Adoption and Islam
As Al Jazeera reports, adoption is often incorrectly thought to not be permitted in the Islamic faith. However, that is definitely not true in the United Arab Emirates, where marriage rates have … [Read more...]
Monuments Men Take on ISIS
Meet the new era’s Monuments Men, working in Syria today, who are trying to preserve and protect antiquities from ISIS, the Syrian regime, and smugglers… and risking their lives to do so. … [Read more...]
Race to Save Art Stolen by ISIS
It is said that Iraq has survived many invaders, but what about its art and culture? Museum curators and historians from all over the world are desperately trying to preserve and document the lost … [Read more...]
Female Cinematographer Captures New Ground in U.S. and Pakistan
Female cinematographers are an extreme rarity in Hollywood (there’s only a few working in independent cinema) but what about Pakistan? Meet Nausheen Dadabhoy who’s Pakistani and Muslim… and yes, she’s … [Read more...]
Germans Open Their Homes To Muslim Refugees
In Germany, refugees (mostly from Muslim countries) have been flooding in at record numbers, with more than 200,000 having applied for asylum last year. A young German couple recently launched the … [Read more...]
Afghan Girls Become Computer Literate
In Afghanistan, a nonprofit called Digital Citizen Fund teaches Afghan girls to use computers and “express themselves” on social media. So far the non-profit has trained 7,900 girls in their … [Read more...]
International Women’s Day in Syria
Even the war-torn country of Syria celebrated last Sunday’s International Women’s Day where women who were at the forefront of the protest movement against the government of Bashar al-Assad gathered … [Read more...]
State Dept Awards Courageous Women
Last Friday in Washington DC, ten women received this year’s Women of Courage Award from the U.S. State Department. Winners included female activists on the front lines of the Syrian war to those … [Read more...]
Syrian Refugee Who Once Had “Big Dreams”
Two years ago, she was a Syrian doctor with “big dreams” but then ISIS appeared and soon this doctor and civil society activist (who once campaigned against violence against women) was living a … [Read more...]
CLOSE UP: Syrian Refugee Camp
Daily Beast takes a look at the Syrian refugee camp, Bab al Salama, where this winter’s cold weather has put the 20,000 residents at high risk of death by exposure. “The cold is the biggest problem … [Read more...]
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