Ayoun’s Rent Relief for Vulnerable Refugees in Malaysia
Ayoun Ahmed I am raising money to help refugee families for Humanity First because Covid-19 lockdown has left them with no income Humanity First We serve mankind, on a voluntary […]
MALAYSIA: COMMENT | Debunking refugee myths with facts and figures
Tan Zhong Yan Published 17 May 2020 COMMENT | The purpose of this article is not to persuade you to defend the rights of refugees. It seeks to debunk some […]
Against the grain: The virus and capitalism
Syed Farid Alatas The Edge Malaysia April 30, 2020 This article first appeared in Forum, The Edge Malaysia Weekly, on April 27, 2020 – May 03, 2020. In human history, […]
What We Are Reading Today: The Outsiders: Refugees in Europe since 1492
Short Url https://arab.news/bne66 Arab News May 19, 2020 Author: Philipp Ther European history has been permeated with refugees. The Outsiders chronicles every major refugee movement since 1492, when the […]
A quiet revolution is changing the Middle East
Arab News Ronald S. Lauder May 16, 2020 Short Url https://arab.news/94rre A revolution is taking place in the Arab world that is quietly moving the Middle East’s tectonic plates in […]
‘The Tumultuous Decade’
May 18,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – JAMES J. ZOGBY On May 20, the Middle East Institute will release my new book “The Tumultuous Decade,” a book that brings together a […]
Turkey announces nationwide curfew during Eid al-Fitr holidays
From CNN’s Gul Tuysuz Turkey will be under a nationwide four-day curfew for the Eid al-Fitr holiday between May 23-26 as a part of pandemic measures, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan […]
Moderna’s Stock Soars On Positive Early-stage Data For Its Coronavirus Vaccine Candidate
Editor’s note: This is not investment advice by us. Just a health news and optimism. Source: Market Watch Shares of Moderna Inc. (MRNA) jumped 25.1% in premarket trading on Monday after […]
France’s obsession with the Muslim headscarf
17th May 2020 Asif Arif, Attorney at Law admitted to Paris Bar http://www.alhakam.org Since the apparition of fundamental rights and the state of law in […]
Australia announces bid to win back tourists
Sunshine Coast, Australia (CNN) — When we do go outside again, what will it be like? Over the May 16-17 weekend, Tourism Australia — the country’s national travel organization — […]
Coronavirus: NHS staff will be first to get new antibody test, medical chief promises
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred and saving one is like saving the whole of humanity. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Source: Yahoo Finance Frontline workers, including NHS staff, will […]
U.S. Senate leader expects vote soon on seeking China sanctions over Uighurs
Source Swiss Info WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Thursday he expects the chamber to move soon to pass a bill that would call on […]
Netanyahu takes office in deal that could see West Bank annexation
Rival Benny Gantz to take over as PM of Israeli unity government after 18 months Benjamin Netanyahu has been sworn in as Israel’s prime minister, heading a unity government in […]
Silicon Valley’s Next Big Office Idea: Work From Anywhere
Source: WSJ By Katherine Bindley Four years ago, Aaron Levie moved Box Inc., the fast-growing cloud-computing company he co-founded, into a new, red-brick building with its logo on the facade. Box decked it out […]
AstraZeneca Aims for 30 Million U.K. Vaccine Doses by September
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred and saving one is like saving the whole of humanity. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Source: Bloomberg By Sara Marley AstraZeneca Plc will make as […]
Infodemic: A by-product of the pandemic
Source: Al Hakam The only good thing about a pandemic is that their potential harm is eventually acknowledged, assessed and then combated with all possible means. Such united and focused effort at a global scale is what has seen tides turn in the past and we hope to see the […]
13 holy sites you can visit on a virtual tour during Ramadan
Source: Daily Sabah In the last week of Ramadan, a different experience for Muslims this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, you can pay a virtual visit to many sacred […]
Muslims must perform Eid al-Fitr prayers at home: Al-Azhar
Source: Egypt Independent Al-Azhar’s Senior Scholar Authority on Sunday has decreed that, owing to the coronavirus pandemic, all Muslims must perform the Eid al-Fitr prayers at home either alone or […]
Halifax vaccinology centre to conduct Canada’s first COVID vaccine trials
Source: The Chronicle Herald A Halifax vaccine research centre will conduct Canada’s first human clinical trials of a potential COVID-19 vaccine. The Canadian Center for Vaccinology will work with the […]
Covid 19: Religious Versus Scientific Perspectives?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina has slammed the World Health Organization (WHO) for not endorsing its COVID-19 herbal […]