For God’s sake, stop the war
For God’s sake, stop the war Jawed Naqvi Published April 7, 2022 – WE are now into the month of Ramazan, a period of piety and self-reflection for Muslims, though one can’t […]
Half of British Muslims face poverty and hunger during Ramadan
Economy The New Arab Staff 02 April, 2022 The cost of living is rising rapidly across the UK as the effects of the pandemic and war with Ukraine cast a […]
South Asia, Africa at great risk due to food inflation
RANVIR S. NAYAR March 27, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/zgfsh Besides crude oil, the most visible inflationary impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine has been on food prices, which have […]
Hunger killing more worldwide while COVID-19 pandemic occupies center stage
Food shortages are killing more people than COVID-19 globally as conflicts, climate extremes and economic slowdown add to the toll. (AFP) Short Url https://arab.news/paeab Updated 20 March 2022 JUMANA KHAMIS […]
Arabs face hunger as Syrian mercenaries join the Ukraine inferno
BARIA ALAMUDDIN March 21, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/n8jg7 The World Food Programme is warning of a “wave of collateral hunger” around the world as a result of the carnage in […]
Peace and zero hunger go hand in hand
Author PRINCE FAISAL BIN FARHAN & DAVID BEASLEY December 28, 2020 About 300 children gather at Coronationville Secondary School as they wait for a food and goods distribution ahead of […]
The Wealthy need to give a little to halt rise in inequality
CORNELIA MEYER October 15, 2020 Short Url https://arab.news/6etpv People queue to collect food distribution during the COVID-19 outbreak, Manhattan, New York City, U.S., May 9, 2020. (Reuters) The world has […]
Last stand in Yemen as battle for oil-rich province rages
By AFP – Sep 26,2020 – JORDAN TIMES Eight-year-old displaced Yemeni girl, Samar Ali Ahmed, weighing nine-and-a-half kilogrammes and suffering from acute malnutrition, is photographed in Hajjah Governorate, in northern […]
We need to reopen Yemen’s airports and sea routes to save lives
VoicesAs people across the globe yearn to travel, the closure of airports is a matter of life and death for Yemeni people. We must apply political pressure and have them […]
Children forced to beg or work as hunger eclipses fear of Covid-19 in Yemen
Hikes in food, water and petrol prices adds to ‘triple emergency’, as coronavirus spreads unchecked and humanitarian aid dwindles Global development is supported by About this content Kate Hodal […]
Caring for Hungry Humanity: How Islam Addresses Challenges of Sustainable Food Security
Al-Hafiz Yunus Omotayo POVERTY 16th July 2020 Al-Hafiz Yunus Omotayo, Nigeria In Somalia, Suray misses her children. She took all seven of them on a two-week trek to Baidon in […]
‘People will die within months’: Lebanon heads for famine as pandemic accelerates hunger
Hit by its worst economic crisis in modern history, there are fears the country is about to repeat the 1915-18 famine by Abbie Cheesman 30.6.2020 Mohamad barely looks surprised when […]
Like hundreds of Lebanese people, I broke lockdown to witness a desperate protest against hunger
For those rallying on the streets of Tripoli, the certainty of dying from starvation is far more pressing than the probability of contracting coronavirus, says Bel Trew @beltrew 14 minutes […]
Ensuring everyone has enough to eat is especially important now – please help us help those in need
Editorial: The number of those who require assistance is only set to grow as we approach the peak of the coronavirus pandemic @IndyVoices 6 hours ago Organisations like The […]
Jordan: Prince Hassan renews call for new world order based on human dignity
By JT – Dec 14,2018 -JORDAN TIMES HRH Prince Hassan attends the launch of a review for Sustainable Development Goal 2, or ‘zero hunger’ (Petra photo) AMMAN — HRH Prince […]
Arms trade. Jamal Khashoggi murder fails to stop Britain selling arms to the Saudis
As a Foreign Office minister spoke out on the killing, trade officials were in the kingdom promoting closer military links Jamie Doward Sun 11 Nov 2018 Sales of Typhoon jets […]
‘Dire need’ for innovative solutions to tackle world hunger — experts
Deployment of science ‘vital’ for development of holistic strategy to address challenges By Mohammad Ghazal – Nov 09,2017 – JORDAN TIMES A panel of experts during a plenary session titled ‘Science and Food Security: How to Feed the World Sustainably and Equitably’ at the King Hussein Bin Talal Convention Centre […]
Empowering Africa’s humanitarians
Aug 20,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Fatoumata Nafo-Traoré The scale of human suffering currently engulfing drought-stricken Somalia is almost indescribable. It is difficult to find words to convey the devastation and misery gripping the country, now in the midst of a prolonged period of record-low rainfall. I watched emaciated herds of […]
Yemen: a place of hunger and misery
Published on 4 January 2017 in Report Yasser Rayes (author) Mohanned, 5 years old, lies on a bed in the Abs hospital in Hajjah, a governorate in Yemen which has some of the highest numbers of severely and acutely malnourished children. (Photo © UNICEF/Fuad) Hunger is the most dominant thought […]
Poverty in America Is Mainstream
Source: NY Times Op-ed By MARK R. RANK Few topics in American society have more myths and stereotypes surrounding them than poverty, misconceptions that distort both our politics and our domestic policy making. They include the notion that poverty affects a relatively small number of Americans, that the poor are impoverished […]