Middle East

Only very few Universities in Islamic countries are among the 400 best Universities of the world.

Here is a link to the world’s best universities: http://www.usnews.com/education/worlds-best-universities-rankings/top-400-universities-in-the-world?page=2 Glancing through the list I found only 7 Universities among the world’s best 400 that are located in Islamic countries, 3 of them in Malaysia, one each in Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, UAE and Oman. I saw ‘King Saud University’ as […]

Mount Carmel

Carmel lights By Francis Gonsalves Ever heard of “Carmel” school or college? My sisters studied at Carmel School in Bandra, Mumbai. In boyhood I’d often tease them: “Why do you […]

Disappearing mosques

Palestine: Israeli eradication of history: Disappearing mosques Al-Akhbar: The discovery of a rare aerial photo of Jerusalem in the 1930s, taken by a Zeppelin, has provided the long-sought after proof that when Israel occupied the Old City in 1967 it secretly destroyed an important mosque that dated from the time […]