BEIRUT: The American University of Beirut in collaboration with the National Council for Scientific Research (CNRS) is granting full scholarships and housing accommodations for 14 students who excelled in their Lebanese baccalaureate this year and have chosen to register for the year 2016/17. AUB has […]
UNDP’s Helen Clark promotes female business leaders driving societal change. Sarah Beydoun of Lebanon and Jennifer Nkuene Riria of Kenya join Tore Lærdal of Norway as the 2016 Business for Peace Honourees His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon to attend Award Ceremony March 8, 2016 […]
NNA – Public Security Chief, General Abbas Ibrahim, said on Sunday that “storms are unable to cause Lebanon to collapse, even if they have succeeded, for a certain time, to shake its stability.” “The vigilance of the military and security forces, which managed to send […]
Sir Syed Ahmad Khan was the intellectual pioneer of the sense of community among Muslims, of which Pakistan nationalism is a direct outcome. The forgotten past: Sir Syed and the birth of Muslim nationalism in South Asia 9 hours ago Nadeem F. Paracha Share Tweet […]
NNA – A ceremony to name the highway linking Zahrani, Tyre, and Naqoura, after Imam Moussa Sadr, took place on Friday, under the auspices of House Speaker Nabih Berri, represented by Minister of Public Works and Transportation, Ghazi Zeaiter. In his word, the Minister indicated […]
French seaside resorts are one by one joining a widening taboo on a burkini, swimwear for Muslim women that covers the whole body except the face, feet and hands. Authorities name a number of reasons why clothes, which were designed to help followers of Islam […]
The Egyptian Radio and Television Union has suspended eight female TV anchors for one month because apparently, they’re just too overweight to do their jobs. The New York Times reports that the decree came from the newly-appointed head of the ERTU, Safaa Hegazy, a former […]
BEIRUT: Time was young men would run off to the circus for adventure; dreaming of glamour and fame, performing like heroes in the center ring to the roar of the crowds, replete with visions of pretty show girls dashing about. For the now 60-something-year-old Claude […]
RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil unfurled a vast canvas celebrating its rainforest and the creative energy of its wildly diverse population in welcoming the world on Friday to the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, all to the pounding beat of samba, bossa nova and funk. […]
Singers Zeca Pagodinho, left, and Marcelo D2, right, perform during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Music is a central part of Brazilian culture, and […]
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