RIYADH: The preliminary lists of those who were granted Saudi citizenship following the issuance of royal orders by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman encompass all the vital fields of Saudi life. Granting of the citizenship was in recognition of their distinguished services and outstanding contributions in all major walks of life through…
The strong waves of the sea could not stop her from riding the ship. Her grit and determination made her the first woman River Pilot in the world she is Reshma Nilofer Naha. Coming from the humble background of Chennai, Reshma completed her school education and pursued a professional course in marine technology from the…
DUBAI: Apple has removed a popular Quran app from its app store in China on the request of Chinese officials. “Quran Majeed,” a reading-friendly application used by millions of Muslim users around the world, has been deleted on the Chinese app store for “hosting illegal religious texts,” the BBC reported. “According to Apple, our app…
JEDDAH: “As the quarantines persisted, general morale sank, and many of us started to have a negative view of ourselves and our environments,” co-founder Fahad Al-Owaida, a pupil at Abdulaziz International Schools in Riyadh, told Arab News. Their initial plan was to establish a telephone helpline that young people with suicidal thoughts could call anonymously…
Kabul: Without immediate action, an estimated one million children in Afghanistan are projected to suffer from severe acute malnutrition in 2021 and could die, a top UNICEF official said after wrapping up a trip to the country, reported local media. According to Ariana News, UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Omar Abdi who visited Afghanistan recently warned…
Pope Francis’ March visit with Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani, a prominent Shiite Muslim cleric, has already helped foster peace in Iraq. Still, religious and political leaders must continue to “invest” in dialogue if the meeting is to produce long-term positive effects, panelists said in a live-streamed discussion this week. During a panel discussion on Christian-Muslim…
The secretary-general of the MWL and the president of the WJC meet the secretary-general of the UN. (Supplied) LONDON: The secretary-general of the Muslim World League and the president of the World Jewish Congress have urged the secretary-general of the UN to advocate for religious freedom and an end to violence against houses of worship.…
London: Tanzania-born UK-based post-colonialist novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah, whose oeuvre mainly deals with the physical and mental disruptions refugees face, was conferred the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2021. Announcing the award – the first to a non-European writer since Japan-born Kazuo Ishiguro in 2017 the Swedish Academy cited his “uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the…
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