How can I cope better with stress?

theguardian: by Luisa Dillner — Some people can bounce back from life’s pressures, but others do not seem to have the capacity. Can anything help them to strengthen their emotional armour?   How people cope with disappointment used to be considered a genetic trait, but techniques can be learned. Photograph: […]

‘Eden Again’, a project to promote the restoration of the Mesopotamian Marshlands

By Farnaz Heidari January 16, 2017 Lands covered temporarily or permanently by water (except for lakes, reservoirs, and streams) and located away from coastal areas are called inland wetlands. They include marshes, prairie potholes (depressions carved out by glaciers), swamps (dominated by trees and shrubs), mud flats, flood-plains, bogs (rain-fed, […]

‘Do not mess with Jerusalem’

Jan 16,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby In just a matter of days, President-elect Donald Trump will have to decide whether to move the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.  As we approach inauguration day, liberal and conservative commentators alike offer a number of ideas on […]

Syrian Ismaili refugee Halah Al-Hayik presents workshops on “Integration and Identity” at Sharehaus Refugio and Goethe Institut, Berlin

BY ISMAILIMAIL POSTED ON JANUARY 13, 2017 How to preserve identity roots when trying to integrate in a new cultural environment? Halah Al-Hayik offered her perspective as Diversity Management expert to Sharehaus Refugio’s heterogeneous audience. According to the leitmotiv of Sharehaus Refugio of promoting an integration policy on the basis […]

India: Lajna Ima’illah (Women’s Wing of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community) Manjeshwar organizes Free Medical Camp in Kerala

Report by Rahmath Rafieq, Secretary Khidmat-e-Khalq, Lajna Ima’illah Manjeshwar, Kannur- Kasaragod Zone, Kerala By the grace of Almighty Allah, LAJNA IMA’ILLAH (Women’s Wing of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community) MANJESHWAR (Kerala) organized a Free Medical Camp (Homoeopathic) at KUNNIL ENGLISH MEDIUM SCHOOL – Manjeshwar on 14th of January 2017, Alhamdulillah. The […]

Sicilian Peoples: The Arabs

Sicilian Peoples: The Arabs by L. Mendola and V. Salerno Magazine Index Best of Sicily Arts & Culture Fashion Food & Wine History & Society About Us Travel Faqs Contact Map of Sicily The Peoples of Sicily: A Multi­cultural Legacy. Full of Greeks, Arabs, Normans, Germans and Jews, the most […]

Sicily under Islamic Rule

by: Salah Zaimeche Sicily under Islamic rule brought people from all over the mediteranean in a rich diverse and enlightened community including a far reaching freedom of religion.   Extracted from the full article: Sicily by Salah Zaimeche Control of Sicily implied a major role in the affairs of the Mediterranean world, and […]