May 30, 2016 Saudi Gazette Mahmoud Ahmad Last week two unique reactions to a simple action of mine made me ponder, while literally creating a credible verification of the Newtonian’s third law of motion. The irony was that the action did relate to a person in motion. I was at […]
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 […]
The Mirage by Jamal Sanad Dr. Al-Suwaidi The Mirage is an expression of His Excellency Dr. Jamal Sanad Al-Suwaidi’s perspective that the struggle in which many Arab and Muslim countries are currently engaged against extremist groups and organizations is not limited to the realm of military and security operations; it […]
Source: BBC By Renuka Rayasam Sand. We take it for granted. From deserts to beaches to children’s playgrounds, it seems ubiquitous. Yet the abundant resource is feeding a global land grab that’s even bred a sand-smuggling underworld. I was shocked that people would fight for sand. While researching beach erosion […]
Submissions for the eight categories of the 2016 award close July 31, 2016 Published: 16:45 May 3, 2016 Staff Report Dubai: Submissions opened on Tuesday for the Islamic Economy Award that will be awarded at the Global Islamic Economy Summit in October, the Dubai Islamic Economy Development Centre said in […]
Apr 28,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMI G. KHOURI During a very fast, one-day, visit to Washington, DC on Monday, I participated in a day of lectures and panel discussions organised by a private company on some of the world’s most challenging political and economic issues, including the “Arab youth” […]
April 23, 2016 TEHRAN – President Rouhani has asserted that Iran has been in the frontline of counterterrorism both ideologically and pragmatically, saying if it had not been for Iran’s supports, Damascus and Bagdad would have fallen into the hands of Daesh, the Arabic acronym for ISIL. Rouhani made the […]
April 23, 2016 President Obama’s foreign policy legacy will have a lasting impact on the U.S. international security in general and the Middle East in particular for years to come. Obama opines that warmongering is no longer an option and the U.S. is better off coming to grips with realities […]
By Reuters – Apr 21,2016 – JORDAN TIMES President Barack Obama, with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman (right), speaks after a Gulf Cooperation Council session at the Diriyah Palace during the Gulf Cooperation Council Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Thursday (AP photo) RIYADH — The United States will deter and […]
Source: CNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN White House Producer Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (CNN)A day after his longer-than-planned talks with Saudi King Salman partially eased some long-simmering tensions, President Barack Obama was working Thursday to persuade other Gulf leaders to take a more muscular role in stabilizing their region. During a […]
Book can be downloaded for free from April 15 midnight, and offers comprehensive advice on fasting for all categories of diabetics Published: 17:03 April 14, 2016 Suchitra Bajpai Chaudhary, Senior Reporter Dubai: Of the 132 million diabetic Muslims around the world, nearly 100 million can fast safely during Ramadan provided […]
Al Jazeera Yasir Suleiman © Provided by Al Jazeera Who will rescue Western societies from their Islamophobes? Discussing conflict, the Italian political theorist Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937) told us decades ago that when language comes to the fore as an issue in society, we should conclude that there are non-linguistic […]
By AP – Mar 13,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Palestinian primary school teacher Hanan Al Hroub reacts after she won the second annual Global Teacher Prize in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Sunday (AP photo) DUBAI — A Palestinian primary school teacher who grew up in a refugee camp won […]
Mar 12, 2016 Abdulaziz Al-Thekair The headwaiter of a fancy European restaurant rebuked members of a Saudi family for sitting at a big table and making their two housemaids sit at a smaller separate table. The Saudi family did not violate the local laws but did violate the social norms […]
UAE GDN Online Desk The Parax Paper stall featuring samples of the first copies of the Holy Quran printed on stone paper, was the centre of attraction on the second day of Paperworld Middle East at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre. The revolutionary and environmentally-friendly stone […]
By Ramzy Baroud When Arab streets exploded with fury, from Tunis to Sanaa, pan-Arabism seemed, then, like a nominal notion. Neither did the so-called ‘Jasmine Revolution’ use slogans that affirmed its Arab identity, nor did angry Egyptian youth raise the banner proclaiming Arab unity atop the high buildings adjacent to […]
Qatar Foundation for Education chairperson calls for strong measures to preserve language Image Credit: QNA Shaikha Moza addressing the forum. Published: 09:34 January 21, 2016 By Habib Toumi, Bureau Chief Manama: Shaikha Moza Bint Nasser, Chairperson of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF), has lamented the inability of the Arabs […]
Rafael Nash | Friday, February 12, 2016 Five years of conflict have killed more than a quarter-million people, created Europe’s biggest refugee crisis since World War II and allowed the Islamic State to carve out its own territory across parts of Syria and neighboring Iraq. They will continue their […]
Source: Al Jazeera A woman will lead the United Arab Emirates’ attempt to secure happiness for its citizens after being named the country’s first ever minister of state for happiness. […]
UAE’s five newly appointed women ministers: Jameela Salem Al Muhairi as Minister of State for General Education (top left), Shamma AlMazrui as Minister of State for Youth Affairs (lower left), Ohood Al Roumi as Minister of State for Happiness (center), Najla Al Awar as Minister of Community Development (top right), […]