Beirut’s Silicon Valley
Beirut is said to be gearing up to be a major player for tech startups in the Middle East. Experts say the city has many of the key elements needed in tech: a highly entrepreneurial culture, … [Read more...]
Resources on Muslims for the Entertainment Industry
Beirut is said to be gearing up to be a major player for tech startups in the Middle East. Experts say the city has many of the key elements needed in tech: a highly entrepreneurial culture, … [Read more...]
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Instead of a big wedding banquet, a newly married Turkish couple did something really charitable and donated their wedding money to feed 4,000 Syrian refugees in their hometown of Kilis. And on their … [Read more...]
Forced to leave their home country, Myanmar, many Rohingya Muslim women find themselves stranded in nearby Thailand where smuggler fees are often exorbitant, and are forced into another tough and … [Read more...]
Al Jazeera provides a photo-gallery of artists living in Gaza. “In a society struggling to survive, artists in Gaza do not enjoy a lot of attention. They are an isolated but living community that is … [Read more...]
Talks have begun for Britain’s first “female-managed” mosque in Bradford where a quarter of the population is Muslim. The mosque will be inclusive of both sexes, and run by the local Muslim Women’s … [Read more...]
Yemen is considered one of the poorest countries in the Middle East and since the Arab Spring, has faced political uncertainty which culminated in war breaking out this past March between a Saudi … [Read more...]
#MuslimsinScotland was recently launched to show the impact Muslims have made to Scotland. Campaign manager Habib Malik says of the twitter campaign, “We are inviting Muslims across Scotland to tell … [Read more...]
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We hear on a daily basis about Syria’s civil war and refugee crisis (to count, more than four million Syrians have fled the country), but what about those left behind? What is life like for … [Read more...]
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Representing the United Nations, actress-director Angelina Jolie is currently on a four-day tour of Myanmar. Today she visited a refugee camp in the northernmost state, Kachin, where thousands of … [Read more...]
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In 2010, Lara Abdallat was Miss Jordan and the following year, she was runner-up for Miss Arab. So what is the former Beauty Queen up to these days? She’s been keeping busy as a “hactivist,” working … [Read more...]