How the world is failing the Afghan test
HAFED AL-GHWELL January 30, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/2jsfv If 2021 was marked by the return of the US to global institutions and the restoration of confidence in international action, developments […]
Heaven and Hell / Part 1
MAGAZINE: EDITION NOVEMBER 2021Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad – The Promised Messiah and Mahdi (as)RELIGIOUS CONCEPTS 19th January 2022 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as), The Promised Messiah & Imam Mahdi The […]
Ageing, Spirituality and What Really Matters in the End
Hamaad KhanSCIENCE, MEDICINE AND TECHNOLOGY 9th January 2022 THE REVIEW OF RELIGIONS ©Shutterstock Hamaad Khan, UK Wispy hair, sunken flesh, brittle bones; as we age, we are marked by the […]
Pakistani Nobel Laureate Dr. Abdus Salam on Decline of Science in Muslim World
Dr. Salam: “Islam was very strongly research-minded until about Year 1000 AD. Then there was a big battle between the Sufis and the theologians (established religious leaders). Theologians won that […]
Possibility of total war in today’s world
BY MUHITTIN ATAMAN JAN 12, 2022 – 12:05 AM GMT+3Illustration by Shutterstock. The world has been going through a transitory period, which has made the political and economic global system […]
COVID-19 pandemic is far from over
DR. THEODORE KARASIK January 11, 2022 arabnews.com Short Url https://arab.news/mbzuh We are now into the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic and many are saying “enough is enough,” sharpening the […]
Nuclear war is a genuine threat, so why have non-proliferation efforts stalled?
Experts believe the risk of nuclear war is closer than ever, with the infamous Doomsday Clock — a prediction on when mushroom clouds will rise over the world’s cities — […]
Will it ever end? Here is what happened with previous pandemics
BY GERMAN PRESS AGENCY – DPA LOS ANGELES JAN 05, 2022 – Vaccinations are stalled, hospitals keep getting COVID-19 patients and the WHO has announced a new variant of concern: omicron, […]
Reasons for optimism after a difficult year / Bill Gates
2021 was an incredibly hard year for many people, including me, but I’m hopeful that 2022 will be better. By Bill Gates| December 07, 2021 When Paul and I were starting Microsoft, […]
We are living in an age of disorder and discontent
SIR JOHN JENKINS December 31, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/zcdsh In his remarkable book, “Global Crisis: War, Climate Change and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century,” the British historian Geoffrey Parker explores […]
The world in 2022: another year of living dangerously
The climate, pandemic and tensions between states means the year ahead is likely to be as tumultuous as the last 12 months Simon Tisdall Wed 29 Dec 2021 On the […]
‘Something has broken’: Why 2022 is filled with potential perils
From Taiwan to Libya to the US, global hotspots could proliferate in 2022, writes Borzou Daragahi 59 minutes ago… If it seems like the world is becoming more dangerous, that’s because it is. […]
When Muslims ruled the civilised world
Beyond the paradox of celebrating a bygone Islamic civilization at the height of Islamophobia in the United States. Hamid Dabashi Hamid Dabashi is the Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies […]
Our world is changing in worrying ways
NIDHAL GUESSOUM December 21, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/47y55 In October 2020, with the pandemic still to reach its peak and vaccines not yet available, the writer and CNN host Fareed […]
Rising global inequality heightens risk of social chaos
RANVIR S. NAYAR December 10, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/983wy The World Inequality Report 2022 released earlier this week by the World Inequality Lab paints a dismal picture, with inequality continuing […]
Students globally estimated to lose $17 tln in lifetime earnings due to COVID-19: World Bank
Doaa A.Moneim , Tuesday 7 Dec 2021 The current generation of students risks losing $17 trillion in lifetime earnings –about 14 percent of the global GDP at the present value – […]
Outer Space vs Under Water
Mansoor Dahri FEATURED 12th November 2021 Counterview: Readers give us their opinions on different debates. © Shutterstock Mansoor Dahri, UK Where should humanity live next? For a very long time, […]
Best soups from around the world
BY DAILY SABAH JUN 17, 2021 12:27 PM +03 +03:00 Tarhana This fermented soup from Turkey is the oldest instant soup in existence and it can be found throughout the region. Menudo The Mexican […]
As birthrates fall, countries will be forced to adapt or fall behind.
By Andre Tartar, Hannah Recht, and Yue Qiu At least two children per woman—that’s what’s needed to ensure a stable population from generation to generation. In the 1960s, the fertility […]