Omar Saif Ghobash’s “Letters to a Young Muslim”
Ghobash, who discusses the discrimination he experienced being from a mixed family background, makes a plea for multiculturalism within Islam.
By [...]
UN-Backed Programme Trains 1,000 Refugee Entrepreneurs in Turkey
Istanbul: A UN-backed programme to train Syrian entrepreneurs in Turkey has produced a thousand graduates. The three-month scheme was a pilot program [...]
Pakistan to Renovate Katas Raj Temple
By Mubashir Zaidi
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif visited the Katas Raj Hindu temple in Chakwal district of Punjab last month, to inaugurate [...]
Kashmiri Youth Selected for 100 Young Leaders Award
Srinagar: Bringing laurels to the Valley, a youth from Baramulla district, Amood Gulzar, has been selected for 100 young Leaders Award 2017 by Indian [...]
Unani Diabetes Medicine – Clinical Trial Soon
Aligarh: The government of India's Institutional Ethical Committee has given the nod for a Unani medicine aimed at treating diabetes and its clinical [...]
Journal for Iranian Studies Released
Jeddah: The Arabian Gulf Center for Iranian Studies (AGCIS) has released the first issue of the "Journal for Iranian Studies."
The peer-reviewed pu [...]
Omani Techie gets Scholarship from International Space Univ.
Muscat: Engineer Bahiah Al-Shoaibi became the only Arab woman to receive a scholarship from the International Space University, and she's an Omani. [...]
Urdu Speech Recognition System
Pakistani linguistic technology expert, Dr. Agha Ali Raza and his team at ITU's Center for Speech and Language Technologies (CSaLT) laboratory, has r [...]
Are You Your Own Best Friend?
By Sheima Sumer Salam
Do you treat yourself the same way you would treat your best friend? Would you ever show your best friend disrespect or unkindn [...]
Take Wisdom Wherever You Find It
Abu Huraira, a Companion of Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh) is reported to have said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, "The wise [...]