When young California-based developer Ivan Pardo launched smartphone app Buycott last year, users at first seized upon its technology to avoid putting coins in the coffers of the conservative billionaire Koch brothers. Everyday shoppers using iPhones or Android devices could scan the barcode of, say, Brawny paper towel or Dixie cups and trace the corporate … Continued
Mohammed Assaf has cancelled his Abu Dhabi performance on Thursday night due to the on-going Gaza conflict. The 24-year-old Palestinian and Arab Idol winner was due to headline the Arab Stars Showcase concert at Emirates Palace alongside fellow Gazan and speed painter Mohammed Al Dairi and Saudi Arabian illusionist Ahmed El Bayed. Due to the … Continued
A new initiative for Muslims with hearing difficulties has been launched in the US, helping to raise awareness of the issue within the Muslim community and allowing deaf Muslims to gain more access to religious learning. Global Deaf Muslims (GDM) was set up by Nashiru Abdulai, a 38-year old Muslim from Ghana now living in … Continued
U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade joined a coalition of civil rights groups and local officials on Friday morning to decry a report, supposedly based on leaked government documents, that ranked Dearborn second in the country for the number of people on the suspected terrorist watch list. “We cannot name even one case, one time, where Arab … Continued
HE the Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage Dr Hamad bin Abdul Aziz al-Kuwari stressed the importance of culture in Qatar National Vision 2030 and the Development Strategy 2011-2016, as well as Qatar’s deep belief in the positive impact of culture on the overall relations among nations. In his keynote speech during the second conference … Continued
David Conrad, a resident of Morton Grove, Ill., was likely peeved by the noise from the Muslim Education Center. Conrad’s home is adjacent to the center’s parking lot, and during the holy month of Ramadan, men, women and children pack the mosque on a nightly basis. On Friday, Aug. 10, Conrad allegedly shot a pellet … Continued
The Sharjah International Book Fair’s (SIBF) Translation Grant Fund, one of the premier translation and cultural initiatives in the region, has released the translated copies of 76 new books from and to various languages, most notably Arabic, English, French, and Turkish, thanks to grants awarded by the fund to 22 publishers from around the world. … Continued
Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched through Cape Town on Saturday to protest Israel’s military assault on Palestinians in Gaza, in one of the biggest rallies in the city since the end of apartheid. Demonstrators carried posters stating “Israel is an apartheid state” and “Stop Israeli murder.” Criticism of Israel is not new in South … Continued
Executive Director of the Middle East North Africa Division of Human Rights Watch calls on Secretary John Kerry to suspend providing Israel with weapons documented to have been used to commission war crimes and help UN fact-finding mission into Gaza. See letter below. Dear Secretary Kerry, I am writing to express Human Rights Watch’s concerns … Continued
The Israelis have one less thing to worry about: George Clooney’s glamorous girlfriend. A few hours after the United Nations announced that Amal Alamuddin would be part of the team investigating Israel for possible war crimes in Gaza, the British legal eagle said thanks but no thanks. “I was contacted by the UN about this … Continued
The fighting video game Tekken 7 producer Katsuhiro Harada revealed early concept art for a potential new character appearing in the game. He’s hoping for fan feedback from the Arab community on the mystery fighter. “Today, I wanted to ask about ‘one of the ideas within the several new character ideas,’” Harada said on Facebook. … Continued
Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched through Cape Town on Saturday to protest Israel’s military assault on Palestinians in Gaza, in one of the biggest rallies in the city since the end of apartheid. Demonstrators carried posters stating “Israel is an apartheid state” and “Stop Israeli murder.” Criticism of Israel is not new in South … Continued
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