Linguist Deborah Tannen interviewed more than 100 women for her new book on sister relationships, but as the youngest of three sisters, she was able to draw on plenty of experience of her own. You Were Always Mom’s Favorite is the latest in her relationship canon; Tannen has covered everything from conversations between mothers and daughters (You’re Wearing THAT?)… Read More »
My mom did the impossible. She fled Vietnam while pregnant with me and separated from my dad in the chaos. She was so strong-willed that without speaking any English, she brought all of her children to America safely, located my dad five years later, and was a master lie detector who kept her 14 kids in line. She dreamed of… Read More »
When Sultan Salahuddin Ayubi was on his death bed, someone asked him,“Oh Ayubi you are a great warrior of Islam, you have been fighting in the path of Allah for such a long time but you weren’t martyred, you weren’t blessed with martyrdom.” Sultan Salahuddin Ayubi said,“Throughout my life I was yearning to be martyred in the path… Read More »
Syed Ata-ullah Shah Bukhari was born in Patna (India) on September 23, 1892. He got his early religious education in Gujrat and learnt the Holy Qur’an by heart under tutelage of his fathe Hafiz Syed Ziauddin at the age of ten. He entered into practical life in a very early age and informally acquired rest of the education.… Read More »
And there she was – my beautiful sister, in her bridal attire, emotional yet beautiful walking down the aisle for the first time towards her new life.” Growing up with a sibling has its share of highs and lows. From numerous fights to the bittersweet memories and having your big sister always have your back through the thick… Read More »
Indian iron ore prices have jumped nearly threefold in the past year amid tight supplies and increasing demand for steel, even as China’s exchanges on Monday raised the trading limits and margin requirements for some iron ore contracts to cool the price rally, Indian analysts expect iron ore prices to stay elevated for the next two-three quarters. “Iron ore prices are… Read More »
Ibn Sina, known in the West as Avicenna, was a true polymath. Although he became famous mainly as a physician, he made an outstanding contribution to a variety of sciences – from medicine, psychology and pharmacology to geology, physics, astronomy, chemistry and philosophy. His most important contribution to medicine was his famous book Al-Qanun fi-t-tibb ( Canon of Medicine). Reflecting on medical… Read More »
From its inception in 1947, the idea of Pakistan was a contested ideological matter. Having lost their privileged status when the British supplanted India’s Mughal rulers, Indian Muslims divided in response to a deepening cultural and political insecurity under colonial rule. Culturally, a schism emerged between the Aligarh tradition, which balanced selectively embracing Western notions of modernity and learning with… Read More »
All Arab countries suffer from political and economic problems. Some of them have debts. Some have high numbers of unemployed people. Some countries suffer from wars, invasions and pay the price of international compromises. Arab countries have all kinds of problems, but perhaps the most dangerous one, which they might not be aware of, is their vilification. Numerous… Read More »
We have previously published an article discussing some little-known facts about Prophet ‘Isa (as). In this article, we’d like to talk about his noble mother, Maryam (as), known as ‘Virgin Mary’ in the West. Since Maryam (as) is literally one of the best women who ever lived, there are undoubtedly many lessons we can draw from her life! But… Read More »