Saudi Arabia wins praise for ensuring safe, secure Hajj
AISHA FARID & NADA HAMEED | Arab News Staff | Published — Monday 4 September 2017 JEDDAH: As Hajj winds down, congratulations poured in regarding the Saudi Arabian […]
When do lying politicians tell the truth?
Aug 31,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Daoud Kuttab Telling partial truth or untruths is prevalent with politicians. Although it should not be so, political leaders have a tendency to exaggerate, minimise and at times tell total lies in order to support a political point of view. But even lying politicians […]
It has been two years since Alan Kurdi’s death – and things have only got worse for Syrian refugees
The UK Government, like others in Europe, is once again dealing with Libya to try to block migration. But there is no Libyan regime now. Rather there are disparate parties, tribes and militias vying for power, legitimacy and money Steve Valdez-Symonds It has been two years since Alan Kurdi’s death […]
Germany election: Merkel holds ground in TV debate
Source: BBC This was supposed to be the highlight of a lacklustre election campaign. For months German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives have enjoyed a significant lead over their nearest rival – and current coalition partner. The TV stations prepared their viewers for an impassioned, furious debate. But those hoping for […]
The Arabic Freud: Psychoanalysis and Islam in Modern Egypt
Book by Omnia El Shakry The first in-depth look at how postwar thinkers in Egypt mapped the intersections between Islamic discourses and psychoanalytic thought Read the introduction of the book: Psychotherapy and […]
North Korea says it conducts hydrogen bomb test; Trump issues trade threat
Source: Reuters By Jack Kim, Soyoung Kim, Steve Holland 8 MIN READ SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – North Korea on Sunday conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test, which it said was of […]
Researchers Show How Simple Stickers Could Trick Self-Driving Cars
Source: Time BY David Z. Morris Sep 02, 2017 A team of researchers from four American universities has provided a troubling preview of how self-driving cars could be tricked into […]
Sarahah – Apple’s most popular app developed by a S. Arabian
Sun 03 Sep 2017 07:40 AM Related Articles Saudi Arabian ‘honesty’ app takes internet by storm The App Store’s most popular free app isn’t what you think it is. It’s called Sarahah, and in the past week, it’s surged to the top of the App Store in regions like Australia, Ireland, the U.S, […]
THE WAGES OF TERROR
Source: Time BY JARED MALSIN/ISTANBUL | PHOTOGRAPHS BY EMIN OZMEN—MAGNUM FOR TIME Over the past few years, ISIS has repeatedly targeted tourist hot spots across Europe and the wider Mediterranean region. The slaughter […]
This Actress Changed Her Last Name to Get Roles in ‘Racist’ Hollywood
Source: Time BY Aurelie Corinthios / People Sep 01, 2017 Chloe Bennet is speaking out against discrimination in show business. The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. star posted an Instagram praising actor Ed Skrein for stepping down from playing Major Ben Daimio in the upcoming Hellboy reboot after learning that in the original comic, the character is of mixed Asian […]
Obama team’s 2020 signals spark chatter among Dems
Source: MSN News BY Amie Parnes Democrats are expressing concern that advisers and aides to former President Obama have already begun signaling which candidate they might support for the White House […]
The beauty of being a misfit
Source: TED Talk To those who feel like they don’t belong: there is beauty in being a misfit. Author Lidia Yuknavitch shares her own wayward journey in an intimate recollection […]
World War 3: You’ll never find our missiles and we’ll ANNIHILATE you if you try – N.Korea
NORTH KOREA today fired another attack at the US and South Korea mocking any attempt to knock out the regime’s missiles as “nothing but a silly dream”. By Leigh Boobyer PUBLISHED: 00:01, Sat, Sep 2, 2017 Kim Jong-un continued the war of words with US President Donald Trump across international […]
White House holds national security meeting, pushes harsher sanctions after North Korea’s nuclear test
BY Jason Silverstein NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Updated: Sunday, September 3, 2017, 12:11 PM The White House on Sunday rushed to take national security and economic measures against North Korea after confirming that the rogue nation had pulled off its largest nuclear weapons test yet. President Trump called a […]
12 truths I learned from life and writing
Anne Lomott A few days before she turned 61, writer Anne Lamott decided to write down everything she knew for sure. She dives into the nuances of being a human […]
Ignorant People Made Me Want To Wear Hijab
Source: Huffington Post BY Kaya Gravitter, Contributor Kaya is an activist for change and speaking for the voiceless. The way a woman dresses can express what she wants you to see […]
Millions of Muslims across the globe celebrate Eid
NYTimes.com https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/02/world/eid-al-adha-muslims.html?module= Millions of Muslims across the globe — including in countries like India, Indonesia, Turkey, Russia and Pakistan — are celebrating Eid al-Adha, Islam’s most revered observance. Known as the Feast of Sacrifice or “big Eid,” it is one of the two major religious festivals of Islam. The other, Eid al-Fitr, occurs at the end […]
Ted Talk: Success, failure and the drive to keep creating
Elizabeth Gilbert was once an “unpublished diner waitress,” devastated by rejection letters. And yet, in the wake of the success of ‘Eat, Pray, Love,’ she found herself identifying strongly with […]
Melaka woman converts to Islam, marries sweetheart diagnosed with stage four colon and liver cancer
https://acdn.adnxs.com/ib/static/usersync/v3/async_usersync.html Adrianna Law Abdullah and Alfian Rizal was pronounced husband and wife after their akad nikah (solemnisation of marriage) ceremony on Saturday August 26, 2017. Alfian suffers a stage four […]
Muslims at haj are worried about Trump’s policies towards them
Reuters International PUBLISHED ON SEPTEMBER 3, 2017 Muslim pilgrims leave after casting stones at a pillar that symbolises Satan during the annual haj pilgrimage in Mena, Saudi Arabia September 2, 2017. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (reuters_tickers) By Mahmoud Mourad and Stephen Kalin MECCA/RIYADH (Reuters) – Even at Islam’s holiest sites and […]