Category: Global News and Affairs
Negotiating Spaces
Fine-tuning Demand for Rape Law Reforms
by Malika B. Mistry
Majlis (Legal Services for women), founded by Flavia Agnes, a well-known women's rights [...]
Afghanistan’s Mobile Mini Circus for Kids
Kabul: Flinging sparkling clubs into the air, the girls showed off their juggling skills as the boys executed dazzling acrobatics and climbed into a f [...]
Archaeological Surveys to Unearth Arab History
Jeddah: Fifteen missions from abroad, including teams from France, Italy, the United States, Britain, Germany, Japan and Belgium, are cooperating w [...]
Animals feeling Strain of Turmoil in Egypt
Cairo:The political turmoil in Egypt is not just taking a toll on people living through the country's bloody violence, animals are also feeling the [...]
Emirati Launches Website on UAE Etiquette
Abu Dhabi: After his eight-year-old daughter asked him if what the foreign couple was doing was allowed in the UAE, an Emirati man made it his missi [...]
Food Wastage Rises by 25 per cent during Ramadan
Manama:About 25 per cent of food purchased in Bahrain during Ramadan will be thrown away. It is estimated that between BD150 ($395) to BD250 worth o [...]
Pakistan’s First Sect-Free Mosque Opens
By Syed Ali Hassan
Islamabad: The opening of Pakistan's first sect-free mosque is such a refreshing change from the religious violence that has been [...]
Sermons on Food Wastage during Ramadan by Abu Dhabi Imams
Abu Dhabi: Worshippers at every mosque in the United Arab Emirates capital were given a Ramadan message, prepared in cooperation with the Environment [...]
Three Women in Egypt’s New Cabinet
Cairo: Egypt's interim president swore in the first Cabinet since the military ousted the Islamist president, giving members of the country's libera [...]
Kazakh Children Keep Ramadan Caroling Alive
Kazakhstan: Children in Central Asia practice a tradition in the lead-up to iftar, they go Ramadan caroling. As with Christmas caroling, the children [...]