An Egyptian teacher working at a school in Saudi Arabia was shot dead by one of his teenage students last week. The 35-year-old named as Hani Abdel Tawab was an English teacher at a middle school and had reportedly been killed by a 13-year-old student following an altercation in the classroom after the student was not satisfied with the grading of his… Read More »
The disbelievers are warned of the dreadful consequences of rejecting faith: “Can you can be a guardian for someone who makes a god of his whims?” (43). Turning to the natural world it points out the amazing creative power of Allah: the shadow, the nightfall, the rain, seawater, blood and marriage relatives, the constellations, the sun and the… Read More »
For some, the stories of Mullah Nasruddin are mere jokes, if you read his stories without insight and just as jokes, you need some self-work to do before recognizing the level of intellect he is tickling with his humor. At an individual and collective level, Mullah pinches at some the most important cultural, religious, sociological and traditional customs and traditions.… Read More »
Paposh Nagar or Paposhnagar (Urdu: پاپوش نگر) is a neighborhood in the Karachi Central district of Karachi, Pakistan. There are several ethnic groups in Paposh Nagar including Muhajirs, Sindhis, Kashmiris, Seraikis, Pakhtuns, Balochis, Memons, Bohras, Ismailis and Christians The etymology of Paposhnagar is that the words (Pa means foot ; posh means to wear ; nagar means town’) due to footwear and leather workshops and boutiques in the 1950-1970s. After the construction of the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, this area slowly became identified with the hospital. Most of the footwear… Read More »
My dear fellow wife, your husband doesn’t only need his belly filled with your delicious cooking, nor does he only want your loyalty in staying married to him for the kids’ sake. He really doesn’t need your charity as much as you think, so if you’re only offering the above options, that might be the reason you’re not… Read More »
When discussing men’s health, our focus typically centres on organic diseases that men may be genetically predisposed to, or conditions specific to the male anatomy. However, you might be surprised to learn that the biggest killer of men under 50 is not testicular or prostate cancer – it’s ourselves. The Crisis of Male Mental Health Men’s mental health is… Read More »
Sometimes you want to add system or transactional messages to channels such as: “your ride is waiting for you”, “James updated the information for the trip”, “You and Jane are now matched” and so on. You may not want these messages to mark a channel as unread or increase the unread messages for users. Silent messages are special… Read More »
Although American public schools are supposed to be secular, many adhere to cultural practices that align with Christian beliefs—Easter egg hunts for the class and gift exchanges for Christmas. For religious minorities, it can be hard to educate school administrators and educators on the boundaries around non-Christian faiths. This is especially true when it comes to observances like Ramadan,… Read More »
Who Was Franz Kafka? Author Franz Kafka grew up in an upper middle-class Jewish family. After studying law at the University of Prague, he worked in insurance and wrote in the evenings. In 1923, he moved to Berlin to focus on writing, but died of tuberculosis shortly after. His friend Max Brod published most of his work posthumously,… Read More »
Sri Lanka’s recent collapse begs a few questions. Perhaps we ought to understand that when a country fails to repay its debt, it does not declare bankruptcy, instead it defaults on loans. And one should remember that the “defaulter is the government, not the country” If we take a quick look back, one can remember that Sri Lanka’s… Read More »