Aga Khan award for architecture announces 2016 shortlist
aga khan award for architecture announces 2016 shortlist (above) royal academy for nature conservation, um al-yanabea (architect: khammash architects) image © AKTC / cemal emden the 19 […]
Three Iranian projects competing for Aga Khan Award for Architecture
May 15, 2016 TEHRAN — Three Iranian projects were shortlisted with 16 other works from around the world for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture worth $1 million. The projects are the Manouchehri House in the central Iranian city of Kashan, the Tabiat Pedestrian Bridge and the 40 Knots […]
Eurovision winning entry: 1944, a harrowing family tale about Stalin’s deportation of Muslim Tatars
Jamala, representing Ukraine with the song 1944, performs during the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 final in Stockholm. Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP Photo May 15, 2016 KIEV // “When strangers are coming, they come to your house, they kill you all and say, ‘we’re not guilty, not guilty’.” […]
Pianist of Yarmouk plays to Germans’ hearts
Refugee Aeham Al Ahmad, also known as “the pianist of Yarmouk” performs during a rehearsal, prior to a concert at Berlin’s Heimathafen concert hall on May 12, 2016. John MacDougall/AFP Pianist of Yarmouk plays to Germans’ hearts May 15, 2016 Updated: May 15, 2016 06:23 PM Berlin // A year […]
What the rest of Europe thinks about Londoners picking a Muslim mayor
theguardian: by Carmen Fishwick — People living outside the UK give their views on Sadiq Khan’s win and whether a Muslim would be elected where they live Sadiq Khan. Across the UK there are hundreds of Muslim councillors, and the House of Commons has 13 Muslim MPs. Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PA […]
Pakistani Squash champion living in Toronto, free from Taliban Threat
http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2688346365 Listen to Maria Toorpakai interview on CBC with AnnaMaria Trimonti Transcript of the Interview May 11, 2016 Squash champion Maria Toorpakai disguised herself as a boy to play sports in Pakistan Guests: Maria Toorpakai ANNA MARIA TREMONTI: Hello, I’m Anna Maria Tremonti and this is The Current. AMT: That is Canadian squash […]
9 Times Bono Was Spot On About What It’s Like To Search For God
Huff Post: Before Bono became the world-famous humanitarian and frontman of the Irish rock band U2, he was Paul David Hewson from Dublin. The son of a Roman Catholic dad and a Protestant mother, Bono grew up during a time of sectarian conflict and witnessed the human cost of militant […]
New Dubai school to focus on integrating Arabic and Islamic Studies into wider curriculum
Nadeem Hanif May 15, 2016 DUBAI // Integrating Arabic and Islamic Studies into the wider curriculum will be the focus of a new school that will open this summer. The Next Generation School will open its doors to children for the next academic year and promises to develop both […]
Increase in arson at German refugee centres: police
Firemen extinguishing a fire at a former hotel under reconstruction to become a home for asylum seekers in February in Bautzen, Eastern Germany. Photo: AFP Increase in arson at German refugee centres: police Published: 14 May 2016 16:24 GMT+02:00 German authorities on Saturday reported an increase in the number of […]
First batch of asylum seekers from Italy arrive IN sWITZERLAND
REDISTRIBUTION PROGRAMME MAY 13, 2016 – 15:32 The group is made up of asylum seekers who reached Italy via the Mediterranean (Keystone) A group of 10 asylum seekers from Italy has arrived in Switzerland under the European Union’s refugee relocation programme. They are part of a pilot group of 30 […]
25 Palestinian children killed in 3 months — UNICEF
By AFP – May 14,2016 -JORDAN TIMES Arab Israelis and other supporters wave Palestinian flags as they march during a protest to mark the right of return for refugees who fled their homes during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, at a village near Rahat in southern Israel, on Thursday. The […]
Palestine will remain Palestine
May 14,2016 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL Today marks the 68th year of Nakbeh, or Palestinian catastrophe. In 1948, Israel was created on Palestinian land, starting decades of Palestinian suffering, sacrifice, dispossession and displacement. Palestinians, both Muslim and Christian, who were a majority in their homeland before the start of the […]
Nakbeh — never again?
May 14,2016 -JORDAN TIMES – Mahmoud N. Zidan On May 11 and 12, many Israelis marked the 68th anniversary of their so-called Independence Day, Yom Ha’atzmaut, according to the Hebrew calendar. That day laid the groundwork for implementing the myth of a greater — only in size — Israel, a […]
Europe has a troublingly short memory over Serbia’s Aleksander Vucic
Voices The Serbian Prime Ministser is saying all the right things to ease his country into the EU. But Vucic, who attended the Srebrenica memorial service last year, once said, “for every Serb killed, we will kill 100 Muslims” Robert Fisk @indyvoices Saturday 14 May 2016 31 comments Ask me […]
Muslim politician in Scotland take oath of allegiance in Urdu
In yet another powerful display of British multiculturalism, a Muslim politician elected to Scottish parliament delivered his oath of allegiance in his native language, Urdu. Humza Yousaf, a member of the Scottish National Party(SNP) who won a seat from the city of Glasgow, spoke first in English and then […]
India journalist arrested over Muslim yoga ban report
Source: BBC A journalist in India is facing charges over a report he wrote saying Muslims were banned from being yoga teachers under government policy. Pushp Sharma’s report appeared in […]
Even in Liberal Communities, Transgender Bathroom Laws Worry Parents
Source: Time By Belinda Luscombe Belinda Luscombe is an editor-at-large of TIME A Manhattan rec center struggles to make its locker rooms work for everyone Girls from a swim team in […]
Will genetically modified insects help stop disease?
Historically, malaria and dengue control strategies have incorporated insect population control using insecticides, but in recent years, researchers have turned to genetic engineering. By developing mosquitoes that don’t carry such pathogens, researchers hope to stop disease spread. Culling insects Researchers creating genetically modified (GM) insects generally have one of two […]
New Way of Attacking HIV Virus Boosts AIDS Vaccine Efforts
Source: Time By Alice Park Researchers have found a new HIV weakness that could lead to a more effective vaccine The key to bringing down HIV is to find its weak […]
7 Ways To Train Your Brain To Be Happy
Source: Huffington Post Neil Pasricha is Director of The Institute for Global Happiness, a New York Times bestselling author, and a “Top 10” Most Inspiring TED Speaker. The Quiet Leadership InstituteQuiet […]