Woman Ship Captain Defies Odds to Help Refugees Carola Rackete, the woman captain of a rescue ship carrying 40 refugees, was arrested for breaking an Italian naval blockade that was trying to stop her from docking the vessel in Lampedusa. For 17 days, she received no support at all by any authority. The only indication that…
Dr Ashish Satav, and his wife Dr Kavita have dedicated their life to serving people in one of the most remote tribal areas of Melghat, Maharashtra. From a hut hospital to a 30-bed healthcare facility that provides curative and preventive medical facilities, their journey of transforming the region is nothing short of inspiring! Dr Ashish…
AMU Alumnus Wins Young Entrepreneur Award in Australia Melbourne (Australia): Indian-Australian Entrepreneur and an alumnus of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), AamirQutub, has won the Young Entrepreneur of the Year award category in the Business Excellence Awards (GBEA) in Australia. Established in 1986, and managed by the Geelong Chamber of Commerce, the Business Excellence Awards are…
Countering Hate with a Cup of Coffee When Moina Shaiq, an American Muslim woman, started her “Meet a Muslim” events in 2016, she wanted to change wrong perceptions filled out by media. Three years on, she still has hope of making a change. “The research constantly says that some people have never met a Muslim,”…
A Catholic family in Jharkhand is awaiting justice for a tribal man who was lynched by cow vigilantes nearly two years ago, a lay leader says. The death of Ramesh Minj “did not enter the discourse of persecution of Christians,” bemoans John Dayal, general secretary of the All India Christian Council and president of the…
Shahed Saleh , a teenage Muslim Grade 12 female student, has won a $100,000 Schulich Leader Scholarship to study Mechatronic Engineering at the University of Waterloo. The scholarship program was established in 2012 by the Jewish Canadian businessman and philanthropist Seymour Schulich “to encourage the best and brightest students to be the next entrepreneurial-minded pioneers…
Kerala man’s journey against odds A visit by Thalassery’s sub-collector to the orphanage in 1983 was what had inspired a young Nasar studying at an orphanage-run school to dream of becoming a collector. When he assumed office as the Kollam district collector on Monday, it was a dream come true for B Abdul Nasar who…
On the day of his marriage, UK football club Arsenal Muslim player Mesut Özil has revealed a big plan for children in need. He will pay for 1,000 children to have life-changing surgery, asking friends and family attending his wedding to follow suit. He and his wife Amine hope to bear the expenses for surgeries…
A Role Model for Many Odisha’s Sambalpur district administration has applauded and felicitated a 20-year-old tribal woman after she refused to marry her fiance at the mandap as he came for the wedding in an inebriated state. Mamata Bhoi is from Gobardhan Badmal village and wasn’t willing to change her decision after she found out…
Saudi Arabia’s first female ambassador recently started her new mission as her country’s top diplomat in Washington DC. “Honored to present my credentials today,” Princess Rima Bint Bandar Al-Saud tweeted. “Looking forward to starting this chapter of my life in Washington DC,” she said. aboutislam.net)
