2021 Asia Pacific By Mahmoud Mourad Shawki Abuzeid, Egyptian cleric and head of Al-Azhar’s mission to Afghanistan, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Cairo, Egypt, August 29, 2021. […]
UN agency warns Afghanistan at risk of ‘imminent’ famine
6 HOURS AGO TRTWORLD.COM Approaching winter and the coronavirus pandemic will aggravate an already complicated situation across the country, the director of the United Nations Population Fund said. Afghanistan is […]
Breaking the habit – Viewing habits and addictions through an Islamic lens
Breaking the habit – Viewing habits and addictions through an Islamic lens 27th November 2020 Jazib Mehmood, Student, Jamia Ahmadiyya Ghana As lockdowns are being reinstated in many countries, compulsive […]
Winter Worries: The Changing Virus
Winter WorriesThe Changing Virus As winter approaches, experts are concerned that more contagious variants of the coronavirus could emerge. Measure to prevent the spread of the virus, they say, will […]
A Palestinian wedding in Israel stirs memories of the 1948 expulsion of Arab inhabitants of Biram and Iqrit
1 / 2The couple perform a traditional ritual in the ruins of the home of the groom’s grandparents in Biram. (Supplied) 2 / 2The abandoned Maronite church in Biram, George Ghantous’s ancestral […]
Growing opposition to Israel being granted observer status in African Union
6 AUG 2021 African countries seek to counter Israeli influence in the continent as Tel-Aviv plans to entrench its presence in a bid to dilute the blocs pro-Palestinian stance on […]
Imran Khan paints US as abandoner of Pakistan and Afghanistan
In his speech to the UN General Assembly, Prime Minister Imran Khan touched on a range of topics and reserved his harshest words for India, labelling Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s […]
The key to Bhutan’s happiness
(Image credit: Scott A Woodward) By Stephanie Zubiri21st September 2021As the Kingdom of Bhutan opens its borders, a Buddhist monk shares his secrets for understanding the nation’s unique approach to happiness. […]
Arbaeen as foreign pilgrims return
Sinan Mahmoud © Provided by The National Ameer Bashir, 23, organises his tiny souvenir shop in the city of Karbala, where the mood is upbeat as travel restrictions for tourists ease. […]
Islamophobia has penetrated politics in West, Erdoğan says
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AGENCIES ISTANBUL DIPLOMACY SEP 20, 2021 8:11 AM GMT+3President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan speaks at the conference organized by the Turkish American National Steering Committee (TASC) in New York City, […]
Taliban vow to ‘seppress’ Daesh presence in Afghanistan
A Taliban fighter along a street near the Zanbaq Square in Kabul. The new Taliban government has vowed to ‘suppress’ Daesh presence in Afghanistan. (AFP) Short Url https://arab.news/jb9cf Daesh will […]
Pakistani spends four decades in service of Makkah’s Grand Mosque
Ahmed Khan Qandal, 61, is a sanitation supervisor in Makkah and has lived and worked in Saudi Arabia since 1983. (Supplied) Short Url https://arab.news/gszsb The Pakistani worker witnessed the restoration […]
Abbas tells UN Israeli actions could lead to ‘one state’
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas remotely addresses the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly in a pre-recorded message, Friday, Sept. 24, 2021, at UN headquarters. (AP) Short Url https://arab.news/m3d5e […]
Drivers of Populism in Indonesia
By Marcus Mietzner ANALYSIS SHARE Indonesia is now a prime candidate for long-term populist influence. The Australian Institute of International Affairs is pleased to award Marcus Mietzner the Boyer Prize […]