Category: Arabic
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Saudi Halloween: Once-Banned Holiday Now Haunted by Masked Monsters
Monsters, witches, bank robbers and even sultry French maids were everywhere, leaning out of car windows and lounging in cafes. The scene was a stark — and a slightly spine-chilling — sign of the changes that have torn through Saudi Arabia since Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, now heir to the throne and prime minister,…
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Morsi’s youngest son dies in Egypt of heart attack
Abdallah Mohamed Morsi, son of former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, died in the early hours of Thursday of a heart attack. Morsi’s son, his youngest son, died in the Oasis Hospital in Hadayek al-Ahram, south of the Egyptian capital Cairo. Morsi’s second son, Ahmed, said his younger brother, Abdullah, was driving his car and had…
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Islamic art can help people understand Islam: Kuwaiti calligrapher
By Mohammed Shafeeq, Hyderabad : Islamic art, especially calligraphy, can play a key role in ada’wah’, or inviting people to understand Islam and clearing misconceptions about it, feels Fareed A. Al-Ali, the head of Kuwait Islamic Arts Centre. Drawing pictures of human beings is prohibited in Islam, but he believes the beauty of various Islamic…
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Old and proud, a Delhi school struggles to keep afloat
By Mohd Asim Khan, New Delhi, (IANS) : The 324-year-old Anglo Arabic School, one of the oldest in the capital with scores of eminent personalities among its alumni, is today struggling to keep itself afloat. Woefully short of teachers, with no lab assistants and no librarian, the government-aided school is trying to somehow fulfil its commitment…