Question: A person who always eats honey will get bored with it one day (as a Turkish proverb says.) No matter how much enjoyable Paradise will be, will people not get bored with the blessings in it? Will a monotonous life not bore people?ANSWERIt is a very wrong thought. It comes to mean doubting Allahu ta’ala’s infinite power and… Read More »
This 2018-2019 academic year I celebrate my 25th year of teaching in higher education. Here’s an overview of what that looks like: Like many academics, my career has zig-zagged. My first teaching experience was as a Master’s level graduate teaching assistant. I was a brand-new graduate student. I was given a class list and a textbook and told,… Read More »
ISLAMABAD, LAHORE — Pakistan held its long-delayed elections Thursday, but sporadic violence and the nationwide suspension of mobile phone and internet services overshadowed the polls, raising credibility concerns about an already controversial vote. Polling stations across the South Asian nation closed at 5 p.m. local time after nine hours of balloting, and the process largely remained peaceful. An… Read More »
Thinking about a boyfriend’s Facebook relationship status can be a hot button for you as a girlfriend. Your dating “needs” for your boyfriend to do something with his Facebook relationship status may increase depending on how far along you are with him. You may want him to take a step–a public step– such as a Facebook announcement as a precursor… Read More »
What is Social Media? Social media refers to the means of interactions among people in which they create, share, and/or exchange information and ideas in virtual communities and networks. The Office of Communications and Marketing manages the main Facebook, X/Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube accounts. We offer an array of tools, including one-on-one consults with schools, departments and offices looking to form or maintain… Read More »
“If you come to me but do not put my teachings into practice you would only be a nuisance to the audience. As long as you are in your shop, you continue to think of your failing business, and when you come to me it is only to comfort yourself. No matter how many times you come to… Read More »
editor—Imagine waking tomorrow to find a magic lamp by your bed, and the genie tells you that there is only one wish left. You decide to devote it to making good doctors. What kind of people would these good doctors be? We ask this question often among ourselves—a doctor embarking on his career, an active researcher approaching his… Read More »
The practice of purdah among women in India exists in different forms of ‘ghunghat’, ‘pallu’, ‘dupatta’, ‘burqa’, ‘hijab’ and so on. It must be clarified at this stage itself that Hijab, which is a traditional scarf worn by Muslim women to cover the hair and neck and sometimes the face, is different from Burqa, which is a tip… Read More »
One aspect of the troubles that beset Rome in the final century of the Republic was the repeated intervention of the army in politics. This pattern is closely related to the political power exercised by a number of prominent generals: Marius, Sulla, Pompey, and Julius Caesar. Although liberal democracies operate a division between the military and civilian branches of government, in Rome… Read More »
According to research by the World Obesity Federation, more than half of the world’s population will be overweight or obese by the year 2035. About 2.6 billion people globally i.e. 38% of the world’s population is already overweight and the number is expected to increase to more than 4 billion people (51%) in 12 years. In such circumstances, taking… Read More »